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HAVN'T TIME
DON'X?BE-IN-A-HURRY.
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OH A ITER VII.
AUOfV MR. UOK'T-BK-IN-A-IILKKY.
Aii I said, in n previous chapter, my
neighbor, Mr. Don't-be-in-a-hurfy, also
took a little pleasure jaunt to himself last
aiunmer. Tlija jaunt had been for some
? months in (-^pMMlplation ; and much en?
Joy men t was expected therefrom, lie and
i<llr. Aavn't-tiuie were intimately ncquaine
ted, and often spent a social evening together.
They frequently spoke of their
anticipatoe summer tour; and long before 1
the time of starling came, had agreed to
leave home on the same day, and to visit
Niagara together.
Mr. Dou'l-we-in-a-burry thought that
the aeo<>nd week in August would lie
quite early enough to start, but hi* 11
* neighbor,' always inclined to take old !
Time, .as they say, by the forelock, 1
wished to leave home at least by the mid- '
H . 0 ?~
aie 01 suiy. *
44 Toosoon by several week*, my friend,"
objected Mr..^Jjon't-bo-in-a-hurry. * I
would'nt'think of going before the second j
l week in August." J'
' y second week in August!" exclaim- j
ed Mr. Ilnvn't-limc. 44 Oh dear! 1 must (
\ be home ere that. And, besides, the ear- '
licr we go tlie bettor. latter in the season j
everybody is crowding the fashionable pin- 1
ces of resort, destroying, to quiet bodies !
like you and I, all comfort. Let us Ih> !
wise, and take our pleasures when most is '
to be obtiined." ?
But Mr. Dont - be - in-iwhurrv could I'
tlOt be fiemiadcd to start no early a* the 1
t middleof July. lie had quite as many I'
- s against, a* his friend had in 1
fr"tiiat tiuT"' aftf '"""yeon; t
on the subject, u wa? hiially ngrecd
the parties, that they *',ou|d start
r on the first of August,
they start together?" a*ks a young
reader, "You said nothing of Mr. don't- 4
be-inrft-burry as the companion of Mr.
^avnVUmR"
Wait a HtUa while, and you shall *ec. J
Well, sundfi^progresecd U> the middle ^
of July, and still ltw was understood that
the two gentlmen should leave home, in '
company, for the contemplated tour, on
? t the first of August. 1
The last week ix July was at length at
* band. In six or seven days more, the 1
looked-for period would arrive.
"?Gkk^nwct Monday we are to start," said
r. HttVli't-tim.? on mmiiiiin Mr t 1aii1.1>a.
in-a-hu*gf> a week previous to the first df?T
of AugS
" Next Monday. Yon arc a little a-head
of ti?a, arc you not!" was the cool, almost
indifferent answer of the impassive
Hv. ?tmVbo-in-a-hurry.
'* Ahead time! Why, don't you
4mt>w'that next Monday is the first day of
lAaffustf Mr. Havnt-timc spoke in a
<piiek, disturbed manner.
* The first day, is* it P1 How marked
'was contrast between the two men's state
of (soling. Mr. Don't-be-in-a-hurry was
. af placid ^^the surface of a mountoin
" Certainly it is the first day?the day
? ^ti which it has Ibng been understood that
were to leave ft* our trip to Niagara."
"M did not tfttderstand, replied Mr.
XtooVbedn-a-htirry, "that we were to
ItBM on the mtv first <tnw n
44 Pr?y what then did you Understand!"
?ImI Ur. Mavn't-ti ne a good dooi imUMi
? DoSh't the Jirtt nlin the fir,t r
. "0, oeKainly. Hut, when wo H|?;ak <>f
iftg mouth, wo generally I
Soon the early (vwtioo of it; do wo not f
44 I*don't," waa the curt reply.
44 Well, I do, my good friend Havn'tfhne,"
smilingly answered the undisturbed
"Ma. IDwnVbedn-e-hurry. *The first of
Htqgtmt, in the prtaenAwee, 1 undents <1
- to mean the first frw days after going out
4t#?ty. To Mart on the wry flrM day,
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whether it were Saturday, Sunday,
or Monday, never entered into my
calculation. Now, don't you see, that to
leave on Monday would be to interfere
with the domestic arrangements of our
families!"
" How so, pray ?" asked Mr. Havn'ttiute.
" Monday is the regular washing day."
"Well; what of that?"
" Ask your go?xl wife, and she will answer
the (piestion more to your satisfaction,
I imagine, that 1 can."
" Von mean, 1 suppose, that your clothes
would not l>e ready for you on the first
day of the week ?"
"Just what I mean. Our washing is
done on Monday, and our ironing on Tuesday.
