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Show (Orifjtnnl. ' Wtlaiioir, THE LjvST DAYS OF COPEtt-' COPEtt-' "2JI0US, X ALKXAKOCB ,OTT, Xx.vm a iaeauUful clear JilgUt of tho Jar 1544, whett a ycncraMq old itnto, iilTer locks a brow of wondrous depth ami ibwcr, pas elleftUy watcliliig febij study iu tho, little towu or Vcxntca, ! "t'olanjlt tbo moon that looked pla - fldly down, scttding her 6tlTery ray iNlfpyln'i JhfpngJi,tlo yiuc-cntaiilta treea! fjWFrQUqdtog lrjo njiuisloa of lUo louely rUllm? vwffitajfqjed ot.lt the old man L,Vm iio; JsiSi'a, peraqii than tho cthv , Wr 'C!opexnW, "hcrp Wjrlads isf : worldg iprjng up,,f ilj .tyefo.jot (ho Wd-v.'n.fiAb.fprjptncr, Wd-v.'n.fiAb.fprjptncr, fulcllecj.and Imft-. tjoMt Jfojw t9.rilRr, i. Mpv. " . -,'ii . i-.' ,J "jjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjH - 1 1 1 .V-iyttai urrlHhHif.rbyat-itigrt!tj:nw1(tdinfeC;,the5r flight through, -tha 1 Iramedsorahla realms of Jiroe' jt'iid Rpiccl ..Ytja, licto py'hieann of "A tew itfrapW! fristm'raunt's,' jeitlltyciv patidsybntl thollmtuoftny sentbs, star, ; upoil istaranti "upqif tin trDlllttto-'extaten'cel itbd; tru'nsftr jd toc'idca's'.'of fe(irid?.Ii4j" plncss tjtWrig tiraorrg.'iJctngs if prohably na Ihiellect t)ey9Bd:iriy coriccptioa' ;v . '-'Jit thceoOordarthci"plillosopher,'r6sb' froiitjit sctttflBd''aijabodt' ore.UrrV flight, Vtii, nlreadj1 wfearliig oirtowardi, nornfng,'whcnibW;'oId,,s'frTaVt.f tittcrw.layihg;1 '' ' t " ' 1 lev; " i AIuiter4 tlicrp Is a messenger-waiting o ta"k the(forrct:tciI prbpf-shets of-ritar last wot'lcJiackiio th.e'rrintUioifiwl .Be t jdes, t'r,. tlip Ijcflplb; of .-I'raue ntjerg" hare scu.t,t'wice for ySujto 'cornea 'epeedlly'ris p(ja'hlcf to rcpair.thMr. t'csrTof,i,a4s;thcy ar? grqatly suffering (fo'mVftbtofffat'crX l,;V3wciiy,-'ny go'l',)yilfmni, 'X c'vrlU attend W those, tlqtics, replied Copettif- ,r ;"MaMf masttri,i remarkedtho faith-fulfic'rvanti faith-fulfic'rvanti "jiju look' ill a'nd exhausted. I'ray, rest jdnrsclf for it fcwJio'tifs .ff - .There 'was aVlialq tof Indescribable' llmity about the plillosopher, as' he itood thcrpi'hls'renerauTo' head bchtln jiehslvc raedltatt6n,1jke Uje'ppothcbs ;bcliig' worthy Tofjiictog Tirtfitically sjin patluicd wttli by aliniirenl orRcmbrandU , '.'X6, ;kind;;Winiftn.;rpjnarM nV. last 'the stronorricr;; With tho pccaliar. Ilngnnt raefod "of tits foKi, and' while awaking'ont'of'hl rcvery "my Iiea'rt throbs, to the congenial measure of hind-tie'ss hind-tie'ss towards tri u;llof-btlngs towards tho$o iwhrj ha,b,:e.mblttercd ray life by thiir persecutions.' ' 'Saying thlsJier cnt into' tho. parlor, a'small. roO'rn,arj, the" frouiitl-floor of hl$ Jiouse, aiid hating despfilehcd' the messchj Bcr""withthe proof-sheets,, "ho Jcft .fOrJ FrahcnbVrg;'to helpbuee more tlie.inhaihi-, tants of thut place by Ms wondetful gcnlDS Oil' lii's arYlVal ftt'lTtp. IHtle town, he soon succeeded iu. remedying" the damage dontf to the. hydraulic apparatus, by 'means "of wliieh the luhabltiitits wefo supplied with wafer from a near Valley: It was towards evening wlien the philosopher philo-sopher Was slowly and tjiongUtfqlly retracing re-tracing bia step tovvarSs his homfiv The ifiin wa'just disappearing beyond tho cits-tant cits-tant mountains, leaving in lib wakff a train of tbsy. goldeii-etlged clouds, which seemed to color the Soft summer airH'Ifh their owtt bright hues. Cbriiiijg up to a stonp fountain, he sat down to restt a JUtl. His hair was gilded by tho Miiiiivflit. and it made, the vcr- ' 1nWniiiliutii and. gazing iipon Iho setting' splendor of tho surf, it seeiued'flS; though be