The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1853-12-14

ming to hin, l demand it Of you as a.
right
lie hesitatcd a moment.
Come, my friend said I, let us
haze it, whatever it is, and at once put
all end to this quarrel
Well. gentlemen he said, am not
disposed to lay my private affairs open
to the public gaze, but suppose must
do it for once You must know, then,
that from my earnings must not only
support myself, but also my mother, two
sisters, aud three small brothers who
reside in distant State could earn
enough at home to support them well,
but my reason for coming here is this
One of my sisters, who is now a bcauti-
full girl Of sixteen. aud the pct of the
family, has been blind from birth We
had hope Of her acquiring the faculty
of sight, and were content to abide by
what VIC thought dispensation of Prov
idcncc
But recently, case similar to hers
Il young man, has been restored to
sight by an eminent physician of Paris.
| have correspondcd with that physic.
ian, and he has high hopes that in my
sisters case he can effect cure. This,
gentlemen, is what | have been labor
ing for since | have been here to raise
funds sufficient to take her to Paris.
love that sister as do my own life |
have laborcd day and night-have de-
prived myself Of many comforts, and
borne your tounts and jcers for her sake
But can bcarit no longer. If you are
men you will desist-if you are not, l
warn you of the Consequences =
',Zeke had risen to his feet, and
heard all my friend had said AS he
listened to the Quaker | could see the
moisture coming iuto his eyes and
when lie had flushed. lie stepped forth,
and grasping the Quaker's hand, while
the tears trickled down his face, he said
in L voice quivered with emotion,
Ny noble fellow, we have wronged
you deeply and |, for one. ask your par
don. Had you told us what sour object
was, we should not have placed single
object in your way
forgive you freely. sir; forgive
you all, said the Quaker
Aud how much have you to raise yet ,
asked. before you have the requisite
sum q
About one hdndrei and fifty dollars.
If [ have my health, aud continue to
make good bills, | shall be ready to start
for Earope in about two mouths.
You won't have to wait that long,
said Zcke. laying the money he held IN
his hand on the stone, if my weeks wa
ges, every cent Of which you are wei
come to, will help you along Come,
boys, he added, how many Of you will
follow suit 2
Well there's mine, said Jim, laying
an X upon the pile and mine, and
miue,' and mine, said Il dozen voices, as
each had deposited an equal amount,
until they made quite a pile Of bank
bills
There stranger, take that, and may
God prosper you, said Zeke, rendering
him the money.
No. gentlemen, answered the Qua.
ker. l thank you for your liberality,
but cdnnot take your meney. | am
no bcggar; all ask is that | may be
allowed to do my work without being
dsturbed 2
But you must take it, urged Zeke,
growing warm we owe it to you and
you shall take it. We have done you 4
great wrong-wc've abused you-and
we have no other way of making amends.
Besides, if you don't take it, it will be
spent before Monday morning, and |
know that for my part it will be much
pleasauter to commence the week with
the Consciousness of having appropriated
my money in sensible way, than with
the foggy head, aching limbs, and empty
pocket, which always follows free and
easy
Still the stranger hcsitated. Take
it, take it, for your sisters sake said
said two or three voices
| accept it, gentlemen said the Qua
ker, as you say, for my sisters sake,
and hope to be able some day to re
turn it, principal aud interest
The Quaker left for Paris shortly
after and in few months we had the
satisfaction of hearing that his sister was
completely restored to sight, aud that
they were on their way home.
| have heard from him several times
since. His lines have been cast in
pleasant places, and he isno a judicial
iunctionary in neghboring State
Kentucky.