Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1851-08-05

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know it, II
4 ought to remembers' said he
I'll lat am changed tool De you re
m Ember the boy for whonly five year
hgo, you took a letter from the Pos
Office?
/ Words could not express her as
Hoh hishment!
is it possible that | see before M
Henry Arden?'
the same. And as we are now
acquainted, sit down with me on the
sofa, and let us talk over the past
Without reserve she seated herself
by his side, asking haively-'But why
ha Fe you not let us hear from you?
Hear my story, and it will explain
/ found my relative a rich man, and
an old bachelor Being ihfirm and
feeble, he desired some one, besides
his omestics; TO keep him company
in his lonely home. On my arrival
he furni shed me room at his own
house, md | Immediately entered up
on the duties Of my situation as
clerk in his store. My employer
wa$ as kin ID and affectionate to me
as 3 flthe +. lie seemed to have
taken a q eater liking to me than !
des served. Soon after my arrival, he
one day said to me, Henry, do not
writ anyt hing to any body, except
Your pareh pts, and request them to
keep your whereabouts to them
sci yes ! thought it an eeceiltric
REQUEST, but | felt bound to comply,
and did so.
By clos E application to business,
thd first year / won the entire con
fdfnce of my kind employer; and
the second year took the place Of
hed ID clerk in the establishment.
Twp } years afterward was admitted
int , partnership, and entrusted with
the entire. management of the con-
cerh.
During all this time ] did not neg
lect the Improvement of my mind,
as is SO commonly the case with
Young men who go into business.
Blu late at night ! eaEed over the
life giving pages of my books. BY
thi$ time the thoughts that crowded
my he; rt and briiin,i clamored for
ven It. / became an author; but |
wrd tie under a leigred name, in order
thaI / the social lecture | wish ed to
deliyermight have its full effect upon
the people of my native village
But am DEPRESSING.
Meanwhile my aged relation grew
ecPler and teebler, till at 4ength he
was prostrated upon a bed of sick
nesk !. In a few days | saw that the
eve hing shadows were closing around
his existence, l gave up the whole
bus dlness of the store to the clerks,
and night and day | watched by the
bedside Of him who had ever been a
kind father to me- One night he
said to me in feeble voice, Henry, |
am going lie tried to speak. fur
tie +, but the dedt rattle was already
in bis throat, and the film was gath
efi4g over his 9 yes. l saw by the
ben dcd brow of the physician that
500 b the fetters would fail from the
split fd r ever and ever! supported
his Ihead a in my arms, and wiped the
dea1 1th damps from his 10y brow. His
eye opened with a CLASSY stare, he
gas ped, and quivered, and there was
a slight falling Of the under Jaw. |
help in my arms a corpse. At that
mohent l felt that | had losta faith
er, and l was overwhelmed with
gri4f
Next day I attended to the funer-
al RI ties, aid saw him decently Ia
termed. But you cannot imagine my
SURPRISE when Ills will was opened,
and declared me sole heir to all his
wealth! | would freely have given
it al TO recall him but for one hour,
that I might fall on my knees before
him, and thank him for his unde-
served kindness to me.
Aftef the death of my benefactor
the plad possessed no joys for. me.
AND 50 soon as i could arrange my
bus [neski | FASTENED to see my par
entF, a1 4 the remembered girl who
was a friend to me in darker days,
thaF l might once more cast at her
feet tie humble tribute .of my
tina hks.i
(caneladdd 4ort Week)
To make a man a patriot, ak
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