Nebraska advertiser., 1857-09-24
soon leave me. ! He cannot live much


er from the tomb He had his hat on,
and his jng in his hand. &
"Ah,-4MOses-hoW are ye2Y he
gasPed for he could not speak plainly.
The, visitor looked at him for few
moments Ia silence. Then, as his fea-
tures assumed a cold stern expression,
he said in strongly emphasized toness
tsDaniel Bryan, I have been your
best friend kut one. Ny sister is an
angel-but mated with demon. /
have loved you, Daniel, as | never
loved man before; you were noble, gem
erOus and kind, but / hate you now,
for you are a perfect devil incarnate.
Look at that woman. She is my Sis
ter-she might now live with me in
comfort, only she Will not do it while
you are alive; yet when you die she
Will come to me- Thus do I pray that
God viii soon give her joys to my
keeping. Now, Daniel, / do sincerely
hope that the first intelligence which
reaches me from my native place after
] shall have reached my home, may be
-TEAT-YoU-AR y
Bryan gazed upon the speaker some
moments without speaking. Moses, he
at length said, you are not inearnest."
GAS true as Heaven, Daniel, 1 am.
When I know that you are dead, l
shall be happy, and not until then-so
go on. FIJI your jug and
'Stop, Moses, l can reform.
"You cannot. 1t is beyond your
power. You have had inducements
enough to have reformed half the sin
nersl Of the creation, and yet you are
now lower than ever before. Go and
die, Sir, as soon as you can, for the
moment that sees you thus shall find
me among the mourners." -
BrYan's eyes flashed and he drew
himself proudly up. &C., he said
with tone of the old, powerful sar-
casm that had often electrified a jury,
'.go to Ohio, and I'll send you news
| Go, Sir, and watch the Post" -
With these words Daniel Bryan
hurled his jug into the fireplace, and
Will, ' a
ling over the floor he strobe from the
house. Mary sank fainting on the
floor. Moses bore her to bed, anC
then having called in a neighbor, ht
hurried away for the stage was waiting
| For month Daniel hoEered over the
brink of the grave, but ne did not die
i Gone gill of brandy viii save you,
said the doctor, who saw that tn,
abrupt removal of all stilnulants from
a system that for long years had sub
sisted almost on nothing else, was near
ly sure to prove fatal. 'You can sure
| " take a gill and not more
"Aye," gasped the poor man, "tak
gill and break my oath. Moses Eel
ton shall never hear that brandy o
rum killed me! IF the want of it cal
kill me then let me die! But I won
: die I'll live till Moses FELTON, Shal
| eathis words"
He did livel an iron viii conqueret
the messenger death, had sent, an
Daniel Bryan lived. For one mont
he could not even walk without help
Bu5 he hadhelp-joyful, playful help
Mary helped him. E
A year passed away, a1d Moses Eel
ton returned to Vermont. He enter
ed the court house at Burlington, an
) Daniel Bryan was on the floor plead
ing for a young man who had bee
7 indicted for forgery. FELTON, starte
with surprise. Never before had Bry
e an looked so noble and commanding
and never before had such torrents c
eloquence poured from his lips. Th
r case was given to the jury and tn
4 youth was acquitted. The successfr
: counsel turned from the court room
t and ne met Moses FELTON,.
E They shook hands, but did not speal
t When they reached a spot where n
: other could hear them, Bryan stoppe,
d ''Moses," he said, edo you remembt
6 the words you spoke to me a year ago:
e sT do, Daniel"
d E'Wll you now take them back? UI
say them now and foreVer%
: eyes, with all my heart"
q "Then l am in part repaid.
fl "And what must be the remainder
1 the payment 2" asked Moses.
/. 81 must die an honest, unperjurt
# man! The oath that has bound n
} thus far was made for life"
That evening Mary Bryan was amor
r the happiest of the happy. No all
n sion was made in nwords to that strany
If scene of one year before; but Mos
could read in the countenance of i
a sister and her husband the deep gra
t, itude they did not speak.
to And Daniel Bryan yet lives, one
ot the most honored men of Vermont
Five times has he sat in the Sta
ID Legislature; thrice in the Senate, al
', once in the National Congress; al
Id he is yet an ornament to society, d
clining all offers Of public Office
r from the fact that his profession