The Columbian fountain., 1845-11-25

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II nYou are now,D observed Mr.. Sutherland
to Mr., Clifford, " the owner OF this house
and furniture: they were once mine---let
that pass" sa .s'2gbt',A s1'. I'll, M. '
% 4 am, sir, for the time being, your land
lord.'' ,3 aar II ai6 fa ,ati0s ql.l
\, !" / understand you, sir, but will not long
remain your tenant. 4 was going TO OBJ
serve, however, that there are a few articles
which am anxious to purchase; that side
board, for instance, is family relic. will
give you fiftysdollars, the price you paid,
and feel assured, under the circumstances,
you will not refuse me this favor"
81 cannot take it, sir.'tf3@FA
Obdurate--ungratefu man!p
"Will you not let Pa buy my piano, sir I"
humbly asked Ellen; X he will give you the
price for which it was sold.' teasa0gb a8e
e 1t is painful for me young lady, TO re-
fuse even this. / will sell nothing mot
even the wood saw in the cellar
"Then, Mr., Clifford" exclaimed Mr.. S.,
eve have no further business here Come,
my dear--Ellen get your bonnet-thaps
your bandbox --- let us quit this house; we
are not even free from insult. Where is
Maryp' iotaaala
8 am here, sir; the key Of my trunk is
lost, and am fastening it with d rope" 45,5I
"Stop, my girl methinks ] purchased
that trunk" coolly observed the stran-
ger. aafb 44T Ing @G aFf9aqs0aEl1
"Mr. Clifford, | am not SO old but that
] can resent an insult may, will, If you car
ry this arrogant, and TO me strange conduct
much further. hat poor girl has been to
me and mine the best, and | may say the
Oldest friend; and she remained with us in
poverty, assisted us in our distresses not
only with her purse, but her hands; she is
not to me servant, but one OF the family,
for there is, thank Heaven no such base dis
tinctions in poverty that exists in state OF
blasted wealth. Here, here, with nothing
but what we have upon our backs, the mas
ter and servant are equal. She ispart of my
family, and | will protect her from insult.
That trunk is hers, and who dare take it
from her? Not you, sir Y pa la Hs2Ta a1
Mr.. Clifford at that moment cast his eyes
upon Mary, who at that moment arose from
the floor for moment they gazed on each
other in silence. g And she, you say, has
been to you friend ~ a,i lti# aiow s@li
"Indeed she has, a kind and noble
one.'' s4n'lse 'l.'s'a sssa@g t,si sd .cs 'r.ai
sMr. Sutherland, stay one moment, my
good girl, put down that trunk take seat,
Madam; permit me, Miss, to hand you a
chair ]; Mr.. Southerland, will you be seated h
have yet something more to say. When
you requested me to yield up the wish ! had
to purchase that sideboard, Itold you thatit
was my dissemination to buy it, and / tell
you now that will not sell it.'' H 'es N
.This, Mr.. Clifford, needs no repeti-
tiOn." f3 3ifw yap9H a1par ts 1saeG ADD lGi7dWk|
EssAye, but it does, and when that young
lady made the same request for her piano.
my, answer was the same. Stop sir, hear
me, out; no man would act so withouta mos
tive no one, particularly stranger, would
court the displeasure of crowded room,
bear up against the frowns ofmany, without
an object Now ], had an object, and that
was---be seated, sir--Madam your attention.
that object was to buy this house and
furniture, for the sole purpose of restoring
them to you and yours sgain." sha ~
aSir, is not this a cruel jestr
.sIs it possible ~ exclaimed the mother
and daughter. .,rmt, AZ ssa qasg sao @ 1ti'j
Amazement took possession Of Mary, and
her trunk fell to the floor with.a crash, ,caus-
ing her small stock of clothing to roll out,
which she eagerly gathered up and thrust
back, without any regard to the manner in i
which it was done. 4e,,' .,... t,ef fo Il
ssThe auctioneer," continued Mr. Cliford,I
has my instructions to have the matter
arranged by the morrow. In the meantime
you are al, home, Mr.. Sutherland--you are
in your own house, and the intruder" ya
Intruder, sir Oh, say not that will
not tell you what relief this knowledge is
to me; but am yet to know how ] am to
repay you for all this--and what could
have induced you, total stranger, thus to
step forward All! thought strikes me-
gracious Heaven! Can itbe! Look on me,
Mr.. Clifford nay, start not" The stranger
actually recoiled from the glance Of Suther-
landa eye. aLook on me, sir, has that
girI--.siist innocent girl-who stands trem-
bling mere, any interest in this generous act
of yours. Speak, sir, that may spurn
your offer, and resent tie insult"
"Iwill not deny, sir, but she has.''
aMe, father, dear father! ! never before
saw the gentleman's face" q asiaaa
uSav not SO, Miss --o
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