Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-05-06

half dollars, and the bureau was knocked OF To
us.
This is singular enough, thought we as We
had the article sent to our Toom.-NNherc il
the young woman who formerly owned IL
Who was she.
We made several inquiries. but could not as
certain who She was or what had become of
her. The bureau had been carried 10 the auc-
ton room by AN individual whom MIR. Bailey
never saw before, and all our inquiries to ar
certain what become oi the young lady, seem
ed f~ruitless.
Several months passed by and still we heard
nothing OF the young lady, when one day, not
knowing but we might get some clue to the
former owner, we took out all the drawers
separately and examined them. We saw no
writing whatever. In the back of the under
drawer, we noticed that a small piece of pine
had been inserted. 1t looked as If il had been
done to stop a defect. Pryingit with a knife.
1t came out when To- our establishment we
found several gold pieces, 10 the value of about
nifty dollars, besides a note for twenty-five hun
dred dollars, with interest, value received.
made payable TO Sarah -, when She
should become of age; it was a witness note.
and had been running about ten years. signed
bya very wealthy man, whose reputation for
honesty was not exceeding good. Without
mentioning to a single individual what we had
l0A'No'1iCNf W. liliiuNAlldldlN renewed Our ell
forts To ascertain who Sarah-w was. where
she could be found. We learned that a girl of
this name formerly lived with a Capt. p.
and did the work of the kitchen. OF him we
could obtain but little information. His wife
recollected the girl and spoke of her i'm the
highest terms. She believed she had married
u mechanic and retired from the city, but his
name she could not recollect.-By repeated in
qulrles we ascertained that Sarah with her hus-
| hand lived I'm "a small fam, ., ,hD .,.ll r.
to Saco. Taking am early opportunity. we
started Tor the residence of the young woman.
After several inquiries upon the road, we were
directed to the house. 1t was a pleasant situ-
atlon, a little from the road, while everything
looked neat about the dwelling. AS we drove
up to the cottage who should come TO the door
but the very woman we had been so long anx-
lous to She recognized me at once.
Why Mr.. g, how glad | am to see
youi Where in the world did YOU come from ?
Walk in and take a seat"
Her husband was present-an intelligent
looking man-to whom she presented us.
81 have often thought of YOU" she remark
ed, " and when in Portland have been tempt-
ed to call and see you; but although | have not
called, b assured | have not forgotten YOU
kindness, II d never shall forget it,"
But you seem happier than when Hast
saw you"
De assured, sir am. My husband has
hired this little farm, where we have resided
Tor the last i've years, and we makes comfort
able living, and are ashappy as we could wish
ana IN The course of a few years, if we have
our health and prosper, we are in hopes to
purchase the farm
What does the owner value il at ~
He values il at about fifteen hundred dol
lars. We have had To purchase a great many
farming tools, or we should have made a paw
ment towards it,"
But what has become of your bureau ~
lear shall never see it again" she replied,
and alter a pause said believe / have new
CT told you how | have been situated?"
You never did
When my mother died, it was thought she
left some property in the hands of an uncle of
mine, that would come to me when | became
of age but he said it was not the case. With
linn | resided n short time"
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