Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-01-08

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for ~ nevef peFmltted : hobby to In
toKemo with hfs professional duties.
And now arose the main objectof his
HI. namely, p prepare : way to future
Uucoen for d6 child 81 Ill AFFECTIONS,
the little wait be had drawn to shore, 70
that his own death, which could not be
. IA distant, q be thought, might NOT
.1sasaJthis psor little one 10 the tender
mercies Of world be had no reason TO
lplAee MMeh confidence IA, Hour after
hour g the night nav him still musing
b. htes SGudy-tahle, no nearer 3 solution
81 tn difRculty than the previous night
had left him, but with q brain bewilder.
ed BY the propositions which whirsed in
rapid succession through his aching head.
Then 30c1d he arise at length with a
I'll, M, thinning his lamp, creep
fsf31ntey htds bed, listening ever on his
way for the light breathing that came
through the door of the room in which
his baby lay pncohscions.
No tongue could describe the hold
theee young hands had taken on his
/ heart The welfare of their owner had
become The one absorbing interest OF his
life, amounting almost to q morbid anx-
1lety, and m intensity Of nervousness
resulting from the high. strung sensitive
ness of his nature. So far from making
his personal ill-luck a matter of comment
with the child, he took every opportuni-
" Of instilling into its fresh m!nd sound
lpffAOiplos and an appreciation of man
kind, which he taught and believed vas
ever ready to acknowledge and recon-
pense honor and honesty. Fatality VAS
NO part Of his lesson, but he made vigor
aud uprightness Of character his crite-
lrion Of success, attributing his own fail
ure TO Z general perverseness and care
lessneB OF nature.
Now it no happened that, returning
one day from visiting a wretched patient
in the neighborhood OF Westminster, he
was attracted bya crowd near the White
hall, which surryundsd the apparently
lifeless body Of 4 young man who, IL ap-
peared, had been thrown from his horse
and injured TO such an extent that he
lay insensible. A cry went round for q
doctor, and, avefsc a he was to attend.
ing . creature of quality, as the young
fellow scanned to be by his dress, circum-
stances would admit Of little hesitation
ia charitable u ature in the prsssnt ,
bstance, which ended finally II s6c.i
'S4pps4ying the sufferer to Nh hM
consisting Of bachelor chambers 6h6l
s6tfsnd.
Sir Henry, newly-installed ceantry1
basonet,xpyoved- rsgmewhst fractions
patient ihtAe hands o Doctor Bono; but
. youthful constitution, not too greatly
IMPAIRED by drink and gaming, carried
him q length safely through his nphap,
and, left the reputation Of bis cure to Che
poor medicus.
Alasi that it had ended there; hisinal
downfall dated from this little triumph.
Allnred by the buoyancy of spirit and
winning Address Of Sir Henry, this sad
old life ingratiated itself gradually into
the co~mpanionship of the youngster,
and was by him directed-with little
intent. belisye-toward the paths Of
ruin.
Poor Bone was dazzled by. a thought
which flashed like lightning before the
vision of his troubled mind-the gaming
tablet Why not risk the few savings be
had scraped together there! What
might fQll4xf dpulenee, comfort and
gold-goMl 9littsring gold for his dar-
ling! Sure Fortune had unveiled her
beauties for his benefit on a sudden, and
he would not be backward, but would
feed readily upon her charms. What Of
the risk He had little to lose, and
much, very much to gain. He would
tistnn "a M vosco of capaaianoo ~ !. ncuo
mon sense, but ono seized with the
plague, its terrible fever glanced from
the restless eye, and bit by bit he be-
came q totally altered man. In fact,
Doctor Bone sank into a veritable gam
bier. ~
Few of us probably have passed, or
will pass through life without some
time or another coming across that most
piteOus and degrading of sight-an
ancient gambler; men who, knowing how
little time yet remains to them, play
with = delirious and grasping eagerness
which aims at securing by reckless means
what they can never enjoy; men who
rattle the bones in the dice box in sad
mockery Of their own shaking joints,
and make no endeavor TO conceal their
unworthy avarice from the world. Lost
to honor, shame and decency, they are
some of the responsible p~ropagators of
such theories a. atheism, and are cal
ously Indifferent to the foul name and
example they bequeath to their descend
ants.
The wretched doctor was undeserving
of 10 hard a sentence as this, for bis
only object in view was a worthy end;
but kitpnisjudged ideas of moral respon-
sibiltt1s had concentrated too thickly
round one point, and he was to blame
for taking 10 narrow a view of honor.
1t Is needless to say how his fortune
wayered and sfluctaated; how his trem-
bling faetsR1Get night after night the
IAcd3 @kM&3Re4Ce and fall from for
PAdR 66f4tefestedness and simplicity;
how his patients knew HE kindly voice
and touch no longer. Sir Henry hin,
belfIWss almost startled with the fearful
eagerness Of his pupil, and won his.
M0ney, With y shrug of his shoulders.
tpE' this spsrkshad some little warmth
left in him. III
7F0efyold Bone! such disgraces were
more common then than now, and less
noticed Simplicity and age are small
|frieAds TO the gambler when balanced
against the sharp Medicines and failure
guaranteeing impudence of youth.
The doctor coveted, and grew very
worn and rprestful, while at home the
boy Geoirey played and slept on his lit
tle.innocent life.
Piece by piece old, familiar tokens
and antique scraps Of personal property
vanished from their time-worn stStioos
in the house. and we're converted infb
money for those hopeless speculation. IL
first the old bousekeeper no more than
wondered at the strange whimsl and
pranks that had overcome tmeaster;s p but
a each room ward more lean and I'm.
furnished, . melancholy and wonder feil
lpon her which induced ,hsreto remoas
strate with Bone in q strain only war