New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-12-17


| coyerlet, his ewes closed, and his lily
moving slowly as he murmured the line
of love song.
The noise Of our entering caused him {
start, and turning round witt, faint smile
| he held ont his hand to Fielding. saying:
4 "Well. Fielding. old boy. the anchor
/ weighed, but you are not alone.
\. "Oh. yes: see. How are YOU OLD Tel
/ how p said Burden but ! saw by his man
her that he was displeased at my beinj
there. 40. making some excuse ! prepare,
| 20 leave the room.
"Don't go. old fellow said Burden
81 confess did not want YOU at first. bn
now YOU have come, ] would rather vO,
stay. You and have always been friends
so,you may as well see the end besides
Won might do me favor.
l fastened to assure him that anything
could do for him would do with pleasure
'NOW. let me see what i can DO. sil'
Fielding, feeling his pulse.
piled Burden. with a faint smile. You ear
dO-nothing."
looked il my friends face and saw that
Burden was right.
''iOmsee | know what is coming have
telt it creeping on these six months or more.
was certain nothing could stop it. and, as
you see, was right. ] have no fear OF
deatll-the only regret have Is for poor
little Cbaron there
us he your son =
NO: | found him shivering on a doorstep
some eleven years ago. ! don't think he
could have been much more than eighteen
months old | had Just lost my dog at the
time. and felt lonely, and he, poor little
wretch, looked SO lonely too that il struck
up a sort OF sympathy between us. and
brought him home
''But why on earth did You call him Cha
ROM
because lie was the son of Erebus and
NOX: at least he was found i'll tie night,
and don't know who his parents Were
what do YOU want us to do tor this
boy ,"
Bring him up. Please to hand me that
paper. Thanks. This is my will. whereby
l leave Charon property to over the amount
of five thousand pounds. | want YOU tel-
lows to become executors, if you will, and
see that the little imp is cared for. You
will thank you. Fill in the names and
/ will sign. There. thank goodness, that is
over. You can alter his name when am
gone to anything you Ike. You must take
care of him for my sake
Have you no relations 3 We asked.
None. You have often asked me for my
my history. Fielding. and now that am 50
near my end You shall have it. Now don't
stop me, old fellow: | know what you would
say: Unjust not excite myself to talk much.
You see am almost as good doctor as
you are. but | feel that l can not last an
other day, and as few hours can not make
much difference. l prefer dying my own
way. ] may as well keep my mind EN-
plOyed as not: SO sit, old fellows, and listen
to what no one has heard but yourselves"
We took our seats ION each side Of the
!, Il d., y
'.Six and twenty Years ago ! was clerk
in merchants office. cant say l liked
the business. but stuck to it and got on. tor
loved my masters daughter, and hoped
By hard work one day to be able TO make
ler mine. was an orphan, with neither
zith nor kin to look after me, but the love l
pore Milly kept me quiet and industrious.
rose step by step in the office. and Mr..
Bruce, the merchant. was never tired II
my praise.
.'All went OF happily until he discovered
hat loved his daughter, and then his pas
ion knew no bounds. l need not enter into
he particulars. | was turned from the
louse, but not alone, for Milly and | had
,een secretly married for three months
before.
1--WE took quiet little lodging in The
and | went every day into the
ity in hopes of getting another situation.
had little money that l had saved on
which we ived-lived, oh SO happily. that
wen at this distance it seems a heavenly
lream, too bright for earth. Mill. was
lways trusttul that her father would re-
ent. and | always believed | should soon
btain another appointment; but We We're
10Th deceived. lime rolled on our little
aptal was almost gone. our hopes almost
Exhausted, but our love blOOmed as fresh as
Yer. | tried literature. and made few
OuDds. but my manuscripts but too often
anne back without being Rad: still strug
led on, and wrote several songs which had
certain amount OF success, aud once more
ope seemed to beam upon us.
"Milly-Heaven bless er.-fancied that
should soon become tamons-that all
.ngland would ring with my name, and
hen her father would be able to forgive ils.
What might have happened had | not met |
18th such mistortnnes heaven alone knows
i can not say; but in the midst of this |
right happiness my wife was :aken ILL it |
as consumption. l worked day and night |
/, procure the necessary medicines and food
n her; ! wrote to her father, hut received
D answer. / went from publisher to pub-
sher hawking my songs about, selling
lem almost for anything to buy bread.
h! how they ground me down! Men who
adj had successful songs from me, now that
ley saw me in poverty, cut down the
rices until starvation was close upon me.
Zone atternoon-l shall never forget It
left poor Milly in bed-she could no: rise
and went to seek for work. l wandered
bout from one place to another, but all my
forts were fruitless; ] could not gain
emmy. Heart broken and weary, l turned
Dmeward: ! had not money to buy even
loaf of bread. Several times paused as
well dressed man approached me and de
rmined to beg; but the words choked me,
nj they passed on without noticing my
stress. When they had passed ] was
,hamed Of having thought OF begging. and
It angry with myself that had not done
Il was standing at the corner Of street
linking what | should do for could not
, home to Milly my poor. hungry, sick
iie, empty handed, when ! received a
.arty slap on the shoulder, and turn
g round. saw Glidden, the music pub
,hcr.
Well. Burdon,' he cried, you don't
EN- happy. You look as pleasant as If
III had lost half Il crown and found six
nee
Happy | exclaimed; happy with a !
ife dying of consumption and-and star
ltion ~
Dear me. that very sad; why don. you
Work. have sought it far and near; |
I've done everything, but without sue
SIS
The music trade is bad, and no mistake:
1t still think something might he done
,ur Sings have gone pretty well. Now
hat time would it take you to write me
ur songs
THAT all depends upon what sort you
ant"
They must be strongly bacchanal;an-
st. full of life-you understand"
Yes"
And l must have them the frs. thin. IN
e morning.'
That il short time"