Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1856-07-04
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II ieouIus no6 supply nun Win the comforts
llof life /; he was sick and It would not feed
lor clothe him.
j Impaired health and poverty with their
"pale. cast of though = might have. de-
feated the purpose of his life but the
proud aristocrat that insulted his order in
the indignfty tothe Apprentice boy, pass
ed by him in his tiara of splendor. In the
'Ipomp of his affluence. and impaired
fresh stimulous to his dropping energies.
/ Another passion then possessed him: it
was the passion to make money. 10 real-
lie a fortune; and with him. became the
Ialls absorbing one. Long his sxertions
were baffled, his aim frustrated and pa
thence, the (" young and rosy Tipped che.
rubin. J" that brig6tens the clouds of tos
day with to>morrow's hopeful ray. cheer
ed and sustained him, and ut last, tho
lucky day came. Prosperous nanSwas
4 hel ..the precious bane" was acquired.
and his fortune made. He had consider.
ed money as power. and he desired to en-
large his usefulness; he believed il the
means of extending his happiness. aud
desired to attain to all man could enjoy.
But when he had attained this. he esfelt
that he had not reached the erowninp
point, and as he ono day strolled along
the street, amid the city's busy world, he
met crowd assembled atthe door of a
real estate auction room boy in the
service of the room handed him o bill of
the sale it was White Cottage estate
it was an estate that he knew well, and
had often admired aud almost coveted.
It was crying at Eve thousand five hun
dred dollars, and in the language OF the
auctioneer,-' a-going, going ~ He
bid six thousand dollars, and il was
struck off to him. He ordered the deed
to be made to-and he would pay the
money 10 the vendor, at the restaurant
over the way. The vendor executed tho
deed, and he gave q check for the pur-
chase money on ono Of the city banks,
The vendor of the estate then remarked,
with some emotion: The men you see
eyeing us SO anxiously at the door are
my creditors; they are impatient TO di-
vide among them this money for which
have been compelled TO auction OFF this
estate, all of which have spent in lead
ing what is called a genhemdm's eity
life;" and his trembling hand. faded
cheeks and sunken eyes, betokened one
whose wreck had been precipitated by
disappointment.
He now remembered when the word
eENrLEMAN had been the justification Of
the one who so rudely spnrned him. when
an apprentice boy, aud now il was the
estate in prohfgate living and hc felt his
heart swell with its homage Of thankful
ness for the destitution which had trained
him to know what constitutes the galtle-
man and in the qualification Of that mo.
ment, he experienced the Vindioalion Of
the Apprentice Printer, as be stood face
to face, in the same room, with the same
man. who, ten years ago. had stigmatized
him as an Apprentice, and bade him give
place to a gentleman.
! He had but one wish uDgraifed and
that was concerning the lovely girl. who
when be sat alone. the weary and hun
cry Apprentice Printer, on the marble
step SO kindly bore to him the morsel that
gave him strength and comfort and Ia.
spired him with the confidence that had
enabled him to surmount go many obsta.
cles in life. The source Of woman g in.
huence is rarely derived from her art.
wit or beauty. but from her heart tho
look, the word, the act, which emerging
from it, penetrates the sternest nature.
and inspires it with sentiments OF tender.
ness and love.
! This little girl, now grown 10 woman.
hood had thus maintained an undivided
empire over his heart, through all his lie;
TO engage her attention was HE early ans
bition /; then 70 merit her appreciation was
the solitude Of his maturor years aud
to day. as he passed by the marble steps.
might have been Witnessed the spectacle
Of success. II was his customary hour
to pass her residence in his daily walk I:
she was upon the balcony, il may be to
gaze upon her lover, 70 greet him with
her smiles; and her look that seemed 70
discourse the loye-light Of her eyes, the
gushing emotions that mantled her cheek.
which were the "imRge Of enamel" Of q
heart whose treasure was its love. The
hearts which once experience for each
other kindred sentiments, seldom fail 10
i, succeed 10 the elyBium where heart tfi.
> umphs with heart. So Il was With these
: two, and at the hymeneal altar they be-
came one for life.
: They now desired some little world Of
their own that they could consecrate With
their love and peace and White Cottage
( rose entirely and yisibly before them, and
!. from the native forest, its green window
; shutters were thrown open. The blush-
ing morn yafigated the cultivated valley
! and unbfoken woods the melody Of
birds, the bleating fOcks and pearlipg
, streams enlivened the solitude 81 tbose
: present and the forest waving before
i The gentle breeze. seemed 70 welcoms
them 70 the peaceful shade, while
--.t,Fresh gales and gentle airs
? Whispered Il 70 the woods, and from their wings
Flung roses, flung odoEs from the spicy shrub. .