Not until Wednesday could I possibly
get ready to go. When I agreed to
leave with you on the first of August, I
never for a moment thought of disregarding
every domestic arrangement in order
to hurry off on the very day, as if life or
death depended on the act. We are goc
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ni? u?r pleasure. L<et us start fairly, calmly
ami wisely. If wo do not, wo had better
remain nt home?for, no pleasure will
we find abroad. If we start on Monday,
it will be at the expense of household comfort.
Friday and Saturday have their appropriate
duties for our wives and domestics;
if, to these, we add the extra burdens
of washing and ironing in order to have
our clothes ready by Monday morning,
we shall produce a state of disorder that
will mar the parting hour. I know it;
I've seen it, Mr. Havn't-timc."
" All very good talk," was rejoined.?
" Hut, I don't sco any great hardship in
what you mention. It Isn't often that I
take a week's relaxation from business,
and it would be a pity if my wife and domestics
were to regard a littlo extra trouble.
once a year, in order that I might get i
away at an ap}K>inted time, as a heavy
burden?a great tux upon their comfort." i
" All deviations from the usual order in
famines, or in business, produce greater or 1
loss disturbance?and these rarely como ]
without creating discomfort. As for me,
I would a thousand times rather wait un- i
til Wednesday, when all tilings necessary
for my journey will, in the uatural course <
of tilings, be ready, and when I can start
from home without leaving my wife excited
and overwearied by extra exertions."
" Ttinn I -I ? " '
. UIVKIOUHIU, NIIU ill r. Iiavn ltinio,
44 that you will not go on Monday ?"
"Certainly rot."
44 When will you l?c ready to start f" (
44 On Wednesday."
44 I've made up my mind to go on Mon- f
[lay. and when my mind is once made up >
to do a thing, I never like to be balked, j
44 Come, coino, my good friend Ilavn't- 1
time," said Mr. Doji't-bo-in-a-hlurry, good y
liuinorcdly?44 this is Wing over-particular ;
?more nice than wise, as the proverb t
says. Even for you Wednesday will W
far the best time for leaving home. Ask \
Mr*. TTavn't-timo her opiuion of the
ter, au?l see if she doosn t agree with me j.
entirely." 1
44 No doubt of that?no doubt of that; >
women are always?" (
Mr. llnvn't-time checked himself, loavIrtff
the sentence unfinished. )
44 You'll wait until Wednesday, of ?
ourse," was replied by Mr. I)on't-be-in-a- c
fiurry. ^ r
441 dont know. I'll think about it, was t
eplied in a moody tone.
And so tlm two mou parted. m J
On the day Allowing they met and again j
alked the matter ober. As Mr. Don't-bc-in- t
i-lmrry would'nthcar to starting on Mon- r
lay, the other reluet mtly consented to
rait for his good company until Wednes- *
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my. i ins, nowcvor, was not done with j,
he best grace in the world.
41 I'll go on Wednesday, mind," said t
he latter, 44 even if it rains pitchforks." v
CHAPTER VIII. *
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A DISAPPOINTMENT.
A week pas>ed swiftly away, Mr. Dontxviii-a-hurry
warcely giving a thought to ' s
icedful preparation in view of his journey.
1'heru would be time enough for that on it
Mouduv and Tuesday, lie thought witliin
iiiuisclt. ii
44 Do you mean to start on Wednesday?" n
asked his wife, as Mr. Don't-bc-in-a-hurry
was preparing to go out on Saturday mor- t
ning. c
44 Yea. I shall leave on Wednesday," i
was replied.
44 Are thocc your best boots f" and liis j
wife glanced down at his feet. I
44 The}* are." ?
44 You'd hotter o.der Mif ones, tli?? " [
44 I'll sec niv boot-maker as I uO to tho 1 ?
store," returned Mr. Don't-bc-in-a-hurry, r
" and loll him tomake mo another pair. \
'lias waa his intention when ho left c
home. Hut, aa the boot-maker did not
live directly on hU way to hia place of bu- j
aincsn, ho concluded, as he walked along, r
that it would be time enough to call there (
as ho came home at dinner time. He |
w as in no narticular lmrry, that he thus Eut
otf until another time what noeded to
e done at the earliest moment; but acted
merely from a bod Mbit of procrastination.
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" I)?<l you order a now pair of boots f* (
asked his wife, on his return at dtnner
thnr. She knew his failing, and win
therefore, watchful over him at times. '
UJ declare I No: I forgot all about it,w (
laiMiJil Mr. Don't-be-in-a-hurry.
Ml'm afraid jrou'll be disappointed," (
mm ma war, - a you aspect to |M HMD
bjr WodiMftday. Kemeuiber, only Mon- <
4*y and Tuesday intervene idler thin 1
week." >
a I know. But HI stop m I go beck
from dinner, and explain to Barker the neoeeity
of having them done by Tuesday
night. Ilell get them dondtor me withont
doubt Fm ah <%l and godd cuVoml?r.n
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m ?
