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Full Title	The New York Ledger, v. XIII, no. 28, September 19, 1857.
Contributor	Cobb, Sylvanus, Jr.
Date Added	4 March 2020
Format	Newspaper
Language	English
Publish Date	1857-09-19
Publisher	New York : R. Bonner, No. 44 Ann-Street
Source	Dime Novel and Popular Literature
Alternate Title	The New-York Ledger Bion, the Wanderer; or, The Faithless Guardian. A Story of Home, the Ocean, and Other Climes / by Sylvanus Cobb, Jr. Faithless Guardian.
Topic	Dime novels > Specimens. Popular literature > Specimens. Story papers > Specimens. New York County (N.Y.) > Newspapers. New York (N.Y.) > Newspapers.
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OCR cS VOL. XI — BR, BONNER, | E2708 ANB PROPRIETOR, INNER, (NO. 44 ANN-STREET, NEW YORK, SEPTEMBER 19, i857. TERMS, $2 PER AN’ IN ADVANCE. ‘My i No. 28 6, Ne Si Tow we ® LIGHT IN DARKNESS, BY MRS. LH. SIGOURNEY. Ree nght weary travelot til'd al Nowsmb'd tho rocky sep ams pain, Now plunging eros’ plais, Ge grop'd thro’ trac varead, Where brambles oping and pals opoad; At lengtd, thro® clouds that barr’d his way Look'd forth the Moon, with silver ray, ‘pd loud he nog, fa rahe love, What's dark Leow, is light above.” drow oo, theo pak eaknowa ‘The Grave, that nover yet ath sald Enough was wih ty 2 ear lod fy beard a voice, soa dark lost above.” Hartford, Auput 32, 185 Entered according to Act of Congress, in Hoagne Bove n the GiB Sic of art for the Southern District of New York. BION, THE w ‘ANDERER ; THE PAITIILESS GUARDIAN, A STORY OF HOME, THE OCEAN, AND OTHER CLIMES, ¥ SYLVANUS COBB, JR, , ACTION oF onion, TuE coun-mstEE 5” tm 0 WF MOSCOW ;!? 6+ RANA, THE SCOUT,” ETC., ETC. CHAPTER XXXIV. ‘THE ‘Feror’s ‘LAST LESS “You've Kept your ftiend wating, eit” ea Margery, ‘as Bion entered. the Wices where she woe teontant help it, Aunty. I had just come to a aulject co Interesting that I eould not hare iv” “Ae Tins very ntertg ana i st ea aiave' t until it was ye he'll never eave a book with page tiated ihe can help it,” interposed readin’. I believe if or verse’ aut this fora joke; ond as he d d smiled very gen esa felt qlewed, ‘and aniled, too; and her visitors departed, tepped from the stoop ‘rival boy, mean yl Jad and well cov- exe with ditt, ap approached them from the alley that, led to the seat ‘He stopped, as he came near, | ho © aad asked if the Margery | c: -y could tell him where t lived. es Tigh in here,” said Jack, pointing to the door De yee come out from there?” asked the Yea" retumed Jac “Be there a cove in there si called Dion Bess vehate my name,” quickly answered our elt ba, ch?” uted the mosenge, rune his dirtsurrounded eyes over the speaker's m._ “Yeh litle cova Ja a ‘Bog ye But p'Faps ye kno Driset gave somal lor at Sak then with an awful wink—a wink het ad st dirt in thick ridges about the Left eye—he tT you'd diown for a mighty sight worst nor sick ef yer don't 1 He's gota ticket right straight 5 and the ship 5 wasa-inkin’ he’d stop to finish his chapter we ion had al ter set Yim | ed tter go in ef yer goin’. Ef ye stop to Ie treo ew of the steal? “Whe e sick man?” Jack asked ear me we and it made him sick’at heart. But hisanxie- fo his kind tutor in a me overcame the the surrounding wret ess, and. in- tinctively keeping close to Jask he bllowed on ‘The guide led the way to the second floor of the our a having sapped before the Grit door he flee 9 re rie This is the room. Now gia me somethink.”” ® Jack put his hand in his pocket and drew out half-a-dollar. What yo do with this tT Cire it to yer” “OTL ay She's eick, sir, ad bait gota ‘itor You're amasia’ chipper, scems to me, with a sick mother.” “Tow can I help it, sir?” Tiping be ght eyo with. hi “Er I dida fora boy the boy whimpered, ragged, dirty sleeve, be chipper I should die ith 0 give her co much Ef all gentlemen would be s0 good, there Wrouldu’ be 0m ich sulfferin’ down here,” There woulda’t, indeed, sir!” Tack couldn't resist thie. "There was h and natural affection in the boy, after all, He aa through for Volker world an! he's argon’ it fact. | He sem e—I'll show yer the way. With scold ehudder Bion “turned to Jack and eked him i wld go. “Sartin, I'll go. w Why—ger Eee afeard to go alone, be yer?” asked the boy. my evcot Tad—you just clap a stop- er on that eve jawetackle 0 yout’, of youl itd ers with shootn-atare in yer Kead—now he dirty messenger ran his eyes over Jack's stout form, and concluded to keep his tongue to himself, for he turned on his heel and walked away. He his head te treet, fst to if the two were following him, and from tat time tl be reached the place of dex tination, te ee fa bor spoke, He ewung along, wbisling 8 he went; now Kicking bits of th j then shuffling in all bis movements a freedom fro Zestraint wAlch right hare been me feeshing had it for the