s?" said Simon Prim, as he entered G

Granton, who had heard

a paper from hi

that the ship 'Tangus,' from this port, bound to Sumatra, and owned by Messrs

le duty falling upon the captain and cook, they with great difficulty managed the ship. It is rumored that all were intoxicated. This is the sev

his office. "Can it be?" sa

. Thy ship is not lost, and things are not so bad as they might be. Look to the future,

s moment the wife of Captain Marlin entered. Having heard of

ill do all I can to exterminate the practice of carrying grog to sea for the crew. And I tell thee what," he continued, turning to friend Prim, who stood near by, "I

STAY THE

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er. She had been reared in affluence. She had never known a want. She had had wants, but she did not know it

as n't fashionable to give a few pennies even to a poor, lame orphan girl in the street. So she pret

she got. The crowd went hurrying, hustling on: few thoughts came down to little Nelly, on the curb-stone. It had been a gala day. Red flags had flaunted on high poles, and th

l tel

her needle, and such assistance as was given to her daughter, who diligently walked the streets, selling apples, she managed to live in a

st. She was unable to do much. She did not wish to do much; but she sat day by day, yea,

rning, she called her daughter to her sid

you arose. I watched you as you lay listening to all these, and I asked myself, Will my little Nelly be happy? and I thought I heard my mother's voic

uch better this morning, and that, if you can get twent

prehend the meaning of her mother when she said she was "better," for she looked more feeble than s

hard; and she got her mother's breakfast, and, having cleared the thin

of its spirit into the heart of our little trader. She seemed almost lost in the great crowd; and there were so many deal

ntered a young lady gayly dressed, in whose hand was prominently displayed

red to ask, in pleasant tones, a few pennies of the lady. But not a penny for little Nelly. Not even a look recognized her

t poverty; no helping hand to the weak and falling! There is a law which God hath written on all his works, proclaiming justice, and giving unto all

ut thirteen cents. All day she had sought to dispose of her stock, that she might carry to her mother the sum named, with which to have a happy time at home. An

old me all her sorrow,-a great sorrow for a little breast like hers. I made up th

spected in a moment the reason why she asked me thus to walk. She then led the way. She tried to keep back the little g

ild. The mother spoke in a tone so joyous that I was at first surprised to hear it from o

rightness, upon me, as I approached the bedside of the mother of Nelly! There were needed no words to convey to m

she took mine; with the o

will have to-night! I hear that voice again to-night, Nelly. Don't you hear it? It says, 'We shall all be happy soon.' I see a bright star above your head, my ch

There was a bright glow of indescribable joy upon her features. She spoke calmly, sweetly spoke. "We sha

ment. Suddenly she sprang up, as if imbued with angelic hope and peace. We were surprised to see the change, and to behold her face beam with so much joy, and hear her voice lose its sadness. We looked forth with th

elids of the child as she beheld it, and thought how all day she had worked and walked to get the little sum with which her mother and she were to be made happy on that Independence nig

earn a shilling, with which to buy our daily bread. She has gone where they have food that we know not of; and she's happy to-night, and, sir, we shall all be happy soon. We shall all go up there to live amid realities

alked for

seemed a very inappropriate name for one whose sorrow was so cheerful. There were but few of us who followed; and, when we reached the grave, and the fa

ALL BE HA

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all others, that suggested the union of other voices with our own; neither was it an illusi

ok was taken, and Nelly seemed to look less in the dark grave and more up to the bright sky above her

," said he. "I have put away the dead here for forty long years; but I never beheld so happy

we not know they are ever round us, and ver

UN

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when a few

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e seemed to fall from the clouds into the midst of a circle of young ladies, whose hours

ho was travelling through "the States" for the purpose of picking up items for a book on "Ameriky." The old men wagged their heads, and looked most impenetrably mysterious. The young men became jealous. To be sure he was not superlatively handsome, but he had a foreign air, which was considerable among the girls; and his appearance indicated wealth

the new comer, since he passed by the splendid mansion of their ab

d had become so popular that some few, taking it for granted that so devout a man must be a clergyman, had serious thoughts of asking the old parson to leave, and the stranger to accept the pulpit,-four hundred and eighty-two dollars a year, and a donation-party's offerings. He had attended the sewing-circle, and made himse

ith a prodigious amount of wonder at the lion and his adventures. They gathered at Squire Brim's tavern, and at the store on the corner, and wondered and talked over the matter. The questions with them we

ome from and go to, of the mysterious guest; and, to accomplish their purpose,

ht, breadth and bulk of the foreigner, as also a mental

ady side of Butternut-street, Greendale. To him all eyes are directed. Boys stop their plays, and turn their inquisitive eyes towards the pedestrian. The loungers at Brim's tavern flo

able old ladies, with whom he formed an acquaintance

one of the ladies, as she breathes a blessing and bids him good-

hospitable mansion to which our mysterious personage,

with dainty tread. At this highly-

pers away and conceals herself behind the staircase, as we enter. What,

ent Sir Charles; and, as a matter of form and courtesy, rather than of sincerity and hospitality, we are invited to remain and meet him in the dining-room. We decline; bid them good-by

they's going' fur to hev' a greath dinner with the furriner. Yes, sirs, with th

al yer sees, sirs,-me and she's goin' to see all frum the little winder beyant. This is conveniently pri