" Ten to one," replied his wife, smiling,
' that you never think about your boots
again, until I remind you of them at supper
this evening."
Mr. Don't-be-in-a-hurry was quite amused
at this remark,and laughed at it heartily.
lie was, like most persons of his peculiar
character, too little conscious of his
leading defect.
44 About the lx>ots ?" said Mrs. Don'tbe-in-a-hurry,
as they sat at tea in the
evening.
44 I declare !" and her husband fairly
started to his feet.
44 I tidn't get measured ?"
44 No I forgot all about them. 44 How
stupid of me 1"
4' I thought it would be so," was replied.
You'll not get off on Wednesday."
44 Won't I 1 You'll see. After supper
I'll go down ami and see Barker."
44 Are you going to order them lxx>ts ?"
cnmiiwul \lra r?n..'? l? - 1 ** '
?v|.... v,., ?? lyvu urry 01 ikt
husband, as she saw him seated cozily in
liis large cushioned chair, with a new book
in his hand.
" Not this evening 1" was replied.?
Since 1 thought it over, I see no use in
walking away down there to-night. Tomorrow
is Sunday ; and nothing will of
course be gained. I'll see Barker the first
thing on Monday morning I"
llis wife shook her head and smiled.
" Why do you smile and shake your
head my dear i Don't you see as well as
I do, that nothing could l>o done on the
boots to-night! Why then, should I fatigue
myself with walking a dozen squares
or so, to do what can just as well be done
on Monday morning ?
No reply was made to this, and the
gentleman resumed his book.
On Monday morning, Mr. Don't-be-ina-hurry
forgot to call at the bootmaker's
on his way to his store. At ten o'clock j
he thought of the omission, and started |
off, forthwith, to see Mr. Barker.
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.-miuh can you nave tnein ready 1
be asked, after the measure of his fisit '
bad been taken.
" I will m ud thein home on Saturday
night," was answered.
" Saturday flight ! I must liavo them
Tuesday night."
"To-inorrow night!" -v
" Yes. On Wednesday morning I am
0 leave the city."
' Iiujiossiblo," said the bootmaker.
"Don't say that. 1 niuat have them."
" Why did not you call in last week ?" 1
isked Mr. Darker.
"I did ntend calling on Saturday; but '
orgot to do so. I'm sure, however, it'!
rou strain a point, you can get the boots
eady for mo. " I'd put off going until 1
Thursday, but I'm to leave in company
vitli Mr. Havn't-timc, and when he sets
1 day on which to do a thing, he will go j
hrough fire and water but it is done."
" 1 made Mr. Ilavn't-time a pair of
>Ovis liVst w-ek. I sent them home on I
ihuraday. He mentioned that he was !
foiiig away at an early date," said j
iarker in answer to this. " He's al- j
vavs a little l>efore hand in mi tin l.:- .
>r{ers."
After some pen-nation on the part of!
dr. I >onfc-be-in-a-hurry, the boot-maker \
igreed to use his best exertions in behalf I
>f his customers. Satisfied with this I
?roini.se, our frieiul gave himself no fur* j
her trouble on the subject.
On Tuesday, it was discovered that Mr.'
)on't-be-in-a-llurry's overcoat?it Ls not!
irudent to leave home even in summer 1
irae without an overcoat?had in it a scions
rent that must l?e repaired.
"I will direct my tailor to send for it," '
aid he, as his wife called his attention to [
t at dinner time.
' Your tailor has forgotten to send for !
hat coat." These were the wife's first !
rords on his entrance at tea time.
"iu v'are!" Mr. Don't-be-in-adi urry :
tnn k \ is hands together, looking at the j
ainc time rather blank.
"You forgot to see him, I suppose?",
"It's a fact. IIow eoultf I have been
o absent minded!"
"You can't take the coat with you jus
t is," said the wife.
A bright thought struck Mr. Don't-be*
n-a-hury nt the moment. Ho w an good !
it expedients.
"As I shall remain in New York two or j
hree days," he replied; "I can got the
oat mended while there. I wont need
t on the way."
To this his wife saw fit to make no oh
cction. It wu the Wit that oould now
>e done. So that hindrance to tho piorling's
journey wak removed.
"ITnve mv l*>ots come home yet?"
u?ked Mr. l>on't-bc in-a-hurry, suddenly
Oco!!?eting these implant articles, a*'
10 sat reading about nine o'clock in uiC
ivening.
"I've seen nothing of them," .replied
tis wife. Ah she spoke, she arose and
ung the bell. On tho appearmnco of a
lomuatic, she ein juirod if a pair of boots
ad been sent homo for her husband.? j
rhe answer was in tho negative.
