The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1861-02-13

cry OF anguish she sinks down by the way
side only TO arise few moments later with
the vacant stare and chilling laugh of the
maniac.
May the Lord have pity upon thee, poor
erring one, and grant thee respite from
! thy sorrows in this thy loss OF reason. And
may h9 deal justly with him who has
brought this ruin upon thee. Ay, most as
suredly he will, "For vengeance is mine,
saith the Lord, | will repay ~
/ But listen. The midnight hour is toIling
and as The ringing notes grows faint upon
the still night air, tair young face peers
out into the gloom of night from the window
of yonder stately mansion look of
anxiety is resting upon that innocent conn
tenance ,and tears gather in the dark, mourn
full eyes as she turns away from the window
/ with weary sigh But the sound of dis.
tant foosiep falls upon her listening ear,
and look of expectation lights her coun-
! tenance, and then, for a moment, an ex-
/ preston OF Joy, for it it is the long absent
husband for whom she has waited SO anxi-
onsly. But alas her JOY must soon tnrn
oaths and imprecations upon his lips; comes
with the reeling gait, and sickening, dis
| gustiug oder that ever attends the midnight
reveller over the sparkling bowl comes to
chide her Tor her weakness, and exult in
his own fancied strength. And the poor
suffering one wseps. Weeps such tears as
only the loving wife OF drunkard can weep
at the realization that he whom she has so
loved as to trust hin with her all OF earthly
happiness is unworthy of that love and
trust.
Alas that in that princely home the de-
mon OF intemperance should find a victim
in the otherwise truly noble husband of so
pure, so innoceHt, so loving a wife. For
he, like all other volaries al the shrine of
Bacchus, must have sorrow, aud woe, and
wounds without cause, if he continues TO
pay homage 10 the sparkling bowl
! One o'clock-lone solitary hour All is
hushed in repose Nay, not so for swift
ly along the deserted way a man is gliding;
young and handsome man. All he has
stopped now, stopped just beside that large
stone house, where The hard earned savings
of many ioiling hand is deposited He
has entered now, but how stealthily. What
can his errand be Oh can II be that he,
so young so blest with health and strength,
so much coufided in by friends, and in
whom SO many fond hopes centre, can ii be
tha; he has forgotten his honor and iniegri-
ty, aud gone forth as midnight robberl
An, yes, Ills true for, see! he comes
forth with his treasure trembling in every
limb, for crime has made him coward !
Alas this once noble young man has fall
len and in tha! fall how many hearts he
has crushed. For tomorrow the officers
OF Justice will be upon his track TO bring
him TO account Tor his deeds. For, careful
as he has been he has failed TO obiterale
all the traces OF his guilt And, ere long,
his name will be heralded forth with shame
and dishouor, while, he perchance, will be
paying the penalty of his crime in some
gloomy prison; Tor the laws of nahons de-
mands that tor known crimes man shall be
punished.
And though he has aimed al concealment
yet that just and righteous God who, amid
awful thunderings and tightening proclaim
ed rom Mt Sinai The commandment, Thou
shalt not steal, ," will surely Illustrate all his
seemingly well laid plans, aud justice viii
be avenged
Oh ! the misery that must follow this
evil deed Misery to him that committed
il, and to all those 10 whom he is so dear
The fond father, the Goting mother, the af
lectionate sister, the sympathzing brother
and the warm trusting friend. Alas! each
and all of these must feel, in its keenes
sense, the misery that springs from temp
tations yielded TO.
Oh young man 1 conjure you, let you
, condition be what ii may, TO heed the Oft
repeated commandment, "Thou shalt no
stealn
Two o'clock now peals forth, another
man glides forth from his concealment.
man with fierce look in his eye, muuereC
oaths upon his lips. How swiftly yet how
noiselessly he moves All, see be pausei
now in his rapid walk and ascends IN,
steps of house where once mis- dsares
friend dwelt, friend whom he now deems
his bitterest enemy. He has entered the
house now by means OF false key. Oh
what can this stealthly conduct mean a
. this untimely hour! We fear there is
fearful design in his heart, for see that gilt
/, terng knife that he now holds in his hand
I All he ihirsis for the blood of his fellow
mortal, and soon will this unholy appetite
, be appeased. Ii is already, for the blood.
e work is done; he has hurried the soul o
: his fellow being, one whom he once callet
: Trend, without a moments warning, ant
a while he slept all unconscious of danger
! into the presence of lis just and righteou