The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1854-09-20
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SOMETHING ADVANTAGEOUS,
/ A FAMILY FRACAS.

| i once attended very poor old man
of the name of Jordan, in his last ill
ness I call him poor, yet he was not il
want, and had about him the comforts
Of life. When he wasnear his end, be
said to me LIS Sod g. S7sEe-s;}Gss
Doctor, I want to know the truth
from you. I am not in the habit of be.
ing fattered by the world. There was
a time, indeed, when it fooled me tc
the top of my bent but that was long
Tago. Do net fatter me, but tell me
your real opinion. Shall l soon die. or
shall yet sger on brief soareerfn a
world ( aui quite willing to be done
with - -
q You desire me. y replied I, e TO be
candid with you, aud win. You are
OF your death-bed'' y
!" How soon shall / be immortal ?n
. That #eani,csssay. But your hours,
as far as human experience can teach
me to predict, arenumbered." +"
He was silent for few moments, and
slight spasm passed across his face
% Well, he said, g it is the lot of all
[ have lived long enough. y
Is there no friend or relation, Mr.
Jordanrn said 's.to whom you would
wish to send You are here, as you
have often told me, quite alone in lodg-
ings- Perhaps you would like to revive
some old recollections before you leave
the world y azssfzs
..s Not one,'' he said.
- q Are you SO completely isolated ?''l
= Most completely / have tried all
relations and found them wanting. But
still have remembered them, aud nss.4e
Day VIII. 1t is now between the mat
ress and the sacking of this bed, and
Mr.. Shaw, the only honest attorney /
have ever met with, and who resides In
Lincoln'E-Inn Fields, will carry my In
tentions into effect was rich once in
early life How dark a day /"
What day !" Il
q g To-day. How dark and misty it
has come over, doctor 7' tia{
His sight was going fast, and I felt
certain that it would require but little
patience, and small sacrifice of time,
to see the last of Mr.. Jordan.
"Yes," he continued, speaking in an
odd, spasmodic fashion, eyes, I was
rich, and had many crawling sycophant
about me-, many smiling faces at my
board; but there came reverse, and
like fair flowers at sudden frost, my
friends hid their heads. I was nearly
destitute, and thinking and believing
that the tie of blood would be strong1
enough to bind to me, In my distresses,
those with whom claimed kindred, and
who had been delighted to claim kindred
with me, I went to them yisitor.n
~ And failed"
" And failed, as you say. They drop-
ped from me one by one. Some re-
nembered slight offences, some were
never at home, some really thought I
must have been dreadfully improgident,
md until they were convinced I had
lot been. could not assist me- Doors
we're shut In my faee-window blinds
pulled down as / passed / WAS Stunned
ls pestilence-my clothes were in rags
my step feeble from long want of COM
non necessaries; and then an old sckool
died in the West Indies, and
eft me twenty thousand pounds, which
received through the hands of Mr..
5haw''
A large fortune. And your rela-
ions ?-n
" Heard it, and were frantic. I dis
Ippeared from them ALL From that day
o this, they have not heard of me- Do
rou love wild flowers
's Wild fowers?"
Yes. Here are herbs, just from the
eemihg garden. Look, too, how yon
herub twines them in her hair The
tream flows deep to eternity"
g Mr.. Jordan, sir, y cried, Mr..
Jordan, do you know me ?''
2" Come hither, laughing. gentle spir-
!, he said Bring with you your
cap Of floral gems. Yes, I know thist