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MISELLANEOUS.
Jacuob's LSeles in the Pa-ific
OcentIa.
We caught a distant glimsc of
Moa. At eight I. :I. the sky cloud
ed over, and became as black as the
cook's fininel. We furled the liuht
sails, close reefed the topsailz. an:i
made all snug. It was a dismal
night ; the thunder roared ami
crashed around us as if the heavens
had been rent asunler ; the chain
lighting circled around, and seeming
ly played over our spars and i igging.
We stopped the chain-holes with Call
van, to prevent the electric fluid
from entering onri magazini. The
rain nouried down in torients, and
filled the sterni-boat as .fac as one
could bail it out. B; the glare of
the lightning our crew e-mtd be seen
standing in line upou deck,
buckets of rain-water from the trun
to fdll u thewatercasks.
Thi .'cond day 'after this, in the
afternoon, we were sailing to the
eastward, close aloIIg the coast iof
Papan, whici is here fured of-I
beautiful elevated lands, covered with
th- v-rdure of perpettal summer,
atered by purling t: Camis .T
cold water.
A great many came off in hand
some canoes, with one outii r, for
the purpose of trallicking with us.
Tiey were naked, with the exccetion
of ornaments hung about their per
sons, and wero stunt, savage looking
mCII, of a dark copper color, with
hair somewhat longer aid straighter
than the wool of the negro.
Each canoe contaiu-d a goodly
supply of Jowerful bows, arrows,
spears and war-clubs, all of which,
combined with the physic.l appear
ance of these natives, designated
them as a race of fearless warriors.
They seemed friendly, and we threw
them two lines over the stern, and
entered into trade for cocoanuts am
jasper stone adz-s. They inmited Is
politely to come on shotre, auwl said
that, in one moon they woul bring
us plenty of totrtoise shell, pearl1- shell.
ostrich plumes, ivor-y, camph1-r, nt.
mengs, edhibhe bir-ds' nests, .ahin oil,
diamond, etc.
The wviind now f'reshecned upl and
our headway increased, so that the
.canoes sheer-el about, endanige.inug
their outrnigger-s, and were obliged to
Jet go the tow-lines and dropl aster-n.
We no0w arrived at thie monuith of n
noble bay; it was -a "new discovery-!"
TXhe land wias elevated, piicturiesqute,
atnd verdant. Tiheo east poinmt of the
bay was a denuded redl clay and~ r-ocky
bluff, fr-om whic-h put ofll a shoal
With the usual dat-rig of out- ean,
we boldly enter-ed the bay, and steer
ed for its fohot with all sails set. We
DnoW sighted a beautiful sniall hay', or
mouth of a river, thiat extendedC~ to
the eastward frotm the foot of a gulf.
On the beach we spiedl a great muml
titudo of wai-riors, hurrying along
3pith bundles of w~ar- imnplenments, and
dlepositinig them in ca noes, whlickh
they launched into the wa-:ter, and
pIut off forim the vessel fromu variousi
coves anid inlets. One war- ene,
commanded by a ec'lebi-ated brave,
was towel, by onme of our linecs, neat
tho sterni.
O)ur capt ainI stool uipotn t he trafm frail,
eyeitng the accuiimulattiuig dlanger-s;
and thiinking thiat, when- we aneb~horedl,
nud4 the cm-ew wer-e alo ft lurilitng smail-,
the~ host of the savagi's m ight be
te ed to pick the sailors '~l thme
ar hke so many blatck biol1., hei
1 n i, to hav a cleat co)urSe
a .A mana en n ri se in f it in
the natives away for a brief period,
he gave orders to fire a blank cart
ridge from the six-pounder. The
gun thundered over the water ; but
the eleet was different from what
he had expected.
It was my ' trick' at the helm, and
I was astonishiled to see the captainl
fiail down beside mc, while his tele
scope struck my leg violently, and
sonething whizzed overhead ! The
savage warrior in the canoe astern
let go or the tow-line the instant lie
heard the report of the cannon, and
seizing his bow and arrow, let fly at
the captain, who fortunately dodged
a harbed arrow which was aimed at
his heart.
The canoes put off in great nun
bers ; and the natives were so well
armed and seemed so hostile, that we
dleculed it safest to retrace 011
course and stan out to sea.
Th' win fell away, but we crept
slowly towards the mouth of the hay
and again approached the war canoe
commanded by the savage brave.
