The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1859-02-24
CHATTER XvIII-Continued.

Constance. In five minutes he
.., I.y. ha,rv tap al the door; and almost
r. .,.d time TO say Come in, in came
,..n4 A.. ips winking, and trying hard.
zai. 10 keep his handsome, rosy face
r. all over i'm sort of convulsion
u tola II anxiety. Herman Instantly sus'
- wlai was coming, and wished himself
10 IN rs: bat there was no help for it
~, he boy seemed waiting to consider
-..-. Z, ID e him, he lifted his pen from his
..... ana ta.d. good humoredly, " Well, Rafe,
s.. 20 speak TO me?'
fs5. drt linself up, and bracing himself,
D.. Frp.. by a ,rong effort, from head to foot,
..ne onf. with. u did, sir. wanted
....e-oh. DR.. Arden, sir, wouldn't you like
bus az
III cglIl afford II, my boy, should very
-. e son wish It : but -
BIT. indeed. sir, I'd cost you nothing
,.,I.a5 al al. sir. in the end. I'd be above
,., don't mean to ask aims, it's only a
a.q ,aa write an elegant hand, they say
..a keep accounts. If YOU wanted clerk
,-creterv
Er could not keep one, if did, my poor
a.=. llaust De my own clerk and secretary
i. asas I5ug dav l left home not rich
.a. .ri afen 7 get back. after buying Miss
.ssava4 people alone, shall be poor"
B.- ih.n. couldn't YOU hire me out, sir
35l III 20 where YOU. please, and work like a
.-.,. ,ay,. and bring vdu every cent | earned,
n. III luid back my Whole ransom, over and
.-r. ant only ask for enough of Your cast-of
.tac, u cover me- and bread and water TO
E..s lue alive. Or, il You liked, I'd be your
t.i. seIlaat. even. till NV time was up. I've
-,-r backed "a boot Vet. nor brushed any
a.r. ha.r bu, my own. he continued, not
a-rirrtly but with q. lid lie irrepressble pride,
..g4 -atnof altogether ii upon him; but I'D
q. ,a,,. .aincs .or yoil respectfully and faith
,-.. and not be- ashamed to make myself use
81 id aa, honest way ] could, for my freedom
a.i when Ia paid YOU back all your money, IN
.r-tand compound interest, too, if you thought
! ushf al still hold myself your debtor il
.auraI,. a'l my life They don't scarcely con
,.|-r .e. "a servant herd | only study, AM
sai aad ride, ike anybody else, and wait OF
r.r Colonel, my benefacior, and queenly little
n Rose, just As the squires and pages use'
'... -lJ times; and that's nothing The boy
rad evidently picked up some romantic notions
-..m the old novels 10 the library, and from hi
..f. associatcs some of the Southern gentle
,,al, contempt for labor Ii was natural
I'm. considering his prospects, unlucky.
% Y,, have an easy time of it here, then
base ~ou not?"
SIR. # ease was all man wanted II
Id. .,,, cnioy that while they choose to lie
LIE,
hen uhv ovoI care so much to be free?
.aai. Conscience pricked him as he aske
"a. question and Il seemed 10 cut the boy
tc emek.
Oh DR. Ardent oh, sir. why does an,
Rs? VI, do you?"
ra IL, sure WHY does ANYBODY care to b
E. an a fortune-teller, my reader; and
a-tf IL. .ou that fam true one, | will tie
F.at .. .gncthint about yourself. What's
,.,ry.l lr,. or whatsoever YOU are, know thu
sod L.. r,, i,. or al least wish in the course
ra- -a be-. sonei5ing. No matter what IT J
yo.ner,.r ehrth.r. in the opinion of other pc
dc. It !. worth being or not think that to
't.- .oa flirl. is in your opinion happiness
.a4 .1ysu are not. and think you can never ]
tsgaars unhappv; whatsoever it is--a soldie
. taft-,aan. "a soa-captain, famous artist,
.,rey Il professional man, gratifed epicur
er nI4.. a,earned man. a travelled man.
+. husband t.fbef wife. or mother, sure of ha
Ar 10 gaps made in the circle round 70
t5aI.a o. III me toile, because at any rate,
I'D 'a' ,..ia, more loving faces and below
,all ua~t D.. carried of too soon, than y
kaaa hos To spare Now, ask yourself WI
IN something is, IN Your case, and then $
hcv ian yout attainment or retainmNd OF 1t
.E,.. 30 BE afiected by your FREEDOM or 3
rJE Ah u~!i il is little thing, after all,
&c eh p.i from the fulfiment Of ones CHI
7.sh "a ilf, as al of as know but those W
nave t.e9 if-aiH If the slaves were as saint
a. til ous ht 10 be, as sanity as We are, tn
-7og.f not mind il at all.
f.-f Eate turned perhaps as much to hi
"a; A-5red asee as To leave the room, and, VI
n eao'y form dropping, laid his hand on
Lari.e g the doorlatch. CHANGING black
ns5usr &. Herman, before he turned 1t,
ss .,m--hu. IL his looks which told him Il
q eaad nave been no want of compass
sLleh panmt,ed his inquiry, and, encourag
b. pa srn,i. set himself 10 work to answer II
well as b. could Some of the simplest a.
IONS Ia llie world are not among the easies
answer. Who can tel an inquisitive five-y'
I'd, I'll. t..ce two makes four?
Wei, didn't know, sir. I'm afraid
tasa ,lp more 4 your time than I've any r
10. Lee.re odd begin to tell YOU all the
>ons, = hall. expect it's partly the fee
tLat make, cat waul or child scream,
gels shat In pantry, or the birds flap ii
elves 10 death, if you put EN- IN Gag
Ihat made the Norsemen sail round the wor
s,r ot l.nt-up, stiaed, unnatural, ra
hini o' iyeUi ?. Then, hope | ant con
Il, and don't pretend I'm one of those y
"'ail gcnitses. alat can do everything they pl
irst thing. ritm off-hand, without trying
there i~ut hardly anything that's come il
"ay 10 10, bat I've always found that 10y tr
and irving, and trying again, if necesss
Can do ii. jus. like any other man ant
Ike 10 L. a man, and my own man, and
md see i couldn't make my own way
lie world. and be great man, even, pei
could. he added, timidly, with an
glance :; Herman, as if to see how II
might venture. like Benjamin Frank
Daniel Webster, or any of the poor boy
made great men by trying hard, ana