exceedingly filthy state of the ex- hibitor. The guide kept on up Cattarne sire to Chat ham ; then 0 Cros, 0 whic a fee ‘oor fn om Orange, he stopped tere an old wooden house, and then tarned to his fol- lowers. “Here yer be, sailor-man and sailor boy" te said" Hers where yer'l find ‘im, Here Ma’am Duncan lives, an’ Mister Barney a vher Jourder, Haint we gota garden dowahere? Aint nice? Don’t we live in rich housen, eht Ye'd make a good use of that, me son.” nay poor, poor math- 10 gave "em to m And who ehall I tell her ye ‘os sir?” Tell her "twas old Jack Wallace and Bion Ber oT will, ais-<and she'll bless ye, sir, She'll Pray for ye, sir With this the ‘toy turned and Teaped down the ively ating him he placed his thumb to his wuliar gyratory motions with his o_ what docs he do that for?” ached Bion. can’t imagine, I” “Is sone new way ‘of actin’ when you're happy, | 8 sf hooray shouted the boy, as he decked th “e's very apps? After this they Tarael bed So ha knocked, and presently the ap 3 Bo you the ence he ent for?” "The woe man's voles ery plesk “Ye, WWFelloome rgbt in. T's well nich gone poor maa! But he's good man, gentlemen. This way, srs! BION ADMIRING CORA IN HER NEW ATTIRE. The woman led theway into the first room, where there was a bed, a cooking-furnace of s! sheetiron, w ticles of other furniture ‘and pass aut 5 “pat daring the while Te was edging his she entered a small bed-room w! up to the messenger, whom he caught by the mem with a grip that tuade his ol “Now, you jest us the way to Driscol’s ‘was deeply sunken, but yet oom, you youag Tuber? ight—eupernaturilly Drizht — while. the otber Look srhere—aint yer goin’ to give me nothink arbledike and lifel le ef I show yer up?” . r and smiled, and when he had “Yo ‘dow we up Bist” ‘or’she motioned them to a With that the young, ragamuffa entered the| | “I'm glad you've come,” he eld ia a low, hel Bonse, ad bade them low tone. “The boy found you at Margery’s, Bi ought the lone of Margery Gru In| aida’ he?” ut ‘eainty and filthy a place as there was in “Yea Te met usat the door.” ity ; but he found this locality ons, “Tim glad he found you. But you must excuse that the other sremed a paradise to it. It waster. | me for sending wich a mesenger, "1 could find no other.” ile an pbobare bimsell if o's a mind to” re isto. ‘a bright iitde. oo but Tim afwid boil never make ach Ho has one to care for him “Te has a mother,” interposed the old sailor, mggestvey He has no parents, and no home, ° lives wherever be ean ‘ind working where he can and will, and, I worse when he has temptation aad opportuni E “Bat are you mare he hiint got no mother?” | o sald Jacky erase “Why- mother both died In tte ar hospital of small- POE. But why do yon as” “Q—noth'a’ in patil” Nammered Jack, trying to hide biselagria. “Ton roa ihinka! r? any “O—he's a very well-dispoqtioned boy,” eaid mot Tlis father and “Stop a minute.” interposed Bion. something a teaching is “Did it cost much to” bury him!” the woman came tos pause, He acked the question partly because he bad a desire to know how much it wwoald cost to bury Driscol, and part- ly to fill up the time. The widow shade swep! le face she replied, — “I don’t know, sir. I didn't bury him, sir.” “Ab— iends then?” “¥ ‘Aman came and offered to bury him for “Perhaps you od keto tobave this poor man buried in the same place, “0, no, si eon be done. My boy, sir. was buried ia'a nice place, Tbe man that buried bim was rich. He took it all off ’m my bands, fe wanted to hm to aut Bimoelt iat Twas . at the funeral, Mr. I was af the eral! ulda’t Bave ict him had my boy ooly but he'd “ God grant that you may bet For Bion’s sake, | jet me be at the fonert? I pray God to spare you!” "The woman seet 9 be strangely moved, and ‘As Jack turned away to wipe his eyes the inva | her speech wi Tneateteat, Jack and. Bion Vid was seized with another fit of coughing worse | felt a curiosity fo know more about the aie ot than tho first. ‘They belped bim up to a sitting yy, as her rem: id to indicate Porture, and at a mation of his band the boy gave | that there was something peculiar it; but him a phial that pon the Uiile fale. Tt be wae much grieved that they asked her no contained const! ire, prepared with ions, save the simple request ow bum j and a litle of it till to bejp bin va | ber atte, we, nivel abe informneatheun - former occasions, but it had no effect n can. The fit lasted some minutes, though it] Jac promised to send some one to seemed half an hour to them; and when it was od he was very w faint, breathing with great pain aoa difficulty. “Bion,” be whispered, “you will tell Cora how Lloved | * Ont may God loved en » It makes little difference its old worn-out tone ment. Tien, you va know what I told you last even- ing Tea an an © WellT watted (08 a 7 one thing more, Aunt largery has——” Anoiber