The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1895-08-03


dres forth a vial containinga colored liquid
aud. ,Gnriug few drops int" a goblet,
drank At IA. The result was miraculous.
In what way
Why. ia three minutes he was Just
aS sober as You sad are al this moment.
i procured said he, this precious
elixir during mv travels from wise man
in the Orient
He now cordially shook my hand. say
in@ that hjs name was Adama>tor. made
him acquainted with my patronymie y
we engaged in conversation became deeply
interested for his travels had been eNten-
,ive in both hemisPhere>. But | will only
attempt To reproduce wha, be- said in rela-
tion To the misforluneS Of his life. which
seem 10 have been ~uperinducei by his
excessive candur
CHAPTER 10.
My father said Adamastur, was .
wealthy man and wa- hi, only lincal de
-cendant Nv education was in NO respect
neglected. and he Wa careful to teach me
that . gentleman. in his intercourse with
his lellowmen. should alway- he candid
and ,ay Just what he Thought uu all usra
,ion- The etIec, of thi, paternal precept
was such than eaudor with me became .
fixed haia; and oR a rctn~Ie,ti"n of my
past life sni now inclined @" believe that
It has been rhe main ,au~c ut any MANY
miSiorune~.
When my father departed fr'm these
-ubluuary scenes { uIs yuug. mau. !
inherited hi- wealth bat I was l,urly aud
di>.,aueuted Therr acry no near mia
,iou> rxtant and the young men 81 my "wn
age seemed % -ht,u nIe PerhaIr my eN
c,-eive candor rcFell,-l them rrtire,i
To- nay laudt,l estate IN the yogntry Herr
was q stated, MANSION With B,ls.ly ia So
bu, my~,4f and nay servants ! nstunc'i
in nay hul~. iu the city With vast
Population around na- vss a. l'ns4y and
d,>ol1,e a- II had usa,s. the ,ie-cu uly
dwelling lla,,. In ~eAa-ion and solitude
I hr,osl,-i and r,pncd aud ultimately
s,iiucide,i n opinion Eith profound
thinker and writer VIII. -ay- thai bach
rl.r l. much Ia the i.rl.su e,aditioH II So
awnerle~- do. No aue care, whether he
Is Jead or alive vhilc it a hcne,li, even
bark DE-. ,h,u- s.air,t the d,sF be- has
-.mr me ta sya,Js'hire with him and
~ssh, ham with raT,-~,,. which cheek hi<
inrGpaiinu ju utter pr'iaue cxglamatiuH~
and enable hin Ia rninEe the severe ifiAl
with manly farti'udc
My yhua.ht, rlnniu. ,n this channel
retirsl b" my library and pn'tnundly 5
ms-Iiiaicl oo this Important subject After
many hours = Rsaiure consideration l
finally came Co. a s,,Beia-irn and said is. ms
-elf in ~phltslBy / vii marry It l ean
l.e,-ihly persuade zause enc Il the mauy
,wcr, wiu.ls-- angel. uhosn oftro ssc
.I5din. aloug thc Sidewalk under my yin
duws ga take charge e lHy isans,iir AFFAIR."
Then. r., me -ee ia a tew year, after the
aI,rn; 1T ,hl, angelic h,inE o. bless ms
.l~-ie I will have several sweet iiitle
chrrllt.- aa,tcriss aruuni u,e This usS
,hc way 60 drye dali esFr fu'm my dTvaEy
domirilc ~ yun o,s think So Nr. Sea.
tao
4 io 1, > u.s .,.,i ''r ns4a 'o be-
alonc.
4 kn,.w it know i BE- exrlaim
al. with deep cus,san fvy am .Jil IN
the coudjiina ~ an awuvrle-, creature q
the canine sls-c,ss
NhBl ha. iss-a the rau~e of ~ -rvat
a mi>iortuns
Il ha, heea ssins Go my excessive
sanlor ,aid be- wi,h Is-p ,igh which
,sens.i io c,,me ~ ,Hsa J.sfar.
lIsrr thrr, ws, painful Isu-c in liAs
t,lnvcr-atiD@ lu hi, Gsr-he-> ,.sncl g.
have oycr,ssnr hlsa and o. deprive biw Il
expression A, ieaath De recovered his
,suiys~are and said
S,..n after had determined ~, s,si-
gimony Became acquainted with ouc e
the u,,,, beautiful teia-, that ever dwelt
on thi, terrestrial globe placed herr, uo
da,is thar men NAV know What an2rl-
Ia Ike ahcn ihrs have temlaranly lali
asid, their wiug~ IN th, realms Vt b-ati-
rs.de Wheu she walked un the green
,warl in ir1pi If her father lnau~iau ihr
carih ga which .hr ,rA, wsl, ,o nc. con-
,rerated .r.und. I, v1aid h. impossible
iur me. e,ea 4 endowed with the .cnius
nr the m.-t gifted Iae; ,u adequately ,ls,
rribc her peerless beauty Ni,h the mo~t
a.,,idtlutt, aud eou-Ian, attention eudeay-
os,.d to ascertain whether therc was the
slightest probability that she wuili H.
Aiudi, compassionate ii ] yeutWrd on a
formal proposal Bu ala- ala- was
inr hong time held in d"ub, and finally.
iu la,Jair wished was ghost
Wi-hcd yua we're What lrNelaim-
ed in sst"ni~hmeni
Ia despair wished wa- gh,,;
Gn,iuu, heavens how could q l.eauli-
ful, au angelic bein. such q, you have de-
rribed her. be- - cruel a- tu drive an ardent
and devoted laycr a. The extremity IT
wishing thar he was q ghost
Now. Nlr. Seaton said he YOU
should not wonder at nav desire 10 be a
.ho,, for have learned from the per,ls,ll
Of -cieutGr work written hy au author
who Wa q Profound ,..inker that @h",t
ha. very great advantages over lis poor
mortalS who have ta Waddle about on tive
legS and carry load of flesh and bones
which is a manifest impediment H. freedom
Of locomotion. \ ghost can DO prctt,
much a. he pleaSes. Tie can seat himself
in the hest pew in the most fashionable
church and nobody viii ever call un him
for pew rent. aud he tan 90 to theaters
and AL places Of amusement without appre-
hension Of having his pockets picked or
his watch stolen \ ghost never hits his
shjns against anything in the dark which
viii make any mortal less sanity than a
holy aBcborite utter exclamatiuus approx
mating to profanity 4 ghost can pass
through stone wall like current of
electricity: and when he wants to 90 to
any distant place all he has To do is TO ride
ON his own wish and be instantly conveyed
to the spot The profound thinker. whose
able treatise on this subject have dill
gently studied, has pointed out another
advantage which a ghost is possessed of,
and which is deserving of especial consid-
Grafton. 4 ghost can see person S
thoughts. \ thought is to him ike a
visible and palpable object is to rs mortals
Now being fond Of sweet things, ghosts
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