The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1868-12-19

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I lad sssn hoth ths ladies and sravsrsed
tbs uids Pacifc. ere laeain set f,os on the
ksstsrn eoase of Scotland. NY uncle, che
shipmaster. vas dead, and i vas srilI CON.
mon sailor bat [ vas light hearted asd
skiifdi iu my Profession aud n pneh in-
fclined y 40pe asev6r. Besides. had be-
gan % do9bs, aud there cannos 10 1 more
consoling doubt when one In unfortunate.
whether . man nav ! 4 eniov A. mueh bao'
| pibess In the sloeef walks Of life a. In the
uppef. lnsone of mv later voyages, the yee
sHl iA which sAiled bad lain fnr several
weeks at Boston, 10 North America -shep
scene Of those fsrce and angry conse stion.
which esensaaliy separated the cslonies
from the mother cauntey; and when Ia this
place. I had becoms acouainted. by The
mereet accident In tie w,rld. with the
brother Of nv friend the poet. Twas pass-
ing through one IL the meauer lsnss. wh.n
saw my old collese friend. m thought.
looking out nc ine from the windor of
craEy wooden building-a sort ~ fencing
academy. mach frequented, I was told. b.
the Federslists Of Boston. fcres ssed the lane
In too huge strides.
"M-. Ferguson" said-"Mr. Ferguson. %
for ne was Withdrawing bis head, ado YOU
not remember me 2"
"Not quite sure" be replied <sT have
met with many sailors In my time but |
msst just see"
| He bad stepped down to the door ere
had disc ,vered nv mistake. He was tall
er and stronger la king raao tbaa nv friend
and his seni'r apparently BY six or eight
Years; but nothing could be more striking
| than the resemblance which be bore to him,
both in face aud 6sure. | aoologized.
"Bat have you nos brother, q n rive OF
E iinbu -gh." ! in9lired. who studied &C
St Andrews about four years ago? /? never
before, certainly, did see 80 remarkable a
| likenees.D
-"As that whie1 bear to R9bertf' be
said. "Hsppy to hear II. Robert Is a
brother OF whom man may welt be orou 1,
and am glad 70 resemble bin In any wav.
But Won must 60 in With me. and tell me
all you kBo~ regarding him. de xas a thin
pale slip OF boy when | left Scotlaud-a
mighty reader, spd food Of sauntering into
to make him; bot be has made mu1h of
himself. His name has been blown f.- and
wide within tbs LIST two yesrs."
H. showed me through large waste
apartment, f0rnished With few deal seats,
and with here and there fencing foil lean
ing against the wall, into o sort Of closet at
the upper end. separated from the main
room by q partition Of undressed slabs
Theie was sharcoal stove ia the one corn
er, and truckle bed in the other a few
shelves laden with books ran along the wall !;
there was small chest raised on q sto i
immediately bel,s the winIow, to serve ~
q writing desk, and another stool standiag
beside IL. A few cooking utensils scattered
round the room, and q corner cupboard,
completed tbe entire furniture Of the ,lacs
s'rhers j. = certain limited number born
to be rich. Jack" said my nes CON panion.
land just don't happen q Be among them !;
but have one stool for myself, YOU sc,
and. now that | have uashlpped NV ds-k.
anofh"r for visitor, aud 80 get on we'll
enough "
I related briefly ths story of my intimacy
with BIZ brother; and We were mn on
such terms as 10 bs In . fair way OF empty
ing bottle Of rum tagethsr.
''You remind me Of old timas," said nv
new aeqraintance. Il am weary az these
iiliterate. hoisterous. longsid "a Americans,
who talk only ef politics and dollars. Aud
vet there are dsstrate men among them TOO.
| met, some yesr. since, with Ph,Iadelphia
printer, whom I cannot help regarding a.
one OF the shlest, st-informed m-n I ever
caoversad with. But .here is nptnint like
general knowledge amoag the average class;
a mighty privilege Of Q neeit, ho vever."
'sThey are jast in thar STAGE" | remsrk-
ed, Sin which it needs all the vigor Of nm
able msn TO bring bis mind Into anything
like cultivation. There m.st be many more
facilities of Improvement ere he w4,liocrit.
ist can develop himself. H. is tbs agg still
in America, and must sleep there till the
next age. But when last heard you OF your
brother ~
"Whv," be replied, "when all the world
heard of hin with the last namber Of Rui-
Ginaa's Magaziae. Whore can you have
been bottled Sp fron literstare OF late
Whv, man, r ibert stands frat among our
Scotch port~."
"Ah 'tis long since I have anticipated
something like that for him." | said "but.
for the last two years, have seen only twn
hooks, Shakespeare aud The Speatator.'
rsry' a' sno" ~e some o' 'ne magaxines-
ne masa1,nes we're prooucen ana
neaf, ,or ane nrss ums' - y tore,sn iand
asu ifom ~ .ec''s'ioa y .ne poets oroin
70 somo " .u9 mess na'p.n" ana most
s,su,y s,y nnisneu " ni' p'ouuc1i"ns' my eyes
unsu anu my neare ~snuerea 20 ocouana
49, nef cos'age nomes, a., saa"ing tne oook
- lepea'eu ~ ~. ~ so'ce ,aiter'ng WITH
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,ngie'
y'u NOV seo "'-uc you not see y
80 eAc'simeu ny eompahaon' me Wide
smosy ro,m, .Au ~ orixet turf nre, the
o's'Aeneo ra'sess sn'Ding aDoye, the straw
s.a rsasgs 'e.'le oel'~, .as farmer ana TOE
"e, sna su'u gra"h'e sno Tue
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