"I hardly expected them to night," said
he quiet minded gentleman. "No doubt
iiey will conic along bright and early in |
:he morning." And lie resumed the rwi |
ling of hi* book.
MI wouldn't trouble iny|elf with that fonigiu,''
ho remarked tohu wife, about ten
>'c)ock, seeing her about commencittg to
pack kin trunk. "There will be tune enough
in the morning."
"I'd rather have it off my fffffeti' ?i|
uuwored. "There'll be enough for me U&
do in tlie morning without havinathuFh*
to the bargain. Never put off em til tomorrow
w nat 0*n he done to-d&V?Aet
it my motto, yt^taow." *
"And a my good one K it," responded
the husband, " Still, if to-day's work it.
too heavy, I do n<H see *hy a portion of
H mar not he set *?We fcr lo-htMlo*."
, "Have you ordered a carriage ?" jisked
Mrs. Don't-be-in-a-hurry, looking uj> from
her work of packing her husband's trunk.
"No?I forgot all about that. Hut;
there will be time enough in the morning.
The line doesn't start, you know, until nine
o'clock."
Morning caine.
"Have my boots been sent home yet?"
was the natural question of Mr. Don't-bein-a-hurry,
as he came down to breakfast
at seven o'clock. Early for hiin.
lie was an apt reasouer^ncver without
au argument to favor his inclinings.
The reply was a negative.
"They'll be along in time, no doubt,"
and he took his place at the table, undisturbed
in feeling.
"No boots vet?" said he. half an hour 1
afterwards, a little uneasily.
"I'm afraid you'll be disappointed" remarked
his wife.
"Barker is a man of his word. The
boots will l>e along, I am certain. In the
mean time I'll go for a carriage."
So oil lie started for the stable of a man
who lived close by. But the man, in no
expectation of such a visit, had left for his
stand in Seventh street half an hour hefore.
"Ilow annoying!" ejaculated Mr.Dontbe-in-a-hurrv,
now considerably fretted in
his mind.
There was no remedy but to walk over
a mile to one of the regular carriage stands.
So, off he started?going rapidly. In
due time the stand was gained, ami a carriage
engaged. In this our friend drove
back to his dwelling, feeling, still, a good
deal disturlied. He began to have pretty j
serious fears in regard to his boots. Not
that ho was so over anxious to get away
on his own account, lie thought more
of Mr. Havn't-tiine who had delayed since
Monday, in order that they might go in 1
company. To fail meeting him at the j
boat as he bad promised, was by no means
pleasant to think about.
His fears were not idle. On arriving
w ith th" carriage, the boots were still absent.
"It's not half-past eight. "rffc'll l?c aloni;
yet, 1 am sure," said Mr. lJemt-be-ina
hurry, as lie walked restlesslyifcont his ,
parlor. lie was disturbed for'oneo" in
hia life. "If it wasn't for Mr. Havn't-time, ,
I would not care a tig. But, he'll be so ,
disappointed."
N o mat ter as to e< nsoquenccs. The boots
did not come. And, as his old pair were
broken out at thesidos, they woru unfit for
genteel service. So, at a quarter to nine i
the driver was paid and dismiss*!. .Mr. K
I )ont-!a?-in-a-hiirrv was compelled to wait
Itnntlmr It.'o M- ?I
< i'ui, .<11. ii<niii-wnic" weni
on his wav nlouo, as the reader Ik aware.
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CHAPTER IX. .
During the day the new boots came '
home, and on the next morning Nfift Don't-'
hc-in-a-hurrv stated for New York; net, 1
however, without a narrow risk of being i
left behind by tho steamliont in consequence
of his failing to be roady to start
when the hack driver called for hitu.? '
'l he gangway plank had been withdrawn I
when they reached the wharf. A vigor-;
ous spring enabled hitn to reach the deck !
of the boat, lt .it, his trunk remained in
the hands of the j>ortcr who had taken t '
it from behind the carriage. i '
"Throw the trunk on hoard !" he cried, |
eagerly, to the porter.
Hut, tho man stood immovable, while j 1
the boat, the engine having been set in
motion, started quickly a-head.
It was all in vain. Mr. Don't-be-in-ahurry
was on bis way to New York?but, I
his wardrobe was behind him. On giv- !
ing information to the Captain, that per- ,
nonage very politely offered to look after ! 1
tho trunk when the boat returned, and >ee j '
that it w as forwarded to New York by the '
afternoon train.
