.' 1
" f
1 1- l A U"Ml-H.
ill V I'll V
I 'iii iii. i
III
-'' , "ifji-T" ' i i r-frt-litc'nl ,
J . I- . - I ,
'J
' - . :. . ' . ' ,
, ; T-rr -JT : ' ' 1 "7" i
j ' ' t . . ' . , . ' .. . . .
1
Ml u. r !,
hi in
U!
f .i ..
. the :ttAJittakio ;CnttistiAic3 o$al
' . ' "V. ' ,
tfctn Tnn iti . tniKnM Kki ft. ihl K Kn. ! drnnri
WbOT HiMeegen teart ticket tbrotlgi;'.
-No ftf for IWm U tbirt toayr'
... t i
.Foi iisilt U bluuolf c& way.-
if .' 'l
, ;, Which poiuU tb Wljr U bwtu elArl4
. ThrougU tanotlt dukf vxd drory toe, . .. ,1
It abbwi tk 7 tafUrj Uirotiglu iH
tiod'a ! th trt tro "rttW, '
.uiiica anteaxn engine aou iu
' Hiea all hft w'oalJ'w gtorj rliU,'
Muit come to Christ oa him abl le..
And, pr slauvra ia yr iinw, . j
' Ala atntiou ao tha line, " !-'
, , J f ou Ul rtpcat m4 tarn f ram ala , i ,
.A Tba IraaV wHl tup a ad Uka yoa la. -
Cone tow, dear frif ads, tba far t free, '
Sa wait aloVf an J go with mej ;
JAd1 ahea wa reaeh tilt peaceful ahora , ,
' WaA ViJ tbla ea traia o ror. , r ,
JtlClUUD.DOL'BLBDICK.:
In (be Jr ono tho$iftd iereri hnndred and
ninctj-nioe, .a'relatitV of tuioe .ctab, liming
dowo, on ft, to tbu town ofhilbjam ,1 call
it thw town, tycauso if tnjbod preseot koowi
to-tcttrybtnro-ltoeljcsteretitls
tliose tears ooulJ beat! ihoat totr!
dik, raiurocil to ilrespotMO. h ''
other tjfficfrr lie :was &ttfasedrfwb!cOj pS I lijibf twhii jopii happe'p, , ,kpow e?en letter I obedience to bis gesture, ' in 3 ''IT!-V
Ia bi wortt motnenta Jhe vontd nthejrlurD back
Wd o my distance dot ; of bis way' than encdan
;ier)Joe two handsomd, darkf-Tf!g!t':ey'es.iVH
dnej;f Wn rivite Ulcbr(l PpuT)leckcatne
oot o( tha IMack bole, where ballad, beeo poaung
tbefffit figbt-aod forty hours, ttid in whiehite;
trcit'brpcni a'ood pt'Ma : timei be- Was
orde'rcH to betake "biuasclf to Captain Tannton's
Quarters. 4n the etaJe and ejualjid state (if. a
man just out pf , the Black bfcle, he had Ices fan
cy than ever for being seen- by tba Captain ; but
be was riof so road yet ss to tiwobey Wdcnr,' and
consequently went up to tbe iertaee'overlookinff
Uie parade ground where the officer a quarters
were :-wisiiog and breakings straw in his.hsuds
la-lie' went.along,'t bit of the Straw that had
formed'the5 decorative furniturb of the lUlsck J
hole.
- . - . r . J r m
ij no other intw i, , A tnuv. soldier, poor
br though you called him jtst nowhas.tlus
sdydotsjre, iq r-f orwy uyes wc live ip, that he
altay does "blii'duty before lpst of. sypjpathia-
ing wititsses JDa you doubt that he may so jlo
it sa to bo, exi rolled through, a irbqle .regimni,
thjough tt whojenroij, inyyha whole coootrj ?
Tqri,wbil jou may jet retrieve; tho paat ao
i ' '
V?,4t I wiUlrlsk rpronlypniC.wjtnessraircried
JlLhard, wiih a burstinc Jbesrt.
