Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1845-07-26
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VAS heard to eay--"t never heard of such 1
thing; a perfect romance fIa ha ha ~
"You are now" obsGrssd Mr.. Sutherland
p Mr.. Clifford, "the owhdr Of This huusc and
Furniture; they wefo once nbine-Iet that
pass"
II AM air, for the time bslngt yOnr land
loFd.'
II understand YOU, cir, bit wilt not remain
your tenant. ! was going to oIk9rve. how
ever, that there are a few articles which I
am anxious 10 purchase; that Bidbboard, for
instance, is a family relic; | will give you
fifty doIIarg, the price you paid, std feel as
Rurcdi under the CirCnInsiancbs5 you will not
refuse me this favor"
I~CannUt take 1t, sit5'
"ObdGfaie-tthstatefu man !"
"Will you not Let Pa buy thy piano, sire
huinbIy asked Ellen, 'ate will gfse you tho
price at which it was Sold"
"it is painful fdr fie, young lady to refuse
even this.% ] will sell notbing-n0t even the
wood saW III The cellar I"
"Then} MIR. Clifford, exclaimed Mr.. 8.
tive have no further business here. Come
my dear Ellen, get your bounet-shat's your
handbook let us quit this house; we are not
even free from insult. Where is Marv?
II am liefs biri the key Of my trunk il lost,
and am fastghlng il with a iope!"
"Stop, my girl methinks ] purchased that
truck" roolly observed the,.sstrahger.
"Mr. c ifUrd | AN not so old but that I can
resent an insdlt,-nay. will, If you carry
this arroganti and to me strange conduct
much further, That poor girl has bsen TO mo
and min6 the BEST and / am say the oldest,
friend she has remained with Ga in poverty,
assisted in our di5tresses, not only With her
purses bat her hands she 10 not to ms az =
s%Egfvant, but one Of the family, for thare lie
thank hbaFen, no such base distinctions in
povetfy that exists in d state Of blasted wealth
Here, here, with nothing but what we have
on our baekFi the t1astBr and servant are e.
quail. She 10 part Of my family and | will pro.
toct her from insult. That trunk ID hers, and
who dare take II from her! NotyOu sir ="
Mr. Clifford at that moment cast his syss
upon Mary who at that moment arose from
the floor /; for a moment thsy gated on each
other in silence. "Ah1 she, you say has been
TO you a friendF"
"lndeed she has, a hind and noble one.'
Mr.. Sutherland, stay one moment my good
girl, put down thai trunk take a seat mad.
am / permit me Miss to hand you a chair
Mr.. Sutherland, viii you he seatedt have
something more to say When you request
ed me TO yield up the wish ] had to purchase
that slde-board, | told YOU that il was my dc.
termination To. buy 1t, aud | tell you how that
1 will not sell 1t.
"rhis Mr. Clifford, needs no Repetition"
AYE, but II does, and when that young Ia
dy made the same request for her piano, my
answer was the same, Stop sir; hear me out:
no man would act so without a motive no
one, particularly a stranger, would court the
displeasure Of crowded room, and bear a.
gainst The frowns Of mahy, Without an object.
Now | had an Objecti and that was-be seat
cd, Sir-Madam your altention-that object
vas TO buy this hohse and furniture, for the
sole purpose of restoring them TO you and
yours again !"
"SIt, is not this 4 cruel jest I"
sis it possible - exclaimed the mother and
daughter.
Amazer1ent took possession of Mary, AMI
her trunk fell 10 the fdor with a crash, eau.
sing her small stock of clothing TO roll out,
which she eagerly gathered up and thrust
back, without any regard to the manner in
which it was done.
"The auctionear'' continued Mr.. Clifford.
"has my instructions To have the matter ar
ranged by the morrow. In the meantime you
are at home, Mr. Sutherland you are in your
house ard | the intruder.m
Intruder, sir +! Oh, say not that will
not tell you what a relief this knowledge 10 to
me; but | am yet to know how | am to re-
pay you allthis-and what could have indu-
ced you, a total stranger, thus TO step for
ward. Alb a thought strikes me-graciouR
Heavent Can it bel Look on inc, Mr.. Cliff.
ford-nay, start not. The stranger actual
Iy recoiled from the glance OF Sutherland's
eye, "Look on me, sir, has that girl, that in
noeent girl, who stands trembling there, any
interest in THE generous act of yours? Speak
sir, that may spurn your offer, resent
the insult
II will not deny, but she has"
"Me, father, dear father! | never before
saw The gentleman's face"
"Say not so, Mis- -"
20 "Sir-I-1, indeed, father, Il
Remember ten years back call TO mind q
light haired boy whom you called -"
"BrotherI =
"Gracious Heaven! Henry, my boy {"
sis here-I am your long lost son ="
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Need we add more Our readers can
readily imagine that a more cheerful fire bla-
zed upon the hearth, and Mary, the faithful
servant, was not forgotten in the general joy
which prevailed on the occasion.
Tuy - o- rrr,V.r- D..