The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1859-06-16
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For the National Era
HERMAN;
YOUNG KNIGH THOOD.
BY E. FoxToH,
author Of" Premices"
CHAPTER XVI
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Edward found Herman looking out for him
IL the same guard-room, with the handouts anC
,Owhides hanging over his head, and in tn,
same elo;hes-old- fashioned now-in which h,
had left him more than two years before, look
ing 50 sad and strong. There was one change
however, which struck him like blow Her
man now looked so happy, but so weak Hi.
body and limbs seemed almost wasted and
though the loss of flesh was less perceptible
guild animation and excited debility, which ap
pears only, like the last flare of dying lamp
10 ioretell its own extinction. He was in the
spirits of a school-boy on the first morning of a
vacation. When he could speak, which was
not the first nor the second instant after Ed
wards hands were clasped in his, it was after
the following fashion:
Altered To be sure | am; I'm tive
years Older Other people are, too. Isn't that
Wrinkle | see over somebody else's nose ?
on, it is gone now 1t was only scowl.
Avoid scowlng in future Ned or that furrow
will become chronic, to the great detrimsnt of
your beauty
You did not tell me that you had been
sick
" Home-sick ? | thought that would be no
news; everybody is, more or less, in Jail.
Did you need TO he told that, oh student of
human natuIe? ] wrote you word, I'm certain,
that | was rather seedy after we had the chol-
after didn't have it, that is, but most other
people did and after that, in almost every let
Ter, took pains to inform you that had taken
q cold till l thought 1 must have sufficiently
impressed the fact upon you, and that you would
think | was repeating myself for want of topics.
| took another last week, and feel little
springy to-day. That's the whole story
You walk like an old man.!
/ am little Stiff believe just now It's
half Of it laziness, and the other half want
Of exercise. A gallop or two, on old Bay, will
set all that to rights, and bring back my ap-
petite and then | shall do well enough. The
people here say there never was such spring
before. For the last mouth it has done moth
lpg but pour. / couldn't get out very well, and
felt the worse for it when did so at last
gave ap the point, and made up my mind a
change Of air was what | wanted and now,
with your good leave, I'm going to try it, the
very moment after I've said goodbye to few
Of NY aCqua1utS,srcrs mere
You look as if you'd lain awake all night
long, every night for week"
MAYBE have it was such terrible dis
turbance TO me to think of going home Home
will cure me-home! If be sick with JOY,
shall recover without physc! Come, come, sir!
I'm the physician of this establishment. Don't
poach on my manor. If I'm not quite as we'll
conditioned as some people could name, m
not 40 i'll as | was once before, when 1 was
cured by Sea Farm and Clara and now l am
TO have Constance, too. Who's there! Oh,
walk in, Mrs. Rodrick. | was not going with
out taking leave of you. l was coming TO see
YOU as soon as / had been through the work
shops and Yards, to speak to a few OF the men.
"Well, sir, the convicts felt so powerful bad
about your leaving, that just intereeded with
husband and father to let 'em quit work quar-
ter hour and come into the hall to see you
when you'd pass through" Herman was not
the only person who was changed by the two
wears spent by him in the penitentiary. Two
years before, how much would that woman
have known or cared about how the prisoners
felt?l
"Can help you put mp your things, Arden
d.. Arden, would say"
mo, thank you shall leave most ofthem
and I've written upon them the names OF the
men whom | should like to have keep them
This copy ofthe Psalms hoped that you would
do me the favor to accept
We'll, I'm sure What grand, great letters
Ii seems as if they'd read 'emselves out loud
without specs If you'd just write my name II
il. sir. and who it's from. Here, May, come
Why. YOU know you wanted to tell your gOo(
ptison-doctor goodbye"
Poor little May had been hitherto, 1t appear
ed lurking behind her mother somewhere IL
the scant folds Of her gown, and, stopping he
eyes and mouth with it, d In Bessy Brown: VI
being extracted from her hiding place, and lifte'
10 Hermans arms, she burst INTO a passion o
very genuine grief, and scarcely feigned an
ger:
"Oh, dear, dear, dear! / cannot let you 60
You must not. thought you was good. You
naughty and cruel to leave little May. III &c
a great big chain, and hammer it all roun'
your hands and feet. Ill get pa to hold you
Oh. oh, oh! "
"Oh. fe. fie !" said Herman, kissing hei
don't you remember the day you cried before
because you could not get your father to let IN
20 to see my little niece, Bessy. The week ate
next, when l get home, i must give bessy wv
dollars in her little purse, and send her out
a toy-shop to buy two beautiful dolls, with eye
that will open and shut, one for her aud on
for you and must have yours put IN BOZ
and send it by carrier, directed to Miss Ma
Rodrick and you must unpack 1t yours Ell
after the nails have been taken out OF the DO
for you; and what color do you think its eye
had better be?"
Al oh nv hp
Edward followed him. AS he passed, the tur'
KEYS touched their hats. In the hail. the me
thronged about him, many of them with the
rough, squalid features working painfully.
was brief but agitated interview.
"Good-bye. goodbye. Riggor, you'll IND
blanket, labelled with your name, IN my cell
the overseer will give 1t to you. Holt, I've lie
you my chair. O'Gee, you'll be out next, 70
know. Mind you don't get in again, there's
good fellow. You're older now than you We
when Won came in and you've seen the Il
ly of-never mind what Vylepig, don't TO
get your promise, will you? Remember, II
never toe late to mendl' All! Quackleben, II
put up large packet of your medicines for 20
with full directions; don't take too much goo
bye. Romer, I've written your name in m
Two Years Before the Mast Why, Kane
why, pluck up good heart, my man. I've le
you hall my books for keepsakes. GU mu
write to me. Penn will write for you
"A gentleman would be ashamed to get
ietterfrom such a place" said Kane, querulousl
IF he was no gentleman. III answer it I
reetly, and tell you about Boston; and if y,
don't make haste, shall write first Let
cones be by-gones, my dear fellow; but do I
duty of each moment as 1t comes. Men
eonsciences as delicate as yours must take ca
how they ever trihe with them, if they want
be at peace. Bat remember that there is
unregulated rennntance that eats nm the fru