The constitutional union., 1860-11-30
DIES ARC ARKANSAS, FRIDAY NOVEMBER 3O lS6O


 widow and her child, and furnished it with every luxury, dress, jewelry, furniture, orna- ments-whatever it might be that was rare and expensive, he bought them. He layished l money, like water, and thought nothing dear which would call forth a smile from the Wo- man, or joyous expression from the child. Their pleasure repaid him eyerything-it was his heaven his life.
 But the time was coming fast, now when poor old Joe Nappin, the broker, must face | the boundary lines between time and eternity, and learn the great secret. When the winter had killed Margaret's flowers, had stripped her geraniums of their leaves, and had frozen the songs of the birds, the old man and Death stood face to face. His rheumatism and asthma had been very bad for a long while and liy- ing in his niggard and neglected way, had not given him the best chance of recovery He knew he was dying, but he could not die in peace without looking once more on those two faces he loved 50 much-the only two he ever loved through the whole of his long life. They could not come to him, for they did not know his address, nor even his surname He was only " Joe in the beautiful house in Regents Park, and the servants thought he was '' Missus, queer old unce-perhaps from Ingey or foreign parts" But they could not come to him, he would go to them-and must whatever the risk He could not die hap pily-he believed lie could not pass away at all-without seeing them once more.
 Though the seal of death was rgidly set On his face the old manresolyeI to make this long and pcrilous journey. lIeknew he should hasten the supreme moment but 1t would be even better if he did he said sadly. He had done all he could do now he had established the dear onre, and his death would not deprive them of a turthng. or single comfort. He had saved enough; let him die. He sent for q neighbor to dress him for the last time, in his decent clothes; and when this was done -bctwecn funting and long fits of pain-hc told her to % for cab, and bargain with the man for his fare to Regents Park Because he was old amt weak. lie wouldn't be done by the biggest ruihan among them, he growled out When the woman left the room, old Joe dragged himself as best he could to a small iron safe lie had let into the wall with his own hand No one knew it was there-not even the landlord, nor those prying eyes of little Teddy. He unlocked 1t, and took out roll of bank notes railway script, and mortgage bonds, and tied them all in cotton handkcr- chief, together with parchment tied with red tape, sealed with biz seal. and i0dorSed Joe Nappiu's WILL in lis own handwriting. He had the bundle under his greasy old cloak and then the woman came back and found him pauting and pale and she screamed out that Ne was dying. But he swore at her between each gasp, and told her to hold her noise and help him down stairs. And then, half stumbling and half carried. the old man got down the stairs at lust and 50 was put into the cab
 He gave the man his directions in an un- dertone, iealousIy garding the name from the crowd standing curiou,Iy about; and then he drove out of lIoIborn forever, As he left his old nei4hborhood, with all its associations of pitile--uc-s 4Ld sorrow of !" "uicn lie haI been the instrument, and the hearJess cause. q change seemed to come over him. The mas tiff face 1radUal< crew more eotreuod and hu- mauzcJ He Va, passing from the world ol men and mammon into that of love and death, and the evil influences of his material life fad ed before the purihcation of this great bap- tiam.
 The iourney-was a long one for dying man-tircl him sadly. tIedid not care though for the pain 1t caused him; his only fear was he should die ere he reached his home-thc home hi, spirit of lis bettera and rurer lie. but he survived it-in sud state of suffering and prostIation and only just survived it tor when carried by the cabman in his arm, a~ if he had been child. he was brought to the presence of those loved ones all that his fail ing life left him power to do, was to place the ! package in the widows lap, and mumW taintly 1t is all yours. to die with her tears falling softly on his face.