The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1854-07-14

having completed them, | was presented
to Mrs. Huntingdon. She was noble
looking woman of the old time, and just
The person from whom Il would be pleas.
aut 10 hear stories ofrevolutionary days.
I was deeply impressed with her appear
dnce, and having stated briefly the subs
stance Of what her grandson had told me,
she assenied to il, and thanked him for
relieving her from the labor Of the Stute-
ment.
"He is a great blessing, and love him
for the love of his father. He was my
frs,~born, and The last | lost. This boy
is like him in face, bur, alas, he has moi
the stout body Of my brave Stephen"
At this moment the child fot whose
benefit was 10 prepare the trust deed,
entered the room. She was fairy girl
Of touching beauty. Her sof, eyes had
speaking look ou, Of their unfa'homa>
BILE depths, which demanded love and
gentle treatment. She was child that
none but a monster could harm, 1t ap>
peared 10 me that | had never seen a
moro exQueitely beautiful creature She
entered the room with graceful haste ran
TO her grandmother, and, falling down on
her knees at her side, held up bnske,
of rare flowers tha, she had arranged with
perfect 'aste.
At the same moment, Stephen ap-
preached and spoke.
"Wil you give me that rose, EllenT
"Stephcu, it is the centre of all; il will
spoil the entire basket. Would you take
ii?"
She held the basket wilhou, withdraw
ing it; but there was an aversion, a SORT
of shrinking from h'm, which though IN
voluntary, was sufficiently marked 10 be
observed BY stranger. He advanced
without hesitation, ind took the rose,
needless that he Destroyed the whole ar
rangemeni. She said nothing, but, quiz
oily placing the basket with its now con
fused heap of howeis,on slsnd nenr her
n
grandmother, she walked TO deep win
dow, and | could see tears in her eyeB.-
Stephen followed her with gaze that !
did not like, end | took my leave, reflect
ing somewhat more deeply on the incl
dent than perhaps such a uife wonld
warrant.
The conveyance which was to pre-
pare was deed TO the mother of Ellen
Debray, as trustee for her daughter, oI
certain vuluube property lying in the out
skirts Of the city,now of considerable val.
ne, and likely to be much more so. The
tract was described apparently with great
care, in an cid deed which Stephen had
furnished me, and from which ! was t.,
copy the description. This deed pur>
ported to be TO the father Of his grandia-
,her, that is, To the father Of the deceas>
ed husband Of Mrs. Huntingdon. | obey>
cd my instructions, drafting what was
necessary in the trust deed, and handing
my draft TO clerk TO copy, with difec-
lions to fill the blank mad left for the
property with the description in the deed,
The clerk was carefulio obey, and, some
years afierward, he remembered that he
had remarked to fellow clerk that the
ink on the deed had singnlarly eaten The
paper, bu, that this was not uncommon
in deed sixty or eighty years old. The
'tus. deed was prepared and executed,
and had aflerward no occasion 10 visit
the (tmily for several years, though Mrs
Huntingdon not infrequenlly drove down
to my office to consult me. She contin.
ued in fine condition, for so old person,
until nearly four years after the execu>
ion of the deed, when she called at my
of1ice, saying ,ha. she was not we'll, and
she had a, length made up her mind 10
change the provisions Of her will, which
she had brought with her. Having Sc
cured Ellen against want, and, in fact,
given 10 her fortune, she desired TO
make but two provisions in her will. She
wished TO leave the bulk of her estate TO
her grandson, Stephen, and legacy Of
some thousands to her daughter, s.De-
bray. Her wishes were SO cleor, and
distinct, and brief, ,ha, J prepared will
for her to sign while she was sitting in
my office, and she executed it there,
being one OF the Witnesses.
never saw Ms. Huntingdon alive at.
ter that. A week later ! received a mes