The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1846-01-09

hlnd cloud, ana being tnuS hiuCeh'
according to strict logic, was not
perceptible to the vision Of man.
The watchmen were asleep at their
posts; and the solitary walker list
ened to the echo of his own foot
steps; as fancy reminded him that
he kept time to the measured sno-
rings of thousands Of human beings.
At such a moment a pedestrian
might be seen striding towards the
Long Wharf. He reached it; few
steps more and he was upon the
brink of the water.
1t is curious fact, and one which
Philosophers would do well to take
into consideration that mankind are
prone, when under great afliction,
to get drunk or commit suicide. By
ron tells us that man being rational
must get drunk, but whether the
commission of suicide argues any de-
gree of nationality is matter Of
doubt. Be it as it may, suicide was
evidently contemplated by Genuine
Jonathan Mugs, and the cause of
this determination on his part was
the cause of all evil, from the days
of Mrs. Eve Adam down to the pre-
sent time. r ...
"Life is burthcnsome to me now"
soliloquized our despairing lover.
Farewell! the bloomin, ses aud The vines.
The pruning hook, the wat'rin pot AMI reel.
The hn,.house. stored with rare and f'r,i;n larts
The Cactus odd and Cereus night III 'onlng-
And Oh We Dahlias from the Mexic land,
Whose petals open with thousand hur-,
Farewell f,r Mugs occupaiions eon.
Genuine gazed into the water be-
fore him. 1t was calm but treach-
erous. The moon shone out for a
moment and he saw the fair and glas-
sy surface spread before him. "fo-
morrow" said he, "to-morrow. and
the little fishes will be thrusting their
noses into my blooming face, the
eels will Irvine in sport around my
form, aud the striped bass will play
in circles over me, wondering at the
ruddy golden hue of my flowing hair.
Thou art the cause, Oh! thou and
that villainous little Tab J" The
moon had retreated in horror behind
a cloud. "Even So" continued
Genuine, seven so will my life re-
treat behind the cloud Of death, and
darkness and misery be thrown over
my fate" and he mused in silence.
Not long did he muse, but drew back
in order to take long run that he
might plunge in. At that moment
his fell purpose was arrested by the
sound of footsteps. A female figure,
for so it seemed through the dark
ness, came to the other corner of
the wharf. The new conner spoke
as follows
"Unlucky fate! Accused author
of my misfortunes And oh! lord of
my soul, my dear little duck of a
Muggs. Where are you now? No
doubt locked in the embrace Of Som
nus, and little dreaming of the one
you once adored. Yes! yes! | am
convinced of having lost you, and
all through the little kitten. But !
will punish my own carelessness. !
will end life that has done SO much
to blast my prospects. Thus to the
waters"
"Hold hold! for loves sake hold!
l am here, thy lover-still adoring
thee! Hold" exclaimed Genuine ;
but it was too late.-The body gave
a spring upwards, and with faint
wall that pierced through the cloudy
veil of the night, it entered the wa
ters.-They closed over it. A mo-
ment and it arose, but only to sink
again-a few struggles-some bub-
bles came to the surface; they ceas-
cd, and the unlucky tortoise Shell
kitten was no more.
"What! is that you!" exclaimed
the astonishcd maiden, as the arm of
her lover encircled her waist. 81
thought you were in bed an hour
since" .. ..TI. p.
ono! my dearest!" was the re-
ply, 81 came here to drown myself"
"Drown fddle-stick,' ejacula-
ted Arabella. ...
"But now," said our hero, in con-
tinuation "since find you love me
I'll live. For we'll as drowning ap-
pears on the page of novel, pre-
fer you to it any time"
"Ohw sighed the maiden, and
with her arm round his neck, and
his around her waist they left the
Long Wharf, and sought their res
pective domicils. In due course OF
time they were married, and the dis
play Of flowers at tseir wedding was
really awful and beyond all prece-
dent. Camelias of the newest vari-
cites, roses of the most curious kind,
rare strange plants, and half natu-
rallied exotics adorned the wall.
Their marriage was Glove among
the roses" literally and truly. |,