New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-03-09
RHIsTLES.
rrrom the Overland Monthly for MarcA.v

wo odin va Ices D waded increasingly sgains.
~: .,sIu,nS Yet a comely face. withal: so
lne ,ul hat onr Village editor. who often
inuch ~ Ia Oh obore n7oins and marriage
.i.;oas ,,sed 70 saw that he would make a
ho'lGG =: r. u;+b rive--darno for halo.
e.. tbrnat into a Ioos. fagot OF long.
go; 20 heard :. sharn. gray ewes: a figure
M, "-litV ,-air at+nrts RI nict, IN a fortune:
IA ~ dinnr dnck in sT1mm4r. and IN oil.
.i-;n in wipfer. sucb was Rristles
Wonr avaning did I while away IN his
,i.tIe "a hin and hi, nv nj. learned his
historv- There was nothing strange in it
on rIto the stereotyped tale Of the unsuccess
~, Jn;onanr Who had given M fighting the
.,l pio Nd fornI ann, barb6r in which 10
wai, for doth He came from Boston and
u,aa ,boronabIr ;mhneG with a hatred OF
Puritan hahits' was sitting near him one
arnnin, 49, mb@n he reacbed IN to the shelf
arI 81 IoIyn q neatly hound COPY o.
LIS Mornina Exercises" and l was
,s.onisbed TO see. when he opened il. tina,
). was dum1ny-a box .!..ed with hooks
and lines,
~ tool, ia h,weIs out wears acc, re SAID
,uietIy. at amt acting q lie, 10. nobody
.ve- saw, II I'm, yOu and me-
..Why did YOU do It a.
.,ca1se va, hrouoht M on tna; sort OF
.,utk.'
.And vo1. o,tgrpw itr'
"Yes, il was that as sea: ME from
home
How!
From the first day could balance On
bench, ! had 70 tend out on religion. ana
as | proWed I'D and saw what KIND men
relig;ouser. was. and as how either religion
was bad or they was hypocHtos; and as
how all the fellers | liked hadn't 40 re.
.irion. | quit. and have been fore ordained
10 be damned ever since. and much Obliged
TO 'eln. So when ! came across this book,
tore it up thuswise. and made a box outen
it,"
DO YOU Judge a creed by ITS pro-
fessors!
1T ain't for the likes o me TO do Othec-
wise: amt got no microscope
Have YOU never been back since you
| left -
NO. ran away from school because !
was licked for nothing, and had to turn the
| grindstone Sundays for the glory ot God,
while the theiyin' master prayed"
| ..Have you no friends there"
| "All nv kith and kin Is gone Out an nlu
uncle. who never liked ne. anyway. But
I'm saving I'D to 90 there. as have got
something very important to do before l
die. and only | can do it,"
~ mission!'' said TO him laughingly.
eyes. a real one" was his determined re-
ply; and we turned to our usual game OF
| checkers,
II +bare ever lived A philosopher it was
or;a4Iaa E1orv one in mis- world. he said.
= t1'nt;,cr for sometbino he doesn't wish to
ga H. xTas ali Unsatisfactory: and though
IL n;iu ;aoas Of . fn+nre state we're very crude.
LIZ LIS ao,,piJored that II would he a CRYING in.
; ,U +bat tba +roubIes of this life should
he crowded uDon a man without consulting
him unlass a future should compensate him
H,rn : "n! We are horn in the world without
the civility of asking our leave, and it's
hard lines and yet don't counsel a man S
suiciding himself. though 1t VeXes Ike tar
nation to be always forever chaslng fortune
like creased pig, and to see the man next
to you catch it every time" His early
teachings had been forced into him till he
was nauseated, and Bible doctrines nag q, De,
come the cod liver OIL OF IhoraIl'y. lhal
which was called privilege was maze an
oppression, and many man would looh
back to New England with lruer price
and love II his religious eIGcalIoh ndo
begun and ended with NOW lay me COVE
to sleep
Nothing ever troupieo brls1Ies, 50 lar ar a Is
could learn. Ram or shlne' IL was an ne
same to him. "A fine, bracing air, he
would say, when clear, crisp udy hldu'
nature beautnuI. Hk TX IniS 81 Gli'n aa,,7
there's so muGh oouy 20 ~ 49, "a9 n,' an,
ment when the atmosphere uIooPcu 10 ="
as thick as musiih, anu n.y. IVY tn'us W."
dripping WIN moisture; inoIe 10 many
good soul hluden III lhe oS WAYS 49,.
Not long alter Ine ton w. 800 ~
written, happened lnto QUE ond wbiia Him IN;
cfShtiiS' o. ,,,aTI.ad IN Ur;a+Ies.
my PIPE, NV ~ [nos+ avarv. on,
l,oI,+ NV barn. did Won ever hear of Sam1e
apouC hol O., "i'' ~"
IdTUT.S y. ,o., +bo sorrau,bat cricl, r.
" MIN ''' 81"
Ply ,:
"a big Eastern letter hlarhtu 'i'Ihieu.
ate, came to-day LOT SaiAHe! .n"I"uis' ""1
/ never heard OF INN.
BIistles took TWO or thr6e TURNS ; ai""D ,
the little room, and tGen planting M Il SCI
down upon keg with Vigot 'hal o''
honor to his age. evacuated so!ehh!y'
Young man, it's me-!
"Iou? Is it possible
YES, IT'S poSslDle' anu ii W. 80 LOU r ~
never asked my name, anu ''ht't y" 20 80
It, ana was decent az ,t5IP 80. :.
now II mas come. aHu 'r"I ~ , - !;
Samuel MarouIY. Anu &c IT, H o',ii,,i,
lof many d cal' ''"" - any ~
soln5o3Gy1 t gi7t. .,,, -, o,a ,o. ,,,o ,e,
e" Gill; just VII '' ''-'' 80
Ter.
stop moment. II nigh'' ana II SEE sem lni
as if it might have come from d "eao haIla q
NaS the tan OF the Ia, an eut y. y -,
ana dlo tnT 49, ~ i%o no+ine Wi it conIdn'
scissors. ~ Din +bn,,n, Alr.Nnr Srava---o,
Po NY Nv. ~ arn aIi n.sr neu.vri,jrc
lane. ~, t,ITE =" RI ;;t. ~ mink owe
me M n.y. ~" -
IL to-hlgh''
The. letter. which l took 10 hlm ear ear;
Hex; day. was long, business ness coNsi, PoSs
marked Boston. brist!es .ooA u ..4iu ~. ~
and laid 1t IN ms cheSs: 'nen %e NJ ", .,al
his work. lie ana no' nsn lilucH t'i't ~
as could see from my WINDOW " li anu wa
questioning win my sen .ne PnGlnIe'sp 10 "
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