Tribune and telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1855-1856, 1856-01-24


rity he gave up all he had, and simply announced
his attention of paying off the residue of his
debtsto the nttermost farthnrifhe lived. Then
with proud ana silent bra very he accepted
cerkship in some brother merchants office. took
a humble lodging, and began again the life he
had commenced in his early youth
The World-eycn the world of business and
money-getuag-is not SO wholly bad as we read
OF in novels. Laurence received many offers Of
assistance, and one Or two good hearts persisted
Tor q l9ng time IN following him with their &C
tive.tticn9ship. But he was not great cEouaii
to feel gratitude, or even to thoroughly aprrcc,-
ate their goodness. Ills pride was brt the pride
o. strong, bod, determined man. He diSl2n.
ed sympathy, and sulcD.y repu,scd al pro!ie,cd
generosity.
The wheel Of fortune had made comnle.e -
voluuoa. bile depressing one brother. she
elevated the other William was growing ir,:o
that rare arts, lourisLing author lie was
sufficiently far FROM being wealthy, certainty.
but he was at an equally safe distance FROM
want And now, Oh. beware! We who has.i,,
write res2ntlncnt-he felt rs though he would
gladly return to his cid poverty. re could c,,-
,y recall the few lines he had sent awhile since
to his row ruined brother
1t was long before lie dared 70 approach him
with attempts AZ reconciliation. n. teLs kecnly
with anguish, the fresh bitterness lie had hins-
self added 10 the former enlargement II Gas-
peratc then, i WAS surely hopeless now Yet
be tried. He wrote AGAIN and again, aid lis
letters We're returned with their seas un6rokcu.
tie lay II wait often, essayed 10 speal 70 him
to grasp his haud. lie was coldy thrust asidc,
without 2 look. lie was always denied admit
lance It the door when time after fine he souct
the poor abode where the former millionaire lad
his shelter.
One less te.dsY.lees patient tlqn J".i,.2m.la
been etiectualv rapused with halt the lelu.'s
he net with. Bat his exceeding love and yearn-
Of having outrared that brothers. nr.dc. nov.
that lie vas fallen from his high estate. smote
h!la wjta an intense, sharp rcmolsc. Ouly man
can wholly svlnpatiise il > mans ,rj0a. \yU.
Ham's own ioaIt djGercnt rs il Vas. .o,d him
how great was the barrier he had set Jatw2en
them.
At IeD~.h William and i's VIZ ko4lo,,oLt
themselves, Of another pan. Their child the
girl, that Laurelce's assistance had saved from
death, was now grown into fair deu,sel .ofsome
fourteen years She was much like her father,
with golden hair ard brown ewes. such a. IL
lad.
lie cannot tcrn her from him. said the fa-
Their and mother, as with glisteung owes they
watched her 81, hor ,vav. She Icd I,er Ttt'c hr6-
Their b. the hand. and these two presented them
selves before Laurence, as he sat reading III the
Qiie. sunshine o. an AZ ernoon
we are Willie and Alice said the Girl. inno-
gently look;otr IN L4s faro
He knew them at one. tboroh his ewes had
never rested on them before. Alice was his
mothers name, and his mothers face seemed
bent on him now lonp.no1v yearnincIv
William and his wife were rirl;t. ne could not
turn her from him.
Uncle WON'T Won look st rs ?, 1.-the Mead
ing voice again; won't YOU speak TO us-pie
and iit.le VilEc9'
'Papa's own little Willie, chiIaod in The bow
inoppoYtunciv.
60 homc to Your father said Laurence. in g.
harsh constrained voice; ! have nothing. to saw
TO YOU. Co home. do NOT wish he added IN
= softer tome, TO be uDEind 10 Won. but-but-
vou must leave me-
The Girl stood 6roopiDc and foorful tle little
boy razcd up at L;ia with wondering eyes. He
wa: fam to cscape from tlem, and 50 passed
from the room
After that William GROW Iofe,esg, lie lad
exhausted lis stock ot expcdielts; all his pa
tent endurance sceEcl in vain. lie desns,red
lf ever sQtteuir the cbdur9te heart.
Time PASSED 81. and Tauranco was rntro,,I,.
led bv his Lro,ltf His persevcring jndustry
was working its own way. too. ard he was al
ready Gear Of Ike barren poverty he had at first
experienced after HIS RIM Each succeeding
wear found him advancing 10 cas. ac:ir, fr6t
to atfiuepca; and he was stern. tlid AN upbeu.
ding as ever.
Another Christmas tide drew ncar-ryrty-tiye
years after tia, Christina whom the moon ,hore
on the little white he'd at Cheritcn IL wa
Christmas eve, and Laurence had been detained
late in the CITY. balancing some c0mn,pxed ac-
counts. 1t was rast rn:linirht as he wendell his
way honcward. 1t was frosty night, ana
moonlight, and the suburban street. wc., .t.tet
and slnnibaraus Isurcnc.'s r,cts.nr, ccloin.r
on the pavement alone breaking the stiffness =
somehow without his own viii. almost in spite
Of Il. indeed. his thought. turned hack 10 old
tines and there o.ase before Linn vision of tha
quaint ho,sa IN The country where his bovlooa
had been passed; the larre rambling garden. .
the DIG underwriters. ana the wood near the
yillao5, where he ANA While had used to gather
nuts. tie and VIII there be irowncd and
sternlv refused to dwell On n. resro-nrc:ioa.-
lie walked QUICKLY en-. vv:sA Inns stnrlily com
pressed and brows knitted. resolved 10 shut his
mind on all softeuin~ influences: but Lo could
nas-the thoughts came again. and world Dot be
rcpulsed He lifted his cvc4 to the SKY, and the
MYRIAD stars were shining down on him witt a
kind Of suiIq-th. same smile ~ tbat Of long
are. T., c3u,J not s!eao thai
r.glt. lie Inv verv cr.a.. but With world Of
busy thought Guttering abou. hi, heart, striving
for entrance The moonlight s.reau.ed in
through c.:c. IN fle blind, and I.t I'd thc Gtea-
~. comforlles5 room. Laurence closed his ewes
suddenly. Tie 1uo0nbpapls brourht q renleiu-
brance with them that lie would lot welcome
There came q sound II music ou.slL. in the