St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1861-03-21
raising him from beggary and despair to

TO give great entertainment, and all tn
, lords and ladies' of Galway were to be ther
e When the heir Of Linn entered his IA
theirs hall, it was crowded with richI,
dressed, gentry, buthe was in beggar's rags
, He appealed to the charity Of the compa
ny, saying he was starving. To one b
said, tsyou have dined at M board thou
sand times: will you deny me the crumbs
that fall from your own p To another 81
gave you pair of steeds and trappings.'
And to another he said, II lent you {
I thousand pounds, and never asked you t
repay me :" and so on to all the rest of the
company. But instead of remembering
his ,favors, they reviled him, and called
him spendthrift, and all manner Of vile
names. Some said it was shame thai
such wretched looking object should be
suffered to come among them and one tc
whom, more 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. It was
Master Richard Lakeland, poor, younger
son Of a wealthy gentleman. He stood
up and said, ri never ate at the board Of
the heir Of Linn, I never rode his horses,
OF shared his purse, or received favor Of
him to the amount of a farthing But
what then? He was very worthy gentle
man when he had the means. L have
twelve golden uobles, and that is all I pos
sess in The. world, and there are six of them
at the service Of the man whose hand nev-
er was shut to the poor. And as am a
gentleman, no man shall lay finger on
him while I wear sword.'
A glad man was the heir of Linn to find
ono man worthy to be his friend. He
took six mobiles, and advanced towards John
of Scales, who was standing at the end Of
the hall, attired in gorgeous apparel.
"You, at the least;" !" said the heirof Linn
Sought to relieve ny necessities, for you
have grown rich on my ruin, and / gave
you good bargain for my lands"
Then John Of Scales began to rev,le
him, and to declare that he had given him
much more than the lands were worth ; for
he did not like to be reminded Of his ex-
tortion before so goodly company.
ftNay," said he to the heir of Linn, eff
you will but return to me half what I paid
for your fathers estate, you shall have it
back again."
"Perhaps I will find friends who will
lend me the sum-therefore give me a
promise under your hand and seal, and I
will see what can be DONE"
John of Scales knew that but few peo-
pie of tho country had so much money,
even if it were common thing to lend
money to beggar, and he had just seen
what reliance there was to be placed on
friends in such case. He had not the
least idea that the heir of Linn would ever
be the owner Of one hundredth part of
that sum. He therefore called for pen
ink and paper, and sat down before the
company and wrote the promise, and right
smilingly gave it to his former master.
The heir of Linn strobe to the window
and opened it, and took bugle from a
tattered gaberdlne and blew it until the
jolsts and ratters shook with the din
Presently fair troop of servants rode up
well armed and mounted, leading mule
with them, laden with treasure. They
dismounted and brough the bags of gold
into the hall.
"My fathers lands are my own again" i"
cried the heir of Linn joyously, and before
the company had recovered from their as
constituent, he had counted down to John
Of Scales just the sum he had agreed to
take. Then turning to his servants, be
said: ,'
"Scourge me this viper out of the house
Of Linn with dog whips" And it was
Immediately done.
The company crowded around him to
congratulate him on his patrimony, and
excdsing their own neglect and ingratitude.
But he said to them: $3.50. '..
"Caitifs, slaves; dogs, begone! Polute
the floor of my house no longer! IF you
enter my grounds again, 1 will have my
servants loose the hounds upon youw
To Master Lakeland, he said: "Come
. my arms, come to.. my heart, my brother
Live in my home, and share with the heir
Of Lian in all things"
And the heir of Linn became another man,
and an ornament to his country, and a
blessing to his tenants.
n9 The New Orleans Rcayune con-
tains communication from an able hand,
urging that the Southern government must
carefully AVOID being too Democratic in
its charactcr-that certain elections now
made by the people must be taken from
them and that only property holders mist
be allo'0ed the ri9ht Of outrage. That's
tho way the wind sets.