Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1871-11-18
moNEY ar INTEREST.

AoNN-l ~ -
IL is twenty-five years since my
liStle story began, and | wonder
/ " hat made me remem Der il to-day
| Nothing i'm the surrounding cireum-
stances, / am sure; yet in the midst
OF tllis crowded city, while the
streets we're vet full of light aud
| life, all at once ! thought of that
gray, cool evening, the silent sweet
ness OF the lonely garden, and the
| plaiHtiye cry of some lost lamb on
the mountains. Nv uncle had gone
nearly two hours before 10 see dy-
/ ing child i'm the village; bat the twi-
light fingers long la the northern
! latitude, and, 80, though il was near
iy ten O'Clock, | put on my hat and
sauntered down 10 meet him. had
not far to go, but was astonished
TO find him accompanied by young
man known as Dark Harry Hen
shawe." Both of them seemed 10
be under great emotion, the doctor
| took nv hand silently, and Young
iIenshawe neither raised his eyes
nor opened his mouth. / knew that
hc had very bad name ia all the
cOEntry side, and that the shadow
OF a great crime hung over him,
therefore my asiOnishment was still
greater when he followed my uncle
into li5s study, and, alter remaining
there a few minutes, went away
again without speaking word TO
any of the family.
E'Wel," said aunt Mary, "after
that, WHAT"
"Uncle, TO supper, suppose; per-
haps he viii explain"
But ne did not until prayers were
over and the servants were i'm their
room; then lac told Us that Harry
had demanded money from him on
his way home, i'm a way which left
no dodbt as 10 his intentions.
"What did you do, uncle? Did
you give him mOnev!'
/ said, .'NO, no Harry: what
have on me is not worth the taking;
but IL YOU will walk beside me, and
tell me all your trouble, will lend
You enough to make n man Of YOU
again"
Aunt Mary looked injured, and
her knitting needles spoke for her.
"Don't be grieyed, wifel Thela lad
has been driven 10 destrcatiOn by
false accusations, aud lac is innocent;
upon my word, | intend to help him
to prove it,"
"lIow? By new trialy''
mo; by new life. have lent
him 800, and lac has gone TO Texas"
Not very good reformatory
school, 1 should think"
"Where God directs the discipline.
every school is good. Come, WIFE,
be hopeful aud charitable"
Next day heard from aunt Mary
something of the young mans his
tory. Three summers ago. lac had
formed the acquaintance of gem
tleman who, partly as tourist and
partly as n sportsman, had spent sew
eral months i'm the neighbOrhoOd.
For many weeks their friendship
had been marvel, then either
familiarity bred contempt, or ieal-
ousy kindled hatred. They quarell-
ell openly aud furiOusly. Three
DAYS afterwards the body OF the
stranger was found terribly man
glcd at the foot OF BarroW's CliM,
and Harry, was arrested for the muir
der. lie was eventually acquitted
for want OF eyidesce, but he found
every ones face dark and every
ones heart hard against him; moi
even the woman he loved believed
him Innocent, and he suffered keen
" from that negative punishment,
which is more grieVOus than many
stripes. lie sunk lower and lower,
and the previous night in a drunken
brawl had struck 10 the ground one
of his companions. Not caring 10
undergo the Imprisonment and sus-
pense, which would be the result, lie
stopped my uncle and demanded
money 10 fee with. lie got IL, and
also something far better, 'for every
gift Of noble origin is breaihed up
on by hopes perpetual breath" |
thought at intervals for few weeks
of the dark, reckless face, which
had looked into my life for moment
aud then he passed, as l supposed,
forever into the shadow land OF
memory.
Twelve years afterwards, ! found
myself one hot day in August sail
ing up the Buffalo bayou, a beautiful
lagoon in southeastern Texas. Up
the narrow stream, darkoncd by its
arcade OF live oaks and maguOlias,
we slowly made our way. The hot
pertumcd mir, the unreal, spectral
look of everything, gave me the sen-
satiom Of dreaming. On all the
crew and passengers kind of hush
ed tranquility had fallen, broken on
~ by the slow labOring of the en-
gine, or the lazy thud of some ali
gator taking the water. ] noticed
now, for the first time, how silence
is intensified by sympathetic num-
bers; then il j. complete, IA lOneii-
ness to be felt, - but the soul bathes
IN such stiffness, and hears in il
something which throws antiquity
itself into the foreground IL last
ell long; BAT, just az | was beginning
to feel il oppressive, we came to an
opening in the dense foliage, aud
clear strong voice said, "Wake up,
strangert this is the battle field of
San .IacintO." Then we gathered
rOund him while he told, in words
that moved the heart like trumpet.
the old story over again. How the
land was sick with tyranny, and
could be cured with nothing hut
blood. And the trees parted more
and more, and the moon shone fun
on the speaker, suddenly there came
tO my remembrance the cold. fresh
northern air, the Solemn mountains
and the misty mOOrlamds, and said
"IIarry llenshawei''
THAT is my name, madam. Par
don me if forget yours"
~ on never heard mine, but YOU
will remember Carsbrook, aud the
old man whom every body called
DIR. WILL
Then he took my hand and kissed
10, just as ! had seen him Kiss lny
unele's, when they stood together
iu the dying daylight, the saviour
aud the saved. When we were alone.
he told me the subsequent history
there was nothing remarkable ia
IL, lac had hired himself To largc
stock raiser, but had pros spercd 80
well that now lie himself owned "a
line ranch and quite "a partriarchal
number OF horses, cattle, and sheep"
Are You married - asked
NO, no ~ be replied sorrow fullV.
Annie turned against me ia my
trouble. and I've been afraid 10
trust another woman"
After a few inmates silence. h,.
added, My home Is in the far West.
beyond San AntOai0 and IL il hard
ly likely we shall meet again F."
But the eternal future is before
~. If we part here, which way do
you 80 -
''lleavenward, madam, trust. -
and he looked into my face with
grave but happy assurance
"My uncle's loan i paid, sup
pose?'
"The end of the first year saw the
principal paid; the interest / pav
regularly to every poor miserable
fellow | see. If say word of pro-
mise TO some despairing wrecth.