He now showed signIs of friendship
by holding ip two *cocoantits ; but
the 'nstant hle caeic within sim of
the captain, who stood ufpon the puiar.
ter, he dropped his riuts and Suezed
his arrow and bow, and, 1i0 a
frightful scowl of defiance, was ab.)Ilt
to twang it, wheII the captain level
led his rifle and shot him lown. The
treacherous warrior,uttet in a shlrit L,
fell back over the guial'' of the
ennwe, and, colling ove rh; -ad, stun k
with the bow antml arrow iln his grasp.
The natives who maimed the canwe
did not appear to take part ni Ith tlir
hieftain, and the now 'Al leapled
verb1oard atl held their heads above
water. inder the lee of t.:i hats.
We (Jlli ed tihei 110 iljury. adi,
soon d roing astern, th ey again
juipled into the canoe and paddled
1or the foot of the bay.
.i n1i" :ense fleet of war canoes,
mivim-d I .htnmdreds of bran1 ny wai i
.:.: :ane ptiuring out of tie river,
voitd craft, liKe a nigh'.y hillw
while from1 eve ry direction :alvmled
sma'.ler fleets, all concent trating ahetaI
andi of the bamLi , to act in concert
r ith the king's lotilla.
The wind was quite ligmt, and it
was i:no esible ifor us t.) ecape. h he
.a; tainl Very justly rmreta
a retreating enemyl) (i eoaiens ti1
urIsuer s.' We accord tigly tunea
lboit, and ste.,red for tie fut of
The tilla L're down Il"
ls, the N arriors clantint g thC %: r
;oIg int te liltt r idus c u, ubich
was takenl up1 andt rllekd klerl the.
Jay, by thousandS of vices, accm.
wart cotich, nd the soul i tir i
ule chrtiIs, of tIe flat side of Oh
paddle blades striek , i iNlentlr aiaisit
Ote side of the canoes. Ns tm-I then,
etwenCI the chorus, th1- king :itl
principal bIaves stol u;mn the omt
iggers of theirt re'; ee tive canes,
ivered specbes tLo cheer their fo!
lower-s t- thme onset. S. prt- at was
the dlin that the caplftiai ut-oret
to use his speakinmg truipet t ih
I hadl heard of the In11:0i nar
whoop, but tiever* lbefore hi:l r ealiiz di
its terifyitng itnfluentce. As n e w ete
silent, anid returned nmo ianswb
yell, the savages took uis t.. be
feeble amti few ini onobmmler tt:at thmo
coid I do as thtey pleasedi nithm us.
erieed tlte captaini. 'Attintt-cr, tmtt
the armn-ch est !' rangie forty miets
itt the trutnk andi fort v on the witd
lass .' shot the eighicencls wi th t he
A\ htrge ettnister cmintind tI whuti
ilred and lifty hlls ; a sinle- d
Voc ftromi atn eighteeti lpon ier atgi I
a host of sava ges \withtin iulet
'lhm crisis hiad no w arrIived ; thle
hitt's fluilla closed in ut ut ust ;t :m
n'itht a terrible yell, LIe wham i
itihomhed a votlley' of arrtows at our
vesse'l, tha t brmistl ed in the how hi ii
:iggittg. The Iy seettned t-i thintk thi-m
selves anid thteir arrtows titite invinci
ble, and expectedl to ste uts, htke the
wh ale whten har-po'1nedl, go itot out
flurry:.' It wa:s now ourt tutn to
chant our' n ar-.song. 'lte crew stetid
tatn had a cutilass swinginmg by his
sideC, a pa'ir o i bo ang pistol s illI his.
he.lt, atnd near by stood hsis pike.
'Yaw' hter (iif htandsome-ly !' said1
the canptaint to mno - keep tho hbroat
side parallel to the fleet ! Give them
a ball from the six-pounder, to spalsh
the other side.
' Boom !' This ' war-yell' check
ed for a moment the impetuosity of
the warriors ; blit upon looking
around and seeing that no injury had
been done, they took it for granted
that it had only been a spout, or
groan, or death three of the 'sea
fnoinster,' with whom they expected
soon to have fine sport. The king
and braves now urged their followers
again to onset with their energetic
11Ulls. Again they closed upon
us, amid discharged a volley of ar ows,
which slightly wounded two of out
Crew, and one grazed my head too
near for conifortable and composed
rfclectionm.
' Rake the fleet with the broad.
side!' roared the captain. We gave
a salhite accodingly.
