The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1857-11-26

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friend!' was his sboisteronsf greeting cart
mad orlsick that thou canst not come to pay
.hy duty to theoking in me, his representa-
tjye?,, I - satsI e.. 80 b7algN4 J. IsEd JGi I'd
THE hearers face was flushed. Nor diaabe
look up, but mildly said-sIam an invalid, my
lordH-a humble, weak old man. II Icrave your
excellency's parden." "aaas gniaIisgb dlids
"Hs!--a merchant thou?--6ns- -s2ok en---
| courtier-like! Who art fhou, sirrah?--answer,
ON your lifer' and Sir Edward drew his
sword. sb.m read bsd Isilsg Iof sllc9 iassaU
The old man pulled aside his beard and bare
ed his forehead from the siivery locks; then.
| looking the speaker in the face, exclaimed
,tThou;b ated man, I fear thee not! Ar. thou
not hated here even ssI am at shone?,' sds 40
osI,kaow the kingly murderer, ,wells ssndlven-
geance has her ownp,r.spondsd the govern.
OF in a rage, advancing with his sword. s.f'O
faT The old man raised aconceaied cudgeif from
a clrmp of bushes, and, IN a moment, the gov4
ernor was laid on the green, ,sward, breathless,
with abudy blow, whilst the old man had qHit-
ted the place, and for some years was unheart
of aiywheresfN af3 Is rsvi iso pas1ssdt "a
Nor did Sir Edward Andross, In his pride,
reveal the name of his guest, or say aught of
the conflict. 10 He to be sblndgeoned by regi-
eide! ssnsf,1gni
And 50 sth.ifame the fame Of Dixweu still remained
aimys'erys3 --ss5r4I gass} sz3sh ssrtSfa5u.i
.act T-7he Resieide's Deesoss, ,ssay
He had Ae.f 10 New Haven, and was long
concealed.as' He had long watched with ca
ger eye ths' t'srn Of affairs at homea-for James
the Second wss now as hated as was James or
Charles, aadrevolution of'populas rights i'm
pended. He watched the coming OF the
Prince of Orange, whose movements, . with
statesman's eye, he saw were directed to the
throne, Because he felt that, with the advent
of thelm,ld Mary,Ihe might return to has aged
wife aad chi,drta, and die upon his native
Hampshire plains. .srab ~ bssoto ,"ogsai1
Basahe angel1of death flew to him quicker
thasth news of the accomplished revolution.
He was on the bed of death. The SHOWS of
eighty-,wo winters were upon his brow, and
| aboW his pi llaw. As he lay there, with the
little bloqd Fast drying III his veins, and felt
his long white beard with palsed fingers, he
seeIpedlike some martyr,e or prophet,r or an
| cborite9 sai m1rt aadsfs s7gw sbaroq O@C0t
He called them all in, and they were ranged
about him. s7al1 .5a.fnrp silirrss9ta sdT
-.'tFriends, I am DYING 1 have secret 10
give you. You have been kind 70 me in lifelS
Son with be kind even after am dead % said
| the old man, in feeble accents siam john
DirreiL, the regicide.' .i,4o stl 2
AL drew back in amazement, bat uot In dis :
gust or terror. A broad ocean lay sbstw cen
Ameriea aud the kiagly lands Their 10y atty
was of no fanaticalkin 50 saiaearrs sisis
81 am dying. Bury me decentiY; but place
no stone above nv bones till many years be
past, else they he 'dishoasred.9 do not regret
the deed.2 1 helped to free England; and the
day will cone when this young land and that
old land will not heed the NINE OF king, nor
fear a tyrant's power.n7s. a7e| sa'I 7i8aj Re
And then he died, and looked as if' he was
aslesp.f97 sd J. hkse "osEW is7sRsil
brTbey' buried him beneath the shadow Of a
young elm, which long lived to embrace his
coffin with iss roots; and many years after.
wards, aruies,one, { which ma v yet be seer, in
the New Haven church hyafd,5 bearing the fci-
lowing Inscription, was placed to mark his
resting -place;-s;I W., aEsa,'', (asf to hide
his reality, from ap but The initiated who
might respect his, remaips,} with the date Of
his decsase, in theyear l6sSrg beorIisg edT
qu} ia 9r-- fTr r--7ffy vr-A-espfrls}ra I
OLD lRoSsIpEs.--Comad Stewart resides
at White Hill, adjoining Bordehtewa, N. J.
He lives upon a farm. Of two hundred and fifty
acres, In a plain c5uhtry outage, free from
ostehtation, the dwelling being on an elevated
summit upon the right bank of the Delaware
which here makes aswseing curve.-A river
island, well cultivated, Is in front, and the
scenery, incladinga viewbf Bordentown, is
rich and beautiful. The distinguished Com
modore, who has been associated with the navy,
FOR fifty six years, is now eighty years ot age,
and more active etaha vivacioas than hpndreds
of men at fifty. His complexion Il fresh and
rubicuaa sd sisfassns sHissslnsedrs. He
Rresides over the Navy Yard ut Philadel lphia,
thirtylwiles Off, batpyisiAs Il laily, always lea.
wing at an early, hour dtreturuing in the af-
tsynoons FeF the sad mirabiey eypreservation OF
Of his physique hsis, indebted to an originally
good. coustitutieBs but in no less degree to his
general intelligence and comprehension Of fthe
laws,of lifsiaad health, ana to Iprndept,, TEN.
perate, not abstinent) and aetiyelife. an laFjs
The FEMALE TRMPER.-No trait of char
ismore valabie ina female than the pos
session Of sweet te,n2er. Home can never
bemade happy without Il; III Is like the flowers
that spring up in our pathway, ,lrevivihg and
cheering US. Let man GO home at night,
wearied andsx'ora out by the tolls OF tho day.
aud how soothing Is a word dictated by good
disposition! lis sunshine falling upon the
heart heart He ishapPy, aod yhe cares aff, lie are
forgotten, a sweet tepper has . soothing in.,
hnence ana, over the minds efs the whole family.
Where il is found ip the wife aud mother, you
observe kindness and love prsdominatipg
over the natural feeling Of : bad heart, s,mles
kind words and looks charicterize the chill.
drsn, and peace and love- have -thsxlcwsllhg