The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1858-09-16


to demand any sacrifice on her part. II
was the traDsgressor, and from him aio,l
must come the atonement. Would that al
girls similarly placed would think as Ami
did
You love me no longerr' exclaime,
Harvey, bitterly.
~ do not love the spectre Of Frank Har
vey," she replied. /" Return to your iorme
sell, and you will find Annie Lee still Apni,
Lee" -.
Imagining she referred 10 bis loss Of pro
perty, he said with a snccr II sec how Il
is--you have heard Of my misiortuncs, ant
we are not equal now. am poor now
aud yoa scorn me because ] am poor"
"Poor'' rejoined Auuic. warmly
You are only poor In character. Money
Of itself does not make or confer worth. Il
you had not penny In your pocket, aud were
the Frank Harvey Of other times, would
-ssss -ssssssy ss;vr yea my idafRf, sifl 'fiy father
would AZ gladly consent. Oh, Frank, Frank,
whether you have been led astray by your
own evil pronptings, or fallen before temp,
tation, there Is time 10 relent, time 10 change,
time 10 turn back TO your former self, and,
| will say, time TO come and see Annie Lee
rs you did In the bright days before you fell
away from me, from yourself, and, oh
Frank, think Of II, from your Maker !"
And so they parted without another word,
Harvey prey 10 remorsc, for, M he watch.
Cd her receding figure, the sound Of Sabbath
bells fell on his ear, and as they nwoke the
past, they disturbed his stagnant and putrid
present, and he wept. But the day Of bis
deliverance was not yet at hand. Deprayi.
tics that stop short Of crime punishable by
the laws are only corrected BY the seyerest
chastiscment, and thorough cleansing Of
the moral being.
SclEdegradation will drive man or wo.
man 10 the most desperate extremities. In
some stages Of their disorder they arc unable,
II willing, To bear up against tho wind OF
their difficulties. Like dismantlcd ships
they drift hclplessly on the lee shore Of ruin.
II was no with Harvey. lie was ovcrtakcn
by adycrsities, and could not bear up against
them, although he still bad the means. The
spirit Of Tho gambler and tipplcr possessed
him, and hs property wasted away like
snow In the sun. In himself hopelessly De.
generate, he had no hope In the future, and
became reckless. Long after he bad ceased
TO bold any communication with Annie, or
her father, glimmering Of his actual posi-.
ton flashed across his mind, and he vowed
a reformation but IL Is only terrible shock
that can rouse such beings 10 sense OF
their danger and duty. II camc with cleo.
tric force.
Al be was proceeding homewards late ono
night, and was passing the cottage Of the
miserable tailor, he was arrested by the
piercing shrek OF woman aud the cries Of
children--cries that never appeal yainly 10
a mans heart. by an impulse which he
could never afterwards account for, seeing
the door open, he entered and beheld spec.
tacle that curdled his very blood. On the
floor lay The tailor dead--in III Of drunken
passion be had burst blood vessel and gone
TO bis dreadful account His three children
were crying by bs side, and on some rags Ia
q corner lay bis wiie PROSTATE, dying in the
last stag, Of consumption. The crimson
and black clouds through which Harvey had
looked at the world for many day vanish.
ed--his former self started up, like bright
angel, and he applied himself vigorously 70
the exigcDcies Of the case. lie reused the
Deighbors, procured the attendance OF
medical man, and bestowed on the afflicted
family all The money be had about him.
Annie will not let them starve," he men.
tally observed az be proceeded 10 tho farm
sad and thoughtful. lie found an execu.
tion on the premises. lie was ruined, and
knew Il, but did no, lament or bewail his
fortune. On the contrary, he went TO bed
and dept fonndly. The catastrophe bc had
had completely Ecyo.gtionjg9 fhs.
morbid nature. In the ldonfi 9l sfK Naek.
be arranged bis affairs, paid Nj aeiicbH II
i iall and =, ,, ss. Ysrg, pss.,.i. .s..t, z y ,s
about Gi,y iatDa 7 kilAfastib lhs bocksf
be disappeared from the beigbborhood, and
was never seen In II again. lie babe adieu
10 none, not even 10 Annie, Tor he was
ashamed Of himsli. lie did pause at q
bend 10 the road that commaDded view Of
her home, and breatbcd prayer for her
welfare and happiness. II was the sweetest,
boihst prayer nc hAn uture1 nbcr nc bad
kDelt at bis mothers fest.
His disappearance DID not create much
as,onhbment in the village, bat 10 Annie II
was Fource Of deep, heart breaking grief
Despite Der keen judgment, she had hoped
---womsD ever dos, even in the darkest
now that he was gone, withou,
a word or token, the little flower that had
hitherto blooned amid the winter OF ber
disappointment, hung is bead pnd withefed
away. She herself drooped, the roses fied
from ber cbeeks, and sbe took o melancholy
pleasure 10 visiting the spots where, side by
side, she and Harvey had passed some Of
the delicious spring hours Of their young
lives. During one Of tbess ranbIes she
cane TO a retired place some distance from
tbe village, where they bad often met 10 talk
n tbe future, and indulge 10 the poetry Of
eourssbip. II was the margin 0f O brook.