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VOLUME I. CAMDEN, SO. CA~FRIDAY7 JANUARY 17, 1802, NUMBER 12.
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Nov. 8?tf H. T. PEAKE, Gen'l Sup't.
Oats and Cow Peas
For sale for cash, at the 'old corner.'
November 1 E. "\V. BONNEY.
Notice.
I HAVE TIIIS DAY, OCTOBER 24, SOLD OUT
my entire stock of Goods, Waros and Merchandise,
in tho town of Camden, to J. M. Springer, Esq., who
will continue the business at tho same stand I have
OCClinied hornt.nfnrn in thn nni,l rnurn All
who aro in anywiso indebted to mo, will pleaso inako
payment of tho samo to said J. M. Springer, at an
early day; and all who liavo claims against mo will
present them to him for settlement. I
December 13 R. SPRING EK.
THE HEIR OF LINN.
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UY "WILLIAM J. SNKLL1NG.
There is as boautiful Scotch ballad by this
title as I ever saw in ray life, it made a very
strong impression upon me; but as the ballad
is not to be found, I will endeavor to tell the
story iu plain prose :
The Laird of Linu, in Galway, was .one of
the richest landed proprietors in Scotland.
Resides the lands and dwellings, he had flocks
and beards, and a good stock of gold. More
V?V/I, AAVs "rto a man vsi liuj;ai UliU pilldllllUlllUUS
disposition, so that tho men of Galway avoided
his company, and the whole town cried shame
on him. Nevertheless, his riches grew and increased
to a mighty sum, and there was no
telling what heaps of treasure he had concealed.
The Laird of Linn did not marry till late in
life, and his wife died within a year after his
marriage. She left him one child, a son, who
was the joy and plague of his existence.
Though naturally of a generous temper, he was
wild, reckless and extravagant. Seeing and
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hearing his father ridiculed every day for his
miserly temper and habits, lie resolved at all
events not to be like him, and spent all he
could lay his hands on among low, dissolute
companions, in riotous living?so true it is
that one extreme often produces another.
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it in vctui tnao uia livtiiui iciiiuiiaiiiiuju
wifli him; lie only grew worse as he grew
older.
At last the Laird of Linn lay on his death
bed. lie had outlived all his near relations,
and lie had no friends, so that he was obliged
to leave all his substance to his son, and besides,
next to his gold he loved his prodigal
heir. Previous to his death he called the
heir of Linn to his bed side, and thus
spoke:
"My son, when my lips arc cold in death
and my tongue silent in the grave, I know
how it will be with you. You will spend all
the substance of your ancestors, and all the
gold I got together, in dissipation and extravagance.
Nevertheless, I do not wish my son
to live a beggar. Therefore give heed to my
only dying command, and if you disregard it,
may a father's dying curse cling to you. The
upper chamber of my house in Kipplctringan
is now locked up and the key thrown into the
sea. "When you have lost both gold and lands?
when you arc actually suffering for a crust to
appease your hungar' break the door open,
and you will find a certain relief, but if you
break the door open before that time, I say
again, may a father's curse cling to you."
With these words the old man fell back and
expired.
The heir of Linn did not grieve long for
his parent. He soon after threw open his
house to all comers, llis forest fell beneath
the axe. llis chimneys were always smoking,
a hundred men sat daily at his board, and he
1 ought liorscs and hounds, and lent money
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without counting it to 111s cussoiutc companions;
lie jested and drank and gambled, as if he
could not get-rid of his substance in all these
ways; he took 110 care of his affairs, but gave
up the guidance of them to a bailiff or steward
named John of Scales, who was a knave and a
notorious usurer. John cheated his master in
a variety of ways, and put more than half his
rent in his own pocket.
At last what the heir of Linn's father had
foreseen, came to pass. His money was all
gone, lie had 110 means of keeping up his excesses
except by selling his land ; but no one
rich enough to buy them except John of Scales,
and every one knew how he came by his
money. The young Laird was desperately in
want of cash to pay his gambling debts, and
moreover heated with wine when the unjust
steward offered to buy his estate. It was a
hard ease, but after much discussion he agreed
upon the bargain.
"Give me vonr gold, good John of Scales,
and my lands shall be yours forever," said the
heir of Linn.
Then John counted down the money in clean
gold, and a hard bargain his master had of it.
For every pound that John agrcod to pay the
land was worth three.
The last money went like the first, and the
heir of Linn was a beggar, lie first went to
the house that had once been his own, but now
belonged to John of Scales, to seek some relief,
lie looked at the window of the groat banqueting
hall, but there was no feasting going on in
it. The fire was out and the dinner table ta
ken away, and all was desolate and dismal.
"Here's sorry cheer," said the heir of Linn.
John would not give him a penny, but told
him to go to his friends that he had spent so
much money upon foolishly. He did so, but
it did 110 good. Some pretended not to know
him, and none would lend him even a farthing,
or even offer him a dinner, so lie wandered
about forlorn and hungry for two days; for
work he could not, and to beg he was ashamed.
At last in his extreme misery he bethought
himself of his father's dving words. 1 have
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not sold the house in Kipplctringan yet," said
he, "for no one would buy it. 1 will go and
break open tho upper chamber. My father
said I would find relief there, and perhaps he
incut treasure. If it should so prove, I will be
a wiser man than I was, and not waste it 011
knaves."
To the house then he went, ami broke
the chamber door open, lie l'ound relief indeed.
