Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-12-31
In Debt and Out of Debt

VI "Adl 4 mucous progeny of III is debt the
tather hat meanness, what inyasiopS
On SeH-re spect, what cares, what double deal
lng How, in due season, IL will carve the
frank, open face into wrinkles, how, like a
knife, twill stab the honest heart And then
It's transformations How il has been known
10 change goodly face into a mask Of brass.
how, with the damned custom of debt. has
the true man become a callous tricksteri A
freedom from debt, and what nourishing sweet.
ness may been found in cold water: what
tOOthSomeness In dry crust: what ambrosisl
nourishment in hard egg! Be sure of il, he
VINO dimes out OF debt, though his meal be a
biscuit and an onion, dimes in 4" The AnOllo -
And then, for raiment, what warmth in a
threadbare coat, if the tailor's recent be in
your pocket; what Iyrian purple in the faded
Walstcoat, the vest not owed for; how glossy
me We'll worn hat # 1t cover not the aching
mead OF debtor! Next the home sweets the
outdoor recreation of the free man. The
street door falls not a knell on kiS heart: the
loot on the staircase, though be live on the
thlrd pair, sends no spasms through htS ana
tony; at the rap Of his door he can crow forth
- come IN, and his pulse still beat health
iuLy, ms heart sink not in his bowels See
him abroad. How he returns look for look
with any passenger; how he saunters; how,
meeting an acquaintance, he stands and gos.
sips But, then, this man knows not debit
DEBT, that casts drug into the richest wine.
That makes the food of the gods unwholesome.
lhdlgeslOle; that sprinkles the banquets of a
LuculluS with ashes, and drops SCOT in tba
soupoi an emperor; debt that like the moth.
makes yalueless furs and velvets. enclosing
1ne Wearer IN fostering prison, 1.-THE shirt Of
Nessus was a shirt not paid for;l debt. that
writes upon frescoed halls the Handwriting of
the attorney; that puts 4 voice of terror in the
knocker, that makes the heart ouake ~ The
hunted hreSide; debt, the invisible demon that
walks abroad with man, now auickening his
steps, now making him look on all sides like a.
hunted beast and now bringing to his face tba
ashy hue of death, as the unconscious passeD.
ger looks glancingly upon him, Poverty ia a
o!tter draught, yet may, and sometimes NAV
with advantage, be gulped down. TbouSb
the drinker make wry faces, there NAV after
ali DE a wholesome goodness in the cum Rnt
aebt' however eourteOusly it NAV be offered
Is tue cup OF Syren, and the wine. snicea
ana delicious though il be, is poison. The
man out OF debt, though with a flaw in hiS
Jerken, crack in his shoe-leather- and n boIa
IN ms hat, Is still the son of liberty. free az
the slIginS lark above him; but the the debt.
or, though clothed in the utmsst bravery, what
Is he but serf out upon holiday slave
TO be reclaimed at any instant by his owner.
the creditor! My son, if poor, see wine in the
running spring; let thy mouth water AT a last
week S roll; think a threadbare coat the ssonlv
wear; and acknowledge a white washed gar
ret the ftteSt housing place for a gentleman:
do this, and flee debt. So shall thy heart ba
at peace and the sheriff be confounded.-
Douglass Jeyr0kd.