The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1849-08-09

Julia, very much agitated, hastened to ad-
nit the visitor. But little William was at
the door before her, and TO the surprise OF
| her parents, he returned almost Immediate
| ly, accompanied by Henry MAXWELL
Feeble ar Mr.=Harding was, he sprang
to his feet, and grasped Henry's hand
warmly.
1t is you, then!' he cried with emotion
tit is you that have been friend to us
in our msfortunes. As soon as you knew
of our extremity, you nobly came to our
assistance-paid our rent
'Do not mention it, interrupted Henry,
with an air of modesty.
You do not deny it, pursued Mr.. Har-
ding. NO, you admit it. And you have
| since done more for US than l could have
expected from sonr
Henry Maxwell was bowling and SIAM
mering, scarcely audacious enough to ad
nit all the old man said and unwilling to
undeceive him, when he was startled by
soft voice beside him.
! 'Father!'
They all looked up-Mr. Harding, his
wife, little William, and the rejected suit
or, Henry Maxwell.
| Julia stood before them; her features
surprisingly lovely, covered as they were
with bushes, smiles and tears; and in her
| trembling hand she held the hand of tall,
dark. manly stranger, who cast a serene
yet anxious look about him as he entered.
Has not the reader recognized the young
man introduced at the opening of our sto-
ry? 1t was, the same!
Father repeated Julia, 'this is the man
to whose generosity you are indebted
This is he who first paid your rent, un-
| known even to me, and afterwards, hav
/ ing sought an interview with me, provided
me with the means to supply US with the
necessaries and comforts of life. Do you
not know him, father9 1t is Theodore
Allstonn
The old man looked at him for a mo-
ment, while the tears ran down his cheeks,
but uttered not a word, until Theodore
and Julia asked his benedicdon.
Observation-Disclosures childrenH he
sobbed and drew them together TO his bo-
som.
When the excess of emotion had subsi-
ded, and the young and happy pair had
received the mothers blessing, Henry
Maxwell, beginning to feel exceedingly
uneasy, skunk from the house, never to en-
ter the presence of Julia or her family a.
gain.
Then was there a scene of nature il
seldom falls to the lot of man to witness;
such as never fails TO improve the heart
by the holy influence it sheds around;
such as brings tear of sympathetic joy.
Strang contrast! There was a smile on
every lip and tear in every eye.
For Theodore, the noble, the spirited
the generous and true-Theodore had re-
turned Not with all the riches of the In
dies in his possession; but with compe-
tency procured as much through industry
, and probity as the favors of fortune, and
, with the same true heart and noble soul
which long before had won the love OF
: Julia.
When we hear of Two such hearts as
/ Theodore's and Julia 's-hearts that have
/ stood the test of absence; that have beer
;, tried by the world and changed not; tha
e have loved each other Notwithstanding tht
: opposition of friends and the allurement
of newer objects; and that have at length
n after years of separation, returned to eacl
e other with all the purity and freshness O
3. earlier age; when we hear of two sue
II hearts, saw, we need not be told tha
there is truth, and depth. and enduranc
o. to their affection, never to be destroyed
And Julia be came the bride of her ow
T Theodore, who took her, with her parents
to home he had provided for them, an
Y. devoted himself henceforward to prov
at his gratitude to Mr.. Harding, for what h
$ had done for him in his boyhood, whe
r he was a friendless orphan, and to pr'
mote the happiness of his young and iovt
< ly wife.