There was nothing in the room but a high
stool, and directly over it a halter dangling
from a hook in the ceiling. He looked up and
read these words;
44 Ah ! graceless wrctcli and wanton fool!
You are ruined forever. This is the only relief
for those who have wasted their patrimony
as you have done. Behold, then, put the halter
round your neck, and jump from the stool,
and save your family from the disgrace of beggary."
"Very excellent counsul," said the heir of
Linn, "and as I must cither hang or starve, 1
think I'll take my father's advice and hang.
It is the shortest death of the two.
So lie mounted and fastened the halter
around his neck and kicked the stool from
under.
But the heir of Linn was not so to die.
The board into which the hook was driven
gave way with his weight, and he fell 011 the
floor with a shower of gold coin jattling about
his cars. I will not say he felt 110 pain on the
next day, but at that moment he certainly felt
none. Joy rushed to his heart like a torrent>
at seeing himself rescued from death and bego
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gary. The space between the ceiling and the
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i vui V/Uii taihlu ah vuv/iiiiuuo 11 uaaiu y . v 11 tliu
upper side of the board with which he thought
to suspend himself, was fastened a letter addressed
to him. lie hastily tore it open and
read as follows:
"My dear son I know your character, and
no expostulation or advice can wean you from
the desperate course you arc pursuing. Noth
ing but misery sharper than death can work
the cure. If, therefore, your misfortune and
sufferings should be so grievous that you prefer
death to their endurance, you will not
rashly encounter them again. You have
made the trial; take my gold and redeem
your lands; and become a better man.
The heir of Linn did not leave the spowithout
putting up a prayer to heaven for the
soul of a parent whose admirable wisdom had
discovered the means of raising him from beggary
and despair to affluence, and of weaning
him from the follies and vices which had so
disgraced his character. To evince his gratitude,
lie rcsolvod to amend his life from that
day forward, and become all that a father's
heart could wish.
But he first thought lie would make one
more trial on his false friends on whom he
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had wasted his time, his substance, and his
character, lie therefore kept his newly discovered
wealth a grcrt secret, until ho heard
that John of Scales was to give a grand entertainment,
and all the lords and ladies of Galway
were to be there.
When the heir of Linn entered his father's
hall, it was crowded with richly dressed gentry
but he was in beggars rags, lie appealed to
the charity of the company, saying he was
starving. To one he said, "You have dined at
my board a thousand times, will you deny me
the crumbs that fall from your own ?" To another,
" 1 grvc you a pair of steeds and trapings."
And to another he said, "I lent you a
thousand pounds and never asked you to repay
meand so on to all the rest of the company.
But instead of remembering his favors, they
reviled him and called him a spendthrift, beggar,
and all manner of vile names. Some said
it was a shame that such a wretched Iookinjr
object should be suffered to come among them;
and one to whom more than all the rest hia
purse had been open, called upon the servant
to thrust him out of doors.
Hut one man took his part. It was master
Richard Lackland, a poor younger son of a
wealthy gentleman, lie stood up and said,
"I never ate at the board of the heir of Linn ;
I never rode his horses, or shared his purse, or
received a favor from him the amount of a
farthing. But what then? he was a worthy
gentleman when he had the means. I have
twelve golden nobles, and that is all that I
possess in the world, and there are six of them
at the service of the man whoso hand was
never shut to the poor. And as I am a gentleman;
no man shall lay a finger on him while I
wear a sword."
A glad man was the heir of Linn to find one
man worthy to be his friend, lie took the
i six nobles and advanced towards Jolin of Scales,
who was standing at the end of the hall attired
in gorgeous apparel.
"Von nt lonst." s:iid the heir of Linn, "oucht
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to relieve my necessities, for you have grown
rich on my ruin, and I gave you a good bargain
on my lands."
Then John of Scales began to revile him
and to declare that he had given him much
more than the lands were worth ; for he did
not like to be reminded of his extortion before
so goodly a company.
"Nay," said lie to the heir of Linn, "if you
will but return to nic half of what I paid you
for your father's estate, you shall have it back
again.
"Perhaps I will find friends who will lend,
me the sum?therefore give me a promise under
your hand and seal, and I will sco what
can be done."
John of Scales knew that but few peopleof
the country had so much money, even if it
were a common thing to lend money to a
beggar, and he had just seen what reliance
was to be placed upon friends in such a caseHe
had not the least idea that the heir of Linn
would ever be the owner of a hundredth part
of the sum. lie therefore called for pen, ink
and paper, and sat down before the company
and wrote the promise, and right scolfingly
gave it to his former master.
Then the heir ot Linn strouc to tnc winuow
and opened it, and took a bugle from a tattcrgabcrting
and blew it until the joists and
rafters shook with the din. Presently a fair
troop of servants rode up, well armed and
mounted, leading a mule with them laden
with treasures. They dismounted and brought
the bags of gold into the hall.
4 My father's lands arc my own again,"
cried the heir of Linn joyously; and before
the company had recovered from their astonishment
he had counted down to John of Scales
just the sinn he had agreed to Lake then turn'i>?
liio cnri'ontc tin <niil
i 11 IU lllO OCi i MIIVO ?<v
"Scourge me this viper out of tlie house of
of Linu with dog whips. Audit was immediately
done.
The company crowded around him to congratulate
him on receiving his patrimony, and
excusing their own neglect and ingratitude.
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But he said to them :
"Caitiffs, slaves, dogs, begone ! Polute the
floor of my house no longer! If you enter my
nrmnnda ncain. I will have the servants loose
" O * the
hounds upon you !
To master Lackland lie said: uComc to my
arms, come to my heart, my brother! Live in
my home, and share with the heir of Linn in
all things.'' And the heir of Linn became another
man, and an ornament to his country ,
and a blessing to his tenants.