The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1857-10-01

so"ishmeht auu eotud dmuSement, -Qot tD0
key offom Thornton's stable at Baytowr.
and"
Here Mr. Hampton interrupted him, and
| afte' short conference, they LETT the room.
The miller then proceeded to Join the party
o. his brother, old Thornton, and Mr. Jolly,
in tha bar-psrlor. Here he and Mr.. Jolly
soon quarrslled-,ho latter Saying his loss.
es served him right, and that he was glad
to hear of them. The miller was black With
rage. =
Not that l blame you for not being a
Judge OF a race horse-there's very few that
are--but you knowed what my opinion was,
and that ought 10 have been enough for
you. To 60 and take the word Of fellow
like that, Dobson in preference to mins
about race!" said Mr.. Jolly. in high dis
gust. "When you're agoing 10 bet again,
get Tom Thornton's opinion; that's worth
having. And to make all sure, ask me.
Now, here's Toms father and your brother
have been guided by me in this matter;
they ain't done nothing without my asking
me. What's the consequence They have
won above five thousand pounds, over and
| above what they lost at Baytown."
After pondering over this for some time,
| the miller rose. nodded to the Others. and
went out. "Where's our Charlo,lel Char
lotte, where be Q gala" said he, at the par
| lor door.
Miss Henley is here, sir" replied Tom
Thornton. briskly.
"And how be you, Tom3" said Tie miller:
II have lost on your race, and be sorry
for that, and SO tell e, boy; but be glad
you have won."
Tom thanked him, and the miller con-
tinued, Call in and see US, Tom; we shall
be main glad to see e."
81 am going to walk home with Miss
Henley, SIR" said Tom.
You be, be 'ei Well, il she don't want
to ride, you may as we'll. Mind and shet
the garden gate, Tom; and il you'd like to
take anything, she's got the keys Of the
cupboard. | shall be gone TO bed. Good
night"
Coed night! and cen again good NOR
row! man Of money and master of the mill.
No day but thus Tom Thornton hailed the
burly miller. And now no more at day
break wept the miler's daughe. What
time again the tear drop sparkled in her
dancing eye, like the bright dew that fringed
Aurora's lids, the blackbird carolled in the
blitle spring morn! Over the wales the
gentle May breeze swept, kissing her sunny
cheek and lily neck; and like the airy cloud
that robed the heavens, flosted the web
that yelled the virgin bride. What migh-
iy ale and old the miller drank on that
auspicious day, and how he forthwith brew
ed, 10 keep the christening Of his first
| grandchild; what stakes the racer after won;
how Jolly ruled; what cups and racing
plates of massy gold, fashioned in cumming
mould, adorned the side-board of Tom
| Thornton's wife, it booteth not 10 tell; as
now, upon her wedding day, her husband
holds the needless rein, while she and her
four bridesmaids pat the sleek sides of the
High Melted Racer"
MORAL CoURAGE.-Sidney Smith, in his
work on moral philosophy, speaks in this
wise Of what men lose for want of little
moral courage or independence of mind: "A
great deal OF talent is lost in the world for the
want Of little courage. Every day sends
| TO the grave a number Of obscure men, who
have only remained in obscurity because
their timidity has prevented them from
making a first effort; and who, if they
could have been induced to begin, would in
| all probability have gone great lenghths in
the career Of fame. The fact is, TO do any
thing in this world worth doing. we must
not stand back shivering, and thinking of the
cold and danger, bui jump in and scramble
through as well rs we can. 1t will not do
to be perpetua.:y calculating tasks, and ad
justing nice chances; it did very well-before
the flood, where man conld consult his
| friends upon an intended publication for
hundred aud 6fty years, and then live 10
see its success afterward; but ut present
man waits and doubts, and hesitates, and
consults his brother, and his uncle, and
particular friends, till, one FIRE day, he finds
he Is sixty years of age; that he has lost SO
much time in consulting his first cousin
and particular friends. that he has no moro
time To follow their advice"
RULES FOR GHowIxe OLp.--At lhe late
commencement Of Yale College, Rev. Dam
iel Waldo, as the oldest graduate present.