The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1849-04-28

several Gays TO hold any discourse with me.
At length, one morning, finding myself
sufficiently recovered TO sit up, insisted
on learning the result of the accident
"You were discovered said she, Sitting
on ledge ofrock, amidst the branche.
OF shattered tree clinging to part of the
root OF your broken coach with one hand,
and to the insensible form of lady with
the other.
"And the lady ? | gasped, scanning the
girls face with an earuesness that caused
her to draw back and blush.
''She was saved, sir, by the same means
that saved you,-'the friendly tree
"And her father and brothert' impati-
emily demanded.
| Were both found crushed to pieces at
the bottom of the precpice, great way
below the place where my father and uncle
Joe got you and thelady, We buried their
bodies in one grave, close by the clover
patch down in our meadow ground.
Poor Louise poor orphan God pity
you! | muttered, in broken tones, utterly
unconscious that had a lstner.'
'God pity her, indeed, sir, said the
young girl, with gush of heartfelt svm.
pa!hy. Would you like to see her, she
added.
Take me to her. Irepled,
4 found the orphan bathed in tears, by
the grave Of her buried kindred She re-
ceiyed me with sorrowful sweetness Of
manner. | will not detain your attention
by detailing tie efforts made to win her
from her grief; but briefly acquains YOU,
that | at last succeededin inducing her to
leave home in the sunny south and that
Twelve months after the dreadful occurrence
which | have related, we stood at the alter
together as a man and wife. She slllliypq
10 bless my love with her smiles, and nv
children with her good precepts; but on
the anniversary Of that terrible night sbo
secIudes fin her room, and deyotes
tic hours of darkness to solitary PRAYER
AS for me, y added the traveller, whiIe .
talnt flush tinged his noble brow at tho q.
vowaI, "as for me, that accident has redu.
ced me to the condition of physical COW.
ard at the sight Of mountain precipice "
But the driver urged our lady passen-
ger, who had attended, to the recital Of ,bs
story with much attention-"wbat becamo
of the driver? or did YOU ever learn tba
reason Of his dcserting his pos,l"
His body was found on the road, with
IN few wsteps of the spot where the coach
went over He had been struck dead BY
the same flash oflightning that blinded the
re8tive horse"
The traveller here fell into musing at-
htude, as if all further alluson TO the sub,
Ject would be unpleaSing to him. Shortly
after this, we reached the railroad station.
where parted from the nervous gentleman
with feelings of profound esteem.
MAN WHO SET PROPER VALUE UPON HIS
CmLDREN.-A man by the name Of hugh NJ.
Donald presented himself before Judge Parsons.
to 60 security for his friend, who had been ar
rested for dIsorderly conduct. "Of what does
your real estate estate consist" asked tina
Judge.
MAY 1t please your Hsnor, my household fur.
niture and five children" replied the son Of
Erin.
"But the law requires something more sub
stanta than children, my good friend" said the
Judge, "and | am sorry 10 say | cant take
you"
cts queer sort OF law that, think that
prefers bricks and mortar before flesh and blood,
and that young blood, toe" said the man. at
should be altered your Honor, for isantirepub.
lcan, Don't Burns say "a mans a man for a
that, an a that" And who knowd better than
Burns, Did your Honor ever read Burns /" ask
ed the man, aud without stopping for reply, he
added "Ihcrr's Lreat deol Of good sense IN that
Burns, your Honor, and you know he loved
drap, too, At times, aud was none the worse Of
that, you know. pid your Honor ever know
man that hsd any bran' tha, didn't like to take
drink once IN whri.' Why, may it place your
Honor. in IN, own country knew bright lad
that drank hr-"-h here he wa- interrupted BY the
Judge telling him he "a. .orry he had not time
10 listen ,o hi. story d. there was other business
that required hls attention but he would send
hi. friend below ior Gm doys, until he got So
her. and in 'hs meanwhile he could hunt up s.
cunts fer HIM TUNES md Krysicas.