Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1846-04-11
pGold n exclaimed he, IN q deep pas.

u ~ AHA Ett@trAttt AataF8ShAH fFFF &
end Inc very blood seemed eHdling about
his hean..but the next, be drew bis cloak
tlaitly around him and rushed irotu the
house
Will Il fsyeriHh impatipnee, tho youth
hurried h6meuard over tbs pavement.
Strange thoughts wcre Ia bis heart new
bones and new desires were holding thetr
uhItsIian councils theressyet he crushed
them within him, of stf0ve 10 do 80 but
fhr word TROLL seemed forever ringing e
his cars. iii vas what The world would
term i smaral hud upright YOUTH eorsci.
| e%nfiatis in all bis dealings With others, and
tnttll this moment, bad put no value upon
money. fafihrf thHp II was necessary 70 tho
| eofuGjfts, M l]ti4nfiss ~ llii. But NOW il
I suddenly paH#nszed d new yahie In his tyea.
| Tho logic, aud passion Of Margaret, were
Ike deef,ieay they had entered bis SYSTEM
and, aneoueim1siy 10 htmsslf, fenoddIel
| l.ta Whalg bHinF.
H. hid proceeded with d rnpid and un.
| eaay afe5 n considerable distance over The
pavement, when he was startling IRON his
| reflections by Il hand IL ID somewhat rude
| iF upon n&s Hit9HiIBEt
II know you by yoar gait, Eugene" q.
claimed Il deep BenDfous voice, "botigh
fhe lafe hour almost believed my senses.
Have YOU anything in hand, anything ia
view fpv tho niQbt-eh 2
GLOW Harry 7 All you frightened me-
sadly. II lent 70 pleasant 70 be grasPsd.
NJ midnight, hy the hand Of ono knows
not whom" .,
aN1 ! bnf have something to tell Won, :
and he glanced around him hlrftediy !
Then, drawing close 10 his companion,
whispered IN his eor. i,
For Nh instant Eugene hesitated, md
The liphf that flashed from d netEh5orlng
window showed his co]untenaneo offs Rhaat.
" palcncrs. An hour before he would
hive utterly refused the temptation but now.
be Wondered md while q course " RAPID
and underlined thought was going on with
:, h bia heart, his friend drew him aside, 1ne
tbev entered one Of those dark dens OF N.
%ionjty. which arr The bone gf poptloas cl@
= tics, and where wealth and beggary are
> made the playthiuR nj an hour, and almost
) life and death, the sport Of The RhnataR m1ft
Fortune Eomeltnes strangely iavours
Tho 1,iilly ~ well az the bravo, HhtIe thf
7 honest and upright are apparently golnl
J. dar,p Mi. II was almost Eugene frs
= decided compromise with conscience aHf
II uieceoded, For many days, every s'ie-
e~easive night found him at the gaming u
e bic. md when, ut the close Of n fortnight
/. he found himself the master Of u CONSIDER
6, able sum Of money, by IN effort c%ertainl
z uncommon, be stopped IN this career Z
sinful uncertainty, and, with his smal
CAPITAL, commenced business for hilnse.
9 "a "a merchant.
II SUCCESS followed success-his cuisines
and c~apttnl increased. Months and year
went by, and wealth flowed into D.
50 Golfers, and he drew the girl whom ho no
ii so won.-won Mt the gaaatng tabc to b
own henrh.stone, and she deemed horse
it happy for they we're rich, and who On
deny that they wero horored lie ha
b uained that power over others for wiic
h She had 40 lhirsted-and men looked u
ii 10 him, and bowed low as thoy passed hi
n on their way, and flesh and blood cring,e
at his fcet for even Il single touch Of b
I'd fngeri
Ii Ono cold, windy night In December
is, Just rs the clock tolled on
ID h esshrill and startling cry of"arc = va
or heard eehoing through the deserted stree
Of Of New York. Eugene slept sound
h with his viii. and child by his side. 4
E, tho cry struck his chr, he started, tarnc
N and mirnuring 't ID nothing" drew u
20 clothes more closely around him and STEP
k, Still the cry arose, louder and louder I
m the mir of"hre r. at mofncntary interval
and men and boys were hurrying thr0tiE
in the streets with rapid and eager steps, t
Il. wards the %princely house OF the sleePe
on StiIl hcs awoke not from bis almost N
st earthly sleep, till the crash Of the dos
,sf broken in from without, startled him to !
". senses, and he lcapcd from biz bed just
lis the flames were rolling and iiashit
through the room, and upon the instant
m. bed curtain caught, and his wife and Oh
were cnvclopcd in flames
,ot II was but the work ofan instant ~ r
gr, cue them, and hurry down the alrca
burning stairs But the work Of dcsln
&C ton was done. Many q block, and two
his three whole squares, were consumed b
fore the fire could be subducd, and W
II f: the dwelling house Of Eugene, his lar
mercantile establishment vas burned
pst ashes. That very day the insurance co
an pany failed.
Nor was this all. The morrow brous
Of tfdinr Of the wreck Of q ship in which
had invested a large part Of bis fortui
,o,, and Eugene Rcyburn was ruined!
ON Could VIC trace the destilies o fmankii
and penetrate into the secrets o their ly
we should see, oficner than We now 81
pose, that the work Of retributiCn IL
IA comulished hereto a considerable cxte
or al least. The goods Of this world, unLa
al. fully gained, are not u%nfrequently wren
ed violently from the grasp, or, il retain
! become IN some way the curse Of lie.
The wife lay on her death-bed. :
I'll flames, which had entered her ,@'al' VI
rapidly finishing the wort Q, oes'rucs'
anJ ,ybo can say Dr. ane had not wrout
her own door 4,
yer aer thin hand in his, sit il all O
'Ee- now. | have been thinking of the pai
the night in which / breathed into your
20 that thirst for porer, that deadly ambit
which tortured my soul--and ! have trac
it all along from that hour to this, al
j. (her eyes were Lifted to his with an aim
prophetic expression, while a slight shi'
crept over her frame) Il believe that
moment is the seal Of thai. Not that {
- may no. desire power, and honour;
S0s - E,,,oro nover ., cIaaninr har III.