, I Krtertand you., ; I will be a watchial and
" Come in I" jCTicA tbd Captain, ( when , pe
knocked with his knuckles at the door. Private
Klehurd Doubledick pulled of his ea'p,; took a
stride forward, and felt very conacious thst he
stood in the light of the dark bright eyes. ,y
There was silent pause. Private Xlichard
Doubledick had put (be straw in his roeutb, and
WRi gradually doubling it, up into hwr windpipe
and choking himself;, 4. ,(yKr. , ,ty
"Doubledick," said the Qaptsin! do you know
wberejj?uji8 omgjo f , -
if ' i. i :i 'in r. i. ti i i - .11. i j - . j. -
, V7 iui,oeiiejje; ij sir,u iow, - snivcring mwas iriasa naacviT?oa(i,'C3 avooas apijcaa sipp
tfcci sid PrTSe Aehard.bJubfedict.; ( tne wet clay. Major5 Tasato'a'i iiiZttr
't oV man in antitldo cirf do hb'duiy.f opene'd at tVe'oreait'anru'llurvaat
Mth.-younUniU tlegiof )bloo! ?
7f his fwn res' pecV v'a If his cise "'ihuuld be Par ?oiH JyWj
MerVnofornnate and'soTerrar that Re titi .Yor the loveof Heiteii. i" L";Te'-J--1 h
- J r M T t r - - r -- ' - v T r v - .t t
otiW, knfeeTin fiown beside blm ttnd passing Us
arm round his neck' W raise Hi 'teaVf.' "Tiii.
a faith W on,','
fi'r t;
eini.ttMuioro tbsoJ Co.; Ho sua poor travel
ler, with 'nut a farthing ia his pocket. He sat
by there In this very room, snd be slept one
night io'a bed that will be occupied to night by
some one herel ; i , r,
: My relative came "down loChahara, to enlist
in a cavalry rcgimcat, if extralry regimeut would
have him-; if not to take Kiog George 'a shilling
from any corporal or nrgcaof who would put a
bunch bf ribbons in his batr His object was to
get shot; but be thought he, might as well ride
to desth os be at th trouble of walking.
My TelatitcVehistiaa name was RicKavd, but
he was better known as Dick. He dropped his
tiif,
f (To the devil, air, faltered Doubledick.
. ".Yes,, returned the (Csptain. .?" And very
Private Itichard Doubledick. turned the straw
of the llbck hole in his mouth, and, made a
own surname on the' road iown, and took up tbat
of Doobiedlel -ITe twaVpassetl'as ! It ichard
Doub!ediclrrsgT twVnW-iwo f Vefght,1 Gve foot
ten: native rTce, "Kimouih ) whichlie had ncv-t
' er been near In fctsTlfeT ' There ss no ca valry in
Chatham", when 'h limped vV the iridic' here,
-with half I'sh ioiis dusty foot, so beenl eted
into a regiment of the Jioe, and. was 6 10 Set
drunk and forgot jail about itot . .
: You aro -to knowst this relative of mine Jjad
gone wrong and ruiTfild., iit hcar was To the
right place, but U was taled up. He had been
betrothed to a good and bcatiful girl w houi be bad
Javed3cttethinsherperh8ps
believedj ' bat in an tVH koar, he had pite her
cause id sa to Md, solemnly, lUhard, I will
"never iiarVyanjf other maoil Vill live single
for1 your sakef, but' Mary- Msrshsll's tips hr
name was Mary. Marshall j--" never sddrcw an-
other .word So 'you n?earthf ft-Go,. llchard
. Heaven forgive v jou V-XhU finijhed. Ijitin
Tbis brought him down to Chatham. 0 This tua do
him, private ;;lHchajoubfdick,-jBith-dee'p
determination to ..bo shot. ,4, . ;
r There was not. a more dissipated and reckless
soldier in Ohktham barracks, vihhe year one
thousand seVW 'hundred ' and bioVty-nine,"than
- Private iliehs'rd - Doubledick. lie ; associated
- with the dregs of. every regiment, he was as self
dotn sobtr is hocOttld be, and was constantly an
der punishment. It became dear to the whole
TWracks, that Privaio Ktchafdl)oubiedielc woul3
very soon bo flogged. ;,7:j' ,. ; '
miserable aalutc of acquiesenco. .