Fur a brici Space the vessel was
shrouded in smoke, and we reimainied
in doubt as to tihe amount of dan
:1ge we had done. The war-yell had
ceased, aA now as the smoke dis
persed, we Saw a scene of fearfu de.
vastatioi. Many of the canoes were
shattered into peices, which floated
.aut upon the water, clasped by lii
an a11ns, wh1ile sot.e were riddhled
a1d fast Sinking. the natives
hut di6ahied had jiuijed overboard,
:mid their heads were btobbiig i up animd
dwn Iunder the lee uf their respect
ive Cu(C.s. '.his is a feat always
I erTortned by the warrirs when
noUr6ted, even when engaged in coi
bat it linen like themlselves. By
his mait-uvre they are shielded
rmomxi a direct ed arrow, and canl occa
djna1lly Iick ofi all adversary the
o:le IS Amlerican Indians inl ' tree
li hting' or skilking. u the ea
ue arnd fragments lay the dead
a.nd dv ng, gruaning ini agony and
iw ~I it.; for mercy,
0 %WbjickjxahneeCd in the
'.oppositc t-de ( Ie
1.1 ea to be a.
ie dre:oalmn' a1:11uglter we had ciem
.it ted ; fo'r I they Pressel Onl
ul, chiitin the wai-Son !k They
tdicover the,:ir. sad mista!e
aili it waS too late. (lr e w had1111
i C i, ali e I, ain.1 il In eckless
iu -try :anolng the warriorS.
- at.er theyv htl leaped over
. i- wirthy of particlar
I. that one ')li e chief stood up at
mi-.y to the~ shore-, hbeing proof
in31t ou h llts
Thit Clearl bhic (-r o thk is hea
lif, h1 w.! d v,- Iedl with thet' bljood of,
i:ny a w r.io- ; and11 as tie g-roall
l p urling.s ofi the i ,rtIaIlV
w '-S oeuponl the ear, and11we
"Led ar,011nd upon-11 the speCtacleI, i:
0 a pi : l .ihiig a1d lit art siCkeinig !
'The firin-i. hol vael, amitl the
Wi res ere e -l:ially disi-Sersed.
'lhi- ca-ptail n miiunt1ed the trunk :il
biranii zu11:ed the natits. lie waved his
n t 're:el hlal over thei, aus a fath
r1 i.t' i :i eS li enc~ . alit mclhl thlen
'e .;il ci':ndt hiert :s tili frintiu*
hey.' hLl ei mei to inaissacre him, aund
brI amt thir-ii d'oin irtm the albpo.'.w
.'3Pifmnied withm the ' Sj irit of the
Sun,' to which hoinaryi- lie pciinte-d.
n u:-:ul down underL3 Cover of the~~
a is, ::z.id at hii, in w.enider and1
A\ Ibreze spJng ulilp, amnd we set
2 it w as 10i3j(, :mid e w emre
A\t the timie of the hir-t el-ection of
eni-ral \\L-aingtonm to the l'rtesiden-u
. ii-r wva- a party in 'igii
sh- i: a I ;i a p ltin , shrew I febI
hiuw, foaing ll th tequst.- IC il
.i]. Overcome Till ( tiell-rti amidn
st--' w ah'F s a n mr t ponula cndte faorl
Lciin rod, John sarh- av.i hiiii sehlf
tail th eenir and dvostdt fiendo
unty, co riuenly atotheeltion t
Form a party to be called 'The true
and only Suns of the 1PWber of hid
conifry,' and for that object he sub
mitted to the considgtic'n of the
meeting the Following re'i.olaiti,n
Resolved, That we are :h-e friends
of George Waslinligtun, Es4., aund will
3ustain him inl the comiig d'ection for
President, against all ie v candi
'Gentlemen, tho Clo r is now
About to put the questionlI1. .,The Chair
hiopes that every man. #il delilre
his seniitiienlts, for or , tinst. All
tiose inl favor of the rselution will
,ay "aye."
The rcsporse was liko o shout of
muany voicei.
'.Nw for the oppositio said Mr.
Jones. 'All of the coarary mind
jay uno."
.Not a voice was ic-ar'. The dead
Silenee seemed to coifui0o Mr. Jones
1 little, and lie said, '(; Tiffiheii; do
't(le. Tle Chair can't epide a dis
puted question hen nobidy votes on
*otlher side, so that the <Oluntry may
iOw who are the frielcS of \\ash
U- on this al l, 110 of the a11u(li
'nee aroe :id sai tiat he received
he di!,.'inma:4 ill ub]ic(.h 'the Chair
XaS .aci, ind iii order 'to relieve
iim fion sch a qu:nudary, he pro
so oaiemil th., reition1111, byv
id-lint. tr the me :n of Washi n ton,
ione1s, 'ml the Cimir wsilt now put
he -plestion atsannd.
