Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1863-01-31
THE EVENING STAR.
Az CID CLERoYaaAN,s STORY,

Lac AFTERNOON, as startled ia u, study
~ eHarins the sound Of an axe tn ,rs ra1r. OF
hooe< irwas W nderinE " no coaid be
ts~pS disturbing the almost Satoats Stiffness
Of th- midsummer day, when Maris, the
ASus1JnssS came 70 inform me that there WIS
ls.>anFf ni5n 81 the wooapi.a and 20 request
sss; should 20 ana see v no he wa.
tcctrd trur, q window. and discovrrnsi
Used fellow esre;eesly swinging the AK,
G,C, backing herr and therp stick IL al M
6F-tded manner with his hasd dc ~ n. aad his
ESQ shaded BY the hrini Of q very .'..d hat- g.
-ibsre was some thing IN N. s~ags-rius aiii-
ct v III. h thought rrcoynizs,Ci; i,it IL wis
/ s=sIIy i.abiiilneaIs saw ihr son Of cue OF
II nI,st w"IlhI ana rsspeeied CITIZENS ii the
ut orhood. 1 stepped 10 the door.
Hariit Lo kwood,r i said, s.is IL yen -
81 suppoee tts me- taid he, giving the Axe a
r.Ikiess flourish with one hand, and stl liking II
into d log. 81 bought " ould cut iit,l- wood
IL You, ty way of amusement"
l made No answer, md he stood moment
hooking at any hing except up-roliing the guild
In his chr h, and wiping the sweat from be-
Irath his ha;arIm-with svi'isus attempt 70
ep up the old swaggpring manner, while con-
toUs shame was mastering hIm.
Al guess Jon are little astonished at seeing
NE, he said, after an awkward pafee. resu min &
Ill hold on the Ak handle and leaning On it.
y es, hartiT, am good deaf asiOnish+d'
"1'ye way OF toai.hing folks astonish
myseli little. 1 hardly know how came
here, bat here 1 am. If I'm not welcome, III
put OFT gam. The world il wide--i'm bound
% hive sonewhere. A man must live, you
know
lie laughed at first, bat his voice grew hard
aud bittrr, and there WAS a look of yildness and
d Peration IN his eyes, as b.. pruceedsd. and
saw@that the shame which covered him was
bling shaken and fiuLg away by rising and
swelling PASSIONS.
.You are welcome, Martin; come i'm
de flung down The axe, which he had again
seized with savage rreklessntss, and fsioW we'd
m, swinging his hat, nd taking long strides
through the hall, with ahanghtlness defiant Of
rags
HlfI bad thought You came TO see me, Mar
TIN, should have welcomed you be .ore You
have pick, up new fashions in your travess.
am moi used To visitors " no 40 chopping a.
tn wOod-piiy Instead OF knocking III the door
Sit down: ii take your hat
BE sank siOU. hiBgiy in chair. hat instead
o. giving me his hat ne sealed! ctrrl;sSiy into
one corI er OF the room.
81 suppose it Wouldn't be considered 1T to
enter atecent mans house, sail iit' crossing
his ies with an arr ogant bend OF he neck. 81
wouldn't knock and he refused. We been
s1ma thing OF scamp ami grs at deal 81 fool
ku"w II rs wpil as auytOdy.''
"Ann yen are soTrier for 1t than You are will
Ing aLy one should think,' said /.
"IhsIe Is no use in being sorry for what can
not he helped"
pehtanSe Is the wafer which helps i. 10 wash
dian again when we have been in the Inire
Iorass over your errors with reckless aad
despt rare air, as you are endeayoring TO do is
70 add OOlishness to folly
"WCll, you are right there" said Marun,
frankly, penetra ted by the direct truthtniness
am exactly sorry, but / tell YOU, SIR, ! am
furious when think what perfect fool have
seen-whata disgrace 10 seif-whIta shame
n Ain, fool thar am ~
he CRASHED his teeth together, with an ex-
preston Of rrmorse and convulsive pain which
drew me nearer TO him than could get Def re-
Hardened .yillainy repeis US, but tha moment
the sinner softens, the moment peniience ap-
pears, our sympathi,s flow out To him all the
deeper and more impulsiye for tine barrier of
EJIit which las kept US from him hitherto, but
which we now feel breaking away. .-.
