Des Moines courier. ([Ottumwa] Iowa) 1848-1854, 1851-04-11

moor marked IN hgure oil alternating ochre
and pipe-clay, and was furnished with a
meager amount of humblest chairs and
heavy oak tables, little shelf of books
and almanacs. and yellow-faced clock.
A shabby and lired-looking maid-servani
was all the domestic seen within or with.
out. .. ...E ..EE ...s....f. .....
\ Joe, the simple-looking son, received
them, and the only object which seemed
to give cheering impression to the stfan-
ger, was Joe's wife, who presented her
self with deep courtesy. The guest
was surprised to see in her very come
Ily, fresh-colored, and lnodestly sensible
woman, who received him with a kind
cordially and native grace, which made
him wonder how such woman could
have allied herself to such man.
There were four or five children about
her, all evidently washed and put into
their best for his arrival, and who were
pictures Of health and shyaess. s....r
Mrs. Warilow took off the old mans
great coat with an affeclionate attention,
and drew his plain elbow chair with a
cushion covered with large-patterned
| check on its rush bottom, toward the fire,
and that quite acceptible in this cold re-
gion after the heavy rain. Dinner was
then hastily brought in; Mrs Warilow a
pologizing for lis simplicity, from the
short notice she had received. and she
might have added, from the painful news
which Joe brought with him; tor it was
very evident, though she had sought to
efiace the trace of it, by copious wash.
ing, that she had been weeping. -
i The old man was obviously oppress-
ed by the i'll result of his mornings jour
ney to the steward, and the position o!
his affairs. His daugh.er-in.law east oc-
casional looks of affectionate anxiety at
him, and endeavored to help him in such
a manner as to induce him TO eat; but
appetite he had lit.le. Joe played his
part as valiantly as in the morning; and
the old man occasionally rousing from
his reverie, again renewed the observa-
ton of The breakflst-table. u.sf
"Joe, lad, thou eats nothing adding
too now, "Milly, my dear, thou eats
nothing. You eat nothing, sir. None
ofyou have any appetite, and have none
myself. God help me!' -. a.....--....
An ordinary stranger would scarcely
have resisted smile, none appeared on
the face of the guest. ~. .. s ....
| After dinner they drew to the fire,
which consisted of large Jumps of coal
burning under huge beamed chimney.
There little table was set with spirits
and homemade wine, and the old man
aud Joe lit their pipes, inviting the stran-
ger to join them, which he did with right
good will. There was little convers ton,
however,; Joe soon said that he must go
over the land TO see that the cattle were
all right; he did more, and even slept in
his chair, and the stranger proposed to
Mrs. Warilow walk in Tie garden,
where the afternoon sun was now shin
ing warmly. In his drive hither in the
chaise, he had learned the exact position
of the old farmer. He was, as he had
observed, SO heavily in arrear of rent,
that his whole stock would not discharge
it. When they had seated themselves
in the old arbor, he communicated his
proposal to the father-in.law to remove
TO America; observing, that he had con-
ceived so great sympathy for him that
he would readily advance him the means
Of conveying over the whole family.
Mrs. Warilow was naturally much
surprised at the disclosure. Such an
offer from casual stranger, when all
friends and family connections had turn
ed deaf ear to all solicitations for aid,
was something SO improbable that she
could not realize it. "How can you, sir,
a stranger to us. volunteer so large sum,
which we may never be in position to
repay!"
J. The stranger assured her that the sum
was by no means large. That to him
it was Of little consequence, and that
such was the scope for industry and ag-
ricultural skill in America, that in few
years they could readily refund the
money. Here. from what the old gen.
tleman had told him Of the new augmen-
ted rate Of rents, there was no chance OF
recovering condition of ease and COM
fort. p ls@ PSI ~ fssa@aaoe al tT
Mrs. Warilow seemed to think deeply
on the new idea presented to her, and
then said, "Surely God had sent Mr..
Vaudeleure $50 the stranger had given
his name,) for thei deliverance. "Oh,
sir!' added she, s.what shall we not owe
you if by your means we can ever ar
J rive at freedom from the wretched trou-
bic that now weighs us down. And oh!
if my poor father should ever, in that
country meet again his lost SON"
"He has lost a son?" said the siran-
ger, in tone Of deep feeling.
"Ah. it is sad thing, sir,' continued
Mrs. Warilow, '.but il is that which
preys on fathers mind. He thinks he
did wrong in il, and he believes that the
blessing of heaven has deserted him ever
since. Sure enough, nothing has pros
pered with him, and vet he feels that il
the young man lives he has not been
blameless. He had not felt and forgiven
as son should. But he cannot be liv-
ing-no, he cannot for all these years
} have borne resentment, and sent no par,
of his love or his fortune to his family.
1t is not in the heart of a child TO Go