THE WEST SHORE.
February, 1879.
36
TROUBLE,
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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.
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1 NDHAVOR.
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Aa tha a 'till mnaaa on, a weary algh
MNMI tha hia ul tha Huer-hy,
And uudat 1 Inuda car eunny akjr
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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-