The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1864-04-30
gave bound of expectation; but ut was

for Salmon. lie had made the acquaint.
snce of several people but friends be had
none. There was nobody towhom he could
7 open his heart,-for he was not enc of those
/ persons tsof SO loose SOUL that they hasten
! to pour out their troubles and appeal for
i sympathy to the first chance conner. In
/ the mean time the advertisement was to be
!. paid for, barren of benefit though it had
1been to him There was also his board!bill
Ito be settled at the end of each week and
Salmon saw his slender purse grow lank
land tanker than ever, with no means within
his reach of replenishiDg it. 9 7i5+-
The new year came; but 1t brought no.
frightening skies to him. Lonely enough
those days were When tired of waiting
in his room he would go out aud walk
always alone. Hestrolled up and doFsa The
| Potomac, and sometimes crossed over TO
the Virginia shore, and climbed the brown,
wooded banks there, and listened to the
clamor of the crows IN the leadess oak-tees.
There was something in their wild cawlng.
IN the desolateness of the fields, IN the rush
of the cold river. that suited his mood. 1t
was winter in his spirit too. just then.
Sometimes he visited the halls of Con-
gress,, and saw the great Legislators of those
days. There was something here that fed
his heart. Wintry as his prospects. were,
the sun still shone overhead his courage
never failed him he never gave, way to
weak repining and when lie entered these
halls-when he saw the deep fire in the
eyes of Webster, and heard the superb
thunder of his voiee-when he listened to
the witty and terrible invectiyes of Ran
tdolph, that "meteor of Congress-" as Ben
Ooll tta alA of
feet of the ''long and skinny foreGnger"
pointed and shaken-when charmed by'this
speaker, OF convinced By that, or Toused
to indignation by another-there was kin
died sense ofpower within his own breast,
fire prophetic. of his future.
On returning home, he would look on his
table for Communications, or he would ask,
HAS anybody called for me to-day %
But there was never any letter and Mrs.
Markham's gentle response always was,
''No one, SIR
The thirteenth of January passed-his
birthday. He was now nineteen. When
the world is bright before us, birthdays are
not SO unpleasant. But TO feel that your
time is slipping away from you, with moth
ing accomplishing-to see no rainbow OF
promise in the clouds-to walk the streets
I of a lonely city, and think Of home---these
things make birthday sad and solitary.
AT last his money was all gone. The
prospect was more than dismal-it was APP
| palling. What was he to do?
Should he borrow of his uncle? mot
unless it be to keep me from starvation u
was his proud resolve,
Should he apply-,to his mother? The
! Remembrance Of what she had already done
for him was as much as his heart could
bear. Her image, venerable, patient, blind !,
was before him: he recalled the sacrifices
she had made for his sake, postponing her
own comfort, and accepting pain and pFiva,
ton, in order that her boy might have an
education land he was filled with remorse
at the thought that be had never before full
tly appreciated all that love and devotion.
For so it is seldom, Until too late, comes
any true recognition of such sacrifices.
! But when she Who made them is no longer
with us-too often, alas, when she pass
ed forever beyond the reach of filial graft
! tude and affection-we awake at once 10
realization of her worth and of our loss.
| What Salmon did was to make conf
daht of Mrs. Markham; for he felt that she
at least ought to know his resources. Re
| "This is al have for the present." he
said to her one day, when paying his weeks
| bill. 81 thought you ought to know. do
not wish TO appear swindler''- a
gloomy smile.
"You swindler p exclaimed the good
woman, with glistening eyes. II would
trust you as far as l worfsds trust myself.
If you haven't any money, never mind.
You shall stay, and pay me- when you can.
Don't worry yourself at all 1t will turn
out right, l am sure. You'll have pupils
yet, III 5r
II 1t trust So" said Salmon, touched by
II0L 1aitI,aIo4. IA 49,, &c J a. :;
spared, you shall be paid some day. Now
you know how I am situated and if you
choose to keep me longer on an uncertain
! ty, / shall be greatly obliged 10 you" 20
l. His voice shook a little as he spoke.
GAS long as you please," she5replied
Just then there was a knock. .~# 60 &.
"Maybe that is for you 70 s-..-
| And she FASTENED away, rather to conceal
\ her emotion, I suspect, than in the hope of
admitting patron for her boarder.
She returned in minute with shining
Icountenauee. ~
i ga gentleman and his little boy, to see
Mr. ~ ] have shown them into the
Iparlor." csc
Salmon was amazed. Could it be true ?
A pupil,at last Hegaye hurried glance
at himself in the mirror, straightened his
J shirt collar, gave his hair touch, and de-
scended, with beating heartgto meet his Wis
, itor. alodso 7oFT3yeJ B5fI 49,
lto =Heawa diguifed enough. however, on
entering the ,parlor, and 50 cool you would
never have suspected that be almost felt
his fate depending upon this gentleman
u business.
He was Frenchman-polite, affable, and
of. a manner SO gracious, you would have
. said he had come 70 beg favor. rather