The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1853-08-31

Arrange the papers to bring this about,
and will thank you.'
1T shall be done Immediately said |
hardly able to conceal my joy.
Stay 7 she added 4 grant this on
one condition
turned back troubled, for / feared
her fancics.
Swear to me- said she, pointing to the
child in her lap, 'that this boy shall new
er receive one cent of it; that, if you
marry again, other children shall have
the whole of your fortune that my son
shall at your death, be poor and depend
ent on himself; that this weight of gold
shall not be hurled upon him to crush
him, body and SOUL as it has me-.
took this odd oath of course, to paci-
fly her, and before night the money was
mine.
Sarah never recovered from her con-
fnement, and died about two months af-
ter. Why shold l pretend sorrow for
her loss2 She lived unhappily with me,
and as wish to state facts as they are,
| say boldly felt more comfortable af-
ter her death. At the funeral, my sis.
ter Nancy led Tom into the room.
! did not see them onter, but on turning,
beheld Tom in sort of shivcr bending
over the coffin, and Nancy clinging to his
hand, trying to draw him away. His
actions threw the whole company into
confusion, so that was compelled to aid
Nancy in taking him out. AT the front
door, recovered by the fresh air, he turn
cd and saw me. A Kissing noise came
from his lips, and he said, Murderer
For the first, and | humbly hope the
last time, | made use of profane
language; but as Nancy dragged him
Immediately away, regaiued my tenn
ter, and followed the hcarse to the grave
And now was rich Notwithstand
ing the stories told of HE by Nancy, Tom
and more distant members of my family
and the false rumors about my avaricc
and heartlessncss, emanating from sour
ces down town, | have been very success
full in all my operations. am pointed
as the rich merchant Mcn--ay, men o.
talent-bow to me in the streets, whisper
to each other as pass them in crowd
or cringe, like whipped dogs, before my
counting room. Young men, just enter
ing business, and eager in the pursuit o
gold, gaze at me in awe, and fathers hold
me up to sons as model Of industry
and self,denial. People beg me to take
charge of banks, and humbly ask the in
iluencc ofmy name for railroad boards
Folks like to be seen walking with m,
in the street. What |, the rich Mr.
- say, is quoted to admiring crowds
in insurance offices, and happy he witt
received the saying from my own mouth
Men high in Office seek my society, ant
young artists request sitting, that m,
portrait may adorn their studio walls
My ships are coming money, and m,
stocks pay me enormous dividends. Sc,
how a straightforward and industriou
course is blessed Were selfish ant
hard-hearted, more than other men.woul,
not my conscience tell me 500 1t tell
me nothing of the sort Beside, | hav
always prospered, and wicked men, accor
ding to the tradition, never do so.
Joshua and Tom Observe the dill
ference between us. have been indus
trious, selfrespectful, and abstemious
and am rich and honorcd But Tom
who in early life never followed my ad
vice who subsequently endeavored t
poison my happiness who, from simpl
disappointment in love, took to liquor
died at last in an insane asylum. vic
tim to his excesses. We both have ha
our reward