The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1862-06-18
The Debtars Revenge.

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I the crave have looked r9grd mon that scene
Ilfgbtly enough when cuteripg the cate Of the
! Nar,llaIsea prison for the first time for despair
seldom comes with tbe fr.t sh9o, Of misfortune
| 4 man has confidence In u1tried friends he re-
members the many offers OF service SO freely made
4 bv M, boon c0mpanions when he wanted them
not. he has bope-the hone Of hsnnv inoyneri-
eDcp-aad however he NAV bend beneath tha
! first shock. it springs ND in bis bosom and aour
1 isbcs there for brief space. until it droops be-
meath the BLIGHT Of disapDoIarma9t ANA ndoIect
How soon have these same ewes deeply sgnken in
/ the head, glared from faces wasted with famine.
and salow from confinement. in days when Il was
no figure Of speech 10 say that debtors rotted in
prison. with no hope or release. and no prospect
| of liberty. The atrocilv IN its full extent no
longer exists but there is enough of itleftto give
rise to occurrences that make tne heart bleed
Twenty years ago, that paveneuts was worn
with the footsteps OF a mother and child who, ,day
bv day, so surely as the morning came, presented
themselves at the prison gate. Often aftera night
Of restless misery and auxioqs thoughts we're
they there, a fall hour too soon, and then the
young mother turning meekly away, would lead
the child to the old brl ge and raising him in her
arms to show him the ening water tinted with
the light Of the mornings sun, and stirring with
all the bu>ling preparations for business and
pleasure that the river presents at that early hour
endeayor to iuteFes1 hiE thoughts in the objects
before him. But she would quickly set him down
and hiding her face in her shawl, giyeyent to the
tears that blinded her, for no expression OF inter
est or amusement lighted up his thin and sirllly
face. His recollections were few enough, but
they were all OF one kiu6-aII connected with the
poyerty'and misery cf his parents. Hour after