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About The west shore. (Portland, Or.) 1875-1891 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 1, 1879)
THE WEST SHORE. February, 1879. 36 TROUBLE, n.a MM ''' h '' '"' ' Wild aching haarU wa atnaa to tiear our trouble, Though Mrtnn aurreudrr to tha killillK pain l lii I. iimi in I'll ara lull ol wounding itubliln, To iroa Um goodnew ol Ilia gathered tmiii. With arhlng ! nil wa atruggle on iu Borrow, Keek lug eutna nomlort in our luml umhI, 1 h iliimaJ day iimy l.av.. a bright to-morrow, Anil all our truablne be aa " pracioua m il " Aa prerioue eead within the hi-art'a reoeeeoa To germinate anl glow in fiuitiign rara, 1 1 Ui in a, lova, hna, faith ul all that lilaaaoa, Anil lurtua tha hurdeu of our dally prayer. With Btblng heart, w 1 1 mi;' In heaTen'e evanguL, Tha beeutilul, the g I, tha true, tha iure, ('omtniinieg with u alwey Ilka good anuria, To help ua in Uia aurTeruig wn endure Iu l I. Ui euler and aualain afflictlnna la tha ' , j i'Ii' 1 1 ' whli'h wa all acquire, liar trthulatlou. ara tha harah raatrirtluua In oonautnmallniia wa an much daaire. With ai Iiiiik haarla lila'a Utile alill maintaining;, Tha ialn, Ilia (rirl, and death . falalMawlUtl, A iaauaa wa aawept without complaining, Ho weary an wa, auiluua fur Iba and. Alaa, an a. 11. binning fm tha auding, Kui that rwlreehliig mat that prarlniia , 'lliat rainnon liarilaKr, hu( i mnprehaudlng, Whan all our haait aohea ahall loraaer oaaaa. . . 1 NDHAVOR. n ). 1, Miiamviv. Aa tha a 'till mnaaa on, a weary algh MNMI tha hia ul tha Huer-hy, And uudat 1 Inuda car eunny akjr Ktnala ... il, out tha moaning nrj , Will diMiaiiiiUnriil erar IU lha Iruil ol .era and toil r The only ni, lu. 1 u tba anil llul pain li.r MJ amlrator F A a 11.. world mi. ... on, how little gain Comae from lha labor ol hand ur brain ; Man .. hi in doth tha goal alUun, Ilia graailaal ril.nU ll. n r.m . 1 1 ti latad nerer. Yet, n, 1 1 tlic daiknm an I tba gloom, I ba aaluad rba41l.it yet mar Idooia, II wa I. ul atlll an laatnl A. lh. world tnmm ou, wa allll will aliiYr, -With 1m. MONtl kaap our bona allae, for without efli.it n u. ,an IbriTw. A awalaaa li n. in manbuod'a hln hknakl m MMnM fwwaaat. We'll gtrd MJ IMJM Im th. alnl., Aad 11.. Mr twilling ith lit, (onliaava our ae.laaeor III! DleVMOND PIN Y M ISMas The drlcMura of i ht- N, Ymk jxilur foivc ran loll many a ruiimis lalcof lhrli.inniil llun Ugh lingrird enemies, the pltkfi mIomI thteVOfl wlin iiiicai 1h.1i ofey. AaWMg thoaa i tin following Hue Hon, Mnatad i the writer by an experienced orlicial, now in chaige of a piecinct, but formerly one of the "Chiefs' shadows," as the detectives were familiarly called : The event occurred some years be fore the late civil war, when the cel ebrated Astor House was the head quarters of the political men, great anil small, who visited the metropolis. A gentleman from a neighboring city (whom simply to designate we will call Mr. Drayton, although that was not his real name) was stopping at the famous hotel while engaged in some political business, and one afternoon he strolled Into the office and happened to meet a friend who was of the opposite political faith. At the period in ques tion there was much excitement in the country over some election excited discussions of the political questions be fore the people, were of common oc currence whenever men met at hotels, in the cars, and in all bi'r-rooms and other nil CM of resort. As was to be expected, therefore, Mr. Drayton im mediately became involved in an argu ment with his friend, they standing near the clerk's desk and not very far from the circle of arm-chairs around the office. As the discussion grew warmer, their voices were uncon sciously raised until the loungers in the office began to drop their newspapers to listen to the leally able remarks of our friend and his opponent, and at last it well-dressed person who had for some time been sitting quietly near the dis putants, arose and coming forward with a courteous air apologized for intruding himself, and with a few well-chosen words iimged himself politically against Mr. Drayton and as an ally of the lat ter'l Opponent, The general appear ance and manner of the man were so thoroughly gentlemanly that no oflense was taken at his action on the contrary he was welcomed by Mr. Drayton as an intelligent and worthy UtagOuUt, and bj the other gentleman as a timely Maittant As the ranveraation pn gresseil, this strange! gradually took iqxin himself the whole task of con fi outing the arguments advanced by Mr. Drayton, mid Anally by bis Rrmneaa of tone nd eloquent preaentation of ar- ginnc-iit aim, .st silenced the latter gen llcni.ui, who listened with leal admira tion to bis Opponent1! powerful logic mm! poUahcd language. Of a sudden the siiangn paused a moment, looked huinrdly at hit wau h, and remarking that iheit interesting conversation had caused him to forget a business engage ment, he frankly held out his hand to the two gentlemen ; and then, just as he was leaving, he turned again and put ting his left hand in a friendly way upon Mr. Drayton's coat lappcl, he offered a final and conclusive remark on the topic of discourse, at the same time emphasizing his words by tapping gently with the fore-finger and thumb of his right hand on Mr. D.'s shirt front, in which blazed a very large and valuable diamond pin, which had for many years been in the possession of its owner. The stranger then gracefully bndc the gentlemen good-day, and left the hotel. In the course of the day Mr. Drayton discovered that his diamond pin was gone ! lie searched every where for it called the chambermaid and questioned her made known his loss to the clerk of the hotel and to his friends, and finally went to a newspaper office and inserted an advertisement offering a large reward, with "no ques tions asked," for the return of the gem. The next afternoon Mr. Drayton re ceived a note requesting him to call, alone, at a certain house in a low and dangerous portion of the city, near the notorious " Five Points," then well known as the lurking place of the very worst class of law-breakers. The note stated that if he came in good faith, unaccompanied by any police officer, and with the stipulated reward, he would receive his pin and would be permitted to return uninjured but that if any trickery was attempted on his part, it would be detected, and failure of his mission would certainly ensue. Being a man of courage, and an imated by a strong desire to recover his jewel, he went at the hour named, alone, with just the amount of the promised reward iu his pocket, and on arriving at the designated house, or rather shanty, be tapped at the door in the manner indicated in the note. In a few moments the door was opened from the inside, and to the utter aston ishment of Mr. Drayton there appeared the blond countenance and gentlemanly form of the courteous stranger with w hom he had held the political argu ment the afternoon before at the Astor House ! For a moment Mr. Drayton was un-