The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1850-06-22

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lucaied and Hecouplishedi bat Il heealpo nee
esslry tn ruUsidpr lho Grlroi Charles mur'
lie soui 10 college, suce lh0 0uly Cbhurs Of
[ huiiug pr0liHiOu iur hin vas iu lhe ChUruh
iHllhpugh tho eapnnte Of maintaining him
there could be- ~ uiiurdodi ~, 10 order 10
sous degree in uuueH lit outlay, y WIS
nlirF murh deltlrulInn, agreed lhnl EHily
should accept q situation az Rnyernuas ~
Loudun, Tho ptoposhl wns made by hor-
trlL aud hlin rather consented TO- lliHl,in case
0l lhu deHih oi her pnreniH she would almost
lincylmhly have Ind l0foek snmo such mrnur
iuisuhaiHlcucr. These pnrliugb Wcrn lhn fret
aorrnWs HAT had reached lho Loyells.
A. tiTrt, nth wrtit 'r-iii- { Ii+flss ssaa nst
wanting In ability nor in a moderate degree
sf application. aud Emily wrote cheerily Of
+ her new lifc. She wHh Kindly received, well
7 frnHfrd, and nsracintfl with the family on
4 the iootiuR 1T friend. Neither did further
experience rrrm "a d1N1hish her satisfaction,
She raw grenl many gay propla-sone Of
whom shr namudi uud uinouEHl lhu fcsl,
lhcre not unircquonily appeared the uanio
of Herbert, Nc llutbru was ju ih0 army,
aud hciug drlnut couueAinu Of the family
with whom rlio rouidcd, was q frequent ,isl-
I TOR ut their huutC, 'Shr was sure pnlh nui
wunA would like him Once lho mother
isnIlled, uud raid uhe hoped Emily was not
7 Uniting 90 love; but no mufr 'eHb thought ul
IT, lu The mrnuunH Charles had found uui
that there WIS Time for many things ut OA,
ford besides study. lie was naturally fond
Of society, aud had remarkable capacity
/ for cNccllng in All kinds ofgumcr, lie wus
|uFfcooblci lycNcoedmgly handsome, aud
fnug charuiugly having been trained ia pnu
isiuping T., ds mother.
No Young mnu wnH Nero .lfif; but 0lu7
ho was very POOR, and poverty poisoned ull
I T. lac ftsa.afal
Temptations hui ailer iellihlr rIuEgle-iur
hc edorcd he fal.ili -hg guyc MAAi and lan
Va dcbt, aud although the imlrudcuco only
augmented his misery Ice had NOT the rcsolu'
ton tu rrtruca ls steps, hut advanced iuf-
ihcr hud further ON Tie lrond road 10 ruin,
80 TINT ha had coWolJue for uiG vacation
shortly before om ,FiI 20 r., ulrenier-
I'd with all Wuunor of nnnoynnceg " hc did
not carry hnck q sufficient suni 10 fuiisiy hia
most cllnorols creditors. lie lad assured
;hcm hn would do 80, bnta where was lac to
get money Certainly NOT of lid ia. /.
rcnlr; hc wcll knew uicy had u not; nor had
hc Gicud In the world iiom whom hc
could hope fur assistance IN such nu omcr- /
gOrcy IN his despair lie onon thought of !
running nway-gong To Australia, America,
New Irnlmtd, any where; but lr Ind not
even The means to do lhN. He suffered I
iudescflbablc lofIurcs and cav 10 hope of
rrlicc
Il wns JOSH n, ibis period that Ilcrbeu's
regiment happened Ia bo qnauofcd at t..
Charles had orcnsionally saeu l- nnipo n Y
his SISTERS icuors,nud lieardJhat ihefe was n
tlcrhcrt now ia he barracks hut hG was vs..
noraui wheeler or not il was tl,c sans per
son; aud when lac accidentally fell into the
society ur t0iic or The junior officers, aud
wns invited hy Herbert hinsclfIo dine ~ the
mess, prjlN prevented his nsccrtnining the
fact. lIc did not wish To bclrHy Tint his sis
Ter wns goycrncss. Herbert however, know
lull well, tha, their visitor was the brother Of
Emily Lowell, hut partly because Ice penc-
irntrd the weakness lthr otherhe uhsnincd
FROM mentioning her name.
Now, this toWH. ot ., Mas, aud prob.
ably is, uhoutlhr dul'c-i qunr,cr IN all Eug
luuh Tho officers hated II, there Wns no
flirting, no dnuriuP, no hunting, no anything.
,or did man nf thrm kFow what TO do
with himfcN. The Old ones wandered about \
t,t..l ,t -. ..I-vI.I-, Isa AsI4p alIans tank 40
hazard and three card loo, plnliug nt first
i,,r moderate stakes, but soOp geung on 10
high ones. Two or three civilians of the
neighh6rhuod loinod the Inriy, Charles Low,
ell amongst thu rest, Had they Begun with
t,lrt ,pe high lac wuuld have hcru excluded
tot want OF funds; bat whilst they played low
hc wuu ~ Tint when they increased the
stakes, trusting To- a continuance OF his good
fortune he NHs oHgrr to gu.un with them.-
Neither titd his iliCS uliueeiher desuEt hiul
on tie whoir, he tuthcr won than losE but
lorcsaw that one had night would break liml
aud hc should he Obliged to retire, lorieilinR
his amusement. hnd morItfying his Pride. Ii
wns Just nr this crisis, thai one night, an nc-
rihuut, which caused him to win consider
ahlc sum, set him upon The notion oriurning
1,tl-1rr trt1-rrrtrirrtr -ittrfitf-t; =
cards, lac dropped the ace oi spades INTO iiir 4
lspcaupht it up. replaced il in the pack, nnd
dealt it To himself No one else bad secn-
the card, no observation wts mndc, audO
terrible thought came in;o his bead. +
Whether loo or hazard was played, Charles
Lowell had, night nilrr night, II most eXtrnor-
dnnry run Of luck. lie won large sums aud
snw before him tho curly prospect ~ pay
ing his debts and clearing all his difficult
ties,
Amongst the yonng men WHO played NJ
the table soWo hnd plenty Of monoy aud car
ed litlo for their lpsScs; but others we're not
so well of, aud one of these was Edward
Ilcrhcli.- lie was tie son of pnor parents,
who had straiicnud themselves to put INN IN
the army, nud IT was with infinite difficulty
and mivation thai his widowed mother had
anInsscd the uGcdlul sum To purchase for him
n company, which was now becoming vacant
There,is4a allieesi4- pa pors weAe nlrendy sent
in, aud Herhert's money was lodged nt Cox
and -CeeenMouds: hui before the answer
fion rhc Horse Guards arrived, he had loht
every sixponcc Nearly The whole sum
had become tie property OF Charles Low
ell. ~e..
Herbert was, "a Guo young man, honorable,
generous. impaiuous, aud endowed with an
acute sense of shomc. lie determined iir
stunlly to pay Ills debts, but he knew his
own prospects were ruined for life; he wrote
10 the agents to send linn The money aud
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