Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1853-03-03
The Kidnapped Boy,
A Isomancc Heal Z life.

= short ii me ago a re specially
| dressed man walked into a iewcler'
shop; bewas about the m fiddle age
Of dark ,or rather sun burnt complex
ion, Of easy hammers, and Pf gen,
tlemanlg appearance. Thd proprie'
tor Of be shop was engagell in trans
acting gusihess with an ellerly LADY
who was attirdd in mourning; sire haJ
called, fespec4ngsomc reHairs to be
done to- her watch, which was on tho
counter, and it Nas the subject Of con-
versatiqn IN between her and the jew
eler. The strange gentleman, too well
manner ed TO interrupt the business,
Unused himself by examinii g sever
ii articles in the shop; but The mas
ter, altd II requesting the lady to ex-
cnse his leaving her for a moment,
accosted the stranger and inquired
his pleasure. Tile stranger t ben drew
from hi 5 boso n, suspended from his
neck bJ black ribbon, a smh hll pocll-
ct-case, which be opened, and took
therefrl l,m IN adcient looking crimson
velvet cushions this cusliio b migJt
have formed a model for a cupid's
heart; it was moreover eli t!sed in
silver dli9ree work, which FACED the
outlines df several similarly shaped
hearts, add raany other devices. On
presenting the cushion to the jeweler,
tie str niger observed, that althoug gh
the art ticlb APPEARED a trifle, its va lue
10 him wds above price, and that, as
it had bden YlishtIy injured, he wish
cd to |. ave it carefully repI red. The
lady in black had not seen the fice
Of the stranger, bnt Ehen / lEe jeweler
left her to wait ppon him, She occu-
pied hdrself with looking at the b.
jouteri E in a glass case on dhe coun-
ter. While the genllenlat was-ad-
dressiu 9 tie jeweler, he hel Il out the
cnsao in hi 5 fingers, and hs he was
about TO pass it from his band, the
lady t Frncd round, and inst tantly fix
Cd hol eyes upon the cushion; she
sgizei tie gentlenmns urn, her
whole frame trembling dm agita-
fion. 1he nttprAtl . shripl. land then
fell hfdjess into Tie arms of the stran-
ger. She " as Immediate removed
into = n aaibigiag parlor, and in
short inc kindness had Sd 9ccessfully
apr4iel the reduired restd dratiycs-I
Now f4uowed exclamations, and qaes-.
lions, and e4planatipns, in rapid sue
ceseioh Tn a woAl, a mother had
founda lostIsohl The tal4 is brief.
Soin he five and thirty YEARS ago, q
gcntld man and lady, with 'wc chil-
dren, i boy and girl, took UP tier
reside nee in small village in Mon
mouthshire; the spot WI one of
those delightful ones for WHICH this
count ' is justly celebrate ID; the va
rietisls Of hin and dale, wo od aud wa
ter. we're here beheld in prospects
that confined the soft with the pic
ture5 cue. aud we're never gazed upon
INIT Nth measurable emotion. The.
income Of this couple was not large,
but ample for the exigencl les Of com
fort and even elegance, though made
qqat e to an ostentatlous style OF lIy-
,ing. The gentleman had a share!n
a IA arc.ntiie house in London, IN
Wild b concern he was i sleeping part
ner: this establishment vas the des-
tination he intended for his son. lie.
had als5, S ONE property in the funds,
With whicll he purposed p9rtloning
his daughter. After he had thus
troJilad for bis children. be would
Still have sufTciency to insure i'm
a bid his wife ease and comfort in their
o ld age. The daughter was now $ev-
eh ye,,rs of age, the son five, and the
nartn.s we're at that tim e of life
Iheh an increase Of f'3mlly y IS not
damn Both boy and Girl were
ddue9teI by the father, whose chief
burJ Juiis we're of a literary cast 1t
9a8 usual for the youngster IS to~iiave
d holiday once q week, " hen they
ken either to spend the day at the
houf e Of a neighbor, VI 10 had a
f,niily of two boys and a girl Of sim
ilaE ages, Of their playmates car ne and
spent the DAY with them at tlEeir IA
thel's house. Ii happened Of one
occasion the boy made onc of those
weekly visits alone, his sister having
from some cause or other, been de-
tain ed at home. 1t was In the month
of s september, and the boy left his
frieb bd's house at the close Of as fine