The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1882-10-26


being fulfilled. The great financia
storm of lo5- burst upon the State
unheralded. Like a thief in the night
the one fatal word passed over the wires
that shut the door of every bank, and
made the boldest turn pale Suspension
was followed 10y panic. panic by ruin and
dismay. Yankee Jim was only an atom
swallowed up in the general and over
whelming disaster of that day.
In the morning he went early to The
bank, to find it shut fast, and an ex-
cited and threatening crowd surging tC
and fro before the doors Men with
| haggard faces were talking and gestcu-
| lating wildly. Women We're weeping
and wringing their hands 4 sudden
taintness came over him What coud it
all mean? Mastering courage to but
| the question to Y-StandcI. he was told
to look and read fer himself Two omin-
Gus words, Bank closed, were posted
on the front of the building.
For moment the poor fellow could not
/ seem to take in the full meaning Of the
calamity that had fallen like thunder
/ bolt from a clear sky; but rs it daWnel
upon him that his little fortune was swept
away forever. and with it the hopes that
had opened to his delighted fancy. thu
blood rushed to his brain, and bis face
grew purple Then be fell back in a fit
| deI rived of sense or motion.
lie first word he articulated when he
came to himself was "Home. Some kind
souls paid his passage 10 san Francisco
where the sight Of blue water, and ftht
| riii
| seemed to revive him a little, Wholll
possessed by his one idea of getting home.
he shipped on board the next home bound
steamer, going about his duty like a man
half stunned, and vino sees, without com
pretending, what is passing around him
The sailing Of 4 homeWard- bound
steam ship was one OF the events oI those
days. 10 say that the whole city turned
| to witness, or rather to assist at. her de
partnre, would hardly he an eXnggtrat
ion. On board. all was hustle and hlar-
ltN. On shore, Jest and good byes popped
like champagne cOlks Those who were
going where the secret envy Of those v hu
We're left behind, in whom this scene
liable NcWnng for tic Old home beyond
the mountain peaks, beyond the seas,
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of feet. a rattling Of blocks On the deck,
succeeded 10y dead silence "a silence
that could he felt. jumped out u my
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