, 1870-08-28

A. 10 years uil, lna. would, au.
aaaS hut every time / .siod to thsu.
list AtoppsaF spaF ~ me Il thi4 ~, hapgipes. M :;
eouian 10 it; thcre waa h.ack nte,, bet Seeu
ne ano thankfulnees for that cl Id nosi4.s.
sion. stu. that Was only now aud then. bs,.
t.use ,'o,es %as ouly now and tlcu thought o!
t.,n'E Is, ., al1 Tor the most part I was
uIsL,n clan!siiug a1ouni lis EueesH,ts am. am.
Atue si'tt1t opening ercsy d1y, aIgavs pIad
aMash ea', slipping out Ut ons birth,iay "a:
inso inoe aaosher. happy and ashamed ia liz frst
~ uuuseis, sIl9ttng in hin frat hoots, sutpti,.
Text lime you ssw him, ind te!,sr;nr TX, ru, ~,
ne t4e ffoateet and tho wiscat ma man si;vs'
Al Was anxious that, whan Rennr
heard others speak OF ms I,
any 1s d,nstr ~ tre ~. Geat pilot On tho eoss
sliter OIL th1ead when daring xas Of to ~ nas :
Bcn,y wan Just Ia anxious I should havs
Eeod report Of him; his pockets ware nm ~
tickets OF merit, T. wofe l;tt1s medal On 4
4lne Ilbton whenever EaA in the house. md
t,,s lemsmees os,o. fhe hsst time took him down
Was in the Eatllnea, waving his l4t 10 mc an1
running up tie rigging before you could aay
Jack Robinson. Well, como aro born ~ !, r
suppose he's doing it now l don't know.
However, every man hxs his day, sud thxt
Ben o5 was the happier fellow. lie ussi 10
regard ne ss powesful being who ruieJ tta
eiemeut5, and fur whom t.lt tides stt. anil the
moon rose,-- sort OF IocEh guardian aarel
that Ae saw now aud then, but who r.s o:rr
nm al the time, ard sho lnew his ,ti1susata,
had been wishing for7 fused 10 regard lin
az Just tho pose-e:er Of my life; I Ne. INV
compass BY Tim, I stcercd by him. thu.
wasn't thought Of mt heart which ditla'1
Belong to ittls bcu- When came ashore la
him a the window, and heard him shouiina,
With delight before opened tho door.
What holidays we used to hay! We used
to tegin getting ready for the Fourth Of JULY
the min IT. the Christmas pudding wxs gone.
71d Tor Christmas tie Minute the Fourth oi
went forget that in hurry. It gasaxay
cid day; wo Didn't kaoE tie cloud was oouins.
up behind un-that was Coming up te1,iad n,
| 1 got home just Al the Three Blind Mica be-
san the elme for Christmas eyo; a4Q nen
% VA AL o. tickle Tie 1iteloog e{eaing, Tor Aa-
O'clock, the way he alHnye did when I
I came; and let him count down the money
for GooCy Nurze'e wages, and for tha
house-1cnt, Ind for all the New Years bitls:,
and tien ne popped a dish Of corn; md altar
that We Hent ont and carried : basket full Of
he had heard about down IN Friend court !:
and coming home NC stopped in the doosvYy
OF . church where the choir was practising.
and the organ was pouring out q tune, and ii
! the voices singing together,
"WLllt ttt pltrda watched their uocks bv night
AL seA!ti Tn the s ound,
The angel of the Lord came down.
Ahu glory sh"ne a'ounl;"
for thought it might staui 10 him for
never having heard his mother sing II. And
SSeA 1as4a asa1,
way houe like boys logethcs, aud he was tired
enonGh TO tumble into led when be rot there.
Anu It wae just tue g14y Of the dawn when +
was disturbed With something creeping into
rss room and; never stirring, opened my
eyes and saw Ecn'a littlo fignto in his ai.ht.
gown; the csrly hair standing up in a snar2 al
round h's OVID SLEEPY eyes while he tried 10.
pm one NJ my cocks to the shelf, and only
enyed hinseif BY great effort from spiIlinr
AZ a.. ne neIa a. n ' nishtgown With every thrust
he dropped a bun,-Den vas mirhty fond ~
enns; and a stem OF raisins-I,m airsiI Ben
ktole those when the pudding was nut to-
getllcr and taw. slley-I used to play m.r.
oiss ,;'a1 WITH hin 50 that be ceuldut TN but =
linn. ard this was his bettermost: then cs,us
IN ~ almanac, that vas tue nurses gtt and
then eGck Of naolasses caudy-le Atopped
and tooE& lite nitble Of that, and stonped
sgain, AZ II hc was thinking about taking
an~shes, al out didn't; and then came the czo~n-
cowis,. with thitty-tvo blades and : cork
screw in it, that ho must have yayenl eyary
penny he'd had for half year to buy: ani |
bed .nesat TO rut that in first, for a
srSat surprise p.t' ., Tho end. and no. last,
empty il and do it all over again, making 4 |
'l'tle Is tho transaction, rs two Ut the r.ieius
c7ne OF the bunch, enc Of which, after look |
fbE 1T II, Ae put hack like hero, but the 9th
sr Tas too n1ucfi for him-. And that done, Of |
nc s.ep, hke ~ moafs: AZ b. haa come giving
,nes+t WOKE me up! That was my stocsing 1
hui Ee,'s Sat hung up dorn staira. as sl.nder |
aslocEuIS rs ever swuug empty, and it wes
sight to see the ruefl loook on Beut !
