The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1857-1858, 1857-09-02

sssnet 49, s,pbls,l III Al
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g, speaking W ~ n ! whisper, seAus ~
tie .ptlysician's arrival ss'ssess@ asses.l
ibid atsll him that father was vcry ills'
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in . conditiea y ~ sssn By any ora tn
The Mni1oe se1ngne2 II Q faw- momen1u
and heckone6 me 70 the chamber doOr.r
aIh4 man says that b0 - net going \
leave the house until he has aCawy0ur tnth
er, wish yoa would 50 down - him. II,
acts STRANGELY 81 AM S'.s 4 tssA II. 80 Il. 4.
Withoaa saappins to roaecA I le(l Tho !
paltacnA and hurried down y tho parlo.--
] toaaa : man walking Ne iloos IN . yer.
u wish 10 zoe Mr. w. sAid he, Nd
ruptly, and in N imperative way 4 i
:. lie y !. very @ 81" replied. and can
u mus. ssshim, slck q wsll" H,s slaa
ner >waa excited,
n almpoasihls, slr," I'M N
NAe door hell rung again. ~ Tile moment
and With come vloleAca ! paused, and stood
listening until the servant Anawetcd III
aummoss, while tho man strobe twicc tht
6ll length Of the pArlot ~
M wiah u Gee Mr. w u wAa thu
VC.ee1ec lnAn, ~
''Ile h sick," the servant replied, os
"Nive him my nAMe---Mr WaltoN~-ANd
aay that I Muat aee him Or juat 4 moment
And thip new visitor came In paat tho walt
or. and entered the pArlOr
Mr. AfNoldw he sjacalNted, IN considers
BILE aNvpriae ..,ss
"MNapAl This 10 = nice hasiusaa /" said
the tlrst visitor In q rude way. entirely In
different - NY presence Or tesliNsa' "AAlcs
business, l MNai cNMleAA" ~U t.
nllays yoa ssea Mr. Wy was In
Q0lred, 8V
No, they nv 10 h aleA,M
\ TNeee wAs An MNeeNceAled aaNht IN tAs
veiue Mat uttered thlA
'Gen,lemeay sAiA l. stNNg into lNdlg
nan. eearess, s Y b ~ outrage, What d
you mean by itV 't M
we wish " zee your M,hsr" said tAs
last eeMeE Ais manner changing, and his
voice respectful,
WON have been Told, !" wa. my arm reply
What my father 10 too III 10 be seen"
III lsNt An hour, IA | am told, aimee he
len HE sture,N sNil the Rvst visttee wand
hardly think that his illness AAs progressed
~ rapidly Nh 10 tAis tiMe ~ ID make all In,
tewisw aNngerous, We do NOT wisA 10 be
rude or Nnce0rteoNe, Mica W., but our
bNsineee |. imperative, and we MNst ses
HIM /, for one. d. noe intend ID leave the
house until meet him face TO face
eNill,voN walk Np stairs" had The pres.
moved Ir,M the pArlor into the passage. -
The men followed, aud led them up to the
chamber where our distressed family were
gathered around my father AZ we entered
the huehcd apartment the men pressed for.
ward somewhat eagerly, but their steps were
suddenly arrested, The sight was one 10
make It's own impression Ny fathers face,
deathly in its hue, was turned toward tho
door, and from his barred arm stream Of
dark blood was flowing sloggishly--the ply.
stefan had Just opened a vein.
"Comel This 10 no place for u.s. heard
one of the men whisper to the other, AID
they withdrew as unceremonionsly M they
had entered Scarcely had they gone when
the loud ringing Of the door.bell sounded
through the house again.
What does all this mean whispered
ny distressed mother
II cannot tell. Something 10 wrong" was
oil | could answer; and a vague, terrible
fear took possession Of my heart
In the midst Of our confusion and uncer-
tainty, the only relative of my mother arri.
we'd, and from him we learned the crushing
fact that my fathers paper had that day been
dishonored in bank. In other words he had
failed in business.
The blow, long suspended over his head
--as l afterwards learned-long dreaded,
and long ayerted by the most desperate ex-
pedients to save himself from ruin, when it
did fall, was too heavy for him. 1t crushed
the life out of his enfeebled system. That
fearful night he died
1t is not my purpose to draw towards the
survivors any sympathy, by picturing the
that followed this sad event They have all
endured much, and suffered much. But how
light has it been to what my father must
have endured and suffered in his long strug-
gle to sustain the reckless extravaganza Of
his family, to supply them with comforts and
Injuries, none OF which he could himself
enjcy. Ever before me was the image of
his gradually wasting form. and pale, sober,
anxious face. His voice, always mild, now
comes to my ears in memory burdened with
touching sadness What could we have
been thinking about? Oh, youth, how blind
ly selfish thou art How unjust in thy
thoughtlessness! What would not give TO
have my father back again. This daily toll
Tor bread; those hours of labor, prolonged
often far into the night season-how Cheer
full would | be if they were ministered to
my fathers comfort. All, if we had been
loving and just to him, we might have had
him still But we were neither loving nor
Just. While he gathered with hard toll, we
Daily we saw him go forth, hur-
ried to his business, and nightly we saw him
come home exhausted; and we never put
forth a hand to tighten his burdens; but, to
crafty our idle and vain pleasure, laid new
ones upon his STOPPING shoulders until, at
asst, the cruel weight pressed him to the
earth
My father! Oh, my father! If grief and
earful repentance could have restored you
o our broken circle, long since you would
lave returned to U.S. But tears and re-
are in vain The rest Of eternity
$ yours.
A country woman was carrying on very
imple process against . neighbor in one Of
he small courts Of Germany. The attorney
i the opponent pestered her with so much
{ chicanery and legal subtleties that she |
ost ell patience and interrupted him thus
any lord, the case is simply this: be-
poke ofmy opponent, the carpet maker, .
arpet, with figures which were to be as
handsome as my Lord, the Judge; and he
rants now 10 force me to take one with hor.
ib!e carictures, uglier even than his attor.
ley. Was | not right in breaking of the |
,argain?'
. The court laughed at the comparison, the |
ttorney was stnpe6ed, and the woman won
be case a.a