The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1856-02-15
AIRS well.

Ans well.
THt3Ya clock al night. and alrs well
False prophet-stil and statue like at von-
der window stands the wife, The clock has
tod the small hours, yet her face Is prest
closely against the window-pane, striving in
vain with straining eve to pierce the dark
ness. She sees nothing, she hears nothing
but the beating Of her own heart. Now
she takes her seat opens Bible, ana secs
from il what comfort she may, while tears
blister the page. Then she clasps her hands.
and her lips are tremul9us with mute suppli-
cation. Hist there is an unsteady step in
the hall; she knows ii many times ana oft.
it has trod on her very heart strings. She
gldes down gently TO meet the wandcrer
He fans heavily against her, in maudlin
tones pronounces a name he had long since
! forgotten $50 honor" Oh all endnrinc
i power Of woman's love mo reproach, no
4 upbraldng -the light arm passed round that
/ roeiing figure, once erect III . God's own
/ image With tender words Of entreatv.
/ which he i powerless to resist if he would,
! she leads him in. Il IS but the repetition of
q thousand such yisils It's the perform
ance Of VOW, with heroism and patient
J endurance too common, and every day 10 be
cnchrouicled on earth; too holy and heaven
! y to be passed unnoticed by the "register-
! ing angel above.
1 "AiI's welv
| False prophet-in yonder luxurious room
! sits one whose curse il was TO be fair az Il
| dream Of Eden. Time was, when those clear
/ eyes looked lovingly into mothers face
| when kind, a loving father laid his trem.
/ bling hand with a blessing, on that sunny
I head, when brothers and sisters voices
blended with her own iii heart music around
/ the happy hearth. Oh where are they now
/ Are there none 10 say to the repenting Mag
| dalen-" neither DO | condemn thee-go and
! sin no more" Must the gilded fetter con
4 tinue 70 bind the soul that oathes il because
man is less merciful than God
CABS WE'LL"
False hc,l--there lies the dead orphan.
i III all the length and breadth Of the green
! earth there was found 10 sheltering nest
/ where the lonely bird could fold its wings
when the parent bird had TOWN. The brood
ing wing was gone that had covered it from
the cold winds Of neglect and unkindness.
Love was is life; and 50 il dropped
"Alfs we'll"
False prophet sin walks the earth in
purple and fine linen; honest poverty, with
/ tear-bedewed face, hnngers and shivers ana
1 thirsts, : while the publican stands afar OFF,.
The widow pleads IN vain % the ormined
! Judge for Justice and unpublished Of
Heaven, the human tiger couches in his lair,
and springs upon his helpless prey.
"AlI's we'll"
Al. YES, all i we'll. for He who seeth the
end from the beginning" holds evenly the
scale Of justice. olives shall vet beg Of
lazarus Every human tear is counted
They will vet sparkle as gems in the crown
Of the patient and enduring disciple When
the clear, broad light Of eternity shines upon
lifc's crooked paths, " shall see the snares
and pitfalls from which our hedge Of thorns
has fenced Us in and. IN our full grown
faith we shall exultinglv say Father not
a will, but As Thou witt Fanny Fern.
BARNua's REPORTED FAILURE.-As we un-
derstand the facts in regard to the unfortu-
nate entangHng alliance between the Jerome
Clock Co. and Mr.. Barnum, the latter for the
purpose. among other inducements. Of estab-
fishing a branch Of the manafactory at East
Bridgeport, where he was largely interested
in land, agreed with the clio * Company to
endorse and accept for them to the amount
of $4,000. The notes and acceptances
indorsed BY HIM were generally left in blank
as regarded the time they had TO run, with
the IN Outstanding that they were to be used
mainly in removals. lie finds at last that
the paper out, with his name on it. is over
S49A0ao. II compelled 10 pay it, it would
require the sacrifice Of nearly Sl,000,O00
worth Of such property as he owns to accom-
! plish it.
The whole affair, we understand, will be
sifted through tho law, and what the result
will be time only can tell Mr.. Barnum, we
believe, provides promptly for his own pri-
vate liabilities az usual. He has also amply
secured Mr. Miller, who in his bondsman in
+ the Mum case. When he made the endorse
ments he supposed he was fully secured, but
on examination, the assets of the Company
( are found to be Of much less value than est
mated. 1t Is doubtful T the concern could
have paid its debts fifty cents on the dollar
any TIME in the last three years.-LN Y.
Ir.)une.
- We learn that IN interesting cores
poudence between Gen. Sam Houston and
President Pierce will soon appear in the pub