About as ca;y in mind as a man well 1 1
Could he under the cirennwOineos Mr I
Dont-be-in-a-huny pursued his way to i
New York. He tried not to think al>out j
the trunk; hut his thoughts would turn,!
every little while, to the scene on the I \
wharf at the time the steam'noit started; i
and, iu spite of all his philosophy, he j
felt troubled. Wh?* wasthcro, ho asked
himself; t? prevent tlio porter, who had j
possession of his trunk, from stealing it i |
This was our friend's state of mind
when ho arrived in New York. After
he had taken dinner, he thought he
would go to the telegraph office and
ask some acquaintance in Philadelphia
to innkc cnquiiy for his trunk, and, if
%\tnd, to send it on by the live o'clock
train of ears, lie deferred this, however,
on the ground that, as the steamboat
Captain would attend to the matter for
uilS- there would no use in troubling a
third person.
During the afternoon of this day in
New York, it had been the purpose of
Mr. Don't-be-iri-a-hurry io visit one o? |*ro
places of note. But, the uncertainly in
regard to his trunk, so disturbed hi mind
that all interest therein was for the time,
destroyed, sio he moved a boat the reading
r<x>ni and parlors of the fcotel until
supper time. After sup]>er, he thought
of going to some place of amusement, or
4ho*i exhibition; out the trouble about
his trunk still oppressed him.
"Uli dear P hwfeipliod to himself. "I ,
i wiah now, that I nad ?U-grnphod toPhil
adelphiS about the 'trunk. I would, at
loant, have had a certainty to^lopend upon,
ll would have kndwn wliothot-m had been
Hjkndor not. Aait is all willTesuapenae
Wil ten o'clock to-nipht. AuAAflicn ?"
Poor man. "And then P Tnore were
J (ltMtfon*, naw, in his mind, as jmnrhethcr
I tne Oaptau^of the boat had t hc^pit a bona
j hia trunk. If not, the iprobnbiHty of ^
i <eosprinp in the nexi train, wfe but small.
" How foolish in m? nith. to haarte sent a!
| despatch on the kiMWtlU of my arrival. I
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I That was the only seusiblo tiling to do.?
i Instead, however, I have been waiting,
i and worrying myself, for hours, when, in
j ten ininniites, the fullest information might j
have, been obtained. 1 am so vexed with
myself ! 1 deserve to lose my trunk."
In this uncomfortable state of mind, Mr
Don't-bc-in-a-ti|jpFy,passed the house un-|
til the arrival of the night train from |
I'hiladclpha. Long before it came in, he
j was at the ferry house, on the lookout for ,
the boat in which the passengers are conveyed
from Jersey City to N.York. When |
at length the boat touched the wharf,
which was a little after ten o.elock, there
huviinir lw.r.i> cAt../. .1... ? ? -
g, wmi ruillt UClt'llUVII Oil 1110 WRV, [
lie sprung on board and made enquiry j
for ilio Baggage Master, lint, from him 1
lie could gain no intelligence of tlio missing
trunk. The crates were all looked
into, the truuks on the deck examined,
and every means used to ascertain if his
baggage had come on. If was not to be
found.
Hack to his hotel returned Mr. Don'tbc-in-a-hurry,
his heart heavy with disappointment.
' All my own fault," said he to himself.
How little is there in this retleetion to give
pleasure to any one.
Yes, it was all his own fault. lie should |
have been ready to leave at half-past eight I
o'clock in llie morning, when the hack
driver called for him. There had been no
hindrance in the way beyond his own
dilatory habit. "There's time enough." j
This was his answer when his wife urged }
him. for the tenth time, to complete his I
latest preparations for his journey.
Of all this, Mr. Don't-be-in-a-hurry was |
now distinctly conscious, and it added no
little to his unhappy feelings. ' .
Ou the next morning, blight and early,
he posted oft' for the telegraph office. A .
message was sent to one of his clerks in (
Philadelpha, who was directed togotothe (
Kail Road office at Walnut street wharf j
and seoifhe could find the missing trunk.
In half an hour word came back that
the clerk had received the message, and '
would forthwith do as requested. A whole |
hour passed?then came this dispatch :
"Trunk found. Will send it by 5 o'- '
clock line."
Mr. Doii't-bo-in-a-Imrry breathed freely
again, l'mt, how much of mind and uneasiness
had his want of pi-omptness in
action cost him. And not only this, there
was a loss of positive enjoyment which he t
would have derived from visiting certain ,
lirfl/diva rJ.ioAo A i. *1--.
>iv VI ? V? J'luvvn jli ill 111(lie .Ult/I UOOll (>1 !
of the previous day. Nor did tie; pres- j t
enco of all this in his mind add to his pres- ,
ont ability t?> enjoy what was around him.
Like Mr. Havcn't-timc, lie had a par- ,
ticulai friend in New York, from whose (
good otlieos in showing him about the ^
fittV he had expected much. He could not .
