Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1856-02-22

dollars reward w and after reading u care.
fully. he turned TO me and ail
"IfI aint mach mistaken, saw that
chap with you, Fourth of July"
Il was trpc-we had been together al
that day, aud on that very day had to-
rrthcr entered that samc police Office and
conyrr',d with that same disciple of Dog
berry.
simply replied that - guessed not, 90
and as s1,n as could safely, and without
rrcatin; suspicion, lclt the Office
With rori as rapid a, was capable
Of, started Tor the Office or the Morning
.
\ friend whom met m the way, the
next day, lau.hiugly demanded an apology
orm me ror thc rough manner ia which I had
o,,lrl tim aside, when he graspci my
hand. aud would have spoken to me. But
I remembered it not.
The busy street was an blank space %
mc that afternoon. The lin Of carts and
carriages, and news hoys' cries, frll not mp
ou my ear But one thought Gllrd mc-but
ono hor' animated AMI that was 20 500
my ro1r friend c., in time % save him
from thr clutches Ut the law
Irushrl mal'y into the Office, and found
G- quietly sitting q, hi, dr,k, engaged
'n writing. seized him wildly, aud hals
him not o. speak, ntrall1a noe tony
Ann in arn, vc went together, bee being
pulled alon. with q rapili,y that mus, have
alarmed him. Not word was said I'LL my
atti, chamber wa, reached, and then, when
hid him be- seated, pulled out my note
book, and tull him 90 read the Transcript |
had madc-thc record of hi, crimc lie
then roll j, through calmly anl quietly,
and when De- hal rachel thr cudins, The
notsso,k dropped from out his hand, and
hc following t., icll upon ,h' l55r whore
tars or a moment cl9ckgllis uttarasr,
rs be ,ri'l 90 speak 20 me.
hais him b, calm, and whispered words
NJ hop, into hi, ear, ami when the fr't
sush ofsorr,vrul despair had passed away,
hc seated himself upon my bri and told me
th, sal score, or his liz ami lor tho first
tno fully learned why !, wa. he had '1
IS, long been hoping Cor ,ho Ls'he VI forget
fu'u.,s.
lIr ua' the only srn ola s,mcvha. celr.
rratel divine IN the State ---, AMI hi,
mother wa,a widow HI. father, cr, be
died. had intended him 20 follow in the foot
step. or hi. sacred calling, ani all that pa
tsrnal fonlncss could oiTr was layi,hcl on
his education. When eighteen year, Of as,,
hc entered college at --, and there his
brilliant intellect aud the noble qualities Of
his heart, young as he was, drew around
him a crowd ofalmircrs.
He was loved, and he was lattcrcl.
Ninsinr with the gay aud reckless youths,
who in college life are usually made up of
the most Intellectual, he joinoi them in
their rcyc's, and in an evil hour, became an
initiate at the gaming table, which was
found at that time even in the Puritan city
Of. From that moment he became
victim. His liberal allowance was ,quan-
dcrcd always at the hell to which he hal
been introduced. and after three constant
years or torture, such as only the gomc',er
knows, he found himself dissraced with
debt, from which he saw no hope Of release.
hi, father lad in the meantime, died, and
he had we'll nigh exhausted hs poor mothers
patience and her purse, by his frequent dc-
mauds upon the latter. During this time,
Nj, nervous intellect could not be slumbcrcd,
even hy the dnalcning influence of gaming,
aud hc became a ripe scholar, but misery
had marked him for victim, and alrrady
he b,san to long for the Lcthe or iorsatiul-
ness. st last, when in a state u utter de-
peration, temptation seized him, and one
day. after nights iebluch at the gaming
table, knowing that one Of the professors
had a sum Of money In the bank, be pro-
cured a check, hllcl /, with the sum Of two
thousand dollars, forged the professor sis-
nature, and drew the money.
/ Utterly desperate, he started that night
for New YORK, and two days aner, finding
ship about to sail f,r Callao, he took pas,
sage in her. AMI in folr months found him.
sclf in Lima.
For three years and over he was wander
er-s wandcrcr through the cities and wild'
Of South America. Ills nervous brain would
never let him rest, and 50 he continued to
study and to learn, always having with him
one or moro books. from which he acquired
the languages in which he became % pro-
feient. lie roamed into the heart Of Peru,
lived for somo months among tho natives
ON the banks OF the wildly howinS Amazon,
roycd over the broad pampas, lived the life
of an outcast-but always looked TO the
I.ethe Of forcctfulneS. At last, his means
were exhausted, and in utter despair again
he went on board an American ship at
Valparaiso, and worked his passage home,
hoping that he aud his crimes were forgot
ten, and that yet he might find his Leth'
among his fellow men, and intended, III