Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1871-10-21
The Miserable End.

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The following is a graphic conclu-
sion of Mrs. Stoves -Four Scenes in
the Life OF Country Boy, who went
to the city, passed through the different
grades of promotion in business and
crime, until he became teller in a bank
and gambler. He looSes largely in
play, and to retrieve himself, abstracts
money from the bank. The result Is as
follows:
But the time of settlement Of bank
accounts is coming, and still his luck
does not turn. Pray to God he dare
not, and the devil only laughs at his cries.
He thinks of the agony of detection. of
the shame and disgrace impending.
What shall he do The whispercomes,
Forge check" Why not ! He can
initiate writing cleyerly-was always
skillful pcnman. lie will dc it he does
it and here to-day he stands, pale, az
onized. detected, before the board who
have met to examine the accounts Of
the bank
There stands the same boy that left
his country home, so well meaning, SO
beloved, and so happy. Behind him
stands the detectives and the handouts,
and ut the door the prison van, while
the president Of the board holds up the
forged check.
Where are the respectable friends who
helped him to wear off his country
greenncss at select suppers They are
perfectly shocked at such revelations of
deprayity. Who would have thought
OF his turping out such scamp
"What mess he has made of II.
The fellow was 4 fool-a weak-headed
fool y
Yes, he was weak-headcd and weak
hearted. and he tried to walk where the
strongest heads often turn; and you be
cuiled himto walk there Gou laughed
before him ut the idea of total absti
nence. You boastcd before him of
your manly powers of touching and
tasting everything, and never getting
upset. You united his boat, and helped
him to paddle into the rapids, and then
stood safe on the shore to see him go
down
The mother hoped to lean upon her
! darling son when her locks should Toe
white and her limbs begin to tremble
bat one day the father died and left mo
ther alone to hold the reins and guide
the children. The little fellow, when
out of her sight, thought it manly to use
bad words, such as older boys used
commencing at first with those that
were not quite so wicked, and by and by
he was not startled with any profanity.
One day he found an end Of cigar in
the street and tried to puff it. lie was
dreadful sick for awhile, but the boys
urged him to try it again, and soon he
began TO love the filthy weed, and by
and bv to smoke and chew like the old
! est veteran.
The boy coaxed his mother just to
let him 90 ont little way in the even
ing with the other BOYS he would on
" 90 around the corner, he said In
this evening school he learned all kinds
Of wickedness. Now came the longing
looks into the shop windows, the desire
for things not his own teasing hs mo-
ther for pennies to spend and soon the
aprropriating to his own use the goods
Of others. until he was called Il thief
One day the boy said, "Mothcr, |
don't want to go toschool to such a hard
master; the lessons are long the teach
ers are cross do let me go to some 9th
er school.
9TH, mother yielded for the sake of
peace. Soon the boy said, Il wont go
70 school any more, mother.
He became uncomfortable Now the
boy must be taken to the Reform
! School, where he should be taught there
was law to be obcycd. Oh, how hard
Il was to be forced TO study, to work for
the State to earn money for others,
which might have been his own. -
CongregT'o"dhS'.