The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1864-04-30

the faces at the door, and so departed from
that home forever. The past was left be-
\ hind him, with all its dear associations !;
and before him rose the future, chill, I'M
certain, yet not without CLEANS of rosy
brightness, like the dawn then breaking up
on Monadnock's misty head. O.
4 Thus went forth the young man into the
world, seeking his fortune CONSCIOUS OF
power, courageous, shrinking from no hard
ship, FACILITATING with young dreams, he felt
that he had Misplace of yondeE some where,
beneath that Frightening sky, beyond those
| purple Eills,-but where = Gre&aa
10 due time he arrived Ia New Y ork +;
but something within assured him that here
/ was not the field of his fortunes. So he
went on to Philadelphia. There he made a
| longer stop. He had a letter of introdue-
! ton 10 the Rev. Mr.. -----, who received
him with hospitality, and used his influence
TO assist him In gaining a-position. But
the door of Providence did not open yet ::
Philadelphia was not that deer: his path
( led farther. u.
/ So he kept on. still drawn by that magnet
/ which we call Destiny. He. went to Fred
erick ; still the invisible finger pointed on
I He secured a seat in the stage going down
/ the Frederick road to Washington. -.ae
Years after be was to approach the CAPT
tai of the nation with far different prospects
But this was his first visit. It was at the
close of a bleak day, late in November, that
he came in sight of the city. The last tint
of daylight was fading from the sullen sky
The dreary twilight was setting in. Cold
blew the wind from over the Maryland hills
The trees were leafess they shook and
whstled in the blast. Gloom was shutting
! down upon the capital. The city wore a
dismal aud foreboding aspect and the whole
! landscape was desolate and discOuraging in
the extreme. Here was mud, in which the
stage coach lurched and rollel as it ascend
| ed the hills. Yonder was the watery spread
of the Potomac, gray, cold, dimly seen un-
der the shadow of coming night. Between
this mud and that water what was there for
him ? Yet here was his destination.
Years after there dwet 10 Washington a
man high in position, welding power that
was felt not only throughout this nation,
but in Europe also,-his hand dispensing
benefits, his door thronged by troops OF
friends. But now it was city of strangers
he was entering, youth Of all the dwell
Eers there he knew not living soul. There
was no one to dispense favors to him,-to
/
! grasp Of the hand A heavy foreboding
settled upon his spirits, as the darkness set
! tied upon the hills. Here he was, alone and
tupknoWp,-a bashful boy as yet, utterly
wanting in that ready audacity by means of
which persons of extreme shallowness off
/ en- push themselves into notice w ell might
he foresee days of gloom long days Of
waiting; and struggle, stretching like the
/ landscape before him
! But he was not disbeartened. From the
! depth of his spirit arose aShope, like bub-
bic from a deep spring. That spring was
FAITH. There,in atdull, bleak Novern-
b ber twilight. he seemed to feel the hand of
Providence take hold Of his. And pray
! er rose to his lips, "a prayer of earnestsup-
/ pication for guidance and support. Was
( that prayer answered a? 7rra -5Leaa.- p
/ The stage rumbled through the naked
suburbs and along the unlighted streets.
'Where do you stop,?" asked the driver.
| 'Set me down at a boarding house, il
I you know of good one.'' For Salmon
could not afford to 60 to a Potel. 3D.
"What sort of boarding house? /
know of good many. Some's right smart
l-'ristoeratic. and ristooratic prices Then
! there's some good enough in el cry way, on
/ ly not quite SO -smart-and with this adyan-
1 tage. you don't have the smartness to pay
I for.'' 49, tal1 %
Il prefer to go to a good house. where
Z there are nice people,s,without too much
smarIpess to be put ipto the bill" .-
/. Il know Jest the kind ofplace, I reckon %
and the driver whipped up his ja8ed horses.
/ He drew up before a spectable-looking
! wooden tenement on Pennsylvania Avenue,
the, windows of which, just lighted up,
looked warm and inviting TO the chilled and
6ovd eto,,iI.5i, RS RAJ b1Ialll iii
the drieerto a kindly booking lad yawho came
to the door at-his knock. "Got room for a
iboarder ?''ta-l e.. .E.y &: .rs~.. n.
Il don't know. / N sure. I'm afraid not, .
said the lady, loud enough for Salmon to
hear and be discouraged. There's only
halt room unoccupied--if he would be
content with that, and if he's the right sort
.of person.
Here she said something in whisper to
the driver, who apparently pointed cut Sal
mon to her inspection. 0
: But it was 100 dark for her to decide
= whether he would BIT into the room
: with Williams So had to get dowr
and show himselks mined him, and
! be inquired her terpa ey appeared Hn
i tualy satisfied. sasly the driver re
ceived directions to Salmon's bag
gage in the entry; and he hungry and be
!, numbed young travels had the comfort o
: feeling that be had rsaehsda home. 77'.
az Grateful at finding kind woman's fac
/ to welcome hin. -77glad OF, the opportunity
: TO economic his slender means by .sharin:
room with another person. strongly re
n commended as ''very quiet by Mrs. Mark
: -han1,-Salmon washed his face, combed hi
chair and ate his first supper in Washing
!. ton Ha has eaten hettar sunners ,ther