couid see far; far into tho past. Tnougbta that-had that-had been, hushed in thuaber, rosa ivithln hJin-Tmil revealed tlietnseh'iJs into .a- Hying Cnicroory. TJje golden xummcr of esis lence, wttlralf the pdwer'of its weird nt tr4euon, appeared to him once; tnorf; The years wfcre gone, -fled,, forgotten, aird ho WaS 'young again; full of joy aud bopo in Ihe roy-wltiged futurt. And while ibns busily t'naged fur tho contemplation of tho tharuilns dfurnma of the past, the foun'taia's rippling water murmured music to his car. Suddenly the" hmn of 'many toIcm awoke him out of hH rcvcra Hp rose and walked towards the square or uuif-ke uuif-ke l-pfftcc of the toVn, where a.multitade of people .were passing to und fro, to witness wit-ness an exhibition of wild beasts and all the other odd sights of a country fair. All at once he espied tv large groun of persons, stawliag round a booth in wbteli a Jlicatrieal jierformaucc or a peculiar interest, was going ou, und which, from the roars ti laughlcr and thctshoutsof opilause of the delighted spqefatow, met: with' a perfect success, japproaqiiiog tfii .scene of wild gaiety, ho noticed a figure iu the garb of a poiiciilnclle, taking! ome books, out of the hands of a Venerable Vener-able old man, the very counterfeit of his own wprthy person, which lie threw into a bWiug pre, while the devil suddenly! appeared nud hurled the jpoor old man iuto the nit of hell. Seeing himsclfouilhis works that con talicd such wonderful (liscoverics, thus, ridiculed and blasphemed ly those upouf whom he had bestowed so. many kindness- ; tsf he was slunucil "with grief, it was a terrible, blow to hmvwho vvas endeavoring to .disperse the clouds; ot superstition and to immanize Ida uatioii. Yet his grief, although great and deep, Jid not, appal or deject, for It was a grief that settles on the earth we are about to' leave, and casts no shadows over the mansions of Ilcnveu, 4t,l'o be ridiculed, by my own friends by thuso for whom I have done so mucli; for whom 1 coultl I could may God forgive themspend my Jife," . cried he, bursting into transport of grief and tc& derncss. And being overcome with emotion, he fainted away Directly a uoulber of jxijople gathered round him, and recogniz-mg recogniz-mg tn this motionless body on tbo ground their friend , and benefactor Cojemicus, they cawed tbo ihoraoful. ploy in the near tooth lb, be atojiped, and boro the poor martyr of supcnlttiou iu a litter to his residquco. Conscience-struck the inhabitants of tho little town flocked to the bod of the ettronoiner to show their sympathy and to witness the solemn patlio of death or oue whoso cup. Of life bad been full of wormwood and gall. The brilliant orb or the dayliad pcr formed his majetic course, and wras gradually gra-dually sinking down luxuriously iuto a couch of crimson cU)auwheu the angel of :death made bte appearance. . . "Uawat and .juwbranviF, lri eeWafed piln ten'. Tho f orracc beloogcd q the lrenefy tbJnttoro,e RuttUhoelj " , . . . . fc 'J A few'moinenWpHor t,hU d'sotutton; his oldkerVriht William rbowe'd his hcalj to catch'; ,li)s 'niasfctK last woWs, Idj' wlnt Idcki fulling upb'n ;tho' itivulid pillow1 and mtifgUng with fifs? His liands folded and his look, hcaveiiwards.'hls 6ear'cciu wl onco rnqre-'tb; 'pbtii' itself buY b- sileUt prayeh A' slight-rnoveinent oMils lipj, , faint slgli, and Jilk MilHt. hkdHTlhgca IU fllghfto a bitter world. " Tlios rlicd brie' whb;,'biiric.eo(jintf bf hi, great disiMVcriti, hiidssnffercd' the most bitttl'iperiertotis;'hridagahiit:'wlom th Yiitlcau bad tnnndcred"forthHta"fie'rciv anathema. ' . 'vc |