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

TO demand any sacrifice on her part. lie
was the traDsgNssor. and from him alone
must come the atonement Wonld that all
girls similarly placed would think as Annie
did
1" You love me no longerr' exclaimed
Harvey, bitterly.
II do not love the spectre Of Frank liar.
vey," she replied. I" Return TO your former
self, and you will find Annie Lee still Apnic
Lee"
Imagining she referred TO his loss Of pro.
perry, he said. with snccr, IL sec how II
is--you have heard of my misiortuncs, and
we are not equal now. am poor now
aud you scorn me because ] am poor"
Poor rejoined Anuic, warmly.
You are only poor Ia character. Money
OF itself docs not make or confer worth. II
you had not penny In your pocket, and were
the Frank Harvey Of other times, would
r- ssss=ssy Jeu- Tny- dafRf Gifl 1fiy father
would a. 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 TO change,
time 10 turn back TO your former sell, and,
| will say, time TO come and see Annie Lee
as 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 q prey 10 emorsc, for, as he watch,
I'd her reoeding figure. the sound Of Sabbath
bells fell on his ear, and rs they nwoke the
past, they disturbed his stagnaDt aud 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
cbastiscment, and thorough cleansing Of
the moral being.
SelEdegradation will drive man or wo.
man TO the most desperate extremities, In
some stages Of their disorder they arc unable,
II willing, 10 bear up against tho wind OF
their difficulties. like dismantlcd ships
they drift hclplessly on the lee shore Of ruin.
II was 10 with Harvey. lie was ovcrtakcn
by adyersities and could not bear up against
them, although he stil bad the means The
spirit Of The gambler and tipplcr possessed
him, and bis property wasted away like
snow 10 the sun. In himself hopelessly de.
generate, he had no hope In the future, and
became reckless. Long after he bad ceased
10 bold any communication with Annie, or
her father, glimmering Of bis 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. It came with cleo.
trio force.
A be was proceeding b0mewnrds late ono
ttssbt tsta1 tUaa Al nj ka
miserable tailor, he was arrested by the
piercing shrek Of q woman and the cries Of
children--cries that never appeal vainly 10
mans heart. by an impulse which he
could never afterwards account for, seeing
the door open, he entered and behcld spec.
tacle that curdled his very blood. On the
floor lay The tailor dead--in IL Of drunken
passion be had burst blood vessel and gone
10 his dreadful account. His three children
were crying by biz side, and on some rags IN
corner lay bis wife 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 roused the
Deighbors. procured the attendance Of q
| medical man, and bestowed on the afflicted
family all The money be had about him.
Annie will not LET them starye," he men.
tally observed a. be proceeded 10 the farm
sad and thoughtful lie found M execu.
ton on the premises lie wB ruined, and
knew II, but did not lament or bcwail bis
fortune On the contrary, he went 10 bed
and dept soundly. The catastrophe be bad
witnessed had completely, Fcyotgti Onjzds fhs.
morbid nature. In the donid.i w. Ndek.
he arranged his affairs, paid Nj aiiirofH 10
full, and, asse, yiypgrP' psss'siOh q. the
about llny scsSa = khAtastib las boeRsi
be disappeared from the neigbb1rbood, and
was never seen In II again. lie babe adieu
70 none, not even 10 Annie, Tor he was
ashamed Of himslI. lie did pause at q
bend 10 the road that commanded view Of
her home, and breatbod prayer for her
welfare and happiness. II Was the sweetest,
boliest prayer be had uttered since be had
knelt At his mothers fest.
His disappearance did not create much
as,nhbment in the village, but 20 Annie II
was q source Of dsp, heart breaking grief
Despite Der keen judgment, she had hoped
.--womsp ever dos, even 10 the darkest
houn--spd now that he was gone, without
1 q word or token, the little flower that had
| hitherto bloomcd amid the winter Of ber
disappointment, hung is head pnd withefed
away. She herself dropped, The roses BED
fron, Der cbeeks, and sbe took melancholy
pleasure 10 visiting the spots where, side by
side, she and Harvey hsd passed some Of
the delicious spring hours Of their young
Iives. Daring one Of tbess rsnbles she
cane TO q retired place some distance from
The village, where ibey bad Often met 10 talk
n The future, and indulge 10 the poetry Of
eour1sbip. Il vas the margin 81 brook,