Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1850-08-27

been, he had not leisure io ascertain, for fan
cying he heard low breathing as Of one in 4
deep slumbcr, he turned and discovered, hy
the ligh, Of the moon which was streaming in
a, window near, door, which, on applying
his hand, yielded TO the impulse. lmPelled
by curiosity, or some more dehnable feeling,
he stepped softly into the room. A nigh,
lamp was burning dimly upon a table, near a
brigh, couch, where IN bright and youthful
lo,clincss slept fair girl. Scarce had the
breath Of sixteen summers, passed over the
brow that up,umcd in its marble whiieness,
ior
"Dcaih',tvin sister, Slc,P,"
weighed down the yeilcd lids, the long, dark
lashcs Of which, rested on the family tingcd
cheek beneath. A. Spencer turned from this
unexpected vision, his glance fell on a small
book that lay open upon the table. Some
ligh, pencil marks, that pointed 10 an admired
passage, drew his attention. As he hcnt 10
read, his brow crimsoncd, and his iranc
,rcmblcd with emotion. II Was volume of
the Inflated Shclly's poems, open a, q" Adon-
is, and as he read
Rs,nor,e ard ,slEconirsur, ,hall cling to thee,
H., shame shall burn upon tn, 'serc, b,o~."
a full sense OF h., degradation and how he
bad " illlcu from high estate" rushed upon
ms s,r,cscn heart and feelings ,ha, had slum-
h,rci long. we're nov fully awakened by the
thrilling hucs IT the mystical poet, and the
strange scene before him. As hc turned
quickly 10 leave where his prrssucc was y
,aculcrc. his eve caught 4 small miniature,
nnc glance at which showed him the waking
Iiscncs, of the sleeping beauty before hIm.-
lnyoluntarily clu,chiug Il, he fed from the
rOom. ard gave the signal agreed upon TO h,s
the next moment saw them
vcnd.nr their way TO the boat, which, having
discharged the frcirh, llra, detained her, was
,ocn ply.ue upon her course.
Time years had passed away since Brad
les Spencer, lcirucd with common thieves,
accompanied them on their ncfirious night
80 the lulc village already men.
IuacJ. Bradley Spencer then the ccnpln-
ION or gamblers and low dcbauchc,s, was
bow lIcnr, Murray, the trusted head clerk OF
lur OF Oh, most wealthy mercantile houses In
New YORK.
From the ever memorable night of the rob
,cry. the vrc'rhod yoaug man lorsook his un'
gor,hy ..,oc.ales. "Rrmpr,c and scltcon.
rmpl' did indeed cling to him, and despair
,nJ shame q, irs' conquered his remaining
-ucrry b., lbc ,pirt twas prescu, with him;
t ouly needed iu be- reused INTO action. lie
i.d parted with his last dollar when he Ar
l,tI m New York. and the change of uamr
AIS decided ou Co ,,u,hc the pride th., came
% b., s.I alter 80 long a time. Deprivation
u'y rendered h.m stronger in his VARIOUS pur-
,o,c,. thus r,iurur a, once the il.c .ys,cm
t Indulgence adopted by hts Kind parent.
Clcnou, Archer. F. was 70 stern. unbend.
ur husirc,s man. Strictly u.oral 90 hls walk
,ciorc urn, Dee required All around him to
.hov the slur regard ior tine welfare Of soci.
ty With q heart dIlcJ with bcuc,olcncc,
houCh ,cilrd With sicrnncsS, be received
Bradley 30 hi, counting house as Henry Muir.
-ly. knowing II to be 4 fictitious uamc-ior
spencer scomcd ,o impose on his bcnciac,or
To- thl, respect, aud though Bradlcys pas,
history Wa F, sealed book which his employer
never attempted to Pry into, he could not help
Iwcyinc some m.,lcmc1nor had driven the
Young man from his home and friends. lie
-ou,rn,cd himself, therefore, by placing a
,tr,c, watch uIon his c,Uduc, but after
noaths had rasscd away, indeed, years, and
,aw Henry The ,am- attentive, hard lahorinE
clerk he was at first, hls pa,ron took pleasure
IN showing lum favor, and IN placing the
mos, unlimited confidence IN him. Thu. had
the years .ldrd by. That llonr' was com.
parti,cly happy, wo admit, b., many an ag.
ouizing nigh, had passed ere be acquired even
,h, Sigh, tranquility, and shall We confess
u. kai rcldrr' the stolen miniature, the
v irnrss Of h.s involuntary crime, was cher
she'd rs a precious rcI.c. Tor, instead Of sSry.
iar 60 r,ntnd h,m OF hs crrurs, lad hll him
with shane, 3, wa, REGARDED as a mute angel,
TIA, had sa,,casj him i,om igaum,ay aud
vice.
Aud who could blame him for loving to
look on ,ha, FAR couu,ensucc, with It's deep
and cloluen, eyes, forever speaking Of the
intellectual worth within |, vas not 50
much the beautiful form Of the features, that
arrested the gaze. as the wholc-soul express
ion tl,a, shons around them. l.oag would
the infatuated youth gaze on the mcmenlo Of
his crime, but there was little pcnitencc IN
his looks, and not one though, OF sorrow for
the grief the loss of il mus, have given the
fair original. for, enclosed In the back was a
braid of dark hair slightly silyercd with gray,
and beneath was engraved, :" From a fond
mother to her daughter on her sixteenth birth
day"
Bradley had carefully avoided every print
which he though, likely to con,ain the intel
ligencc Of the robbery, aud as no communi-