ft of coughing interrupted hina, Fora Why-my dear thot, what makes your hand % scold the boy asked. at he up fo have & mother er epoke nor moved. “Yes—he'd be belter off, no doubt “toon 1} «His band is vory cold!” Bion eaid, turning to should Tope he “igi havea better one than he | bis companion, bas d before omen are few who would | “But look at his eyes and lips!” whispered Jack, yn him)? mysteriously. Jack ventured to ook into Dion's face, and Bion “duce Zhe is dead? bappened, me moment to be.making the |The boy dropped the cold band and elated ack fame vente sand their mutual glances seemed to say,—“ Guess we'd better keep silent on this sub- “Tr “net is send? he re Bion haa just tumed to the bed whi was seized with @ sudden fit of eoughing which came wy im with fearful nis him up to a sitting posture, and Though he coughed more easily thus, yet he was severe ed and ra by the effort; and when it nally passed off he was fo atterly @ exhausted, te it was several min- Drircol utes ere he could length be reached out soa ook Bion's Gand casi, and sid, —" God bless ie amet after this he tamed to “Mr, Wallace,” he ead, mening in a rat trying whisper, round tis ad a poor withering plant of humanity, assure you, i great pleasire to ie able to belive i Yon Wil be careful of him Tet him read when he duty weil perm its and one of these days you will sire orld’a man who shall be to the ornament to it’? “That's jest what I mean to do,” returned the old sailor, warmly. “That's the toes ies sir, ANT ho ype is, that I may be spared to ece him grow with the love of only one par tro ean ducing ‘ro on ba g| “No, ”| could not work, For some | God have mercy oa ea coal? ejaculated the ald rile, fervently, Fespon ‘A tow momo they stood and gazed in sllence upon the dead, and then Bion epened the doorand called the woman i tod by the side of the bed. She She came, and took Jeaden band, anc pon the marble face. 08 Wi cpen, and they gave an unpleasant look to the cor o woman closed hen and held them together for eome mo- meni 1 she rd turning to Tack, and epeak- inginek aif eightened, tant tone, “ have you nie hat T ould a“ upon his eyes?” hin” heavier” replied. Jack, pro- olla, “On very, sit. Th ave sy Boing but gire lew to hot pay bis It wan & very Foun gitland he loved er very much. He worshiped h erily worshiped er, Sbo was all he sees Tive for and ho bas been there to axe her when he had to to be helped down the 2 stairs. He w tok fro peuies from his Tocket, and hav- ing "seed them ‘upon the slowed ids by 2 helped the woman tie up the droopi a Sem “You'll Keep” them,” bo aida the hoston handed the silver to him. “I don't want ’em.” take charge of he funeral, an tnd the two visitor then took their are. The widow falloned them to the ball truer ae bade thet adieu with tearfal eyes, and tn ctlerance choked by deep emotions of gratitude, CHAPTER XXXV. LEAVING AN OLD FRIEND. jack's firet movement after leaving the house of death was to “Will fen dollars be enough, air?” asked Jack, wae lenty. T give you ten dollars now you that th the poor fellow is reepectably and gious “Wi ill you not be present?” asked the agent Xa I must go out of the city tomorrow ME WWell_-E will attend fo it, Te shall be buried, sir, with fall Chrietian rites” Jack took out his old leathera purse from his ‘bosom—one that he had worn suspended about his neck fe ad from & ea,added a balfeagte to it, and as he handed the ive pieces to i “There—you'd better take that—Btcen dollars entity bie ny ye can give mm who needs it” ween hase plenty of them, sr—plen tS havo your name, ir for [ball coaster ted a Jars. of “ts as a douation. ‘What o: write, sir? Wiis the man wwasepeaking he had taken down a book and opened it, and was realy to write the visitor's name. “Never mind about any nome ar, Jost say it Yeas a seaman,” replied Jack, n ously. “3a ie Wallace interposa Bion. arpa ‘allace—Jsin Wallac, I prema?” My nanse Te = eat shied then wrote the pame—and boned vey politely a8 the visitors torned ona a after he haa gained the reat, tat It Sou be all I right” ‘or some the two walked in silence. 1 At length Bion ‘Toke up and said— “What do you suppose that Woman meant about baring ber boy? She talked, Kind of ‘cious, aid he ‘a, sartin, me boy,” returned Jack, quick~ ly. “Twas jut iii re that very thing, But Nd | Tcan’t guess “If Tessie ome saul Dia , “ just as thou; che didn’t have ing to do ‘mith ‘is faneral she herelt. Dida't ‘Sonn notice how to ye funeral Toto eeemed to peak asthoagh he rat allowed though somebody elso permitiad « aie present—as ver Me atiend” @ boy. And now what do you mate of nr tat 'y@ think che meant: “Why—l p—I don't repped the maeeat to tel us The he sit whom Mr, Driscol has. raised her head, and while a strange _ Siew oy 3

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