Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1884-03-11
A SOLITARY LESSON.


W. A. Cronalt
when BARLEY Campbell was a young
editor in a village Of western Penn'ylva-
MIA b. seemed to imagine that the town
belonged 20 him. aud that the people
lived there because of his kind p,rmis-
sion. lie would oomPl,een,ly pa, one
man on the back and 90 ioT another with
| his little tomahawk. He had several
rows. D.. an young men DO have ~ho be-
gin that way. and IN eish, months he
/ had four suit. flr libel on bis hands lie
thought ,hi. was grea, fun: ii would
give him a certain soi, of fame and no
trouble.
One q these suits was bfoagh, IN
Philadelphia. and one Of young Camp
bells aequaln,anees, Dr. Mackenzie
believe gave bail for his appearance. 80
he had to humor the Judge and jary BY
going. Accompanied by three or four
eronies. he wen, up % the big city 10
spend a couple Of days and have a good
time. When they arrived ~ the hotel
Barley sah 10 the Others, "Well' ooy''
you've each 20, your own business 70 a.
tend 10. and have -, 10 ~ down 20 tie
ecur, house and put that case of mine
through. and We will al meet here at
Eve O'Clock. and dine and spend the ev-
esins together" So ii was agreed.
when Barley q, 60 court he wA'
amazed 10 fad a good deal q serious IN
,er,,i taken in the case. There was an
inclination 20 blame him which be strong
" resented. lie had merely written
sharply and wiiiily for ihs purpose OF
holding a citizen up % dsrision and ooa-
tempt, A gentleman who wai present
,old me aNcrwafi of the scene When
the lawyer fcr the prosecution spoke ADD
alluded 70 the young dsfendan, A. "a VI
per" "hyena." "an ins.iiou' destroyer
ofa GOOD name" Campbell cried out.
"You'Fe a liar and yoa doa'i dare 10
come outside and tell me that" His
lawyer tried vainly 90 Keep him ''ill' and
finally gave up the ,a'e. The jury
broush, in a speedy verdict q guilty
and the Judge rose 20 ssn,ancc him.
lie Interrupted the Judge repeatedly
and whca the fanciionAry feprimanied
him and told him !, was eowardly TO At
tack deicnsele,. citizen behind the
shield ofa newspaper. Campbell cried
"Shu, up How dare you use such Ian
suase 20 me You are an old Pol'roon
yourself to attack deiensele's prisoner
from behind the shield cf the bench
Young man yoa are ineoHisiele -
aid the Judge. whose patience had al
la, vanished "You ere hereby sem
,.need-keep Hill-,o pay h'e-ho"
dare you five hundred dollars and Be
confined in Moyamen'ing prison ior iou'
months
BARLEY was confounded Al the Judge
aulaei,y. Ne took bis measure and was
| ir,, considering whether he had better
climb up on the bench and punch hi'
head when a quiet, genilemanly looking
man touched him on the shoulder and
murmured. IL would like to speak ic
YOU nomsn, Il You viii kindly ''eI
this way"
Ireeolleci hearing Campbell tell 'h'
res, Of /, himself. while a smile Of genu
inc hamor crep, around the corners o.
bis mouth.
81 have never thought hat | reAlll
bad the universe by the tail since tha
day. wbea ,hA, chap whispered thai
he wanted to speak TO me ! thought
wa. the Governor or the Presideni Of ,h'
United States come TO save me from m!
per,ecu,or. Il wasn't. Il was the dep
u,y sheriff went TO the door with bin
asif he had been an old friend' aud ihe'
| saw ,ha, friend Of his had kindll
brough, my oyereOa,, hat and umbrella
And be had a pair Of handouts dAngln'
TO one Of his fingers. Outside the doc
was a long. black wagon flled with har'
looking cases peeking through the 'Ia''
ike sheep going to market. Il won
ride there said. %, yes, guess yo'
will remarked the quiet man. You Sc
: there. room enough slipped a ;
bin into his hand and toll him TO ge,
carriage lie did. When we got {
Moyamensing didn't want TO 20 in
cell. bu, the keeper said had better
.jas, for uniformity he added SO
= yielded the point. was the only thin
in il when they shut the door Thef
. wasn't even an iron beds,eAd. ! SUP
d pose they were afraid Id commit suicide
b | looked a, my watch. Il was half.pa'
-. l.
foar-ju., about time to get to the hot
: and NEE, my engagement with the boys
& IL | only could. Presently an unkemF
4 wretch came bearing an overgrown ba
on his back. which he tumbled down o
4 the floor and told me was my bed. The
!. he brOugh, a smaller one and ! iniere
= that was my pillow. Then they brousi
u a poul,ioe in a tin dish and interpreted
Il by cautiously handing me pewter 'Poo'
a Then they showed to me cup half ia
= Of ,epid water. but my cup Of humili'
J. ton was full
10 II wondered where my friends were
4. a - III .k..L s.hen \ didr