'A :1 th se who a re in f*yo of Glen.
ra W.1:sWhing:tom fur 19esidemnit and
hni dolles. 1ir Congl.resi .will please<
ay 'ave.'
'A ve -ae !' said J S and his
>r'other? S~nn
The Chwir hesitated li k-"-'put the J
ontrary' said a hitu red ' e
'All op- i-;,set r
vrecives thlat th re:e fi..
tr1' a y; tiey. hai'. e C-e1! here to
Iut. I allh
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44nn' d 4 L- th T ~i ' .. ; 4
14t1 Ihu' (i. 3: l :o:t ,to.4 a a
l4' ofi tho' .:n -in -.'ll -i we e
er i. co:-'i hi f ' l ..h to ui.il' 34 '.i:
heiny retivey Cbeitl.n ed : Je34
invsing bein unaoni) :.4,9 -iI
houchtaif' too bn ing i . in .tI'
hai e (wm, :hio fa r u h n~ toI
u daof e at tei altofhe uisa
a let3d hepfyntd iet it it 0 -eui
cris;e an~nda knt lie (in.)
-8lla. ae maof1 fi l3rod
him, had derived a good deal of their F
influonce from being mixed up with ']
water, and going, as it were half t
way, which there could be no objec- C
tion to. Gin begged leave to differ i
Froin the honorable spirit that had I
jist sat down, and who was so unac- %
:ustomed to be on his legs at all, that t
it was not surprising he ahould have 1
*ailed to make a respectable stand (>n I
the present occasion. (C ries of ' Or- P
c4er!') lie (iu) had no wish to P
:reano confusion. (Ironical cheer- t
!ing from Afrasala.) He under- I
tood thc meaning of that cheer; and a
woulel certainly confess that the hon- v
>rable beverage-for he would not s
iso the stronger term of wine (a f
!aygh)-was iot likely to create t
confision itt any quarter. No; (ti q
ionorable beverage) was riot strong I
M1ou gl for thiat. (lienewed laugh- i
Tr.) lie (Gin) had pei haps, suf- s
cred more froin water than all put r
ogoether. Iis reputation had been u
naterially hurt by it; and h was 0
;troniigly of o1inio1n that the only t
hing to be 'one with water, is to o
irow it overboard. (Jicar, hear.) 0
'k Frenlclh wine, whose lnauso we e
.ill wra leari, let something drop, J
211t we were unable to catch it.
,ape now rose, but was immediately
ou11ghed down in a very uncereioii- C
)us manner. The thanks of the v
neeting having been voted tol Port e
or his alle conduct in the deeanter,
.he inecting separatcd; but not until t
1 conindttee had been chosen, con
istillg oft a dozen of wine and a gal- r
.il of beer, with po sir to add to t
heir number, either by water or r
R
itherwise.
A cariL. nevenge.
In a work recently published in t
[ondon, by ,Captain Millnaan, are to a
Am~Lshe most thrilliP I
it t
-ui foiIg accoun of a Carib's
'even~g! on a sea eal.tain, naned l
lack Diver, on 'Ane of the nar-row t
nu tino Ii ath tf (a ina loupe, is cx. C
:eeuiiny gri.c and11 forcible: 0
\\.- lit. ewas ma king Ip his n vuri,
t ilu k lizgur-e hli'- sO !e: uni e-Cived I:
it i'ls hn lo s ht reeds, OutL of%!llI wh c
:;tite a lW, br..g n n u r
-nind. I I C .1 1 - jiIe Iy u 'a, II
hI patih, at the p.int . the irsl t a- S
h fh e lb iw 0of l, the enimatan spre
P '' I.'-a .. t.ilt J~ t I ~' ' 1
Ia Ir ; t 4 h al S h ell te*4c1s If
.t t Jen li :, nials. VCow-e
- a t.ai ing Ills atte aas- r
/ be tra i .1 . a 1Ic V ivY- Ia
- x 1. re-c I. li:,, ill tI.e I "Ill. lit-11
n.I s ho iv t i, t Ir the cule si
tie luan 11w a a 1rds l g.l
the h ;,w it atoce.
I , I a I : . I I a 1. .l a ;l ei tt I 1S
e I hh thc' ho ll fi~e tei ed
1 't th' ien I-n d :in il, which .
