The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1860-07-19

Torn aud hungry tor two days; for worl
he could not, aud to beg he was ashamed
At last. in his cxtrcne misery, be be
thought himself of his fathers dyin:
words: II have not sold the house i,
kipp'etrigau yet" said he. "for no on,
would buy it. | will 20 aud break ope,
the upper chamber. Ny father SAID
would find relief there, aud perhaps Il,
meant treasure. II it should pr,ve SO,
will be wiser man than | was. and not
waste it on knaves - = To the
house then he went. and broke the chan
b"r door open. lie found relief indeed
There was nothing in the room excep,
high stool, and directly over it halter
dangling from II hook in the ceiling. H.
looked up and read these words:
An! .graceless wretch. and. wantou
fool! You arc ruined forever. This il
the only relief for those who have wasted
their p'trimony. as you have dore. BE.
hold then-put the halter around your
neck, and jump from the stool, and save
your family from the disgrace Of beg
gary"
Every excellent COUNSEL" said the
heir Of Linn; ''and as | must either hang
or starve, l think III take my father .
advice aud hang. 1t Is the shortest death
Of the two" .-.......
So he mounted, fastened the halter
around his neck, and kicked the stool
from under.
But the heir Of Linn was not to die
so. The board into which the hook was
driven gave away with his weight, and
he fell on the floor with a shower of gold
coin rat,ling aboat his ears. | will not
say tnat he felt no pain in the neck the
next day, but at that moment he certain
II felt none; joy rushed into his heart
like II torrent, and seeing himself rescued
from death and beggary. The space be.
tween the ceiling aud the roof contained
an enormous treasury. On the upper
side of the board from which he thou ght
to suspend himself was fastened letter
addressed to him. He hastily tore it
open aud read as follows:
:" My dear sou, know your character,
and no cxpostulation or advice can wean
you from the desperate course you are
Nothing but misery, sharper
than death, can work the cure on you --
1t. therefore. your misfortuncs and suf.
tcrings should be 80 .griev US th,t you
prefer death to their endurance. you will
not rashly encounter them ayain. You
have made the trial; take my gold, re-
deem your lands, and become u better
man
The heir Of Linn did not leave the
spot without putting up prayer to
Heaven for the soul of parent whose
admirable wisdom had discovered the
means of RAISING him fram hnpuarv and
despair to atfiuencc, aad of weaving him
from The follies and vices which had so
dis.raced his character To evince his
he resolved to amend his life
from that day forward, aud become all IA
fathers heart could wish.
But he first thought he would make
one more ,ri,l Of the false friends, on
whom he had wasted his time. his sub
stance a,d his character. lie therefore
kept his new y discovered wealth IA grea.
secret. unti! he he I'd that John Of Scales
was to give n great entertainment. aud all
the lords and ladies Of Galway were to BE-
there.
When the heir Of Linn entered his
fathers hall, it was crowded with richly
dressed gentry, but he was i" beggar'>
rags. lie appealed to the charity Of the
company. saying he WAS starving To
one he saiu, "yeu have dincd at my
board thousand times: will you deny
me the crumbs that fall from your own"
To another, Il gave YOU pair Of stceds
and trappinss.' And to another he said
~ lent you thousand pounds, aud
never asked you to repay me; and SO on
to all the rest Of the conplny But in.
stead Of remembering his favors, they
revilcd him, aud called him spend
thrift, beggar and all manner of vile
names. Some said that it was a shame
that such wretched looking object
should be suffered to come among them !;
aud one to whom, moro than all the rest,
his purse had been open, called on his
servant to thrust him out of doors.
But one man took his part 1t was
master Richard Lakeland, poo. young.
er son of u wealthy gentleman. He stood
up and said, IL never ate ut the board OF
:he heir Of Linn; | never rode his hors.
IS, or shared his purse Or received favor
OF him to the amount OF farthing But
what then! lie was worthy gentleman
when he had the means. have twelve
golden nubles, aud that is all l possess in
the world, and there are six of them u,
the service Of the man whose hand was
never shut to the poor. And US am .
gentleman. no man shall lay finger on
him while | wear sword"
A glad man Was the heir of Linn t.
find one man worthy to be his friend
He took the six mobiles and advanced
towards John Of Scales, who was stand
ing ut the end Of the hall, attired in sor
geons apparel.
You, at least said the heir Of Linn
sought to relieve my necessities, fo
you have grown rich on my ruin, and
gave you good bargain for my lands"
Then John Of Scales began to revil,
him, anu to declare that he had giver
him much more tn n the lands wer,
worth for he did not like to b. remind
ed Of his extortion before SO goodly com
pany.
Nay said he to the heir Of Linn
"u you will but return to me half what
Pa'd tor your fathers estate, you shal
have It buck ngain."
Perhaps will find friends who vii
;sna ;s ',s NE the su%-thsreforc give prom