The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-10-15


smile cnough-upon the poor invalids
shaTp-cut, thin face, with the hollow, IA
away eyes, which looked at YOU as if on
of a cavern. He was the wreck of a fin,
young fellow, too; one who had been uscC
( To his hunting and shooting, and all the
. country sports which make broad-chcstcd
strong-limbed country people the envy o
us poor, thin. pale townsfolks.
Mr. Broadmm came direct to me wheT
he left them. / did not live FIR off, anC
/ he thought that / might lend them {
nci@hhor's help. Davis" says he, thai
poor fellow is dying; | can sec death il
/ his eyes"
''What is NE a-dying OFF, replied.
/ lie looked at me stcadf;lstIya moment
/ and could see moisture in his eye, Il
/ he said, slowly and solcmnly, "Of Starya
tiou, Davis-of actual want Of food"
''A gentleman starving in London, ir
Islington, a baronet's son. too. Why it,
incredible"
Not at all" said Mr.. Broadman
these are the very people who do die Of
starvation in London, and in all great
cities. Not the poor, who know where
the wOrk-hoUse Is, and who can get al
the relieving officer, if the worst comes
to the worst but the wcIl-born, who
have fallen into destitute poverty, and
who carry their pride with them. dive
into Il back alley, like some wild animal
into a hole, to die alone. Mr.. Vincent
wants wine and iellies, and all sorts al
good things if help hasr.'t cenrr 700 ldt6.
No, no, my friend he continued, put
ting back my hand, for | was ready to
give my money in a proper cause. No,
no; ! have left them all they want at
present, Davis. But I'll tell you what
you can do; you can, if you like to play
the good Samaritan, 90 and see them,
and cheer them up bit. AIr. Vincent
hasn't forgotten your kindness to her,
can assure you. And ] think her hus-
band would like to thank YOU too. and
1t would arouse him up q bit, perhaps. ;"
And then Mr.. Broadman told me, short
ly, somcthin" of what these two poor
things had gone through-shc, loving
and trusting him so; and he, half mad
that he had brought her to this pass,
and could do nothin" for her.
MIR. BrOadman wrote that very dav to
the baronct, proud, hard man, I'm
told. But the letter he wrote back was
soft enough, and melting to read; it Wa,
80 full Of human nature, YOU see the
fathers heart swelling up at the thought
of getting back his son; and bursting
through the thick crust of pride which
had prevented him from making the first
advances. And the par~on saws to me:
" Well, Mr.. Davis he said, 'therc are
many people kept asunder only for want
Of somebody to go between them, you
see, and make peace"
And ] sud partly to myself: Why
shouldn't Christianity itself he such a
generous pcacemaker Us that? ?
Ay," replied Mr.. Broadman Il
people only believed in it properly"
That very day we got the Baronct~.
letter, ! was on my way in the afternoon
to Cambridge terrace to pay my respects
to Mrs. Ninccnt-and had sent i'm Il
few bottles of good old part wine from
my own winC-mCrchant-at least Us good
as could he got for money or love. Well.
when ! got near the door, | saw an old
gentleman walking up and down, Il little
disturbed, apparently, in his mind ut
finding himself in such Il queer locality. |
and as if looking for something or
\ short, rosy faced |
fellow ne was, clean shaved a. a pin, and |
very neat and old-iashioncd in his dress, !
with that sort of ain about him vhi.}, /
marks an English country gentleman |
wherever he may be. Well, we soon !
got into a talk, for I'd spotted the
Barunct i'm amomcnt, and nc was anxious
To find out something about his son. us
soon as he heard / knew little of the
young couple.
And YOU, do not think. sir. that my
that Mr. Vincent is dangerously iIl?"
said the old baronct: and there was a
sob in his viocc aS he SPOKE, and his
hand tTcmbIcd aN he laid it upon mine, .
" Here is the house. | said. "and YOU
will be able to Judge for yourself"
We went in. At least the baronct /
went into the room, trembling i'm every /
limb with the excitement of seeing his /
son. But when he set ewes on him, the /
poor old man was SO startled that he |
'ould scarcely speak His son SAW him
and tried to rise, but fell back fccblv /
nto his chair. Dear father" he muir /
nurcd, stretching ont 4 thin, trembling
land. forgive
But the father was on his knees by
he chair in q moment, clasping his sons /
Icad i'm his arms and iondIing him as he
rad done when the man was a baby.
" What have | to forgive Nou must
orgiyc me for being 80 hard, my dear
'oy, and get better soon, Nilfrcd, my
ON, my SOM"
had come into the room could not
lclp it. | was 81 interested and excited.
But | saw that ia the Young mans face
which made my heart sink into my
,o~om like lead.
The young wife saw it too, and gave
me, two, three sharp screams, II. il
,uitc had been thrust into her side.
Mr.. hroadman saw it; and quietly
,nccliug down, commended to God-as
we'll as hc could, for -ohbing the soul of
his servant departing this life
And well, why should he | ashamed
% confess il2 | knclt down too, and
rjcd like child; for the Young man
Iad died i'm his fathers arms at 9ruvcrv
moment of reconciliation.
Ills CuCoANUr.-H had seen cocoa
nuts before. but had never had one in
ie hand. The old woman sat i'm the
wagon and held the lines while ne en-
cred Il grocery and purchased one.
hey turned il over and over. and re-
ardcd it closely and ruriouslv. hut drove
omeward without asking any questions.
,cNt day about noon, the old man en-
cred the grocery, coCoauut i'm hand, and
inquired:
- Is this reg lar cokcrnut'
Yes, and a good one too" replied the
roccr.
"WaI, the burned thing has busted
lc, and it> Al heap ptoomuch for thcold wo-
Iau; we've turned il over more n hun ,
red times, and blamed if we can find (
rc hinges. Where in thunder does She |
nlock -
When the amused grocer explained .
atters, the old man looked cresttaIcn. !
Id turned away with the remark: I
burned if | know any morc'n mulcI' (
CURE FOR Sheep CHASING Docs +
any people will assent heartily To the ,
'inciPle that the best possible cure for a :
dog Is to kill him at the
rlicst practical moment; hut there
ny he exceptional cases AcorrosponI-
1T of the London EiolH seems to think t
at least, and relates an instance where, G
ter other attempts had failed. fine |
cwtouudland dog WI, cured hv tving !
nm to two old Scotch rams. and left to !
'rh amusement as he could extract l
"m their society. The result was an I
\IenHiyc ramhlc over hill and hale. !
"SeN and ditches and diversified. of {