Call upon this friend without accepting an ,
invitation to dine with him ; and so, as
from the absence of his trunk he was not .
a!;!? to change his clothing, some portions
of which were considerrtb!0 soiled, he felt J (
com pel lor I to wait until the next day, i (
before giving himself this pleasure.
So he w ent back to his hotel, and taking ! ,
a seat in the reading-room, set to thinking I (
about what he should do with himself ,
for the day. A glance in a mirror oppo- t
site did not show him a man who looked :
us if just out ot a baud-box. By no means |
flattered by his personal apjieaninee, Mr. ' ,
1 ton't-he-in-a-hurry at once decided not to I j
show himself for that day, in places of such | (|
fashionable resort asthc Art (ialleries. One j e
of th 'se, in particular, he had promised j |
himself great pleasure i:? visiting. So, , s
after awhile, lie strayed down Bioadway
as far as tin- Buttery, where he remained j
looking at the shipping in the hav until
i; i.i? -i i i ? -
iiiiiik i inn'-, iiiiinni^ii ne ua<! oniy intended
to remain tlire an hour. The after- noon
was spent in idling about the hotel,
and the evening in waiting tor the ears to i
arrive from 1'hiladelpha. Greatly to his I
relief of mind, the trunk was received.
Mr. Don'l-lte-in-a-hurry's adventures c
while in New York will l>e detailed in the t
next chapters. t
.SUMAY KEAjUK; ;
B. Still. I
\
It is often eiisior to do than suffer the J
will of Oral. There is a pleasurable ex- .
citement in the em payment of one's ae- t
five powers in the service of Christ a satis- j
faction in thc?eonsciousne*s of doing good.
A little grace, with favoring providence,
may make n Christian hero; while aboun- , .
ding grace alone will suffice to make a |
Christian martyr. 1(
lie still when persecuted and slan- ,
dered. If unjustly acuuscd, you may re- J |
gard every epithet of utilise as a badge of t
disciploship. Your divine Muster and |
bis apostles and witnesses were marked ,
in the same way. Then, too, every lie luis ?
thos?e<t? of dearth wit!:!!* iu it- Let alone, <
it wiU die of itself. Opposition mav look I
very formidable; it may seem as "though (
*1 e mountains were enrried into the miilst |(
of the sen; the waters thereof roar, and |
lie Iron tiled, the mountains shake wit Ik the H
swelling Thereof;" tint the voice of wisdom y
cries, M Bo still, and know that I am 1
Ood." m I
He still vhei% thuxirtrd in your plan* I
and dimpjMnnted in your hopes. You ]
are not re?|>oiihible fn results. If you i
have Aight trustworthy ends by laivful
means, and have dono your utmost to attain
them, the issuing is of divine ordering,
and should bono mom the subject of murmuring
or repining than the changes of
tho seasons or tho rolling of the spbem*.
The purpose of Ood in your loss or disapCiintment
may not be obvians. Y?u may
ktiA to A/ .nfskt ,AMMaAlf MtUU *!??
ur?Tu iw V\?II^iiv>?MU^H fvaii wo (iiuuvuVf I
"Th^c rr-i hut part* of hi* war*." Btit I
%
| the fact that they arc his ways, must hush
i the soul in quietude under the most trying
! and mysterious crosses of life. Faith will
trVe up Cow iter's song*
"Behind a frowning providence
lie hides a smiling face/'
Be still under sore afjlictions, They
are all deserved. They are embraced among
the " all things " that shall work
together for good to them that love Cod.
Murmuring does not lessen, but rather increases
the burden of griefs. Submitted
to?acquiesced in?sanctified?every sorrow
may distil new joys ; every affliction
may work out "a far more exceeding and
eternal weight of glory. Many a saint
lias never experienced the infinite preciousness
of the gospel, until the rod of God is
upon him. lt'is when in the vale, with
eyes uplifted and the mouth closed, 44 I
wasdumh"?that the stn rs of promise gl is- j
ten on the spiritual vision, and the Sun I
of Righteousness darts his rays of comfort
and holy joy on the stricken soul.?lh- j
brr.
Gratitude.
Dr. Doddridge, on one occasion, inter- j
ested himself in behalf of a condemned j
criminal, and at length succeeded in oh- j
taining his pardon. <.>11 entering the cell
of the condemned man, and announcing '
to him the joyful intelligence, he ].rostra
ted himseh at the Doctor's fed, and with
streaming eyes exclaimed, *' O sir, every'
ilrop of my blood thanks you, for you
have had mercy on every drop of it.? t
Wherever you go, 1 will he yours."
This was the emphatic expression ?f|
lis gratitude to an earthly friend for \
laving him from temporal death. W.tl.