I Ieno-: ~ f aied the ' tlaw 1-L
il : ; . 'I ', hi 1u totltL l the i heAL- fi
iuel s.ronger )iva, . itha hihl str
I. hit.:, his feetlS e iati) tuhl, hne byC 1:
neo ca not t >tra, on thei treo
.io0 hl00ure. I. t larse wast s
-:vr 11'111,a tlwale:: lit)te air, ith a10
anlatiw il aiof.& l thea oaset :ai ga a
'a abn nt they telle emi t stthe oCI L
a te . I 'C e e f~ "lPse Jckn. b
.wam' ,nl lij ieyesn i as, ~raiig wt an s
dt n a.chie therib wih iei c
*)SO no: a , heeunie hawk-bthe s
cream echoed along the valley.
.'he turn is to be made-can the
orso recover himself? Yes, mad
lened as he is, he sees the danger
astinctively. His speed slackens,.
e throws himself on his haunches,
Ath his forefect on the very brink of
he precipice. One more chance!
lie blind, infatuated man remains on
is back. Again the horse feels the
tingS of his deadly persecutors;
gain he plunges fbrward, striving to
urn quickly round the corner.
tound, and he is in comparative
afety. On a sudden, from behind
, buttress of projecting rock, then
tart across the path three dusky
armns, flinging their arms wildly in
he air. Then was heard that rare
nd awful sound, the shriek of a
orse in the fear of certain and com
ig (leath; when swerving on one
de, he lost his Footing on the slippe
y shelf, and struggling madly, but
usuccessfully to recover it, he fiell
ver and over- -down- -down- -a
*iousand feet down! From the sail
r's lips there came no cry. But
nee more the lawk screatned, A
liljous feast to the ants and the
ohnny crows!
The following paragraphs in refer
ice to the politeness of the French
- find in the editorial correspond.
nee of the Albhay/ Eccning Journal:
'We had not been in France twen
v minutes before our ideas of French
oliteness received a shock. French
ten permitted ladies to clamber into
to 'diligence' unassisted, and com
ellel them to occupy the poorest
nts wber in the cumborsome ve
ie. I have never yet met with an
Lnerican-not even in the wilds of
le Wyst--who would not off6r a lady
bI st seat in a etage coach. But a
4nchman does not ot
ir MTak , it erina coac, car, or
unmilhus. They may be polite in a
all roo:n, but they are not po!ite in
hat for which Americans are most
elebratel, and which, in my poor
Iiiion, aflords the most conclusive
videIce not only of true politeness,
t of godlness of heart. A natiin
hh-h has an instinctive veneration
) 'o is t., best ift to man,' and
hich maiitests that vonuration by the
iost de-lieate attentions on all oce.a
1,1, caninot lie ihr from the verge of
Stook partitculaIr untice of this
arateristic of wlat I had been
mlighIt to consider the nvst polite na
)It in, the worl. I have seen a
man St and ten minutes at a rail
)ad olice, (joth-d onl all Sides by)
ostachoed gent"leen,) endleavor
to pr r aticket. No one
.aele to feel called upon to make
m'Ill fir her, or to aid her in any
av 141 g't ot iif the crowd. I have
IeI anther stingling to get into a
ir, wit h a chil I anI satchel in her
ros, surroundcid by a score of
'rnhmn who ely watchied her
-nitless elf->rt., but miade no proffer
L iasitane. I have seen others
ugly pushed back that a polite
'.r----iih amght first muake his exit
';t of ain omnibus. But I did unot
-e any' one offerz to assist a lady,
abr mi her aiscentr to or descent from
.i poblic conveuane. 1 hauve seen
nlies rouhly j. stled friomn the side
akonthe Ilioulev-ards---.where, if
ny where , you imight look for polite
ess-andu' ini eros-ing from Dover to
dand from BKiulogne to F'olke
~oe, I have Eeen Frenehmen
retced ou t at full length upon so
i, hile latdies could' fmdi njo places
set dliwn. JBut I never saw a
'renehmanu disciuomoe~ himnself to
iea hlyv. All this may seemn
cceryj-hal--an.J so I would have
Lticime it but for the evidence of my
* uerwicans may lbe ignorant of ma
y ofthe highuer buinesof polite.
buifonle ofth oUsalNa
an'sol tre at woman as cavalier
-as Fr enehmueu, 'reat them, there is
't a b'ackwoods~mant east of the
.oeky M~oun'tains who would not
ulamteer to pitch him into the Mis
aSipii.
