St. Mary's gazette. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1863-1867, 1864-06-16


psh.ps. rhsr. i more sbss the ..,oait
yon hsse paid. ] wished 20 ses1 fos tie
ba4. ouiy tho better % ilIusasise what
vistos thers d 10 provilsnce, asd boo
tAeaghsless prodifalift might have lelb
yoa without one fiSGd who could ssrse
yoa ~ - F 81
The lessos inns .issssed had ! as5hls
Bnpd eject. snd fhs boy ,Tas asss ssspf1l
q to tde sksraciers -kis eod.psaieasasu
after t
The mauifoM changes Of fsv ssofe
years. transforming the boy isso usas;
involved Other great alterations in she cop
dii.on Of bis life. His meaher slept IN tie
grave; his good friend. Mr. Dwight, had
moved way. be knew set whiskes; and
be, iu q nc1gbboring town. no lean populas
IS . s.dt fhsn he had been % buy, had,
By dint Of intelligent enterprises acduired
thriving Business, of which be was The
head. srt ~ :.
Foftune long seemed to Evor the yesne
man. aud often the image asd eoussel u
his early good adviser csu,e up before him,
end the pleasant remembrance made him
yearn TO see him. But, unfortuuaasly.
the sdvice which lie remembered he did
not follsw. Ills bs0evoleucs aud eop6d-
ing Dstsve, his esgerness 10 oblige, and
h.s imPuisise sympathy at every signal II
distress. becam. kuown 70 oil around him;
aud. by slow aud sure degrees. the un-
s.inted exercise Of his uncalculating chari-
ty anuuiled the good results of his hsness
industry. and carried bic affairs gradually
10 the back ground. whcse prodiy.l eeu-
erosity often leads and leaves man, and
where deb, incurred by helping others
bri"gs distrust aud ruin upau the deserted
bankrupt. =. s$1'1 q t.. ..sr-
Herbert Arehley failed. aud found fsw
tfriesds TO pr.iss. pssy him. o. defend his
honesty ii purpose. aud none Who we're
abls Or dased 70 help him To him come
GOV. the old experience Of the tsULbsnevo-
lent. who are with less means 70 sustain
than heart ~ prompt generous action; and
th,rsgh fortune did not 50 utterly forsrke
Us to consigu the well meaning debtor 10 !
Jail. his freedom to wsudef sesacd no lib-
srty to him. -hu. Us be left tie town, .
poor and censuft6 man, could mot lcsye IL
recollectioas also behind. ~ 81
Il The i~prisoned, thought was issslf In!
prisunmen,. as.' wien Ear sway. he brood.
ed. in poverty. over bis foliies and wisfor-
tunes.
Were not every though.ful step We take
10 this w"tld thronged With proofs Of our
iss;saiicancc and ixnot4hce,- ~. usieht
dare attempt to grasp at and arifsIYnf 1he
wisdom Of the Almighty.' he reaecsed. %
he nourned Yet. 10 what light have.
It sometimes seens unjust that charity
should bs Tub cause Of lis own punish
surat. or be perMis,sd Ct Ill 10 suffer. But
nov. how veil + reeoliecs' tie counsel civ.
en- me BY ,h.. good man. ID my youih-tsS;
he kind ~iihout giving al .v.y. .nd that
"ne might be provident without being
mean: lie gave NE fashcrIy lesson 10
those happy days. aud was wiser, be-
eoaaca1 5y :sses... ri neglected. ;sst aih ihss sa
vice which would have spared me the trials
| now hear; the loss Of good rrputs and
the ingratitule Of the nndescrving, Cor
whom l have iujjaafcd the worthy, and the
tongue OF seaudIl of inability, which is
misca.lsd dishonesty. orpresscs me more
even than tbs lack Of means. with witch.
if NO. thrown away in acts of mistaken
beneyolence. ! would gladly repay all.
But yet. to sit down thus and mesnly
n.oarn, like job. will never lift me up
sgaiu. There must still be time and op-
portuui;!ss 10 redeem myself. l an ssill
youDg and strong. aud msy yet prove
wiser. il ! faithfully follow :he counsel Of
him who understood ,ne 90 we'll in my boy
hood. Heuccforth l win do 80. l. win
strive hard again. and the les.oE Of the
Rsile box-shxifDe MY guide q toll
Animated sby the resolution he had
formed, half the load vhiah had oppressed
hisp. vsniahed Among strangers he A.
tered a1fev itsso the ,psses Of busiuxss. and
though 6is 1eiancholy memories some
times made his struggles less energetic
than be wished. their diseparsgipg eject
vas uii,ofe thsa offsrf by ihe great obSects
be had 10 view, the sl,imase power to clear
his reputation Il home from all stains.
Starry gleaa,s Of succsss multiplied and
gathered. as ke proceeded slowly bat stsa-
dily toward ,he. boriaoa ofbis hopiss. and
.. last ripened Into the inspiring dawn.
Often. while the might Of his distress was
vanquisaiag behind him. the old prodiga:
impulse which bad caussG Il would 1efaru
upon him; bur he checked it by the memo
~ Of the little box; aud while not mindless
Of the claims of those vhs we're more rexe
dy than be. he learned to feel that there
was yet some.hisg nobler 4han extrav.-
gant teseso:encr; TO Be jass 6rss. and then
generous. and that beetle. Shit was due
20 his creditors. there wSss much due To-
hin,self
by this lioe Of conduct he rose again 70
substantial prosperity. Exp-rience had,
not bren wa~sed upon him. aud his secoud
ordeal was triumphant. The memory oT
ths litsls ban was n talismspie guide 70
him. One half Of sll his prolits he uni
fcrnsly put by for future DAYS; and freed