St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1859-03-17

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OF Ellen he did mot I,o % r,;nr
because the thourht was fn,l oT ".,,: .nif
repr,acb Un rc5nn,,horoj l har VI n,Sl. aS'.'
ness, her patiencc her fine snir;tnaI
qualities. only to associate them with
the idea that she was too humble for
the wife of a Great ar1ist-thnt il of
one who WAS soon to become = GREAT
artist
As he had sunnoscd the fact that
the Fashionable Miss Nnrdarnt La1 s,t
to him. and had lionizod him broncht
him nnitn n nr,nLar of ,i+tors ,lo Ala
NOT rrfusr +, nav tLo aro,nnntod nrice
which me now set rnon Tis nortr,ifs
In .,,i, ,,.. t,c,no !,
had oarnoI ''ls,' - 'l' M
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t.'O ~. !I... ''''r -A'' ''iA' III ''''e" vas
StaDliI'S oi purpose industry anu
iIt'.c more liking Tor the practlcaIltlcS
~ -,
lie considered 1t, however, quite DC
ncath his DESTINY TO come down from
IAe airy nights OF imagination TO Inc
STUDY or worldly theories. lie re.
gardcd himself as "a glorious fellow,
ana MS friends regarded INN III the
same II&ht. lie thought, upon that
account, he was eXcnSaDie IN any eX-
cess or extravaganza, and his friends
thought tie same. Nhat would have
been shameful, or wild, or shocking IN
a young man engaged IN common
business pursuits, ana caused him to
be dismissed from ms employment,
""' o'''9 'N0 e0Oc1'''t'i'S Vi 5eH'"' il
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" "'i' nc n'1 money! Hc ','cu I'Ne q
pl ''C' T'',I 'iS iiau ""iIe' hc """oe''
.no VI u ~ ne l'.'t al ut'It Io,..I'p' y.
I'l "'' iI'e"' no"INcl "S'iu'' II Ivy
a. "I,o NV ' t 'I io,.I"ut' % ,,. .nC
,t'o"' " -n,'' ,i,' ~ a',''i '"0 WI" was
ny 90; -
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As natural result, his passions
! out-WeiShed his Judgment, and his
character became less ana less we'll
balanced. Ike cultivated pcculiarltles
as PROOF OF superiority, when, III
TACT, they were the very evidences OF
his weakness: An how much he
needed the quiet and sweet influence
oi mihd Ike Eliens, to teach HIM
true wisdom, ana direct his wayWard
genius 10 serve Il hIgh purpose But
all unconscious OF the Je"ei he hau
cast away, he worked checriuIIy on,
conSratuIatlng himself upon beng
sucii a Splehdla man.
The wonderful industry with which
he began the winter, had its origin in
a pique against woman. and died
away with that pique. lie was idle
most of the time, read nothing, was
not neat in his personal habits, but in
dulged himself in luxurious living,
tending gradually towards dissipation.
The temple Of his fame arose rapid
| ly, but the foundation which should
have warranted its pcrmancnce, was
being as rapidly undermined. He
flashed and ilarcd like a brilliant me-
teor in the eyes of men, and shot into
darkness. lrrcSnIarIty Of life brought
on Ill health Incidence brought power,
"; ana one coiu nlght, year from
the time when his success was most
natteFihg, alter summer OF varied
fortunes, he was picked up IN the street
oy the ponce, and carried to the hos
pitai. a distracted state OF mind,
caused by want, dissipation, disap'
Pontment, and uncertainty, had III
duced a dangerous lever