The weekly ledger., 1857-09-19
JACKSON AMADoR MORNING SEPT

pos. He now brought up the beam fairly
at one hundred and seventy-Six! Surely he
was new man in every respect.
On the afternoon of the third day, as he
entered the Office of his hotel, the clerk hand
ed him a letter He opened it, and found it
to be from Mr.. Wilton 1t was request
that he would be at the merchants house at
nine O'Clock that evening
Attic appointed hour George Ballerton
entered the merchants parlor. He fonud
Mr. Wilton and DR.. Allyne there. A warm
greeting cnsued, and the conversation was
brisk and interesting.
George" said the doctor, after the youth
had given a full account of his adventures,
IL should think you would almost forgive
poor Rowland for having made off with your
fortune"
Forgive him? Oh, did that in the first
place.
"Well George" resumed the doctor, "Mr.
Rowland is here i'll this house. Will you see
him."
"See him? See Charles Rowland? OF
course will"
The door was opened, and Mr. Rowland
entered. He was an elderly man. but hale
and hearty.
The old man and the young shook hands,
and then inquired kindly after each others
health.
"You received a note from me some two
years age" said Mr. Rowland "in which l
stated that one in whom | had trusted had
got your money, and ming ~
"Yes, sir" whispered JousL
"Well," resumed Row. I'D, "Dr Allyne
was the man. He had your money"
"How? WHAT" gasped George, gazing
from the one to the other in blank astonish-
ment.
Hold on my boy" cried the Doctor while
variety of emotions appeared at work with
in his bosom II was the villain. 1t was |
who got your money. worked your ruin,
my boy. And now listen, and will tell you
why :
IL saw that you were dying. Your father
died of the same disease A consumption
was upon you-not regular pulmonary af-
fection-but a wasting away of the sytem for
the want Of vitality. The mind was wearing
out the body. The soul was slowly, but
surely, eating its way from the cords that
bound it to earth knew that you could
be cured; and | knew, too, that the only
thing in the world which would cure you was
to throw You npon your own physical resour-
ces for livelihood. There was morbid
willingness of the spirit to pass away. You
would have died ere you would have made OH
exerton from the very fact that you looked
upon eXertion as worse than DEATH 1t was
strange state Of both mind and body Your
large fortune rendered work unnecessary, so
there was no hope while that fortune remain
ed Had it been wholly bodily malady |
could have argued you into the necessary
work for cure. And, ON the other hand,
had it been wholly a mental disease, | might
have driven your body to help your mind
But both were weak, and | knew that you
must either work or die.
"And now, my boy, I'll tell you where my
hope lay. | knew that you possessed such a
true pride Of independence that you would
not depend upon others. | knew that if you
were forced to it you would work | saw
Rowland, and told him my plans l assured
him that five could contriye to get you to
sea, and make you start out into active life
for the sake of life, you could be saved. He
Joined me at once. took your money and
his, and bade him clear out You know the
rest And now tell me; if give you back
your fortune will you forgive me? Your mo-
ney is safe-evcry penny of ito the amount
of hundred and fifty thousand dollars
Poor Rowland has suffered much in knowing
how you looked upon him; but know that
he is amply repaid by the sight of your no.
BILE, powerful frame, as he sees it tonight
And now, George, are we forgiven?
1t was full hour before all the questions
of the happy friends could be asked and an
swered; and when the doctor and Rowland
had been forgiven and blessed for the TWEEN
tieth time, Mr.. Wilton said
Watt"
He then left the room, and when he re-
turned he led sweet Mary by the hand.
Late in the evening, after the hearts of
our friends had begun to grow tired with joy,
George asked Mary how much longer she
was willing to wait. Mary asked her father,
and the answer was
1.-TWO weeks!"
PRINTERS AND DoCToRs-The Wheeling
IntcIligencer very justly comments on newspa-
per and medical credits: at is notorious
u / 4 L. IL.