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The Students.
The guilty youth conscious that he was detected , struck by the recollection of his deliberate baseness , the mean acts and slanders by ivhich he had undermined the affections of Alice , could not meet the eye of his generous , outraged friend , burying his face in his hands , he rushed from , his presence . On entering the apartment of Herbert an hour later , Mowbray found him destroying the picture which had been the fruits of his night ' s
labour . " I see , " he exclaimed , " the result . " Herbert looked up" you have read rightly—all is over . " The Cynic held out his hand ; " I come , " continued the broken-hearted youth , " the world is a desert now—have with you—to the cloister or tiie grave . "
The Emperor And The Locusts.
THE EMPEROR AND THE LOCUSTS .
IN the reign of the Chinese Emperor , the good and wise Tai Zung , a cloud of locusts was sent upon tbe land , to destroy the harvest , whenit is written by chroniclers—Tai Zung , whilst his people were some wailing , some stupificd , some despairing , ate of the locusts , and God straightway devoured the whole swarm ! . May we not learn fortitude of the barbarian—gather wisdom from the heathen ? AVho is there among us that at some time hath not his
locusts ? Peter Ducats was a nestling of high fortune ; a creature pillowed on down , and rocked in a golden cradle . The whole world was made tributary to his wants , his wishes ; he grew from childhood to youth , and tho blossom that in due season becomes a fruit knows as much of human ills as he . Pain and miseryand shame and want , were mere words ;
, he had heard them , —and they were to him sounds , no more . Happy Peter Ducats ! Time passed , and took away no pleasure , brought no evil to Peter ; be married , and became a father . When be thought of his wealth—of his beautiful wife—his blooming child—of the whole army of friends that praised his every word , watched his every look , that in
all things did linn lowest reverence , —Ins heart grew hard ivitn constant fortune ; and he hugged himself , the chosen one of fate . He trod the earth as if for him it never could be opened—he looked into the sky , calling the future a cunning fable . He felt himself invulnerable , immortal in his wealth . Years fled—civil war began—and the prosperous Peter went forth a beggar from the land . Half his possessions had been seized—he reeled , staggered beneath the blow ; the loss fell like a bolt him he became a whiningirritable wretch ; his proud , and
pamupon ; , pered stomach could not digest one bitter morsel —he could not resignedly endure one locust , ami he was therefore driven forth by a whole swarm ! AVhat a graceless reprobate was Captain Bang ! Never had man such a choice collection of oaths—never was trooper more prodigal of evil speech ! In an unlucky season Captain Bang was made a prisoner
by the gout : the calamity made him furious : no doctor would twice approach him—no nurse would tend him more than a day . Let the truth be said ; the gout made Captain Bang a perfect devil , lie was one d ; iy in his higher notes of execration , when every man , woman ,
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The Students.
The guilty youth conscious that he was detected , struck by the recollection of his deliberate baseness , the mean acts and slanders by ivhich he had undermined the affections of Alice , could not meet the eye of his generous , outraged friend , burying his face in his hands , he rushed from , his presence . On entering the apartment of Herbert an hour later , Mowbray found him destroying the picture which had been the fruits of his night ' s
labour . " I see , " he exclaimed , " the result . " Herbert looked up" you have read rightly—all is over . " The Cynic held out his hand ; " I come , " continued the broken-hearted youth , " the world is a desert now—have with you—to the cloister or tiie grave . "
The Emperor And The Locusts.
THE EMPEROR AND THE LOCUSTS .
IN the reign of the Chinese Emperor , the good and wise Tai Zung , a cloud of locusts was sent upon tbe land , to destroy the harvest , whenit is written by chroniclers—Tai Zung , whilst his people were some wailing , some stupificd , some despairing , ate of the locusts , and God straightway devoured the whole swarm ! . May we not learn fortitude of the barbarian—gather wisdom from the heathen ? AVho is there among us that at some time hath not his
locusts ? Peter Ducats was a nestling of high fortune ; a creature pillowed on down , and rocked in a golden cradle . The whole world was made tributary to his wants , his wishes ; he grew from childhood to youth , and tho blossom that in due season becomes a fruit knows as much of human ills as he . Pain and miseryand shame and want , were mere words ;
, he had heard them , —and they were to him sounds , no more . Happy Peter Ducats ! Time passed , and took away no pleasure , brought no evil to Peter ; be married , and became a father . When be thought of his wealth—of his beautiful wife—his blooming child—of the whole army of friends that praised his every word , watched his every look , that in
all things did linn lowest reverence , —Ins heart grew hard ivitn constant fortune ; and he hugged himself , the chosen one of fate . He trod the earth as if for him it never could be opened—he looked into the sky , calling the future a cunning fable . He felt himself invulnerable , immortal in his wealth . Years fled—civil war began—and the prosperous Peter went forth a beggar from the land . Half his possessions had been seized—he reeled , staggered beneath the blow ; the loss fell like a bolt him he became a whiningirritable wretch ; his proud , and
pamupon ; , pered stomach could not digest one bitter morsel —he could not resignedly endure one locust , ami he was therefore driven forth by a whole swarm ! AVhat a graceless reprobate was Captain Bang ! Never had man such a choice collection of oaths—never was trooper more prodigal of evil speech ! In an unlucky season Captain Bang was made a prisoner
by the gout : the calamity made him furious : no doctor would twice approach him—no nurse would tend him more than a day . Let the truth be said ; the gout made Captain Bang a perfect devil , lie was one d ; iy in his higher notes of execration , when every man , woman ,