The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1860-04-04

, once tuIl regiment OF STOUT soldiers tol-
lowed Napoleon BOnsparte into Russia
There were many other regiments wen
also, but Of this one 10 particular have !
read. OF that whole company Of men only
one solitary individual lived TO return to th
home OF his birth. All the rest died on the
way. They we're stsrved and frozen auO
they dropped by the way side. Now sup.
pose some thouQhtless youth should point t.
that single soldier. and say that amid the
eternal SHOWS Of Russia there was no dan
ger, because that mon had passed them all
and still lived Like that single fragment
do stand here living man." .....
The youth sazed up in the face Of the
sged speaker, and new emotions were work.
ing upon bis features. .'-
"Come, Malcolm, / would chow you one
more spot betore we CO." . ,-...-.
The old man leaned upon his asff and
moved slowly on umong the graves. Invol.
unfairly did the youth follow. AT length
they stopped by spot where two graves lay
side by side. The slSbs were of marble,
aud they glistened brightly in the moonlight.
"MalcoIm," spoke the sexton in deep
) whisper. II remember we'll when made
these two graves. There was not sornw TO
fill the beds which here | made, they VINO
sleep here died among the sweet breatAings
OF peace and hunor. They were good vr
uobs people, and when they were gone our
townsmen mourned Tor our village had los,
it's most noble spirits. o, love to cOme
aud stand over those graves, tor know lhDt
Gud smiles upon them There is no tain,
nor dishonor here. Mslcolm, do you know
who rests in these two graves =
The youth did not answer, nor did he raise
j his head, but with one deep wild cry he sank
down and there he lay across the graves
> weeping and sobbing like child. His fa-
ther and mother slept there
. For while the old man azed tearfully
D upon the scene, and then he took the youth
by the arm aud raised HIM up.
"Come, MnIcolm," he said, "we will GO
e away nov; can show you no more"
d The youth followed the guide out from the
y churchyard, and after The gate was cIoseC
n they passed on. TO the street. Here Adam
8 Stanford stopped.
r "Now Malcolm" he said, "you can return
= to your companions 1.-THE tavern, but let mt
e pray you never use my name again as yol
g did this evening. When you 6galn think o
n poor old Adum Stanford, think only Of wha
I he has told you in the churchyard, think Of
what he hns seen, and Of what you may vel
/, come speak,"
O The old man turned partly away, when
J, Malcolm sprang forward and caught him by
n the arm.
o "UncIe Adam," he uttered in chokec
0 broken accents, "Oh forgive me for what
. have now said and what have done. IL
d cannot tell you Sll now. | cannot speak
u but shall 90 to the tavern no more. o
It God bless you /! God bless you "
!. The clock struck nine as Alice Warrer
'o!ded the hands of her little boy together
4 and bade him say his prayers. Her younse>
q girl was asleep in the cradle. The frs
o words of the prayer were uttered-"Ou
;. Father who art in heaven" when there cam,
the sound OF footsteps upon the plank walk
r. in the little front garden.
# "It's psp'," said the boy, letting his hand
;. drop upon his mothers knees. and bending
n his ear to listen, but the mother dared no
peak.
= At last the door opened and her husbsn,
entered. Alice cast her eyes tremblingl!
up, aud saw the big tears that were rolling
4 down the cheeks Of her beloved. Instinct
n Ively she sprang forward and clasped he
. arms about her husbands neck.
"Malcolm, MaIcolm. wha. has happened
!, Tell me- Oh tell met"
Malcolm Warren sank into a chair, ant
, as he drew his wife down into his Tsp.
"Alice o, Alice!" he uttered, sobbinl
and weeping as he spoke, "can you iorgiv
me- Tor al that has passed J"
:, The gentle wife was bewildered at first, no
ID almost frightened, for the speech OF her hus
, b.nd was so wild and incoherent, she fearet
4 hi. brain was turned. But ere long he spok
- oil the resolution he had made. He did no
" tell o. any trial he was going to make, bu
=, he told her of The iron " i'll that had entere
n hi, soul. The night Of his temptation hat
y, % sed, and the dsy OF salvation had dawned
N A few moments more and the husband an
" vie were upon their knees. Their emotion
d were too deep Tor utterance--too wild an
y thrilling Tor speech. A moment tn
in srugg led there, and then wept in silence
e Tic little boy c'ept to the spot, an
10 'hr. " his tiny hands about the neck Of hi
70 parents, for even his young soul had cnugh
the spark Of new lie that had brealhed int
,e existence within this happy home.
h On the next morning Malcolm Warren
bt rose better and a happier man. He wal
10 calm now, and he told Alice ell that ha
r, transpired the night before. and when it wa
m all told. they prayed as redeemed souls onl!
vr can pray.
Fr Days, weeks, and months passed away
Is and Malcolm Warren became once NOR
N the handsome youth that bad been loved an
| cherished by honest friends in hours gon
by. The flowers OF affection bloomed ogai