N ur is this inat tention induced by
ant of appireciationl orn the part of'
.e ladies. I never saw gratitude
11)re getnailly ex pressed than whlen
venerbl Phuiladelphuian, with gen
ino Yunkee promptness, extricated
lady, with a pretty little 'responsi
ility,' from a crowd at a railroad.
atiojn. When he had procured a
cib fnr her he hlcd her little ono until
in French-not a word
however, he would have U,1ideru
but for her eyes. They were .
fectly intelligible. In reP ;
thanks the kind-hearted 6ld-1:
mats said, 'It's all righ -
just what any gentleman.i
done.' 'Anglais I' inqired IN
tie French woman. 'Notb
shot. I'm Yankee all over
A New test of vaitiia.
Not long siuce--no matteri;beio.
-there was a great revival p
the colored people-at least:1 6.6
been told so; the. work went br-vely
on, many, it was hoped, had .been
happily snatched like brands frow the
burning pile; nevertheless, it wis very
apparent to sonie of the more eXpbris.
enced, although much had been done,
much still remained to do-that
whilst many, very many, were aO
knowledging the truth with their lip
there was reason to suspect unbelief
'was sitting very heavy at their
hearts.' One of the most zealous s04
imfluential of the negro preachers at
work on the occasion to which I refep
felt it his duty to. test how faithis
dreadful impiety extended, and he
Soun seized a favorable opportuiity
for doing so.
le publicly announced, that a
uant of faith was orle of th0 most
common, and at the same timo daat
gerous feelings that could possess the
human mind, a sin that did most bo:
set and retard the progress .of'ma
'an anxious seeker,' 'he would .$,-14
occasion that evening to chiarhfhi;
dear hearers on t. at im prtda,tik
ject,
le proposed a test of this kind;'4
refer to a few of those- instcO01
the. scriptures which wore m o*A"ax'4'
to be credited b the
? tid, and, as he wu1tTfg
that whosoever did not e ift
must, as a penalty for theiro bdurri
cy, and as the ounly reasonable hope
of being paidoned, drop a sonzethdnq
inu de Poor Box!
Silence gives consent, so taking .I
for granted, as none ohjected that all
present acquiesced, the preacher first
called attLeii-)L1 to the history of
Jonah, how he was swallowed by a
whale, lw he % as chawed up like a
piece of tobaccu, how long hie lay i4
the whale's belly, and then, how ho
was spit up again, wihole as ever, ta
king care ihenieve-r he came to any
startling portion of the narrative, tQ
stop and ask the questioin, 'Oh, dQ
you believei my dar Broders, Oh, do
you believe i
Those whon he addressed, reme,
bering the penalty agreed upon, re,
spjonded very proniptly; 'Oh, yes,
my dear Broither we all believe, Y
all believe !
Fmnding nothing was to be maade
by this tack, lie tried another, and
yet another, but w ith lao better suc,
cess; lhe coul noct beat to winudward,
any way hec coula tiim his sails; the
poor box, was a poor box still, sa'
empty as ever!
1ie, at last, as the pugilities say,
made hanse f up (or misebief;' he
threw his whok s:.ul inato one last
grand effort, bawling with stenatorian
voice, in broken sobs, the big tears
meanwhile COUrSIng each other down
his cheeks, 'Oh, my black liredren,
it is my duty to tell you, after all
you Cain do, you is berry unprofitablo
servant, berry black inside as well Ra
out; oh, how heavy is thae burthenl of
y'our smls; my spirit grieves fo y'ou,
amy bow'els ot compl~assiona gron fop
you; so much so, that I freqmuently
tmak tf you whaean you don't take tho
trouble to tinik of yourself; berry oftsi,
at muidaight, on Lerry cold iights,
when you all got~ your eye shut under
your blankets, 'sleeping berry loud,'
but necber dIreamaing you may nebes
wvake up to see do next day, don I
ama on nmy knees on de hard "floor,
celd anad shiverin,. pjrayiing for gou,
p)rayin~g Er 5ou, praying~ for g.om~
praying fir you! Oh do you be.
hievo, hroder Sinner, do you be.
hieve t'
At this moment, a voice was hear4
issuing from tito reinotest porper of
the room, mneekly replying:
'11iand round de b'o.r, Bra. (ag
abbreviation ol' brother,) JIgigg$yes,
in somcCneIa,for. I n~' iela, 4
must trow U. 8omethingqf, I o]
boee*, I do&g I/flie
liec / ve
A void the man a ihW
owes him a livin. p wprIo~e
nio man a living Vi il he 4at