Middletown transcript., 1877-08-25
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A bright light CLEANED IN the me
chants eyes.
"Are you afraid Of me, Henryr
"Do not trife with me, sir"
"I never triAe with those whom
love and honor. Now tell me thetrutl
Why this sudden whim ~
at is not Whim, sir"
"WelI, then, why this resolution
Come, Henry, let me know the truth.
With a great struggle the young ma
at length spoke.
"Mr. Van Worst, to-day you de
nounced for his impudence a man VIII
sought the hand Of your daughter-de dc
nounced him because he was wort
only eighty thousand dollars-a mai
of family, and of aristocratic connec
tions."
awellp
Wen, SIR, do you think l have NJ
heart? Do you think l can have beer
50 long in the companionship Of one 81
pure, 50 gentle-"
Here the young man broke dow1
and bowed his head upon his hands.
The merchant spoke, very gently
but with deep emotion.
"Henry, I told you that eighty thous-
and dollars was ALL that man was
worth. Had he been the owner Of
millions, it would have been all the
same to me. You are worth far more
very, very far. / have watched you
and have studied your character. /
know your mother and your sister, and
I know what you have done for them.
And now, my boy, the way is freely
open to you. If you can win IsabePs
heart and hand you shall have her for
q wife; and on the day Of your mar
riage I shall, with the greatest pleas
ure, and with a sense Of relief, make
over to you half Of my business .
It took Henry Seaton a long time to
realize it all, but it came to him at
length, and when the REQUEST was AGAIN
made be did not refuse to 60 home
with his employer.
Beyond this there were no shoals or
quicksands in the way Of Henry's love.
Tsabel's heart was all his own and she
gave him her hand with joy and glad
ness.
And Jacob Van Worst never had
cause to regret the estimate he had
made of the true worth of the man he
nad chosen for his son-in-law.
THOUGHTS FOR THNKERs.-Princi-
,les will penetrate where the bayOnet
# armed men cannot; they ride upon
he elements, and defy the whirlwind
md the storm.
1t was the saying Of an old saint
hat he was more afraid of his duties
han of his sins for the one made him
'roud, the other made him always
tumble.
Affections make divorce between
he soul and sin. It is not small
hing that will work sin out of the
oul, it must be the spirit of burning
sanctifed.
Heart and tongue must go together;
7ork and work lip and life; prayer
nd practice must echo to one another,
r else the prayers and thy soul will
e lost together.
Education isl better safeguard Of
berty than a standing army. If we
atrench the wages of the schoolmas-
II, we must raise those of the recruit
lg sergeant.
Half the sorrows of women would
e averted if they could repress the
beech they know to be useless-nay,
lie speech they have resolved not to
tier.
I like educated people, but l detest
ltelligent ones. l can only endure
Of the second generation,
hen it has been softened down into
le habit Of knowing.
1t is safer to afront some people
ian to oblige them; for the better a
an deserves the less they viii speak
him.
People say, "Do not regard what he
saying now, he is in liquor" Per
aps this is the only time he ought to
} regarded.
It's good to respect ancient founda-
ons, but we are not on that account,
neglect founding something in our
IN.
Vanity, like laudanum and other
,isonous medicine, is beneficial in
lall, though injurious in large guam
les.
FRIENDsHIP.-Friendship between {
en-, when it deserves the name, is the s
wv growth Of mutual respect; is of a {
lture calm and simple, processes moth '
g, exacts nothing is, above all, care |
and considerate in its expectations, q
d to keep at a distance from the ro- S
antic, the visionary and the impossi- t
2. The torrid zone. with its heats !
d its tempests, is left to the inexpe- c
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