St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1860-10-11

Here he stopped the stage TOR me to get down.
@''What shall do, driver ?''saidE@i d2H2
'":Just ring that bell, my lad, 8 he answered.
''aud somebody will come and let you in.''
Hooked up to the top Of the door. @i1@s
IL don't see any bell, sir" I said. timidly.
The man burst into a loud laugh.
''Pull that knob, greeney!"' he said; .nd
straightway pulled it again and again, until
Mr.. Jones, . queer looking fellow, with one leg
and a dilapidated eye, came to the door, and
looked daggers out Of his remaining orb Of vis-
ion. upon the luckless wight who had broken
his bell wire. 80 '};0''' ''1'5> = -''o'
"Let that youngster stay with you and ma
ma Jones till / come to supper" said the still
laughing driver; and stayed. 90 ''I'''A =
Ma'am Jones is . lady that would have made
= fine companion for Daniel Lambert. Shell
tered beneath her capacious wings, I could bid
defiance to little Nr. Jones, who dared not at
tack anything that his wife might take . fancy
for petting This knowledge, together with
kept me happy through the, winter. / secured
knives, and performed quite s series Of similar
dignided }abors every morning but when boys
of my own age were sround, ], sometimes tho't
while looking at. their good and respectable
clothing, that it would not have been Z bad
plan for me to have accepted Aunt Deborah's q
offer Of sending me to college. Z.
An opportunity offering to GO to sea, I pre-
pared to go, despite the entreatiss and tears of
the fat. landlady. When she found me determ-
ined she provided me with every thing needful
for voyage, hugged me to her cApaciousheart
and bade me God speed: Jones, who was SO
when l went away--andin in his xife's absence,
taunted me in my new, clothes, which he more
than half suspected came from her, although
they passed as the gift af the stage-driver.2 Ii
! :, The servants. all assembled to, see me 60
away, and their hearty 'sGood-by, Sam! A
safe return to you, old fellow!"t was probably
more sincere than nine-tenths Of the good
wishes that have been spoken to me since that
time. "''i'', '&'+'~ ,i.' Is.' 1~t.l IL !ut =
u 1:shall say but very little about my sea life.
It did not answer my expectations at oil. !
never passed day without 'intolerable sea-
sickness, audi being o light, delicate boy, the
ture upon land. Going on shore, the mate
stepped forward and shook my hand, 1aying:
swell, Sam, you have killed sailor, after
all'' ' '';1 - - ~ |'1;'
~ I did not then know the meaning of this
phrase, but, when L got back to the old house
in Howard street, my friend, the driver, re-
peated it; and from him Il got: the explanation
Of the term. T., r. ..+c>, 4t -
l could not get back to the kitchen 'to :! work
again after my voyage, $50 looked out dill
gently for some employment, Ar ADVERTISE
ment in the paper for q printers boy caught
my eye, and + applied and was received!' Here
| was quite happy made myself Afayorite in
the Office, and fortunately succeeded in learn
ing the busines. SO that'.my services would
command q 1air, Remuneration. y 81; Y .vfa
At twenty-one I married Susan Russell, the
daughter of ny employer! Tam thus brief in
recording this, because by no alchemy .Nhatev-
er. could convert the old fashioned ,matter-of
fact liking for each other ard subsequent
union into any thing Like romance. The whole
might be compressed into q single sentence
I liked her and married her when found she
liked me.yIaE3JG F7::I tszi at#5ss>1t1l sylzi3 =
Ny description Of our new home would be
quite as brief. We took two rooms, furnished
them comfortably, and Susan kept them shin
ing like silver the whole year. round. T. ever
without care or anxiety, or fear for the future,
it was in those days. What peace We enjoyed!
Our two eldest children were born here; and
then our limits seemed too small but it was
real pain to both Of us to move from the long
abode which had been the scene Of 30 many
calm and peaceful hours. u#:.:>j5&. ~ Il
We removed to q cottage in the suburbs of
Boston not those miniature cities which now
rise up beside the venerable Trimountsin,T but
q small and obscure village, since risen to the
size and importance it deserves. About the
time that We removed and were quietly settled,
q very important Law case Was on the docket,
and when it, came on we were very busy print.
ing the reports Of the trial as it progressed --
/ became immensely absorbed in it ), not 80
much from q sympathy with the parties con-
ed with the; technicalties Of the law, 4 could
seize upon very many points Of Importance
which believed the prisoners counsel had
overlooked altogether. oThisilea grew stronger
and stronger upon my mind. / had access to
law books which we're in my employers sane
tum, and lpored over them sometimes all night
long. -. .'-s3.->.:, r,..,.f ... ~ ia
If. Russell had been bred to the law, but
had relinq nquiehad his aprofsssion for tnat Of an
editor, some years before the birth Of my WIFE.
frankly stated to him my wishes in regard to
fitting myself for the BAR. ;saI3a;15ia ~ s42
He first laughed ,at, me, then seriously tried
to dissuade me from sttemptingit. Opposition
only strengthened my purpose, and T entered
Al otiea ef An eminent lawyer. Who oyerleoksti
my defciences in some respects, in considera-
tion Is he was pleased to terri il, Of the talent
and aeumsns which my replies to his questions
nov wrote fJithja forJ tie Journal + had been ac-
eustomed to print, and with such secrecy. that
Mr. Russell did not find out who his new: con-
tributor was. He would often wonder, in my
presence, who it could be, and ascrihsd to him
e;degres of talent and brilliancy Of expression
as had hardly hoped to deserve. He often,
TOO, imputed my articles To- and 60 -
then the tyoI leading writer's Of the day, and
expressed his opinion that they would not re-
main iiicdg xgreat while Thesfastsry pleased
.meahltJ ] aidsnet allow. my. .yanity TO- lead me
into bet ;betraYing myself. Through & third party
receivsd sIsrger c0mpensation f0f my labors.
certainly, than should have ssdons had ny
wife faihsl<in.Isw miilthiu1ted lwhol sxas hisr
sess6st stsndestdt h sais asda zustTola ;.
y Iatediad ihed; end la4 q, length ths jnef
gassf tssf = = eeas oe. ,a9 9tR .6o.ses e e
Young lawyer, in order to reduce our e1peh-
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