. ... uiuvii |?r< ]ir<'iv nnv ? ,
Christian prostrate hinisi ll :ii (1 >? f, t < t j
Jhrist, and say: "My smil thank- |
or thou hast had mercy on my -on!. In
ill circumstances aiul in all pi e in ti <
tnd eternity, I nn il I bo thine. 1 ow :
y thins; to thee, and all that 1 am : <1
save I will d vote t?> lie. Th u i -t
aved me, and I will follow time and . lino
o thee as my best and only friend '
The Truth of the Bib!e.
There arc four grand argument- for
lie truth of the bible. The lir.-t is the | '
niracle-s it records. 2. The prophecies it 1
ontains. 2. ri. e goodlless ot the docrine.
3. The moral character of |hmi- 1
nan.
The miracles llou from Divine power,
he prophecies from I >i\in?* understanding,
he excellence of the doctrine from Divine
goodness, and the moral character of the
|>cmiian from Divine purity. Thus ('lirisliatiity
is built upon these Jour immovable
|>iliar>. the understanding, the goodie --,
tnd the purity of God.
The ltible must be the invention eitlu-r
if good men or angels, bad men or devil.-,
:>r of Got!.
It couKl not be the invention of good
men or angels, for they neither would nor
X>uld make a book, and tell lies all the
:iine they were writing it, saving, "This
with the Lord," when it was their own
n vent ion.
It eonld not be the invention of bad
nen or devils, for they would not make a
>ook, which com mauds all duty, forbids j
ill sin, and condemns their soul to all i
ternity. 1 therefore draw this conclusion; |
he Hible must be given by I >ivinc in- ;
niration.
?I:
SELECTED ARTICLES, i
i
Mysterious fhcunente.
An occurrence of a somewhat mysteri- :
us and nu'lancholy character recently
ook place at a hotel in New York city, <
heparticulars of whieh have come to the
Miter's knowledge, and are as follows ;?
tome six weeks since a lady took rooms j
it the hotel before alluded to; she was !
'outiLf and beautiti I. and from bcr man- '
ler and genteel appearance had evidently 11
?oen used to refined society. She was |,
vitliout companions or attendants of anv
and, and from the moun-ut >he entiicd
he hotel, seemed to prefer the re tin im nt
>f her own room?seeking the ac<|uaiiianeo
of no one, and taking her meals in
mr private apartment. %
Dnring the first lew days of Iter res lenee
there, a gentleman, apparent.\ a
tranger, and of prepossessing appear;iiKt
ailed to see her upon two separate ?* < ?lions
ami was admitted to her room since
which time nothing has !>een heard tr- i j<
lim. Matters went on this wn\ '<
ral days, when iW lady comp. i.ae. .
0 the waiter who attendeil li?.r t.f 1
rery ill, ami requested him to pr. m '
1 physician, who, when lie earn , or
ed the disease fever and ague, am! j> e
>ed accordingly. She,howrttfrr, Wti?-e 1 i.
ake any medicine. whatever and continnh1
to grow worse daily, ftwfiering as she"
nfonnod the waiter from a burning fever.
ll\A a ??*..? ? - A 1
'"ii3 viwrc** n unnm IFI 1%*- *?m?
which, it Appears she bathed lin^elf.rhin
treatment, ha might bo Mpfrcted.
wrought on inflammation of the lung*,
'rout which she never recovered, but sunk
gradually into that u sleep that knows
no waking."
For aeveral days previous to her death
she waa attended by a lady, a reaid nt of
tho same hotel, who, learning the peculiar
rireumstnneo* of the case, volunteered her
services, and continued almost day and
night to watch by the pillow of the dying
stranger, until she Anally closed her
eyea in death.
To tkis lady the unhappy woman revealed
the storj^^f her life, trader a ea*
it u ;u ubU 11*
^ *
I cred promise never to divulge ifbcyoijp
; tliut she was the daughter of n judge, a
i resident of Ixmg Island, New York, and
1 that her husband was wealthy and held a
high official station under the Government
at \Y ashington. She also stated
that she had no wish to live longer in this
world, hut preferred death; and continued
to refuse any medicine offered her to tho
| last. She had ample means in her pos!
session, and made aMptho>?teccssary appropriations
foi her %iu ral expenses?leI
requested that she might he laid out in a
rich cashmere dress, which she ordered to
; be purchased for that purjtose, and that^
her bcxly might l>e deposited in Greenwood
I Cemetery.
A few hours before her death, she took
| from her fingers several valuable rings,
i went over them fur ??>"?*>? ?> ? ?-'
| handed them to the lady who had evinced
so much kindness towards her, remarking
that they were inexpressibly dear to her,
but that she had no further usodbr them
now, and begged tlieir acceptance as a
token of remembrance.
