Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-02-07
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| VI what hideous progeny of i'm !.
debt the father! What mea nnesses wh.,
invasions on sclf-respect, what cares
what double-dealing! How, in due SEQ,
son, it will carve the frank, omen fac.
into wrinkles; how, like q knife, twill
stab the honest heart. And then IFS
transformations Low it has been knoun
to change q goodly face into a mssIx of
brass; how, with The damned customn
OF debt, has the true man become q call
Gus trickster, A freedom from deht
and what nourishing sweetness NAV he
found in cold water; what tootbsonenees
IN dry crust; what smbrosial pourisb-
msnt in hard egg. Be sure of il. he
who dimes out Of debt, though his meal
DC biscuit and an onion, dimes in The
Apollo" And then for raiment. vb,t
warmth in threadbare coat, if the tail.
or's receipt be in the pocket; what Ty.
rian purple in the faded waistcoat. the
vest not owed for; how glossy the we'll
wcrn hat, if it cover not the aching head
of debtor! Next the home-swesfs Tho
outdoor recreation of the free man. The
street-soor falls not knell on his heart.
the foot On the staircase, though he live
On the third pair, sends no spasm through
his anatomy; At the rap Of his door he
can crow "come In, and his pulse still
beat healthfully, his heart sink not in
his bowels. See him abroad. How con.
adentislIy, yet how pleasantly he takes
the street; how he returns look for JooL
with sny passenger; how he saunters:
how, meeting an acquaintance, he stands
and goSslps But, then, this man knows
NOS debt; debt, that casts q drug into the
richest wine: that makes the food of the
gods unwholesome, indigestible: that
sprinkles the bsnquets of . Lucullus with
sskss, aud drops SCOT in the soup of an
emperor; debt, that, like the moth. makes
valueless furs and velvets, enclosing the
wearer in fostering prison, 1.-THE shirt of
NessuS was a shirt not paid for;) debt.
that writes upon frescoed walls the hand.
writing of the attorney; that puts voice
OF terror in the knocksr; that makes tha
heart quake at the haunted fireside: debt.
the invisible demon that walks abroad
with . man, now quickesing his steps.
now making him look on all sides like a
hunted beast, and now bringing to his
face the ashy hue of death, as the uncon.
scious passenger looks glancingly upon
him! Poverty IS bitter draught, vet
may, and sometimes with advantage. b.
gulped down. ''bUugh the drinker make
wry faces, there may, after all, be a
wholesome goodness IN the cup. But
debt, however covetously it be offered, is
the cup of a Syren, and the wine, spiced
and delicious though it be, is poison.
The man out of debt, though with faw
in his jerkin, crack in his shoe-lcather,
and hole in his hat, is still the son of
liberty, free as the singing lark above
him; but the debtor, though clothed in
the utmost bravery, what is Inc but a
serf On holiday slave to he reclaimed
at any instant by his owner, the creditorl
My son, if poor, Bee wine in the running
spring; let thy mouth water at last
week s roll; and acknowledge white
washed garnet the fittest housing-place
for gentleman do this and flee debt.
So shall thy heart be at peace. and the
sheriff be confounded douglas Teroh.