Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1850-07-30

obtained, Sam pledgiDg himself 70 the suie,
c est honesty and assidui.y. Never was ploJr,
, more faithfully or more fully redeemed. i
ever there Wa,a lad sssiduous, uprigh, an
attentive. !, was Sam wilrl. The eon.,,
quencc was Obyious--Shm created for hmssli
4 character
We shall not dwell upon hrs farther pro.
rress. Qualities are generally c,usea pro
dncinV known results. Accidental hindrane.
- do indeed som.,imes interfere. hut rhi, 1,
the exception, not the general rule. and we
can pretty confidently predict the CONSEQUENCE,
ofaiisnton, ,ssiduitv and urrichiness. There
was nothing remarkable 10 relat, in S,m'.
course Tor several y-sss II W., the course
Of many +. worthy and uprigh, man. WHICH
to your lovers NJ fon,niie in,j's"' 70 ''''''
ably uninirresiing. IN, .oir'' ni. NeSalis
rose from the porsr 10 tho confidential ser.
want, the clerk, the partner. the proprietor
from poverty snd shane to comfort. respec,..
blln-, Independence. opulencc. Thus 40 ws
clos" Tho frs, hgh, "ftte" Of our history,
devoting 8 S-w PAGES 10 tho
SEQUEL.
! Years had ROLLED on. snd n CHANGED upon
fine sunny dsv that h,l- Old ladv -, stitch.
inc NJ one of the handsome French window,
Of house in one Of the plr,san, suburban
villages. IL WIS one of those co,tsge-pal.
lacrs. with double eo,chsouse. which Pro.
frssor Po'son uaurh,ily stipmaiises ~ pal.
laccs Of PRIDE but there was no prids'n ihis
place unless It was in the breas, Of that hale
old l'dy, Who was 81 proud, yes. truly proud,
not, however, of the cottage orner. with its
lawn. ,nd drive, and shrubbery. and conserv.
atory III plate.glass, snd pictures, snd sump.
tnous furniture; not even Of the li,tlc laugh.
inc imps who called her grandame and NJ
whom grandames,sre licensed m be proud
no. her pride was al concentrated in her
son, one Of the merchan,.princes Of the me.
uoPolis, and (necd ~c saw our old friend
Wlful. Now. old ladies will retain their
peculiritics under all changes Of cirum.
stances and 81 IL ~ss that old Mrs Wilhl.
though surrounded by every evidence Of her
son. opul.nc-, could hardly give up her old
economical habits, and wanted to make PEN
nv go as'fr as i, could possibly he persuaded
to do Il was no marvel. then. that when
she heard an old Jew clothesmsn pass The
rardcng,ir N, should prick up her ears with
attention II /, Chinese princess could coo.
descend 10 sell old lamp, in the ,as,, you can
hardly wonder at merchants mother scll.
ing old clothes In the wcs'
"Old clo, Did clc'" cried the Jew. "sny
ati .iar''
Mr.. wnml called To her dlugh'rr.in.lav.
lmiablc Young lapy, and ,iaiinr ,ha, u was,
sin ard = shame for - msny ~ her sons lrii.
oa.gaunentS to br living shout, asked Il the
jew might not bc called to the door tn pur-
chase them The young mother stopped to
cares her Youngest child. for tho puTos, II
cuncealInC the smile ihu played upon her
features. elic'~i by her mothcr.in.l,w's Pc.
culiaritic- but having received a charge io
not ihwau hcr, she consented and a ronG.
deutial servant wss sent 20 call the Jew into
the hall The .crran, having received hin,
from her mistress to humor the old lady, pro-
duced some lef.ofT.rarmenis ,nd began To
bargain with the Jew bat nothing would
serve the good danes turn but she must
cume herself Hardly had she done 50
hardly had lshe begun TO peer 81 the Jew
through her horn sp.ciaelcs when old assoc.
ations came quickly thronginr upon her brain.
She turned pale and ,fcmblcd and quitting
the hall desired tha, the old nan might be-
despatched as soon a. possible. The Jew
eyes, however, were a''quick a, hers. We
all know the worth Of Jews eye. lie had
recognized her under all the changes that
yeau had wrough, upon her.
No wonder, then, tha, she had known that
pale, clda,erou- face, with'ts FOXY, frowsy
beard, though the laitcrihsd become mora
scanty and grisly under the weight Of four.
teen ycan transportation, and other six, at
/ least. OF adventure and vlcis'tuds. The Jew
having, under circumstances. ob,,,n.d the Old
clothes at prodigious bargain, repaired to
public house IA the nsighborhood TO make In
guires concerning the family Whist he had
heard As a vague fepor, was now confirmed
the boy Wiful, who had been the cause OF
his transportation, wss the rich and re,Pse'a.
bic senior partner Of the gre,, hm Of Wilful
and wayward, West Ind, merchants. That
lad. whom he had destined As his victim, up
on whose shoulders he had hoped to plum
&c! the public, had made his body the step
pinr.s,one to fame ,nd fortune. Whlta gush
Of malipn and evil emotion rushed upon his
,oul h wa, like a. Il gall-bladder had
burs, in a body injecting every vein with BIT.
,ernes,. Bitter indeed were the feelings Of
the Jew-ineSprcsslbly bi,ter--and as he re-
yolycd the events OF his life in his dark mind,
an ineXtinguishable thirst for vengeance pos
sesscd him. ], was one of those all.ab.orb-
ing feelings, utterly unjust, and unreasonable,
but which sometimes take full possession of
an evil and malignau, mind, The eonduc, OF
the Jew had bcen aggressive. All WilfuTs
days Of darkness had been brought ,bout by
his agency. while the misfGr,unes OF the old
olo,he,nan had been coeasiOnod by sam only
n. 81, 6,s, , massive, and suhseqnon,ly 90 an