Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1861-11-27

hno" any one IN all America, save that brother /
OF his was clergyman. in some part of the Uni |
ted States, but coldness had existed between |
them, and he had not heard of him for several /
years. Raymond was conscious too, that his |
separation was the result of his own ungenerous |
conduct for the whole of his fathers estate had
been given to him to the exclusion of his brother.
and he had permitted him to work his own way |
in life, withoul Offering him the least assistance.
To apply to this brother, was therefore forbidden
by his pride s;ii besides, he bad every reason to
suppose that b5orFser to he poor.
What then was TO be done 2 Should he re
turn to England7 How was he to get the mon
ey to pay his passage2 Besides, what vas he 10
| do when he got there2 Go back to the village
where he had carried his head so high, and look
in the faces of his former dashirg acquaintance
acknowledging himself beggar! This was
not TO be thought of. Should he seek some en-
ploymert in America? This seemed to be the
plan He began to make inquiries as 20 what he
/ could find TO do One proposed to him to keep
school another to get into a counting house an
other to be a bar keeper. Any Of these occupa
| tions would have given him the means of living,
! but Raymond's pride wes in the way-pride that
| dogs US all our life, and stops up almost every
| path we ought to follow, persuaded Raymond
| that he who was once gentleman, ought to live
| of gentleman, and of course he could not DO
either of these things proposed.
But events day by day, presse1 Raymond to a
decision. His landlord at last became uneasy,
/ and told him that for what had accrued he was
welcome, in consideration Of his misfortunes; but
he was himself poor, and he begged him respect
fully to make the speeliest possible arrangements
to give up his room which he wanted for anoth-
| er.
:. have been thinking" said Raymond, in
reply to this, g that I might engage in the prac-
tice of physic. In early ife l thought to
have a Cor the profession-'
This suggestion was approved by the landlord
and means weree Immediately taken to put it in
TO execution.
81 Dr. Raymond, late of England was forth
with announced, and in a few weeks he was in
the full tide Of successful ex xperimsnt.
This fair weather, did not continue without
clouds. Many persons regarded DIR. Raymond
only as one Of the adventures so frequently com
ing from Englaad to repay the kindness and
and courtsey of the Yankees, with imposition and
villainv. Various injurious stories were got up
about him; some having a spriRkling OF truth in
them. and for that reason being very annoying,
Raymond, however, kept on his way, paying
little heed to these rumors, fancying that if left
TO themselves they would soon die. And such
would, perhaps, have been the result, had not
most unfortunate circumstance given matters an
, other turn
In the house where Raymond boarded, several
small sums of money, and certain ornaments of
some value. were missing by the boarders, from
. time to time, Suspicion fell upon French SER
! cant in the family but nothing could be proved
against him, he was retained, and a vigilant
watch kept over his actions. Discovering that
: he was suspected, the fellow determined to turn
I the suspi cion against Raymond he therefore in
the dead Of night, took valuable watch from
: one of the boarder's room, and laid it under The
pillow at Raymond's bed. This was done with
so much address, the gentleman from whom the
watch was stolen. nor Raymond himself, knew
any thing of it at the time. The watch was mis-
D sed in the morning, and the servant arrested
V But soon as the chambermaid began to mak
;. up Raymond's bed, the pilfered watch was there
t The servan t was at once released. Raymon,
e was arrested, briefly examined and thrown int
prison.
p country were now arrayed against him. The un
: favorable rumors that had been afloat respecting
MIN revive1; all the stories of swinleIs that ba
o visited the country for twenty years back. wer
! published anew with embellishments In sbor
Raymond was tried and condemned by the nnb
!. lie, while he lay defenceess in prison. and lon
= before his trial came on. The subject became
matter of some notoriety the circumstance
4 were detailed in the newspapers A paragraph
n noticing these events met the eye of Raymond
e brother. who was settled as minister of the COS
/ pei in a country parrish not far distant and h
V Immediately came to the city. Satisfying him
5. self by a few inquiries that it was indeed hi
l. brother who was involved in difficulty and dan
$ ger, he went straight to the prison, with hear
i overfowing with sympathy ald kindness, Blu
pride was still in the way, and Ray ymond haugb
Sc tily repulsed him,
'e The pious minister was deeply grieved, bu
he did not the less seek to serve his brother
or He took care to investigate the facts, and bG
II came persuaded that the French servant ha
H. practised the deception that has been stated
v put he was not able to prove it He employ
to ed tie best of counsel but in spite OF all b
IS. efforts, and all his sympathy. Raymond W:
a found guilty, condemned, aud consigned t
T prison
Up to this time. the pride of Raymond sus
= tanned him but it now gave way. He ha
ne borne the loss of fortune. but to be couvicte
eo of low, base theft, what his spirit cou
not endure His health sank under 1t, an
y his reason, for time. departed. His sui
at erings during that dark hour. God on
on knows AT last he recovered his health an
n Al = Il