Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1853-03-03

: reading and r1tipg.
/ Having Frequently expressed AIDE
f sire for the sci service, our young
: hero was bound apprentice to mer
, chant captain, v hose vessel raded be-
tween the West India Islands and
the ports Of tie United St;aes and
, South Americal In this yesse. he
, remained eight years, and had be-
come so far fl lyorite of the captain,
thu thelast yea drhe kept hisaceount,
acted in some manner as his secreta-
ry, and was rap idly advancing in his
affections, when death broke the con-
nection The captain died in New
York. He nov thought Of visiting
England, out nbtyith any special IL
tention of seeihg his parents, as be
had been asslr{d by the person. who
took him to Jamaica that he was an
orphan, but had been taken care Of in
early infancy b tic benevolence ola
lady and gentl9 man, ami that he lad
Ibe6n sent to s4a to. get a livelihood
as he best co4ll However, as he
could not read lily obtain a situation
Oh board British vessel, for which,
moreover, he yEas not very anxious,
as the times b; ID been, and we're like
y to continue very troubldus, he
succeeded in s dtting intoa merchants 5
Office in New York, where he began
at Il very subor |linatn post. Being OF
temperate anA perscycring habits. he
became in live years Il corresf fonding
clerk. lie n rising high in the
SCALE Of adv4l cement, when one eff
his brother cleE.is married Il daugll-
ter Of the m4 Faant, an& was7imme-
diatelv taken hto partnlrship. IIls
elevation cats I'd the new partnof to
assume consGqhcntial airs, which lis
comitted the peace Of the establish
ment, and end I'd in our hcro's s4pa-
ration from t be house. lie afscr-
wards filed al 4other responsible sit
uation in New York, when, after two
years service. be accepted a lucrative
offer to sup9ri ltend 4 merchants Of
fee in New OIleans, and subsequent
ly he became partner in the con
Germ anA acch simulated moderate
fortune For 4acse last ten years be
had had grow Eng desire to g..sit Eng
land, and AT ld dneth he resolved on its
Qualification. About tree months
ago he landeJ in Liverpool ana az
ter soiournng in that to wn and Lon
don some six weeks, he visited Bris-
tol. From I'll G appearances OF some
of the public buildings ia Bristol,
particularly the Exchange, he was
convinced that Bristol was The port
whence he sailed from England Af-i
ter spending fortnight at Clifton
he determined on returning to Liver
pool, through South NYalesIby way
Of ManmouthB Shire; and it wis in this
country that accident threw him in
the path of d IS mother The rccog7
milton has be b described; bGta he his
tory Of the nj cans. namely, lie eust-
ion, r tmains 10 be told.
WI cn tho IFplcss boy was l<idnapp-
ed fl ON his fosne, he l.;el h 9
cushibn case Ia lis pocket; He knew
lit was dearly priced by his another,
and he had of,en heard her say it
was given to her by bis graNdnoth-
er. In the silver fligreeiwork that
enclob bed tie cushion, was traced in q
circld the QhlI Iistian name ol.4iis grand
moth Ter, and The words, "Kecp this
in rgmembrd nee Of me. The boy
managed to preserve the cushion.and
as he grew t mani Iood, his affection
for the relic became stronger. This
little menle1 to of the days Of his
childhood pc fhapS served to Tx tile
remembrance Of the m more firmly in
his mind of late years he wore it
in his bdso Il, suspended from bis
neck by a bllck ribbon. On ascend
ing the steE OF the far famed Wind
Cliff, his foof | slipped, he fell against
oae Of Il lEe tone steps, and damaged
the fligrae that creased the cushion.
On bis arrival az the first town in
his route ii FASTENED to the shop of
a jeweler1 The reader already knows
the sequel; his mother cast her eyes
upon THO felic. read her mothers
name, and the never-forgotten words,
I'Keep this IN remembrance Ct me. .
iShe felt as none but mothers can
feel, but as no mortal ca , describe
and the ev ening Of her d dld age will
be soothed hv tie afiectid nate atten-
tons Of a beloved but lPhg lost son.