80, Martin ~ said /, Isis his indeed You 3
the boy used to watch with such int rest as
you grew up, hoping such great and good
hings OF you U, Martin, W here have you
Pity and tender affection gushed from nv
a. ant, and prevt pte d him from taking off,-nce
At anything might say. And at IN, pie
tullng 10 him the promise Of his boy hood, the
love and xpee "A ioa OF his friend, the noble
sid happy iIfe he might have led, and the
darkiy contrasting career OF vice and wretch
euneSs to which his career had been a5an-
HIs staggering defiance was ali gone aad
tears of anguish and eortrition down his
sun-burut cheeks. 70.
sitting obs 81 have thought of my home un-
ii my heart earns rs if it would break But
Con 4 are Ia go there. L cant bear IL nave my
SIS trs see M sO-it would kill my mother
Aud my father viii never for i've mt.r'
~"1our father is an excellent kind man.
saIG-
II,
mind Is made up, it is like melting granite to
move him. j Wrote 10 him a few weeks ago
telling HIM was willing to come back Here
Martin look a letter from a pocket of his tat
tired coat and cave il 10 me to r al.
In a hand n at trembed with emotion-In
woris thst &c med all alive with the grief of a
broken h aired father, vet stern as that thor,
iron Willie ola man had responded to III
son's 9pTeaL
Instead Of money he sent him reuroacbes fo
he fntt TINS
inyitii him home With a loving welcome he
TemlTd d him of the many and earnest w i'm
gs Wits which he endtavored TO check his
EOr's rOinobS career.
You have despised those warnings, ha
SAID. on nave reduced NE almost Drgsary
In my old age. have sent you 10 scbooi in
vain Il raiG twelve hundred dollars 10 keen
you out OF Jail. WHIT n in a fit of drunkenness
you had set fire TO Squire Anes' honse I
trusted two thousand dollars 10 YOU 10 Set YOU
up IN business, on your solemn pIedgs of in
dnstry and fidelity. l have paid tor the cur
rE g|s you have brok n and for horses Won h We
ruined by oyer,driying. How nave been re-
warded for ali this What encouragement
have now to send you money in your distr,s. ,
You have forfeited all claims upon me- Never
send or come 10 me again for assistance. You
nave gone " ilfully from my heart aud home
and your ioliies have blocked up the way be-
hind you"
a iew words Of solemn entreaty that Martin
would ny virtuous conduct redeem the past
concluded the inexorahie fathers letter
"fou see, said the young man, who hal
recovered himself while was reading, ssthere
doesn't seem TO be much chance for me there
But something has driven me back 1t isn't
my poverty alone, for could have done SOME
thIng-or could have starved; but I was
forced to GOMEZ have begged by the way-
and now what am here for / came throIIph
the woods and across the fields To your hons
for ysu are the only man dared 70 see, and /
scarcely dared 10 see your'
"Haye courager' / said. ssThe hand NJ
Providence is IN Ii. You have been guided. II
v for some wise purpose that you have been
led here. All will be well, / think -,
conducted him, humble and weeping like a
enlio, 70 room where he could wash himself
And arrange his dress gave him clothes ~
my own to put on. Then / sent private mas
sage TO his mother, who lost no time but mast
enea 70 meet her SON. 1 avoided being present
At their interview, but could not helm hearino
me soos OF both behind the closet door
When the sound Of weeping had subsidized 7
Knocked and entered. 80 SN'
Mrs. Lockwood came forward To rneet W.