Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1856-02-22
MI s G. T. LII A n Y .
THE WAY OF THE TRANSGREssoR

In the Pioneer, or California Monthly
Magazine, for July. we find the following
melancholy story, contributed to that Pc
riolical, by the Hon. T.. Gould BuiIum
The story is true, (ays the y. Y. CONNER
cial,) and we could fll up blanks with real
names, IT any cool Object was to be- thereby
obtained Mr. BuTum has not given the
true initials of the name Of the unhappy
young man who's, fate b, describes -
had bccn at West Point in the summer
Of lSiG, engaged in writing series Of let
Tor the Morning with which
paper had been connected as a reporter Cor
some two years previous. Upon my return
to the office, found sitting at my desk a
young man, apparently about twenty-five
years Of ag'. dressed in the most sccdy style
imaginable, and iaiulging in that full
hronstc,lnc', OF c,at which usually covers a
shirt-ho',m " rather suspicious whiicncss.
\ glimps' at hi' face, however. removed the
unhNorlhlc opinions which his dress bad
impaired H.. forehead was high and in
tcllcctual, hl' head unusually large Tor the
rmainlcr or his body, and hi' whole fca-
turc. were cast IN that classic mould which
gives ,o much bnuty tp tho proflr' Of
Michael Angelo. H. struck mc At once a'
q rrmlrkall, man, aud Subsequent ryra's
and acquaintance showed me WI, not mis-
taken H. had l,an engaged O, the Office
at a small salary, was misrah'y poor, aud
upon 10Y introducing my'c'r;o him, a, |
Immediately iil, be asked mo to step aside
upon doins which hr ,ray,i q snail loan 10
cuahlc him 90 purcha.c breakfast ! let
him have the money, aui ,t n','., took him
home To NY boarding house, whsra he
shared my narrow r't-',I, not quite large
enough nr one. In th, clos, connection
into which oar duties brought u., we soon
h.rlms a. intimately acquainted a, any one
could h,,,mc with such singular being a..
o, wa..
bad NOT known him many days le'or, I
found be- wa,a man OF r,uia., rarely ever
mc; with, and that, sranrl upon it wcr,
atainmrun such a. seldom arr s.-u in One
SD young II, h,I cucluc1trl a, ---
College, whcs, hr stood At ,h- head Of hi.
class, and h,,il-- %, musty lore of Greek
AMI Ia,lu, be- hAi made himself thoroughly
clnycraut with llrhrrv, aui VI thc modern
language, he ,p,l, 1ucnty, French, Span
ish. German. and Italian H. ssstched AMI
painted tp,, with an artists skill, and soon
after our acquaintance commenced, hc ono
lay showed me- q port fl., of paintings in
water color, of scenes from nature. OF Wild
tropical scenes. where ,hc towering Illm
,ruc, clsta shadow over ,hc Tainiel earth,
aul where -,r.,uu.ly c,lorri tropical low
~, and h.rl. or golden rlumirr Gllci The
rir'ur auI then s1mr ancient ruins
,hr remains, apparently, ola r'es of which
my history r.alius lai never taught me
II Iuca.lik, palaces, and temples, and
tom's aul then scenes upon the broad,
dcs1lnta oc.au-likc waving pmpa' and
then again picture, of domestic beauty and
r1nteut 1t doors or li,,,r huts within which
the f,.tr.c and the coc1luut east their o..
rr,,hinr shadows and then sunset scenes.
nm which MI, pencil had len it, .1rscou,
,,l1rs. such as nn,cr on the hillowy crowds
# ,hc trori,,. when the sinking sun &. ting.
m, th,n with MI, farewell nys. ono OF
the, sunset scene, he showed me was fancy
,kstrh. such as only the pen of an artist can
dr,rrih, gut was a scene or uuirt. .ralu
re,rcrll and uncloud,l rest, where the very
.tiIlnc,, Of tb,air ,r,m rlinryl-vherc trc,
I.,,,. ucr,a, mott ,nl,., a. though no breeze
had r.,.r rn.,I,,I ,brm and wbcr, a silver
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