Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1858-02-19

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| Doslipg, and ! confess EllsE il was, With b {
feeling Of deep regret that e 2 I saw him afi14 1
his signature 70 the dooGRment that madte ads
him :one. Of, us. Business with the ,sgt.
Iler Of The. fort called me for the a. time #
away, and il was not. until some two ol
three days Afterwards that young Dew: Dew:
ling came under ny, obssFyEattcns !. he was
seated III the seFgeantiis sro1 M, aPpaTspltESf +
y, lost IN thought, up,mplndful Of Tbs
coarse conYerseii99, and sometimes
coarse jests Of thocssss' around, him. Hi.
head was bowed upon his bosom. and al,
together he PRESENTED, q sad picture. t0r1
dering tie idle men to do some. work Out.
side, drew chair toward him and at.
tempted a Conversation, For some time
he replied il monosyllabies only. until
iFed Of his inidisposilion to converse, ]
arose 10 leave Him. He looked, sadly up
to arrest NY attention. 70 ,,9''stsDsIaSs -
=. Captain he said, i believe that YOU
ssl raly j, insYrssted # in Rsm Il maqBd ply ny
assured him that he had fDfhP foDffmhPedt ddtap %
erroneous c1nclusion!
'I;perctiv95d at once. I remarked, that
you wee unlike the generality, Of appli
cants for enlistment, aud saw there was
some mystery connected with your life
or. at least something hid from the pry,
ing eye Of mere curiosity. at once be-
came satisfied that circumstances had
driven you to your present course.
Aye! driUeni that's the word. Would
1 have voluntarily become, what I am,
think you? Sir, I have heetn a pnmpered
child Of wealth; have been surrounded by
luxurisS; have moved in a. society into
whose charmed circle no poor mau ems a..
ters. society restrictive in its forms. and
blasting in its tlickery.. Can you con
ceiye how. great the chauge?' ,..'
Terrible and affective! answered.
But you canupt conceive the baseness
the injustice, that. turned, me pennilesS
from my home-drove me, sirl a, heggar
upon the world! /, who never dreaming
that the pecessitY q, labor could eyer
reach me. had. given no thought. in. my
sunny hours, 70 a preparation for emel
yencies. Fearing no. revetses.. | never
l9arned the art Of mastering them
You have said enough TO ,xci:e ny
warmer interest. II you will dare to con
fde your story 10 no, 1 will cheerully
listen Spch vas my manner OF drawing
his relation from his careful lips. II Is
said that \ sympathizer can often tighten
q weary load
Mine must weigh me down foreysr!'
he replied, There is no balm in all ..
life's pharmacopia that can extract tho
poison from ny wounded heart. He
seemed TO- ink again, then continued,
4 will speak Of the past. not that N,
words may alleviate my sorrow. but that
you may believe that l am entitled 10
some commiscration.'
l made no reply. and he proceeded:
1 have already told you that was not
the son of poor man. My father now
occupies position Of honor and trust, a
position to which he had been called BY
the v, ices Of his fellow ii en-. have a
brother! no. have not. He is. dead to
me- had a brother. older than myself,
from whom, when j was, born, much, OF
my parents affection was Withdrawal, 10
! he bestowed upon The new comer.. Iwas
not responsible fprjlkis. although came
TO know, when old enough to know any.
thing. that he considered me SO; that he
regarded me as IN lnLeTlOper and a shnr
er if not. monopolizer Of the love- he GOV.
eted. q, There was room enough 10 these
parents hearts for both, yet he would not
have q divided regard. aud so he brn, ev
cry effort Of his piind to unSeab me from
their affections, II za b.al.I Iss
| sAnd he u brotheI! could not help
exclaiming. .I .99I r. auao fl'
/ The pfocess was slow. but sure. For
many years he'was forced TO content him.
self with hints and innuendoos. powerless,
almost, where such baseness isl to be ac-
compished. Our college days werel,a,
last ended and we were thrown more to-
gelher than ever. Herea the difference
Of our parents love. W as mad yperhaps.
more npIainly virible. Yet strove to
make him an equal sharer in its demon.
strations aud by speaking to my father
! accomplished some change in their tnah-
ner towards him, He knew that L took
mo advantage. never sought.to gainfimore
than my share Of theiriaffection, yet ihp
was dissatisfied. Ilcould see it although
he had never manifested his dislike 6lu
words,r At,last our. mother WAS called
from the fading,joys of this world, to the
certain bliss of Ihat.h Goii.s- dix; sG
.a He was silent with emotion for som.
moments. during which his moslened
eyes we're directed towards Heavem in
lin the rEastscene Of thaI5Rour,ia moth
, er's preference was SO plainly manifested
rthat he fed enrsged from herr death bed
81 had tried to escape fromithe grasp th a
held me in its cOnvulsivee strength t
placaihins there: but u could not 1n vino
the arms hth at bound toathesfaifng heart
tthe object of its foudest enGearmenis. nv
brother'returnedIn not. until he came as {
mourner to follow the procession to The
Igrave. Eyenthen l str6ye ITO prOpitiatt