Washington telegraph., 1855-04-18

tlon of its name interested him. The doc
tor next inquired the name of the place
whese his parents resided, if be had any
The wounded man replied
Montpelier
The Gambler sprang to his feet, his limbs
| trembled, and his face was pale as death,
for Montpelier was the home of his youth,
and perhaps the wounded man might have
been his playmate in childhood-perhaps a
school mate-knew his parents. his brothers
and sisters He clung convulsively to the
table, and with the contending emotions of
rapid thought and the weight of injury he
had inflicted, he could scarcely keep upon
his feet A stimuIant was given the wound
ed man, and he was mOmentarily relieved
from that weakness the body is so subject to
after severe wound--when the doctor
inquired if there was any friend in the city
he wished sent for
Yes" he replied. my wife-she is at
the City Hotel, on the corner of Clay and
kearny streets-tell Mary to hasten, for
am badly hurt
A man was set to bring his wife.
doctor" said the gambler, 'save that
mans life and there is my bank and S10,-
QUO IN Burgoyne's-you shall have it all -
The doctor felt the pulse of the man and
probed the wound anew The gambler
watched him with the greatest anxiety until
inspection was finished, when the doctor
shook his head as token of impossibility
the gambler sat down by the side of the
wounded man and bathed his head with wa
ter, and staunched the flow of blood from
! the wound until the arrival of the wife :;
she came. accompanied by a few friends,
and as heroic women bear their misfortunes,
she bore hers Not word of reproach es-
capped her-words of cheerfulness only came
from her lips as the tears coursed down her
checks To her inquiry as to the chances
of her husbands recovery, the doctor assur-
ed her that there was no hope; that the
wound was mortal; and that in a few hours
he would die She sank down upon her
knees and invoked the mercy of forgiving
God for her dying husband and his murder
er The gambler asked the forgiveness of
the wounded man for the wrong he had COM
mitted, and also that of the wife, which was
readily granted.
'''This," said he, sis for not obeying the
sacred injunction of my aged father and no
ther-not to gamble. | have faced death
thousand times, and still | have escaped
the balls of an enemy have whistled passed
MY ears as thick as hail-stones. and the
bursting bomb has exploded at my feet
still I have Iived-oh, God and for this
high above the red tide of battle I have
carried my cUuntry's ensign--and won for
myself name among men-when not one
comrade was left to tell of the deeds in the
battle. escaped unscathed. Why was I
not killed ike the rest? All that was
proud and pleasing to man | have had; and
if | could recall this last act by living upon
carrion, sleeping in a pauper's grave and
renouncing every proud act of my life, l
would do it. was born in the same village
with that man; we have been classmates TO-
gether at the same school received instruc-
of the same aged man we were born be-
meath the same roof, and, oh, God the
same mother gave us birth He must not
die-he is my brother :"
And the gambler sank down in swoon
upon the floor The wounded man raised
himself upon his elbows; his CLASSY eyes
wandered about the room as if IN search Of
some particular person
"Mary," said he, sis brother William
here ? /" and the words choked in his
throat. the gurgling blood stopped his utter
ance. and he sank back corpse upon his
pillow. The wife knelt again, but it was
beside dead body. and invoked the mercy
of God upon his soul, and forgiveness for
the murderer.
The gambler awoke from his swoon, and
staggered up to the wife, and said:
''Mary. would it were otherwise, for [
have nothing to live for now the dead and
dying do not want any thing in this world
take this certificate of deposit to our aged
father, and tell cur parents we are both
dead--but, oh, do not tell them how we died.
Before the woman could reply or any one
interfere, the report of that pistol sounded
again, and the fratricide had ceased to live
On the hill near Rincon Point were two
graves, few years ago, enclosed with
white picket fence. and one tombstone stood
at their head with the simple inscription
"BRorHERs.' Golden Era.