The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1884-10-25

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which happened to be on the other side
Of the Belgian border. Here he was
kindly treated until cured.
Finding on his recovery that he could
no longer serve his country, and that
her affairs were in such desperate con-
dition that she could not bear any more
burdens, he determined to push on to
England, and, after struggling there Tor
a While. he came to the United States.
7 was afraid, of course, that rum"
was at the bottom of all his difficulties,
but as long as he was willing to keep
straight and try to help himself 1t was
nv duty to help him. and it was there
fore necessary for me to look ahead and
find some employment for him, as he
expected to leave the hospital about the
middle of June, which was the time for
closing my school. eq
| had fought my way through the
winter pretty well, but when, | looked
| forward to the summer, when there !
would be no teaching and consequently
no pay, must confess that it seemed
to be very curious that Providence
should give me some one to take care OF
lust at a time when 1 could not see
clearly how to take care of myself.
went working on, however, as USUAL
until Captain M. was dismissed from
the hospital, and then went with him
to one of our large public librariesI
where found short job for him in
copying French catalogue. When
this was finished The librarian very
kindly gave me the name of gentle
man who wished catalogue made for
his private library. found this library,
though small. yet very. curious ana
valuable. There were books in He
brew, Greek, Latin, French, Spanish,
, Italian, German and Dutch, as well as
English As Captain M. had been de-
: tailed some years before to study and
report upon military matters in Hol-
$ land, he had been obliged to learn the
, Dutch language, and he knew some
t thing of Latin, but the other languages
, were beyond him. AS twas at leisure,
4 / agreed to join him in this work, and
1 we were to be paid by the hour.
d In the meantime | had answered an
l advertisement and had thus procured
t him private pupil, besides arranging
d to let him sleep in my school-room dur
n ing the vacation, so as to save expense.
d When handed him twenty-five dol
lars as his share of the first payment,
e saw most startling change in his
a countenance. l read there as ID an
|, open book, surprise, delight, struggle
( to keep firm and steady as he had been,
n and then an unbending and relaxation
e of all the lines of the face as if he could
l, not hold out against some temptation
Z that was assailing him. | never sup
D. posed that it was possible for the
id human countenance to express so plain,
If lv such struggle. Very gladly
Aol honl thn and
| kept it for him, but could find no pre-
le text, and we parted as usual that after
is noon. The next morning he was moi
I'd in his accustomed place. l worked
id through the day, and then telegraphet
y, to all the hospitals of the city, thinking
v he might possibly have been injured IL
at some way. l could discover no trace o
vs., him for several days, until one after
m noon l found him at my school
lis drunk, and sitting on the floor OF tn
d, hail. just as his private pupil came t.
tn take his lesson. This gentleman ex
ed pressed regret at finding him thus, say
ed inc that he had proved to be an excel
to lent teacher, but all he could do was t
Oh pity him and so pass on.
oh | hoped to see him the next mornin!
ne after he had slept off his drink, but
w was gone before I got there, and hav
on never seen him since. His mission wa
Ike accomnlshed. He had evidently sun
l back into that terrible slough froI
AS which he came, and which is down {
as, the bottom of all great cities, this
I've seethinp mass of vice and crime an
i'm bestial indulgence.
nat A member of my family saw him or
an morning sitting on a bench in Unlo
~ Square and told him that would liz
APP to see him. He promised to come, b.
lde never came.
ay, Meantime | went on with my wor
lin having fortunately in my possession
ice large dictionary in two thick quar-
ain volumes of Dutch and French, which
lad had bought some years before in PAR
IN SO that was able to manage all Il
ere languages required except the HebreN
los which / had to take on trust. In pla
> of of finishing the catalogue in mont
tier as l expected, it occupied me the whc
and summer, for single volume sometim
ent consisted of eight OFTEN pamphlet
me, each one of which must be careful
ZION catalogued, and sometimes it took
ay, day or two with several visits to q pit
by lie library to get the accurate title o
ess, single volume.
Ugh When at last the vacation and !
tout work ended together; when look
back and saw how plain it was Il
rae Providence had sent me a tramp W
my brought me four hundred dollars to h
ach us through the summer; how coul'
'ws- help exclaiming: 1.-The age of mirac
our is not yet pastP Cor. N. Y. Post.
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