The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1861-05-15

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:, lcould not speak, nor even think Of what wa
kissing at my heart. ! tell you this that yo
may judge what it cost me to write to 20
= now. ri might star1e, you said Laurenc
d Carr, since then L have learned what starva
q ton is LIKE have travelled very near its nj
f most brink; it is a word the meaning of whie]
| knew. That would not drag me one quartz
inch towards your threshold, its worst axon
: is net within a twentieth part Of thatwliicl
0 leyen the thought of addressing you for he'll
would have cost me. But that anguishis nor
, swallowed in greater. l seek vour help
entreat yeu, beseeeh you 20 assist me
. Laurence, we are brothers. the children Of on
mother; do not deny me. Give to me as 70,
would ts a beggar-aing me some money int
the street. / care not how, SO you do not b
deaf to my cry-only be prompt, for Death i
pItiless. ~, .z...-.t.
."Brothor! God look on you as you heaukel
g to me: MY child is dying for .uant Of food
wait. y civilian CARN' ;
laurence rose from his gilaed chair
! and traversed the luxurious chambe
, wherein heL had sate,. stately and solitary
He opened the door--tbere1 ho paused
Then, as if with new resolution, he ste p
ped forth into the hall. da5s .3
In remote corner, which evea n.
brilliant lamp failed clearly to ilumine
he distinguished q tall, thin figure pale
punched face, with grey hair falling tan
gled over the broad brow Did Laurence
see then the vision of itke bright haired
child who slept on his breast cne Chris,
mas night long years back? Who car
tell. M ~
Howbeit, he retreated into The roou
before he was recognized, or even seer
by his brother; and it was by serysn,
that he sent to William sn,sll-,,u. heav,
packet, He eagerly seized it, with a kinG
Of smothered cry, almost like a seb, ant
the next instant had left his brother'.
house.
The child was saved; and ther VILLA Il
had time to think on the secrfee be haJ
made to save it His preud heart we.
torn OF the remembrance that he had beer
a waiting petitioner in the hall Of hi:
brother's house, and had been received aI
the haads of his brothers lsckey. IL.
could not know that Laurence, bard mar
as he was, had tried TO face him. ba
could not; that be bad watched him ss b.
darted away through the street, that h,
had thought of him often. siHc., will
something almost approaching tender
ness.s
He did not know this: 50 he s!rove aat
toiled with desperate energy, till he coult
give back his brothers gold, aud then re
turned with brief Acknowledgment
He aGded--''It is best fer US both to for
get our humiliation. for you degradet
both in me. Let US be strangers egaiu
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The returned money f,uad LsureDc
: Carr q poor man. Sadden poll,ica
troubles abroad, with sbeic irretrievabl
: conse quences-two or three mistakes i.
= home commercial policy = had wrongh
' this great change, and he was bankrupt
: A day--two or three hours 10 that day
: saw the fall, saw the RUN to its climax
y The merchant prince was worse than pen
> > niless; for there were large debts whic
= all his vast possessions, all his accnma
: lated wealth, would fai to satisfy. Iii
y wife, naturally ipcersed a. his misfor
,s tunes, partook herself. ard her lbera
:. ljointure to the parental roof, aud he re
nained alone to combat with rain.
- Then came Gus the Gaer part of hi
% character. With courage he cncounterc
the host of dificaltes that crushed press
ingIy upon him. With scrupulons (som
. " people called it Qaixo,icl Integrity h
y 70 gave up all be had, aud quietly and sim
~ ply announced his intention of psyn
off the residue of his debt to the u,tet
:: - most farihing. if he lived. Then Wit
10 proud. silent bravery he accepted clerk
D. ship in some brother merchants oflic
y. - took humble lodging, aud began agai
!, " the life he had commenced in his ear
- youth.
"a The world-even the world of busine.
6 and money getting--is no.. so wholly ba
: as We read of in novels. Laurence r,
- ceived many offers of assistance. and OF
: or two good hearts persisted for Ion
' time in following him with their scti,
Friendship. But be was moi great enoug
., to feel gratitude, or even to thorough
- appreciate their goodness. His prit
g was but the pride of strong, bold, d
~ termired man. He disdained sympath
" and sullenly repulssd all p.ofTered gen
- rosity.
:. The wheel of fortune had made cor
:: e' plete revolution. While depressing OF
~ brother, she elevated the other. Villa
~ was growing into that rara avis, aou
80 ishing author He was sufficiently Fl
from being wealthy, certainly. but he w
W at an equally safe distance from wan
n And now-oh, beware Ye who hasii
u write resentment-he felt as though
=" would gladly return to his old poverty,
.e he could only recall the few lines he h;
=, ~ sent while since to his now ruin,
~ brother
-" Ii was long before he dared to approa
him With attempts at reconciliation. !
felt keenly, with anguish, the fresh bite
9. mesa he had himself added TO the form
ep estrangemen'. If desperate then, it "