After her death, an advertisement was
inserted in sevcrarof the eity papers stating
the facts, in order that her trtcin s
might have an opportunity to claim her t
remains. < >n the., day appointed for lief*
funeral, two gentlemen called at the hotel . *
and requested to see the body.: their request
was complied with, and upon viewing
the features ot the deceased, t Jiey burst
into tears, and acknowledged themselves
?one to be an uncle, and thet>ther an only
brothoV, whose tccings ou the occasion
can be better imagined that described.
Her death has brol ably drawn a veil over
a sjc? ne of seduction and desertion, the
particulars of w huh may never be made
public.? Ihookh/u Ail 1 irtisir.
I nnt 'I., . . . . t 1
V n i t.ii t.1. 1
Little thing--, at . i "v J | U, h^e ulien
brought >{n ;.i u..i._.- u , as*. The large
\\?)r? 1 mwi.-.el. v. in; >.* i.p ?I iitlU'
panicles, Us -III.!., as ill.- sallds Oft
the sea shun-. I'll. \.i-: ?:i is composed
of small <liu)? i?t water. '1 ho little busy
bees, how liua li honey the\ gather! I >o
nut In.- discouraged beeaase you are little.
A little star shines brightly in the
-kv in a dark night, ami may be the
means of saving many a poor sailor from
.hi|?wivek; and a little ehristiati inaj do
t great deal of.guod, it be ur she will
ry. There i> nothing like trving.?Dr. ,
f Jm truer*.
I>ai.iimottk Convknuoj** We areglad
to see that the So tit fit rn Stuuilarrf
tuts broken ground m favor of the Baltimore
Convention, and urges with great
force of argument tier propriety of South
* arolinu being represented in that Convention.
It is to be hoped that the other eooju
iiilioti p;tj?ei> il nugl.uut the State will
loilow sii.t. and that delegates will be appoililed
to meet in Columbia during 'the
sitting of the State Convention, for the
purpose ofhaving the State ably represented
in the Baltimore Convention. In tdl
probability the nominee of that body will
i>o tlic President of the United States for
tin* next four years after the expiration
of the present term. Is it not theroforCj
a matter of some eonse<juenee that South
Carolina should exercise her iuiiuetice in
making the nomination. We have to
remain in the Union and l?e governed
as the other States are, and it becomes
us to act with the other States.
Wo would, therefore, suggest again
the propriety of the people assembling irt
each Klcelion l'istrict in tlm State, and
appointing delegates to meet in Columbia
on the fourth Monday in April. If the
people should fail to do this, wo Miggest
the propriety ot the members of the Convent
ion consulting about the matter after
they have convened in Columbia. We
know that a majority of that body are
secessionists, hut ift nominating a president
there will bo no difference between the
choice of co-operationists and scccssitfBfe..
Southern frit riot.
ViCTotttA is I'krsox.?Quei11 Pic'tfria,
as described on a close observation ' y* ^
i-orrespondent of the Southern Litemir^ *
Messenger: " Forehead medium : nose
larj/e aquiline ; mouth lar <v, . hia retreatiiil/;
eyes I?luc. Willi :? tfoou ileal of
white ; aye thirl'-two; slut ur% short and
|?luni|?." Tlrs tvrijer . -ho is neillu
r Wit']* P" ' hoiii '1 n'vl having
hoard she wt- 1 * o - v a /rcoahly
?lisaj?| ' -t " 'h y \l ij Mty.
' < *np feature ??f hoi fee." ( !ins </nes
heoti to vnMs'iih'r ) 4 j*
rotable. Tl"r mo"r 'in s 'i Ux>
'hort, wh'ch 'ev- h" rt : np
her iip|> r feet If < j -I, y . v>.p . , \ efy
nrettv teeth tAb' ' but V-e ftVot in h
little iioiii'itir VI t fit." i nrt bo
a'lefl p o'1. I ?i !' .loitj I exjieet*
e<l to a < it."
ODD Fi.llow ASYI I M. -A proposition
is pending Is-forr t!. (>r;4V I.odjo> of the
Siniitliorii /liwtl* ? I \ / ft ?/?
lish ah asylum fr>r apod indigent fnomlH>rs
of tlio order of Odd Kcllows, The
plnn suggested is the pwehlfce of a tract
of not Jess than fift* acres of land in t%?
vicinity of New York, and the erection of
the necrtwarv buildinps thereon, the"*ocrtipants
thereot' to contribute m " pact to
their maintenance by avK-h light lata* as
thoj^niay be^le to perform.
gW When Jnlia Long atood at the
altar, tho' tiniater inquired, "I* your
name Julia Longf The innocent" girl
replied, "It a nt nothing nhor^kL But
it wasn't ao /onjr,
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