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Sheppard Lee, Written by Himself. Vol. 2 (of 2)

Chapter 4 CONTAINING LITTLE OR NOTHING SAVE APOSTROPHES, EXHORTATIONS, AND QUARRELS.

Word Count: 1162    |    Released on: 01/12/2017

tion equal to its wishes! an abode of peace! a dwelling of content! "If I am Zachariah Longstraw," said I to myself, "I will show myself worthy of the name; I will spend his money in the great cause of

h nine small children, widowers with fourteen, sick old women, and starving old men, in great need of relief; and so affecting was the picture he drew o

the quarter's rent of the house in Marke

onsider me a rich man? If so, let me know where I can find twenty thousand dollars t

alas! for, of a verity, if thee takes away at this time such a great sum

in his affections, happy in the certain prospect he enjoyed of sooner or later arriving at the fullest felicity. Why should he not then consent, like us, to forego for a while his selfish desires, contribute his portion to the wants of the poor, and, by labouring a few years in their cause, approve himself worthy of fortune? How much better that he should endure a fancied ill, than that a hundred afflicted families should be give

d was flinging away my money only to encourage vice and beggary. It was in vain I sought to pacify the indignant youth. An evil spirit seized upon him. He did nothing for three days but scold, reproach, and complain. He abused the faithful Abel to his face, calling him a fox, viper, cormorant, harpy, and I know not what beside; all which Abel endured with patience and resignation, for he was of a meek and humble spirit. Nay, not content with this, he proceeded o

owever, greatly comforted by the increased zeal and affection of the ever-faithful Abel; who, coming to me with tears in his eyes, declared that he could not bear the thought

ine, was restored again to favour. His return itself was grateful to my feelings; but the reader may judge how great was my rapture, when Jonathan avowed a change in his sentiments on the subject of philanthropy, and declared that the spirit at last moved him t

r fear the seductions of the flesh. Thee shall m

ss and the joy of the honey-moon disturb the virtue that is yet young and frail in my bosom. Of a verity, Ellen Wild will wait till

