Washington telegraph., 1853-04-13

and whose seats on the Sabbath groaned be.
meath the weight of .respectability, broad
cloth and satin.
He came and said his prayers-decorous-
ly and in measured words-but never once
did the dying man relax his hold of the
Dollar
''Can'tyou read me something, say quick,
don't you see I'm going?" at length said the
rich man turning "a frightened look toward
the preacher
The preacher, whose cravat was of the
whitest took book with golden clasps from
marble table
And he read:
"And [ say unto you, it is easier for a
camel to go through the eye of needle,
than for rich man to enter into the king
dom of God
"Who said these words-who-who fairly
shrieked the dying man, shaking the hand
that clenched the Dollar, at the preacher S
head
The preacher hastily turned over the leaf
and did not reply
"Why did you never tell me this before?
Why did you never preach from it as l sat
in your church? Why-why7"
The preacher did not reply, but turned
over another leaf But the dying man
would not be quieted.
"And it is easier for camel to 90 through
the eye of needle, than for rich man to
enter the kingdom of God, is it? Then
what's to become of me? Am I not rich
what tenant did [ ever spare, what debtor
did [ ever release? And you stood up Sun
day after Sunday and preached to u.s. and
never said one word about the camel
The preacher, in search of consoling
passage, turned rapidly over the leaves; and
in his conclusion came to the passage which
he read:
"Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl,
for your miseries that shall come upon you.
Your Gold and Silver is cankered, and The
rust of them shall be witness against you;
and shall eat your flesh as if it were fire /;
ye have heapel treasures together for the
last days. Behold the hire of the laborers
who haye reaped down your fields, which is
of you kept by fraud crieth: and cries of
them which have reaped are into the ears of
the Lord of Sabbath s'And yet YOU new
er preached that to me-" shrieked the dy-
ing man.
The preacher, who had blundered through
the passage from James, which we have
quoted, knew not what to say. He was per-
chance terrified by the very look of his dy-
ing parishoner.
Then the wife strove to comfort him and
the son (who had been reading the willy
attempted word or two of consolation
And with the Dollar in his hand he sank
into death talking of stock, of rent, of cop
per mine and camel. of tenant and of debt
ors; until the breath left his lips Thus he
died.
When he was cold, the preacher rose and
asked the lawyer whether the deceased had
left anything to such and such a charitable
society, which had been engrafted upon the
preachers church.
And his wife closed his eyes and tried to
wrench the dollar from his hand, but in
vain. He clutched it as though it were the
only saviour to light him through the dark
ness of eternity.
And the son sat down with dry eyes and
thought of the hundreds of thousands which
were now his own
Next day there was hearse followed by
train of carriages nearly mile in length
There was a crowd around an open grave
and an elegant sermon upon the virtues of
the deceased by the preacher.
There was futtering of Grape badges and
rolling of carriages and no tears. They left
the dead body and returned to the palace
where sorrow died even as the Grape was
taken from the door knob.
And in the grave the dead hand still
clenched the Dollar. White, Banner