True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1855-09-12
The smaller house was taken.

nished with taste and elegance, it was more
brilliant and at the same time more COM
Portable than the last. To have seen An
ME and her husband, the former busy with
her needle, making namelcss little articles,
the table and lounge drawn up in front Of
the FURNISHED fender and CRATE, polished
fre-dogs, to sec how glowing Annie's beau
tiful face was, and how radiant Harry's,
as he looked up sometimes from the vol
ume he was reading aloud, would fully
have satisfied the bitterest ascetic that by
that hearth-stone happiness was more sa-
cred than fashion. ,s-.
THE DEBT LIQUIEATED.
Nothing now troubled Harry hut the
debt Of five hundred dollars. "Tll get an
extension of time he thought, as the day
of payment drew near. 81 am doing so
we'll now, that two months will clear me.
Thank God, and my jewel Of wife for
that ! .......
Entering his Office he saw sealed en-
velope lying upon the desk. He took it
up, opened it, out fell receipt in full, du-
ly signed. Harry took up the note ac-
companying, with astonishment. 1t ran
thus:
"DEAR MAITLAND-I send per request
your bill receipted. Thank you for being
so prompt in your business arrangements.
l see you are taking the right path to sue
cess, to wealth and fame. If at any time
you are pressed for money send to me. l
will loan you any amount.
Yours, B. MAITLAND"
4 Still in deep establishment Harry held
his cousins note. Every moment his won.
der grew. What unknown friend had he,
thus anxious to save his credit, thus able
to do so
In moment the thought flashed over
his mind that Annie was his unknown
| friend, his good guardian angel. "But
how could she know ?-how could she
knowp he queried. Abstraetedly he re-
turned home. He was silent from sus-
pense and an honorable sense of shame.
, "What! clouds ? cried Annie, cheerily,
: ''let me see, are the miser-lines growing? ?
'Do you want shawl?' asked Harry,
loosing his thoughtful aspect.
"No,' and Annie blushed and shook
her head, "but,' said she, "instead I'll
} take a Journal
"Mine, or new one?' asked Harry.
"Yours, of course; l want to see what
you've been doing since I gave up the
shawl replied Annie, archly.
: She was instead folded to her husbands
breast, while he showered kisses and bless
r ings upon her. "You have saved me, An
nie,' he cried, "you have made a better
r more resolute man of me. Henceforth
, all my life, 1 will strive yet more to bt
worthy Of YOU
elbow much happiness there is in doing
right thought Annie, 81 have secured
< my husbands lasting love, and conquered
t myself
"Having eyes but seeing not she mhr
Q INJURED, OH the next Sabbath. "Wh'
t would have thought to find such a jewe
d in that poor, but intelligent widow, wh'
d always sat near the door in our splendiC
# church, and never was noticed by the fash
e ionables. Each time l see her I lear
u some lofty lesson, and my nature is beini
IS purified by her counsels'
IS "Having eyes but seeing not Their
was I, fretting because my cheeks wer
losing their bloom, but since / have dis
y pensed with extra servants, and undertO
'f ken the supervision of my own household
I am healthier and stronger, and the rose
e still lend their bright crimson to make m
1t look beautiful in Harry's eyes. For Hal
y rvs sake I-would be ever beautiful
: Harry Maitland prospered beyond eve
is his sanguine expectations. He becam
t, immensely wealthy, and under God wa
W the means of beneftting his country, thrc
ID his wisdom and liberal expenditure, bt
n yond any man of equal fortune in Amel
70 lea.
a And to this day, when questioned as
f. his success, he invariably returns as al
t swer to the query, of how did he becom
so rich, "Young. man, I owe it to goo
y Gods greatest and best boon
w man. Go to her, and she will tell you
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n- D6TThe greatest trial, of patience