.,s asss ,,' one t19; ,sst1nt "hila he glanc At
running, bis hand desperately down to !
tho toe, ne brought up litue ailver watch,
on black guard, and with KEY tho shape |
and nea5]y tho size Of = pistol. Robinson
ifu.oe aad bis man Friday It one side Of his |
o;her,-for1 meant that boy should Lave Al J
education. we're totally covered .nl eclipsed |
behind thAt w2tch and key H. also 11ljnel |
tho watch that very day with winding il up
he regulated il By the kitchsn clock sver. halt.
il hou1' :nd he b had more resson. for knowing
the aftc1noou vo had L e1sigh-ridc, tho three |
OF uR. away over tho En:ll5am aud into the |
csnntry; aud though NC waro tipped out into
= .now'tank, that ~as only half the fun
we:,t OF dowa the harbor -i.L tho st.fn. ( /
car fosl Duus little cole cheek IN mine now
as bsde him good night At tho door, the 1.st
good night | ercr gave him.
II there WAS any other little chxp l could
make aa happy now 10 made Zen that day, | /
don't know hut It would bo xo1th trv.ug
thou5ht Of him Ill the way down the bay; !
ihoughs wouldn't have him leading tho hard
ard yehturesome HE did bJ night and
.3av, ahino or storm, wet to the skiu, with
mr right hand /: but I thought that, as
arc = I lived: rd havS Iii him c:g: col.
isseah isso N. moash t.uesins ths tune when "a 50
into Court and hear his voice ringing out with
4 great argumeut that jndgc aud jury anl
eroaa Ill hung broathless to hear; And I
lotne nor child, bnt. raa = forlorn and lonely
wretch nithout m object in the world; and
shiyered to remember it; hnd1 said to myself,
! would rathoT droHu hundred fa.hom deep
than hare to 50 back to it; and know it Wis
Len that aAved me from it, that it wAs Ban
all my happiness came from, and ths love
Of him filled ne to tho lips aud made
mo more Hght-hearted than any man
wEo ever sWung d tiller or etc1diod wheel l
That made it neither better nor wcree; but to
think that might loss him WAS to think OF
an. tliiation,- ,-N1s impossible. l mover did
tklnk it.
lts strange thing, but can remember
every word said that night, every thought
touched, iust how the sea looked, the stars in
the eky. tho rig OF tho loat. I remember
Wien the wind hauled round to the eaLtwa11l,
nc.r daSl':eak, and the weather th4ckenei.
what sail nc took in, and how it came IN to
blew great guns 1ust after we'd set old Clcws
~ 1l,Ar7 fftn ft1,rt 5Afa fr ShA az
Its all stamped on mo Ed il ! hot iron lal
Jnno il. fur thcse, rpEsh ~ thev were. we're
tl,e laes hours Of my happiness. No. now, I'll
not c such spoon as to say thar have seen
no happy days since those. FezharRl'm con-
teEt enough with thl,S=, after all: perhaps
Ill let them dlsit 81 they are. Bur it's no
wonder that time is Eiire cul tinglius set, il
ron toucs, it On the raw, for these wcre tho
edges Of mighty wound.
80. a. WEE say,ug. tht weather began 10
thicAen ur foFa foul, 6 pr.::y stin eastcrly
bsrtze blowing the foam III cur teeth, and pres-,
entity veerins TO- east-northcaAt, tho sky the
ro.ur " ln!l's breast. md tho SNOW falling,
ii" wind growing to = gale, dark setting
| IN early, AID great sea running. \ pilot
la'as. With a wild winter storm, ctaso uncn il.
| is not the rieasautest place in the word and
as The vessels in the by wore likely to stand
| out for more sea room, aad tAe1a vas nothing
in -isht for us to do, ve had just decided to
Tut for lls.bor, when thought s1ieA
large ship to windward, steering west-uor:h-
| west, under to7sAits and fore anu m il
! courssa and our. duty being to hail her,
let what would betide, NC put about and
stcod out. the Day foe her, e,ive.ius
alenE currelvea as We might, = ciose-reefeh
masnsajl and bonnet OF the jib being all the ii.
lot boat could carry. It was She ship D,bdln, ~
We afterward. teafned, from Valparaiso, Will,
I cargo principally Of copper-ore, and enter
ing the South Channel. ai:cr q pleasant eoy-
age. ehe had been delayed by the wreck OF \
ship on Tie South Shoala,--an ugly place In
hssvy northeast gales for vessels bound 10
Bcetou.-snd bad saved the crew fron tho