" Doubledick," said the Captain, " tince I en
tered his Majesty's service, a boy of seventeen,
I have been pained to see many men 6f promise
going that road but 1 have neycr been so pained
b tee a 'man determined to make a shameful
journey, as 1 hate been, ever sincd . you joined
the. jrcgtmenMolieb-yo'tt." . t " ' ' ; "
Private THchaid Doubledick beqan to find a
. , ... .. . i , . n j
film stealing over the floor at which be looked,
akto to find the legs of the Captain's breakfast
latblotornlog oked as f besfrthem ib're
rwatcr...' . " t.?",?-?
rim only a common soldier; sir, said he
It signifies very little what soch a poor brute
6mea to.L A', , "'- J'-Vv1-'
' You are a man' returned the Captain with
grave indignation, '"of eddcation ' and superior,
advantages j and if you say that' meaning'what
you say,.yotf have sank lower than I had believed,
low low that nlust be; I leave yosi to consider :
knowing what I know of youf 'disgrace) and seo
iogwhat'l.ae.'?i; uf'',vvp-y.
i ' I 4iopo i to i grihot s toon sir,.aaid Private
tticbord J)oubledick " and thenTtha regiment
and the world .iogctber. will.ba rid t)C-oit-f.
-The legs of the table were beeotaiag ery
crooked. i Doubledick, looking op to attsdy bis
r;'l ksTo .iieardrffroM Private JXichard iDoible
dick's own Jips, Iwt he , dropped down .upon his
knes, ktWd itbo officer' hand, arose, aud went
ou of tlw 'ligh. pf the dsrjc bright eyes, an al-
4eTed Btao ,;if -r'f j, i .
' .in tbsi jear, one thousand seren 'hundred l and
-tfieety-Bioethe Prench .were in ,EgJpt, in Italyj
m Oerniaoy,; whr pot J -Napoloon Jaona parte
ha likewise begUnict Ur igtiasb oa lA-Iodia,
and most men could xead ihe, signaf the great
troubles that: were coming oo. vlo. tbt very next
year, wheax wo formed an alliance -with Austria
agajust him, Captain Tuitoalsi rtfeunent was on
serti'oe in Jodia. Aod' tberw was )iot a finer
nocommiesioned''eaicr in-it no, nor- in . the
whole JineA-than Corporal lUchard Doubledick;
aj&?ghijeJaodreUo4Brih6 Indian army
wero on the .coast of .Egypt. --.'Next year was the
year of the proclamation of the short peace, trad
they irere recalled.' It bad then become well
known to thousands of men, that wherever Cap
tairi Tauntoo, .with' the dark bright eyes, led,
there, close to him, ever at his side, firm as a
rock, true as the sun, and bruvo as Mars, would
bej5ertain .to be ibund While life ' beat in their
Warts, Hat' rWoui sofdier, Sergearft -Richard
boBDiedick;;;.:"n
Eighteen hundred and five, besides being the
great yearoTrafalgar was a yearof hard fiVbt
Sng in India; TIrat Jrear .iiaW such wonders doU
by a cjgeant-Major, iwbojcut'lis wa6;in;te.
handed through a solid ma$s of men, recovered
the colors t?f his fegiment'which hsd been seized
frohf th f hand bfas poof boy shot through thft
heart; and rescued his wounded 'captainy who! Was
"TfWrileTto uxj r7m6tbrr JTon 111 see hme
sgai n . Tell her how wo became jfrjends1. , Itwlll
eomfort her aa it comforta me." s j.