though new-born vi

rks of benevolence, I shall sp

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1 Chapter 1 THE PHILANTHROPIST'S FAMILY.2 Chapter 2 SOME ACCOUNT OF THE WORTHY ABEL SNIPE.3 Chapter 3 IN WHICH THE YOUNG MAN JONATHAN ARGUES SEVERAL CASES OF CONSCIENCE, WHICH ARE RECOMMENDED TO BE BROUGHT BEFORE YEARLY MEETING.4 Chapter 4 CONTAINING LITTLE OR NOTHING SAVE APOSTROPHES, EXHORTATIONS, AND QUARRELS.5 Chapter 5 WHICH IS SHORT AND MORAL, AND CAN THEREFORE BE SKIPPED.6 Chapter 6 AN INCONVENIENCE OF BEING IN ANOTHER MAN'S BODY, WHEN CALLED UPON TO GIVE EVIDENCE AS TO ONE'S OWN EXIT.7 Chapter 7 THE SORROWS OF A PHILANTHROPIST.8 Chapter 8 THE SAME SUBJECT CONTINUED.9 Chapter 9 CONTAINING A DIFFICULTY.10 Chapter 10 IN WHAT MANNER MR. ZACHARIAH LONGSTRAW DETERMINED TO IMPROVE HIS FORTUNE.11 Chapter 11 IN WHICH A CATASTROPHE BEGINS.12 Chapter 12 IN WHICH THE CATASTROPHE IS CONTINUED.13 Chapter 13 THE DéNOUEMENT OF THE DRAMA.14 Chapter 14 A REMARK, IN WHICH THE AUTHOR APPEARS AS A POLITICIAN, AND ABUSES BOTH PARTIES.15 Chapter 15 AN UNCOMMON ADVENTURE THAT BEFELL THE AUTHOR.16 Chapter 16 IN WHICH SHEPPARD LEE TAKES A JOURNEY, AND DISCOVERS THE SECRET OBJECT OF HIS CAPTORS.17 Chapter 17 CONTAINING OTHER SECRETS, BUT NOT SO IMPORTANT.18 Chapter 18 IN WHICH THE AUTHOR APPROACHES A CLIMAX IN HIS ADVENTURES.19 Chapter 19 CONTAINING A SPECIMEN OF ELOQUENCE, WITH SOME ACCOUNT OF THE DANGERS OF LYNCHDOM.20 Chapter 20 IN WHICH SHEPPARD LEE FINDS EVERY THING BLACK ABOUT HIM.21 Chapter 21 IN WHICH SHEPPARD LEE IS INTRODUCED TO HIS MASTER.22 Chapter 22 AN OLD WOMAN'S CURE FOR A DISEASE EXTREMELY PREVALENT BOTH IN THE COLOURED AND UNCOLOURED CREATION.23 Chapter 23 SOME ACCOUNT OF RIDGEWOOD HILL, AND THE AUTHOR'S OCCUPATIONS.24 Chapter 24 IN WHICH THE AUTHOR FURTHER DESCRIBES HIS SITUATION, AND PHILOSOPHIZES ON THE STATE OF SLAVERY.25 Chapter 25 RECOLLECTIONS OF SLAVERY.26 Chapter 26 A SCENE ON THE BANKS OF THE POTOMAC, WITH THE HUMOURS OF AN AFRICAN IMPROVISATORE.27 Chapter 27 THE AUTHOR DESCENDS AMONG THE SLAVES, AND SUDDENLY BECOMES A MAN OF FIGURE, AND AN INTERPRETER OF NEW DOCTRINES.28 Chapter 28 WHAT IT WAS THE NEGROES HAD DISCOVERED AMONG THE SCANTLING.29 Chapter 29 THE EFFECT OF THE PAMPHLET ON ITS READER AND HEARERS.30 Chapter 30 THE HATCHING OF A CONSPIRACY.31 Chapter 31 HOW THE SPOILS OF VICTORY WERE INTENDED TO BE DIVIDED.32 Chapter 32 THE ATTACK OF THE INSURGENTS UPON THE MANSION AT RIDGEWOOD HILL.33 Chapter 33 THE TRAGICAL OCCURRENCES THAT FOLLOWED.34 Chapter 34 THE RESULTS OF THE INSURRECTION, WITH A TRULY STRANGE AND FATAL CATASTROPHE THAT BEFELL THE AUTHOR.35 Chapter 35 CONTAINING AN INKLING OF THE LIFE AND HABITS OF MR. ARTHUR MEGRIM.36 Chapter 36 THE HAPPY CONDITION IN WHICH SHEPPARD LEE IS AT LAST PLACED.37 Chapter 37 THE EMPLOYMENTS OF A YOUNG GENTLEMAN OF FORTUNE.38 Chapter 38 SOME ACCOUNT OF THE INCONVENIENCES OF HAVING A DIGESTIVE APPARATUS.39 Chapter 39 THE SAME SUBJECT CONTINUED, WITH AN ACCOUNT OF SEVERAL SURPRISING TRANSFORMATIONS.40 Chapter 40 AN ACCOUNT OF THE WOES OF AN EMPEROR OF FRANCE, WHICH HAVE NEVER BEFORE APPEARED IN HISTORY.41 Chapter 41 IN WHICH SHEPPARD LEE IS CONVINCED THAT ALL IS NOT GOLD WHICH GLISTENS.42 Chapter 42 IN WHICH THE AUTHOR STUMBLES UPON AN OLD ACQUAINTANCE.43 Chapter 43 CONTAINING AN ACCOUNT OF THE WONDERFUL DISCOVERIES OF THE GERMAN DOCTOR.44 Chapter 44 SHEPPARD LEE FLIES FROM THE GERMAN DOCTOR, AND FINDS HIMSELF AGAIN IN NEW-JERSEY.45 Chapter 45 WHAT HAD HAPPENED AT WATERMELON HILL DURING THE AUTHOR'S ABSENCE.46 Chapter 46 CONTAINING THE SUBSTANCE OF A SINGULAR DEBATE BETWIXT THE AUTHOR AND HIS BROTHER, WITH A PHILOSOPHIC DEFENCE OF THE AUTHOR'S CREDIBILITY.47 Chapter 47 BEING THE LAST CHAPTER OF ALL.