Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1857-10-16
aThe Iman burst into q loud laugh.rn

| i don't see any bell, sir, said ttlmi;
dly. --.
THE man burst into loud laugh.za
Pull that mob, greenY, be said atlast;
and, straight way l pulled il, again unit
Mr.: Jones. a queer FlooEing ola fellow,
with one leg. and q dilaridated eye came
to the adoor. and looked odaggersv out .ei
the remaining orb of vision, upon the
lue&less wight rho s,Iy had .slfe broken his bell
wire. -.
Ti.Letthat Jytoadfngstefs Stay With you and
Ma am Jones Till come 10 supper said
the still laughing driver-and stayed.
Ma'sm Jones was a lady that would
have made a fine companion, for Daniel
Lambert, Sheltered beneath her. cspa-
cious wing. could bid defiance 70 little
Mr.. Jones, who dared not attack any thing
which his wife might take a fancy forpet'
ting. The old lady liked me very tnuch;
and this knowledge. together with the
daily sighsiof-my friend. the driver. kept
me contented land bhappy through the
winter. secured knives aud performed
quite series of similar dignifed labors
every morning; but when boys Of my own
age were around. i sometimes thought,
while looking at theirsgood and srespects,
BILE clothing. thatit would not hayeibeen
very bad plan for me to have accepted
Aunt Deborah's offer of sending me to
college" HIP iyl haau Hs=sE > BIZ
An opportunity offering Of going 10 sea,
prepared to go despite the entreaties.
and even tears. Of the fat elandlady.
When she found me determined, she pro-
vided me with everything needful for the
voyage, hugged me to her capacious
heart, and bade me God speed Jones.
who was so angry because l stayed there.
was still more so when went away; and
in his wife's absence taunted me with my
new clothes, which he more than halt
suspected came from her, although they
passed as the stage driver's.gift. ysis
The servants all assembled to see me
go away. and their hearty Goodbye
Sam! A safe return to you old fellow
was probably more sincere than nine
tenths of the good wishes that have been
spoken to me since the time. 5.-
shall say very little about myself. 1t
did not answer my expectations at all. /
never passed day withou intolerable
seasickness. and being slight delicate
boy, the captain advised me as friend
to stay in future upon the land. Going
on shore the mate stepped forward, and
shook my hand. saying:
We'll. Sam, you have killed a sailor.
after all.' a :.5a2 .ta
1 did not then know the meaning Of
this phrase: but when l got back to the
old house in Howard street my old friend.
the driver. repeated ii, and from him l
the explanation Of the term.
could not go back to the kitchen
work again after my voyage. SO looked
out diligently for some employment. An
advertisement in paper for printers
boy caught my eye. and l applied and
was received Here l made myself a ia.
vorite in the Office, and fortunately suc-
ceeded in learning the business so that
my services would always command a fair
remuneration. '1
A: twenty one married Susan Russell
the daughter Of my employer. l am
thus brief in recording this. because by
no alchemy whatever could convert our
old fashioned and matter,of>fact liking
for each other. and subsequent union. in>
to anything like romance. The whole
might be compressed in a single sentence.
liked her and married her, when l
found she also liked me. '75 q
My description of our new home would
he quite as brief We took two rooms,
furnished them comfortably. and Susan
kept them shining like silver the whole
year found. II ever enloyed true, real.
unremittcd happiness without care or
anxiety or fear for the future, it was in
those days. What peace We enjoyed
Our two Oldest children were born here,
and then our limits seemed TOO small; but
it was real pain to both of US to move
from the snug abode which had been the
scene of SO many calm and peaceful
hours.
We removed 70 a cottage in the su-
burbs Of Boston; not those miniature citi
es which now.,ise up beside The venerable
Fri mountain. but small and obscure
village, since risen to the size and 'impur
tance it observes. About the time we re
moved. and were quietly settled,a very
important Law case was on the docket.
and when il came on We were very busy
printing the reports of the trial as it prog
'fessed. I became intensely absorbed in
it; not so much from sympathy with the
parties concerned. as from feeling that.
were I acquainted with the technicalities
| of the Law. could seize upon very many
points ofimpor tance which / believed the
prisoners counsel had overlooked alto,
gether. This idea grew stronger and
stronger upon my mind. had access tc
law books which were in my employers
sanetum, and pored over them some
times all night long. = '''''
Mr.. Russell had been bred to the Law
but had relinquished his profession, 70,
that Of an editor, some yesrs before the
birth Of my wife. frankly. stated TO hin