' He spoke wo more, but faintly signed tot a. htb
mcht towards his Lair as it fluttered ItitUb iad.
The Ensign understood nitn. ' He'smUad agaid
when he saw that, and gently turning his face ovef
on the supporting area as if for rest, diea, wit,h'
I'm band upon the breast in which ha, hi mir
cd a. souL v V . . ..u-i i . u. ;biiii-':
No dry eye looked on EnSgn Riebard Doivla-
idiekthat melancholy dayr-Ho buried Weid
F-.f. "l'!,iV:riJ"'.t,t'!.ir!?:,'4
uu me ueiu, anu oecame a jone, oereavro, uao
JJeyoad hidoijrhe appeared tf baybut .wo
temaioiog cares in life; ane tb fresetre the lit
tle packet of hkhr-'hrwaa ieigtH TasHitom'a
dowjinJiijLieryr jungloAof "horsed hoofs iiZ
sabres--sa w sue w ' wonder done I say,2 bf this
brave?: Sdrgeafit-Mfljorythat he was especially j
de tb
fWt:'.MypreseVrV, hi &!iUn tntj oy'VU
ness !' DearesCtrjest. kindest 61 o'ulnan'feiir'ri't
Tsunton !( F9r;God'-sakcl ..Z. .
ma 1 i i L ' k lii
i i oa origni, clarK .. eyef-ra teryr?fefy-.earjt
now, ia tba pale aea amiledUpon hinlj and tha
band he had kissed thirteen years Sgo, laid rUelf
fondly on liis'breast. ' ' ';' :'v?-;' 1 '". 'V KA
'!
mother; the other, to enbonntef 'thai Frttth
officer who had rallied 'the men tinef wtosa'fiTa
Taunton fell. A new legend noir "began to ciren
late amim barrroopaj'iriff It was, that when hci
and the Freneh officer came face to face one mofe;
lucre wuuiu ue weepioz m a ranee. , , ,.
v The war went on aod through it went
exact picture of the. French officer.! on tbo vnif
aide, and the bodily reality upon the other-ttotil
the Battle of Toulouse was fought In the returns
sent home, appeared thesO' words i SeTeril
wounde, but not dangerously, lieutenint liicn
ari Don ble&ck.;1-"- 7T7
visionf ,mg the eyes -tha
ence over him. tie put'h.i'lia'ndkforW
eves and tiie breast of . his dtsgrace-jacket following the 'old colours, "shot" throUghand '
At Midsummer time in the year eighteen litfl-.
dred and f.mfteeri, Lieutenant RUkard HUllsi.
dick; noVa browned aoldeHet 'hWy
years of ago came homis to 'rQayfli. -"
Ho brought the. hair with bAO, neaf his hearN.
Many a French officer hard fceseeav sinet thai
day ; mi ny a dreadful n tgitt, is eafeiig- with, '
men and lanterns for his wounded, had fftrtlfet-
ed French officers Tying disabled but the niebtal
picture and the reality had ueyermMoge(heri-
Though he was weak and suffered pain, he lost r
not an hour in getting down to From in Somer
setshire; whereTannton's' mother Kvfedr In the
dsihi
it naturally present
Ensign Richard Doubledick" had risen; from tie 'themselves taT the mind to-night, ' "he was' tie
ranks.'' t;.
