Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1854-03-09
eFor u Fayetteville 05serre'
Nashville BY Gas Light,
+ NUMBER FOUR.

save III Iin lOltlneSS Oi HIS Stdfuo
and nobleness Of his countenanfe,
the opposite of his associate. The
habitual look of sadness which His
handsome features ever wore, ndi-
Gated him somewhat above his actual
age. For, although be was d ow
about five and twenty, an obserF yer
would have been il kelly to have ex-
tended tina. number. Not a nile,
no matter what the occasion might
be, ever irradiated his pale face =
There seemed to be a pail Of gfief
spread over his mind, which insta nt-
ly smothered every attempt at mir h-
fitness. He was q man with VIII pie
soul, and loved humanity. The few
evil qualities Of his nature had been
forced into being by the vile as So
ciates with which he was surrounded,
and not nurtured by the inclinatidns
Of his own originally noble and spot
less bosom. Born in aflluent eircu m-
stances, and surrounded by every
ADVANTAGE for intellectual improve
ment, he passed through the earlier
period of his life undisturbed by fhe
cares and perplexities incident TO the
trying viclssitudes Of poverty. But
clouds were just gathering to Hot
the brightness Of his youthful An
ticipatioDs. The dearest and pur$st
of youthful illusions was suddenly
dispelled, and he had at last awe Ike
to the painful realities Of unrequited
love. II would have been better for
him had be never seen Phil WaIe. +
But we anticipate. The two persoh s
who issued from the alley, enyeloped
in cloaks, were policemen. But Iii e
young dogs after a fox, were easily
outwitted by their prey. ConSe-
quently, the chase proved a fruitldss
one to them. Mary Marsh, the girl
whom Phil Wane wished to gain
possession of, was the daughter of a
poor but respectable man, who lived
in the southern part Of the city, and
who, at the date Of our story " s
sick, having had a very severe atta4k
of the winter fever. Her father W hs
a native of Kentucky, and in early
life enjoyed all the comforts wealth
could command. He had Marie
the object of his first choice, WHO
WAS also a lady of wealth, and eh-
dowed with superior mind, com
bihed with extraordinary personal
beauty, had placed her in the cent? g
of a large and admiring circle, as tile
''belle Of the town. The fruit 6t
this union was Mary Marsh whom
we have just referred to as being
convalescent,. and an only son abod t
ten years of age. William Marsh
the father of these two children,
moved to this city soon after tie
birth of his son, where, by gradual
steps, he descended into that vale ol
poverty, within the chill shadows 81
which SO many noble and gifted
heart is doomed to pine. Illness, H.
judged applications of rare and eyeh
dazzling talents, together with SONG
Of those peculiar misfortunes which
seem to waylay and entrap some men
in every path Of life, and which MP
prudence canforesee, and no vigilantp
avoid, had combined to reduce him
from a state of pecuniary ease to
one nearly allied to indulgence. lie
continued to nominally own tho
house in which be dwelt, yet was
compelled to pay a heavy rent for its
use, in the form of interest upon d
mortgage, which rested like cloud
upon his roof, and which he saw nd
means of discharging. lie had beenl
educated as physician, but while
mimstering to the health of others,
the failure of his own had broken up
his practice, which be subsequently
found it wholly impossible to regain.
Though restored to co Imperative
health, his impaired constitution for
babe d close attention to business,
and he was compelled to see himself
outstripped in bis profess
ion by more hardy rivals, until at the
age of thirty-fve, he resolved to
abandon altogether what had dwin-
died to little more than a nominal
employment. With the slender re.
mains of his once ample fortune, he
In commercial pursuits
which after a few years of some prof
It and more promise, suddenly ter
disastrously and left him
lie stitute. The blow was too great