Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Wayne County, Ind.) 1831-1837, 1837-04-22
RICHMOND. IA, APRIL -, 1897.

esend pastor and the head Of fam,Iy!' said
George, smiling saectonateIy, after the frs, JOY Of
their recognition
"Alas! brother, that is better change than your
worn form and snnken cheeks, would show ,ha,
you have met with''
'sYes, William, 1 have seen much. and .ufFe,.d
much; but. tell me Of my parents, my sisters, are
they all living and WELT
"1es- Heaven has spared them all. Our pa
rents are in as good health as can be cxpac,ed a,
their advanced age. Julia has been married these
twelve years; and Mary, whom you left an infant,
- inc beauty OF the village. She is engaged to a
young lawyer, and 10 to be married within week
n"' small We not go over to our old home2 1t will
gladden. our mothers heart to see youo
me brothers walked in happy silence to their
carry nome load was removed from the wan
oerers heart by the intelligence he had learned Of
n's re.a'vss; and with thankful and happy spri,
ne gained the threshold. They gazed through the
DOOR INTO the old fashioned parlor, and George
E'ott's heart beat with pleasure and affection, as
ne saw venerable pair, hi. father and mother,
sitting at their evening meal, and with them a
young and beautiful woman. whom family Likeness
PLAINLY showed to be his youngest sister. Tbey
entered, and William, fearing too suddenly 10 in
''""ce MS brother, merely named him as gentle.
man recently from India, friend Of George.
"A trend OF George" said old John Elicit
linen Is he truly welcome but Is George liyiogg
we have not heard from him IN ten yea,.-we ha We
laneh'eo him a. dcad--no! il cannot be!' and the
Old man drew bis hand across his eyes, and resumed
his scat
Dut your son George is living and WE'LL know
h'm 20 10 tivDy," said the wanderer in a soothing
voice.
MIS- Elliott, who till then had remained IN a.
renee gazing in;enty al the stranger, now rushed
forward. "That voice yes-is must bet is
my own GEORGE! and she fell into the arms Of her
returning son.
"oarah, You are right, il is George! God bless
on my son." and the tears cl,ssened in the old
mans eyes, as he embraced him whom he had
mourned as dead. And Mary came forward in
maiden loveliness and kissed the worn cheek ol
hcr stranger brother. And, after the thousand e..
ger Questions and JOY full exclarnatons o: fond az
lection, tie family, more united. sat down "a
Partdke Ut the evening repas,.
soon the neIgbbors, old friends Of Georges
learned the news of his arrival and crowded III Ia
see MN, for he had been much beloved-and j,
was happy evening that for the Ellio,ts and their
friends. GEORGE gave his relatives the outlines 81
ms adventures since they had last heard from him
how ne had been shipwrecked on the eastern
coas. o. Africa while on trading voyage, had been
"c'"'"eo ny The savage inhabitants as a slave, and
after many years Of toll misery, had effected
MS escape how ne had returned to India, and
co'echng together his large property, previously
acquired. had taken the first vessel for his cave
shore. ''!And now have returned 10 nv own
dear native village, believe me, shall never leave
IL. Here hope to pass the remainder O. If. in
peace. and here to rest my ashes.'' And the wan.
deIeT Eept his word-Iong and happily did he live
IN h's native village, dispensing around him the
comforts which wealth enabled him to bestow