ve. However, we have no reason to doubt what he tells us, and therefore un

o the street,

s of etiquette, spring to the door, completely bewildering

elly;-"they thought we young folks would enjo

the street. How kind in them to be so thoughtful! How pleasantly wil

t confused by his warm welcome, our hero has taken his hat and cloak and laid them on a lounge near an open window. Seated a

mysterious look. To the uninitiated the mystery that had puzzled them for so long a time grew yet more mysterious. Nothing could be learned from the two who had returne

the new comers out by a back passage, and soon they wer

's home, and, entering, knocked upon the door of the dinin

hrough the open window, leaving his hat and cloak behind. But the leap did not injure him, for he fell into t

deacon's girls, when they were told that he who had been their g

hey knew all the time he was a rogue. The young men's society voted to sell the frame and destroy the printed speec

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of those who passed by for his daily bread, died a few moments after receiving an ill-mannered reply to

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ring a balm

undefinabl

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night, and wel

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mossy side, w

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finished dram

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kiss seems y

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fills. Listen

pit a warning

low have falle

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to raise them

moon; how now do

carnival, and

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on this dark,

stant forth a

are deemd r

fair exte

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to wrong and

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er beacon Ch

angels might b

dows that these

illing hand b

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beheld the

poor man's humb

the act, and

cord of it o

he register

ent suffere

s, and counts th

her with a

f the sick man

er bends ab

citude, in d

way, and up t

aches. So shal

urs on earth,-

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our inner l

ght of

on, and I mu

l of life; a

ld not. I wou

se green woods,-f

their voice? In

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f the noon o

ssoms and sweet-

omestic bliss w

ments, and th

trees sing my

long lean arms

woods talk, a

ion here with

; farewell these

y hath

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d o'er all the

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their memorie

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f. Soon, a brigh

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"Who, who

elic lost ar

my ear, "Not de

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s. This was all I knew about him, until the

arrive. It was December,-cold, blustering, and by no means an agreeable time to be out of doors, or away from a good fire. Such being the state of affairs, as far as weather

bell. It must have been a stran

ion that a stranger was at the door with a

m to walk i

the servant;-"he wishes you to put o

he

id no

meet him. I don't know what induced me so readily to grant his request; but out I went, hatted, coated and booted. As I approached, I heard the falling of steps, and t

ed through the lighted streets with almost incredible s

d. My name is Jotham Jenk

ognized the voice of Mr. Jenks; and though I knew but little respecting him, I judged f

ings and fly upon pedestrians, windows, and sundry other animate and inanimate objects of creation.

f the wharves, upon which we finally found ourselves. The driver jumped fr

ing a good deed seemed to disfavor this supposition, as what possible good could that do myself or any one e

I must know the meaning of all t

ark. I could not see, yet I could tell

rt to his troubled heart. He had been here about two days, when I was informed of his situation by a friend who came in the same vessel. I have brought you here that you might listen to his statements, and assist me in assisting him.

ll allayed; I asked no more questions, but followed my friend as he

more neatness was discernible, or more sufficiency for its tenant, than in the cabin in which I then was. A sailor boy seated by a berth i

sleep; but a consciousness of his situation, and a recognition of my companion, soon dispelled his vacant

r as old acquaintances. His name was Egbert Lawrence, and hi

Mr. Jenks, has given you some account of my

than to state that he was friendless. H

him to say that; but, dear sir, I have a friend in him, greater th

he was in a strange country, among a strange people, and that Mr. Jenks had told

ike to hear of my

d should consider it a favor sho

e at once

of the finest sensibilities,-too fine, in fact, for the rough winds of this world. Her heart beat too strongly in sympathy with the poor and oppressed, the weary-fo

I would not flatter myself so much as to say that I, in like manner, partook of her hea

nce tell their neighbors, and the many conjectures in their minds as to who the donor could be. And, O, there was joy sparkling in her eyes when I told her of what I had seen and heard! The grateful poor, concluding, after all their surmising, that, as

as not the man of her choice, but of her parents' choice; and that she had never loved him with that deep and earnest love that alone can bind two hearts in one embrace. Bu

y tone of voice, and my mode of action, when at night he came home. With my mother I talked and laughed, and played merrily in her presence, and rather liked to have her look on my sports; but when my father came I never smiled. I sat up on my chair in one corner as stiff and upri

nd every night some half a dozen or more would call in and sit and talk with him, and tell him how admirably all the schemes he had started for the good of the town had succeeded, and in all manner of ways would flatter the old gentleman, so that he would be quite pleasant all the next day. At this time handsome carriages came to take him to ride, and gentl

er did, to the poor around us, unseen, unknown. Not even he knew of my mother's charitable acts; but all the town knew of his, and he was looked upon by the great mass of public mind to be the most benevolent. But it was not so. Far

re' well it was enough. I was taken from school and put in a store,-a place which I abhorred. I was put there to

han with him. I do not think I was wrong in this, for our minds were of different casts. Neither of us made our minds or our dispositions. There was, therefore, no

-night; but to-morrow, if you have any interest in w

his effort, and was about to propose that a futur

, but upon further urging he accepted, and, having seen that all his wants were for that night attended to, we left; wit

ing down furiously around us. I reached my home, and Mr. Jenks thanked me for my kindness in blindly