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ing of interest in Your welfare, and besides
is my duty 10 utter in your ear a solemn wal
ming
The as'onishment Of the youth increased
but he was still silent.
My son, you are going to the sinful city
over which two black Winrs of the ANGEL o
, death are brooding tonight ?
) Il do not understand faltered the youth, tur
ming pa lie as the starlight which ba,hcd hi
young brow.
,, J shall soon make myself lfneligible. Wha
has detained you here so late p
The matchless beauty of yonder sky ant
The volnptuousness of this bamy atmosphere
Poor boy murmured the old man. 'Yot
are stranger TO Louisiana, that is evident; bu
| am not. Fifty years have served the Lore
and tue Lords poor in the sickly streets o
New Orleans. ! have learned all the most ter
rlble tokens OF the climate and tell Won thai
ere seven more Of such nights as this, the wbec
OF 'ne hearse sha roll around every door o.
this doomed coast
They told me it was too late for the vello,c
fcrer,' said the youth.
1t is never too late answered the old man
with shndder-' never till the North wind
comes to breathe frost on the leaf of the oranre
ana Drive The hoatng posons of the marsh into
salt bubbles of the ocean
| Can pestIcnce lurk in such fairy scenes
of enc'antmcnt ?. sighed the youth ardenrly.
Aye my son. and you may see in this the
symbol Of all life's dear delusion, where evil
wears mask streaming with sun.colors, and
The liable OF the relled-prophet has a universal
moral. You sit here revellng, in beautiful
dreams, while death is all around-in this am
bTosa air, whose every zephyr's touch is pleas
ing, but fatal As the kiss of courtpzln; in that
alppn .,l-
blue baneul mist goes creeping in search of
corpses; in those far beaming stars. whose soft
light dlstlIls poison. See how they tremble and
twinkle, and glare out, like the red blood shot
eyes OF demons, big with the menace of unut-
terabIe woe! The never falling sign and scat
OF death is there. Fly young man. Hasten
away with all speed, for the black scourre of
God is lifted over the land. | have warned
thee as "A fnend-now command thee as
son of our Holy Church Coz
i do not comprehend your last remark.
'What are you not a Catholic p
i am sorry to say that do not have tha,
honor
Then why do you wear that mystic emblem p
inquired the priest sternly pointing to the gold
cross. which, in the twilight CLEANED on the
others bosom, like one OF heavens own stars.
The young man reflected moment. He
huu q W ihiiliI III VIEW OTIeallS. / nc
aid of resident long familiar with the civ.
might be OF incalcuabIe services, and he de-
lcrmincd 10 trust the priest it'll the strange
secret. He replied accordingly:
10 answer your question truly, must tell /
you my mission to the great emporium. Il is 1
ono OF public mercy as well as private gratitude. !
and as you aie the minister of mercy, shall .
earnestly implore your assislance'
Two years ago | came into the possession
OF handsome pronerty, the beqnest of my de. |
ceased Gather. NV mothers death dates be- /
yond the g''mmerng dawn of memory. My
guardian attended very well to the education Of
my intellect, but badly enough 10 the moral cu- |
ture OF my heart; and as the logical results.
generous instincts TO be sure, but uncontrolled .
by any settled principle, and illumncd by the
light Of no fix d faith.'
Poor man :! multercd the cd man, intclicc-
tionaly.
AS soon as was master of my own estate,
turned it all into ready cash, and resolved to
seek some large city, in order to enjoy nv IA |
vorite notwithstanding, and let me speak it |
with shame, nioXicaiion. For obvious reasons
chose New Orleans
'Ihe mourniul epitome OF ten thousand
lives = sighed the priest.
For some months after my arrival | indulr
ed in fashionable dissip patton to an unlimited
extent, avoiding, however, from natural taste
more than prudent, training. all places Of i'll.
fame for it was my good fortune to feel al.
ways an aversion TO habits of that dcscrpion.
'One evening left the card table in com
pany with some chance acquaintance, who un.
lertook to conduct me to ny hotel. certain
ly stood in need OF assisai &C. had drank 10
excess and reelod on the pavement AS | walk
ed, though supported by two brother gambler,
en- each side.
The night was dark, and nv accommodating
friends led me into IN alley sill darker. wher,
hey began deliberately to rifle my pockets.
This violence half sobered me, and | strug-
yled powerfully, which only rendered my con
lition more hopeless. The villains then par.
,ed me and proceeded with their ielouious or
eraton. AS they finished, one OF them remark
ID, lie is not so drunk as we thought. lie
will remember us and set the police on our
Trail. What is 10 be done 2
"A dead cock never crows responded ano-
her, give me a knife
Never shall forget the agony OF that in
'tant when the wrttchcs were arranging my
MURDER
The old man groaned
Just then an unexpected appariton came
o my rescue. A young girl in homely
iress suddenly emerged from the cellar, bear
ng in her hand lamp. Her startled cry at.
racted the attention Of a watchman at the en-
rance of the alley, and the rogues after knock
ng me down, disappeared through an opening
IN the opposite wall
The old man groaned
But what have esteemed the most singular
Of all, the watchman refused to credit the girls
story, aud was not in a condition to nara te
anything Immediately; and even told her to
lake care of her drunken gallant herself, and ,
afterwards left u.s.
'She led me to her room in the cellar, and
put me on her straw pallet, and lay herself
lown on the earth.
When awoke in the morning the sun had
mounted high in the heaven, and it smiled
iindly into that damp and noisome room.-
GRADUALLY, confused recollection of the events
'f the preceding night arose before the eve of
'onsc business. felt in my pockets. had
oeen thoroughly robbed, and could not call one
cent in the world my own.
! glanced around the gloomy cellar. The
girl was gone was alone. Nor did | then
regret the latter circumstance, for believed
nv deliveries lo he some mi spra hla "A unhtar of