Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1872-01-11
A CnLQUEkED CAkkLk.
Some of the Ups and Downs of Life.

Ee'sOHo4 hofeLtNIe IRON bone
mian's last letter 10 The Chicago Journal.
contained in yesterday Issue The letter
is dated Rock leland, Jan. 9Th"
The currents OF existence glide smoo,bly /.
90 with some, WAIie Others doomed to
cheqasred snd unhappy Careers. Ihe ups
end do~ns' OF ite may ssem very tAse:nsI-
ing IN theory, bat are Any Ihiug but pleasant
10 reality. Oar sister ely has long
afforded case 10 point. Toward the close
OF the war, Ia Admiral Porttr's feet was
young DAvenporger, scarcely Old enough 10
wear The InsIgDIss VI OthcIai position. And
yet be had entered the service as q seaman, 1
aud secured rank by merit aud courage
alone. When the volunteer navy wa. dis
pensed with, be returned to bis native home
vith much OF the pomp Aad circumstance
Of GLORIOUS var. Young snd oslentatiuus, be I
INDUCED 10 proiuse Expenditures, aud soon
found himself on the verge OF bankruptcy.
Ine unS welcome necessity If earning live
lib cd was finally forced upon him, and he
a9phed tor tue privilege OF learning the
printers trade AG one Of the newspaper
Offices OF that city. his request was granted,
bat tweuty-iOur hours OF lBky devotion salts
Ted him, and be resolved 10 abandon the
scheme aud study lAN. few mouths OF
earnest research among the musty tones OF
the past proved equally uuPslatable, and
While be was debating upon what course to
nett pursue, be WAS one day amazed and
delighted 10 receive su,henuc reformation
that several thousand dollars we're due him
from the Government, on account OF q
recent division Of large amount Of prize
money. As s0oL ss Lis Instrac ions we're
forwarded, he received the much needed
currency. All the restless aud adven-
turoGs spint OF yore vas revived
within HIM, and beiag threatened
with legal difficulties irom having
challenged q rival TO q duel, be packed has
carpet 6Ag for the far S1Lny South. de
was absent some years. A portion Of TINS
time WAS passed IN Louisiaua where be
met With considerable success as Labor
J Agent. An eGsravsgAbt visit 10 New Or
leans again reduced him 10 want, and be
shipped as common sailor 90 a vessel
/ bound 'or Bordeaux. France. What be cad
10 France Is not exactly known, bat that be
travelled extensively l. quite certain. After
I the lapse of year or more bis friends al
/ Davenport learn, d OF bis return TO New
Orleans. Once more he disappeared 1t
was for Hhlle reported that he held the
rSuk Of MsjJ r on the s;af Of Coruua., lhs
Mexican bandit and revoiuuonisi, while
Others asserted that be- vas trading with Ike
Indians u Arizona and NeS Mexico asst
I fall be resppeared 81 Davenport, having
changed exceedingly, and bearing on bis
brouzsd cheek the mark Of warmer sun
than ours. HIS msuners we're grAver aud
bis hsbi,s apparently more sedsts. Receiv-
~ 81
ctvIl service of 50 q comfy, he subsid~d
into the quiet routine Of bachelor life A
Young AID beautiful widow attracttd his 10
tice, aud, by Way OF pAssiaR his Idle eveu-
iugs pleasantly be paid her numerous stteu-
tIous, which were probably more marked
than be iua1 lued Or INTENDED. One night
laundering Lolss g; his dor awoke hun
aud, on ,esPoudIug 10 the abrupt summons,
he was horror ssrIchen to irArH that his es-
teelusd lady ir,eLd vas dying He hastily
Appsreled hlusef, and srrIved 81 the cha Il
Der OF death. lie parting sceue between The
Two -ss mOsS siocNLg, AID uCI = lew spec
tatyTs were moved u .eArs. y discreet frIeuO
suggest-u tuA. nothing could b Ia bessoT
tas,s or more Appropriate than that I~O
VITO had betrayed sucn NATAL LIgh re
gard Auu esleS III, !. not affection, should be
un'teu Ia the LOiy bans OF SediugE, ere tbe
Angel Ut Death proceeded to execute hIs
dreadful sentence. IL would smooth the
suter=r dying pti.o~, aud enable The sur
yIyUr ~ Iudu4gs 10 his manly grlei vi Jut
hIudsauce or restreIoL. Our hero con-
scented, messenger was dispatched Tor a
f clergyman, aud within al hour the sso
Eupusls were sOirmaIzed The new-mAoe
husband watched MI early dawn beside the
teyered couch OF his expiring bride, aud
was then ovefJ0yed to see tue glow OF health
rapidly returning to her pallld cbeeks, while
the breath that came ieetly ard lDpeTcept-
Ioiy come hours before, Was now grown
. strOug, regular, Atd vigorous. Strange Il
. say, sne VAS ulrEeuiOusiy recovering. CT
course al yArtI,s were OyeIJOyrG, aud The
happy par 81 once settled q M TO the
csiu eIlOy meBt OF domestic felicity The
course Ut true love, however, never ye,
ran smooth" Our hero unfortunately losI
his business position just when be most re-
q ulrvd u. All edorts 10 obtain other eu
pIoymeBt proved tutiIe, and bis high eX
peBses gradually CONSUMED oil has previous
denominations. A crisis came al asst. HIS
funds we're exhausted. What to 90 he was
unable TO decide. Womsu's iutuIIIuI
solved the problem His wife insisted tha
they should 20 to Topeka, Kansas, where
uer immediate relations reside, aud where
they would undoubtedly De welcomed with
hospitality and kindness. But how were
they to 20 without single greenbaek b,
des paIriugly inquired. Sell all that thou
hast, she answered in the langusg,
: Of the Saviour, "snd follow me-
There was little auction down street OF
49, 49, no d. - IL,
4, the twain that were made one flesh "fodec
D their tents like the Arabs, snC silently stole
, away" What reception WAS theirs ct n,
, end Of their journey, Is beyond Tour CORE
spondent's knowledge PercbSnce it wa
not all they had been led to anticipate, fo
\ the hardness and selfsnness Of tine human
heart sometimes almost exceed belief On,
thing is certain. A few weeks ago q either
of Davenport was approached at Charlton
Lucas county, loss, BY wan and travel
worn stranger, whose scsnty wardrobe mac
] evidentlv seen better days and who, on re
, coRniiion, proved TO be the subject Of GU
remarks He bad travelled on foot all tn,
way from Topeka. Kansas, and was en- -Out
for Davenport, where he arrived about
. week after He had hoped his misfortune
f would induce bis old scquintsDces to d.
something to aid him. but IN this he wa
disappointed lie was greeted with cold
sverted chances, or was passed rudely b,
Z unnouced. In g At of desperation he cross
f ed over to the Island, and enlisted az
' private soldier in the regular army. Ant
when the last musical notes Of the evening
bugles have died away. and the stars looI
p brightly down from the zenith Of blue mid
E night, lone sentry eau often be seen lean
! ing upon his musket, and gazing sad
across the swift-fowinR waters of the grea
river, to whore the heartless lights OF IN
city flash in the distance, IN silent mock err
. of his unu,terAbe woe
MEDICAL Association The Iowa an
Illinois Central District Medical Associa
ton met at Davenport yesterday afternoon
~ n Mox8an