-trKbw' the Captain of Itichard Douledick's com.'
pany wasa young gentleman notabove fiveycari bis
enior;whose eyes had an expression in them which
affected Private Itichard Doubledick In a very re
" markahlflrway. 'They' wero bright,- "handsome,
dark eyes whit'are called laughing eyes gener
ally and, when eriduS, rather steady thanfscTere
but, .tiify Wreathe only eyes now Ufi'Jn his
.narrowed-world that Private Itichard Doubledick"
loouldBot tand. t:Unabasbed by :il.f eport' and
vrunishtrfrN dMrf VT?Mr r'-i
welled aslLlt would fiy nsutider,
I would rat her"!' srfidlheTy dung Ca ptaTn see
ih U i ii you, Doubled iclv than '" I would see five
'tWusand iruinea'" counted out upon lb is table' for
a gift to W "good niotn'cr.l: tJsarsjF'vtout ai tnoth-
-rti I am thankful to say she U deadsir." ;
... "it your praise, returned me captain, !'were
sounded from mouth to mouth through the whole
mgiment,thtOTiji
whole obuntry, jou would wish ahw had livadito
Brytwiibryrhio iwdj-oyrfaTyr''
t Spate mOjf sir -f aid Doobledick. y She
would never hayo heard any good o mt. sShe
woh'4 oeyfir have had any pride and joy in Own-
inc herself my mother. Love and compassion
Sue migUl nave nau, auu wuuivi iikvo always uau
I know;' but; not Spare me) sir! ' I.am a
broken wretch, quite at your mercy f-And he
turned bis. Cace to ihe wall, and stretched put hisi
tel. - - : I
imploring baojisjt
i f ly friend r tc"nth 9 Os p ti irtV" -
tli rough, w hie n Ensign Itichard Doubledick had
saved; inspired all brcnsls this regiment fought
its way inrougu ; ine x euinsuiar war, up 10 me
iovestmeTit of Badjjos in eighteen hundred kn
1 twelve.'.-' Again .-and' again it had beeh cheered
Va ' ' &Z,2.ii.ii.r ' rft.' ?j ,
tnrougn iuo iriusn ranks juntu. me rears naa
s'pruhg' fnto men's eyes at! tho 'taerK bearioof
the mighty ,Britib yoicdao exultant in their vaj.
rjndxhereJwassOot-a drummer boy-iuVkOewl
the legend, that whenever two friends, Major
TauntoA.With the dark'bright eyes, and Ensign
RwhariADoledlckTwbowas devoted. . to hlni
were, seeato , go ; tbr mla boldest spirits'; in
the EngKsh army became wild to follow; ;
s Ooe day, "at Badajos-not in lho great Btorm-
ing. but in repelling a hot sally of the besieged
upotf -our meo ftt work iu the, trenches, who had
given way, the two officers found themselves hur-
rying forward4,-' face jto. face, againt !, JpaVty of
French iafantry who made a tacd. There was tn
trffieerratLtheir-hwdcour
- it waa a-gqnday eveiitng ana the Jady sat nt
her T)uictgQrden-widow; reading the BibH; read-'- r';y ;
tng to herseliV: in a tretnMing voicof iha tety ' ': -H
passage'- in it as T havellieard him ell, Ho .1.
hearcltno words, "loung mani say nntonee,- s
arbarN-w - 5 Ar -: ;- ."-V . 'SVJ's ii" " ' ' ' 1
. -.v-':... , - !
'' He had to pass the window j and the bright j
darlc eyes' of his debased tint seemed to look at . ' j
him!4 Her heart told her who he was : she csmo .
to tha, door quickly, and fell upon' hit neck. , '
'f He saved mejiromj
c1i?sTu1rei'oTefrom " !
God, for ever bless him I ' : As He will; He will ( , i
"He' will I the ladyjanswered;4! knoax he j
is inJIewnj-Then' sbaiteously wedf "But, j
0, my darling boytoy arling boy 1- " j
: Nevevfrom thehcur wbea Private Bichard
Doubledick enlisted at Chatham, had the Private, : ;
Corporal Sergeant, Sergeant-BIsjor Ensign, or ) j
. ':vl ii L.!Lii ii'i tl
Lieutenant, oreamea nis nj;oi name, w tu
of Mary Harshallor a word of So story jof his Uie,
into any ear, exeept bis recJaimeVt. ?That prtvioaa .,.
scene in hit existence was "tJoiidvile jbad 4na-
- ' V