Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1858-11-12
DELAWARE, OHIO, NOVEMBER 12, 1858.

rafting paper curtains, and six black wepI
en- chairs set stiff against the wall, and the
rag carpet woven in such hard, painfully
bright stripes, as place fit to give one the
nightmare, and carried o'uf books to The
woods, or out by little stream which tum.
hled in successive falls to pond below
And here Henry would sic for hours at my
feet, his arms crossed on my lap, and hs,
en- as read, or learned from me the dry de-
| talls Of nsatheraafics. was daily surprised
| TO see how much he had thonghr aisd read fol
one of bis years, and in his situation. o.
how my soel lowered before his simple faith
! II God stid his eager search for truth. Ev-
j cry day his fsaase sufAeS sffeBgfR and his
step 5gtffhess, heakn came to him as the
cpyositien to his nature was withdraw.
watched him with a coubl5 anxious eye, al
ter the Occurrence of one dny.-We were
htrf1fHg honHe ffos4 OFT stza-es on account
of rising storm. but it oveftcoE Il III tse
woods and bstst forth n all IFS faft. Twas
terrified BY tie fS4rirg of the wind in the
trees, the branches of which ssatea So and
| fro, tossing them toward heaven and again
bending them to earth5 and turrsed for Henry
TO bid him hfIrry on, but thought no Eaore
of storm or dangers as saw the child. His
cap Jay on the ground and he was kheeling
with face slightly raised in soft attention.
his hands were meekly folded. affd the blte
eye radiant and exulting. knel. beside
him until the fury of the wind was spent
and its bowling stilled, then spoke. Stop
he said. and / remained silent for a while,
then taking hold of his cold hand told him
he must go in. 80. cousin" ne said, 81 have
often listened TO the wind in these trees for
hours at night" $50 that was what he was
doing when his mother said he was sitting
up by his window at night, catching his death
cold,) but never heard any thing like this
before, although / have often felt as the
wind sounded when I have been praying
G cd to take me away from this farm and
give me q chanae of making man and do
ing great deal for poor ignorant people. !"
"You must not think of such things too
much,'' said.
81 cannot help thinking he replied "and
sometimes when think what 5eautifui pla-
ces there are on earth, and how much some
people suffer, and how much one great man
can help them, and about Jesus saving the
whole world, and heaven, and the angels 4,
my heart is SO full and il makes me ache right
here laying his hand upon his breast.
18th Henry don't talk so'' cried, ssyou
are either going to die, or you are q genius" !"
''J am not genius, Enow, !" he said with
tears i'd his eyes, ..and would like to die
if my soul could go everywhere and always
stay with the angels among the stars"
The autumn came and | went back to
L soth xlfr ,1v,--
Gle had a son who was one of the scifooId d.
.reEtors, and he obtained a place for me. i
LETT al on the farm wiihontregret excepting
Henry and as cluBg around my neeksat the
door and cried, 4what shall do Martha with
out you, Thy viii make me plough and bring
in wood al oi. the time as soon yeu are
gone and will never let nae touch a book, >"
the hot tenrs from my eyes fell upon his soft
cheek which was already wet.
Iwrote to him once, but receiv ing no an
swer did not write again. afterwards learn
ed that my letter was thrown unopened in
to the fire, through the carelessness of one
of his older brothers, and he never knew of
its existence.
Two years passed busily enough with me,
and one day entering a store on Canal street,
wos startled to see my cousin Henry in
the back part of the store. He stood with
his elbow on the counter, his hand support
ing his head, while he was intently watch-
ing clerk make out bill. saw it all
they were trying to make a merchant of
him, and his holy aspirations and intellectual
yearnings must be stified, and he join in the
race for gold. For what is life worth with
out having deposits at the bank, marble pal
aces, aristocratic carriages, and obsequious
servants. Can the heart find no delight in
the simple works OF God, and the restless
energies see no work among the teeming
millions of earths suffering children! Is it
well for one man to eat from golden plate
while his brother is starving at the door,
and his sister is wandering through the dark
ened street seeking to sell her honor for
gold!
Henry was paler than two years before
and his hitherto clear eye was troubled and
anxious, while the blue veins shone through
the transparent skin, and at times swelled
large and full across his temple. saw
him but for a moment, as he was called a
way by the head clerk. "Do not go to my
boarding house to see me Marthy, but come
often to the store, perhaps | can ind time
I see you here few minutes he said as
he ran off. did see him as often as | could
but never longer than five minutes together,
for we were both poor, both subordinate:
but during these short calls saw how much
he had changed. The impulses OF his boy
hood were all checked, his mind was held
down to mere business matters; with super
natural strength, he seemed to possess the
resolution and force of a man OF twenty five,
and had lashed his inclinations to do the
will of another. His hopes, dreams and
resolutions of two years before had been bu-
ried, and he never stirred the ashes lest
phenix-like they might arise, and it was
difficult to tell that he ever lanfetfed the
necessity for the deed; bu; one hot day as
we stood in the store door a moment before
the fashionable shopping hours, he turned
quickly to me and asked-s'do you ever hear
! the roar of the ocean7" "No," | replied
80, that l could only feel the cool
wind as it comes over the grass. once more,
and hear it whispering in The trees. They
say the ocean moan is like it," and his cheek
| flushed and frame trembIed. But to call
/ from within he answered "yes sir" in dry
quiet tone and was gomez the enthusiastic
boy was down and the clerk trod on his
PROSTATE form. As stepped out upon the
hot bricks and hurried to the shady side o!
the street, to avoid the fury of the August
sun, felt that my fears were confirmed.
had thought all summer that Hcnry's lin
en- clothes hung looser on him every day
and that he was growing paler if possible
but he assured ne again and again that he
was well, but now l was certain that the
hot city and the treadmill of the store were
killing him. God sends but few such spirits
10 ear,h, and not then to the crowded martsi
their rightful heritage is the beauty of the