The Opelousas patriot. [volume] (Opelousas, Parish of St. Landry, La.) 1855-1863, 1857-05-23

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experience Of sou- : : ..sve
acquired but in N
One morning TN ersconsAiaed the
following notice: gslI a 5t fsAs
.ARRxsr OF, A FoaRrR AND RoeUEs--Onr
town Vas thrown into no little excitement on
Yesterday BY the arrest Of = man calling him
ELF Captain Stryker," who has lived here
.for several years past. He was not known to
aave been engaged in any particular business
since he came here. He has always kept the
best of company, dressed in exquisite taste,
was quite a ladies man and held out the idea,
as he nude the appearance, Of beino ~ man ot
seaith.s He prOfessed to have cons lde9snle
smlls Deposited in different banks which he
lrew from as he wished. 1t see-is that by has
,ieen committing . series Of iorgeries % rer.
chants OF this place Us well as stealing '"velryy
aid selling II IN neighborilg towns at eed
i,rices and on these charges be swasa teds
Ills real name 'nrns CHI .tsSba Jinl.' lya
l,ot0rions pickfs am Ter. III
him a safe a-'sF -
The faah ..n.
mating the PEI.
ness as she did laA 4,
,,b,ve as can be better p -........ y
Modification and disapps.,lAs an
unexpected blow to her happiness he
iaroads upon her health. And when u
became known to her that, her father y
bankrupt, her fortitnde forsook her, and she
fund. no relief to disappointment and mortified
pride. She grew pale md but8far the kind Of
fees Of The family physician and her cousin
Mary, she must have died Of n broken heart.
Her father and mother soon after paid the debt
If nature and she was lcftFhomeless and penny
lees. The good and kindlhearied Mary andsier
noble husband made her q welcome Inen,be VI
their family, and did all in their paw
soothe her troubled heart and alleviate
anguish.
Aunt July what big letters 1 What is it
aunt q" ss %
"Tbat's q sign Of a storc.p
!" hat store, aunt ~ sea
"That's-Mr. Chace's furniture store"
This was said in o mournfal and hesitating
tone by the once fair Julia, to The oldest boy
of her cousin Mary, who called her amt, as
they were walking down the street one bright
summers day. Who scan tell the agony she
felt at that moment when recollections of the
past came thronging upon her. If her eye was
d,mmed by involuntary tetrs, her step less firm
or her head bowed, none need wonder. SIZE
had some pride though it had been humbled.
She received no attention, because she had
once been naughty and oserbearing to The
who were not her equals in family name and
wealth-the wealthy could not love her, be-
cause the golden chain whose glitter had ut.
trattcfl them had been broken-the poor could
not iirget that she had once irsulled their con-
,dition BY avoiding their society. She sought
occupation in reading books, but they brought
pny o temporary relief. Every pnge brought
to mind some forgotten folly, or refreshed her
recollection that fortune i-otckie. She lived in
spclusiou. At length old age admonished her
that both the miserable and happy in this
world are alike anenabie 10 that same ~inexora-
bic law of nature thai all shall return to dust,
when she sought the Consultations Of religion
md then mingled only with the members of
the communion she had chosen. But the world
Is aud ever will BIZ censorious, and with all her
seeming humility there were not wanting those
who PORTED ut her with u cnrIed lip. and spoke
~ terms III nnmitigated contempt Of the woman
who could not cpunlenance the honest nechall-
&c but could pledge her love TO a well dressed
VILLAIN and worthless vasabond.
How many Juiia 5 and how few Mays have
vein these glorious days Of LATENT lea her,
diamatid rings and punna,um? Wuu,d tia
parents coiid learn Their daughters to lay al
iei'tiot, to merit, though in rags, instead Of VII
amy IN clo'hi and would that parents could
ct the example to their children that wealth
due not entille its possessor to any cnnsidera-
ton with the truly %virtnous and nleriturinus an.
!css it is used as the means Of duing good Ia
his fellow creatures, and not us u license te
ramps under foot The laws Of benevolence and
p's'iee, asd as u substitute for intelligence utid
good breeding.