New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-03-21
POLITICS AT CHARLINGWOOD.

There's q welcome above for The yless man.
POLITICS AT CHARLINGWOOD.
Mr. Briefly sat in his comfortable library
it was I. beautiful room, fitted in black
walnut and crimson, with all the modern
coquetries of low book cases, bronzes, ap
least, of as much Of ancient Rome as we
possess nOw-with his feet toward wood
fire which spsrkled and sung behind tall
andir0ns. himself a very prosperous and
happy man, with an income far above high
water mark, and with wife who had an
almost perfect temper. Mr.. Briefly, who
had DO trouble in this world except that be
never could find his paper knife, sat and
read ese words:
al, : We ere, this human race Of ours.
tossed pon this round bali of earth, naked
and 81 'rr'ess, and cent whirling through
space, V H., We don't know, and whence we
,'nn't knouc and whittier We don't kuow-at
""st, don't know. If there are any here
10 ere for unste as to know, l tender
them my respectful congratulate ons
ut, for 10y own part, only clearly know
one thing, and that is, that don't know.
All am sure of is, thGt here we are, upon
this bank and shoal of time, complicated,
organisms very easily put out of order.
capable of exquisite and long continued
misery, and only capable Of slight and
evanescent delights, 40 surrounded by dit
fculties and perlls that it is marvellous, rot
that any fall, but that any should get
through life with tOlerabIe ease and credit.
Our race seems 70 me to be cruelty over.
weighted and burdened beyond its strength,
and, like our dear Othello in the play,
perplexed beyond extreme. These things
being so, our duty is perfectly clear and
undeniahle, and that is, to stand by one
another"
Mr.. Brier'y read this passage twice. He
knew the speaker vell-a thinker, a hsto-
rian, q man of broad and liberal opinions
Like many . luxurious conservative, Mr.
Briefly liked to lock from his safe, well
guarded tower of wealth, comfort, respect.
ability and security, and see what the
scouts and sharpsho"ters were doing off on
the edge Of the debatable ground. He read
of human calamity, disappointed hopes,
every day fortune Of the large majority of
the human race, ~ we read of .typhoon
at Hong Kong. an earthquake in South
America, fire in Quito, or famine in Per
STA something very dreadful. no doubt,
but not at all disturbing to Mr.. BrierDys
dinner.
The thoughtful and witty word of the
lecturer sank deep into Mr.. Brierly's heart.
There afe moments in all our lives when
certain seeds fall into the open furrow, the
soil is cared, and the grain terminates.
The in.lt borne in Mr.. Brierly's case was.
that he 'aought he did not help along quite
enoush IN the bearing of his brothers
burden. He had no mean penuriousness to
blame himself with; he was generous liver
and generous Glver, two thing which |
rarely go together. He was patron of all |
the charities, and Pot bill of handsome |
denomination on the plate every Sunday. |
Mr.. Briefly was fairly entitled to think well !!
of himself, as he recounted that portion of |
his income which went to help his lees for. |
tunate brother. But what did he do him |
self
factotuD,, Nathan, an excellent Yankee.
who performed on Mr.. Briefly, handsome |
place he functions of head gardner, gen. |
era overseer, and director of the MINOR |
indus,rie This quaint creature was a |
great fayorite with Mr.. Briefly, and was |
permitted some intimacy in his private |
talks with tine head OF the establishment,
''the captain" as Nathan called him to his
fellow servants.
.Well Nathan ?" said Mr.. Briefly, inter-
rogativeiy.
''Mornin'. sir; they We been and run over
Miss BrIerly's best Alderhey On the rail.
road track with the daown train" said
Nathan. in tn e purest North American din
lect Why should we not be as proud of
Yankee accent as the Italians are proud Of
their Tuscan?
SIS she killed ?" said Mr.. Briefly,
''Waal. now, she amt killed, bat she's
dreadful hiud of discouraged"
''Wbat has happened to herr
"Waal, her hind legs broke. and her
sides kinder bruised; guessed better shoot
her
Yes, certainly; put tine poor beast out of
her misery" said Mr.. Briefly.
. IA hnrt - l
. hanGscme youth. whose silky mustacbe
was II very recent growth. came around
tho coIn'r Of the house with q gun in his
hand.
"HeTe. Marmaduke. You had better 70
and dispatch poor Grumpy: she has been
injured On the railway"
What. shoot Grumpy said Marmaduke,
who was Just going off for cartridges.
40, papa! is Grumpy to be shot 2, said a |
clear V. ice over his head.
And Mr.. Briefly stepped cut of the lawn
to hold talk with his daug liter Edith, who
leaned her fair head out Of tho window at |
this tragic encouragement.
The story Of Crumpy's disaster soon
brought Mrs. Briefly from her secluded
nook, IL handsome lnatrop, who joined in |
the cusrus of regret over the necessary
death OF heir favOrite.
''Go, Duke, and shoot her. said his
ather.
So Duke and Nathan walked Oft toward
he track. where the gentle, pretty little |
Alderney, the family pet. she who ate out
# her mistress white hand every morning,
az rolling her large eyes in her agony.
Mre. Briefly and Edith retired to have a
God cry. An event, and particularly one {
t q slightly tragic character, such as the l
cath of d tavorite animal, is talked of.
hough. of, and almost enjoyed, in pros.
erous family like this. to whom has not a
ct come the sterner baptism of sorrow.
latham came back full of admiration of a
mixes true aim, his strong .hsuly way of
hitting the poor beast out OF pain.
II tell you, Ann" said Nathan to the
,ok. "thst's = man. that il. that Duke OF
I'm. He felt real bsd to shoot Grumpy;
It tell yon. when he's got job to DO, 10 >
and does it." s.z-. :. az
"A great fuss you make about thas COW. Il q