The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1856-10-09
"It is all safe," he said "you have

on seetu poOT, IeHlai h0u wiz S'i 90
lger. carelessly. -
!" / am poor" she replied.
SCOT family. / suppose ?" q
-Four little boys. sir am widow. "
" Humph. humph. SO ! supposed
that's the old story
! "Ask Mr.. Hart, the tailor" cried the
widow, stepping forward little; he
knows me well /; he knows if / am poor,
/ am honest. .,a
! A bright red spot burnt on her cheeks
as she spoke, and she forced back a tear.
/ I" Now confess" said the stranger, ri
sing, and walking TO and fro before the
Ere, " confess that you expected large
reward for this"
Il did think, perhaps" and she turn
ed with quivering lips to the door.
"stop. STOP" cried the stranger :
/" you know you would never have re-
turned the purse. had you not expected
to be paid for it,
"Sir," said the widow, her tone indig-
nant, her thin form towering; and oh,
the whitening rebuke in her voice and
manners.
The stranger paused, holding the purse
in his hands then drawing forth the
smallest possible coin that it contained,
offered it to her.
For a moment she drew back, but then
remembering that her poor boys were
hungry at home. and in bed because there
was no Ere, she burst into tears, as she
took it, saying, &C. This will buy bread for
my poor children" and hurrying away,
she buried the bitterness Of that morning
in her own heart.
1t was four o'clock on the same day =
Sarah Goodwin sat by scanty fire, busy
in sewing patches on the very poor clothes
of her four boys.
Run to the door Jimmy" she said to
the eldest, as loud knock was heard.
90, mother !" the boy cried, return
ing, 9" a big bundle for u.s. What is it :?
What can it be p"
"Work for me, perhaps" murmured
the widow, untying the huge package,
when suddenly there came to light four
suits Of gray clothes, with four neat black
shining caps, each set exactly fitting to
the dimensions Of her boys.
Almost paralyzed with astonishment,
the widow remained on her knees, her
eyes rive ed on the words a present for
the fatherless = while the boys, appro-
priating their wardrobes, danced about
the floor, shouting with glee.
"What's in the pocket, here what's
in the pocket g" cried Jimmy, thrusting
his hand in that receptacle, when 10 out
came the very purse of gold the widow
had returned that morning. m
A scene Of joyous confusion followed
and the voice of prayer ascended from
Sarah Goodwin's full heart. Again and
again she counted the glitering treasure.
!" Five hundred dollars 1t seemed AN
almost endless fortune. How her heart
ran over with gratitude to God and the
stranger.
She could not rest, till throwing on
her bonnet, with checks glowing now with
hope and happiness, she ran back to the
hotel to pour forth her thanks.
A carriage stood at the door laden with
trunks behind. The driver mounted the
seat as she had reached the steps, and
turning her head there within sat the mys-
tertous stranger with long beard. She
had not time to speak, but he nodded his
head as he saw her with clasped hands
standing there, her very face seeming a
prayer embodied.
Sarah never saw the eccentric stran
ger again. She took a little shop and
stocked it well, and put her boys tc
school. &%
To-day she is the proprietor of hand
some store. Of her boys. two are minis
ters, one is a doctor, and the other athriv
ing merchant.
Nobody knows where the man with tht
long gray beard has gone, but if he i
living and his eye meets this, he will hav,
the consolation Of knowing the noble re
suits of his generous deed toward saral
Goodwin and her four boys.
ID 5. t---------.--~~-~----- a-s5 Er
EE A Louisville (Ky.,) correspond
) ent of that racy and original paper, "Por
ter's Spirit ofMe Times" (recently com
menced in New York, relates the follow
ing incident, which he says actually oc
S Cured in the little town OF Henderson, il
that State: &.
1t seems person from the land c
e Krout," kept public house or taver
in the place, and the said host rejoice
1 under the cognomon of Jacob Helle. On
e evening Frencbman rode into town ia
tigued and dusty, and was anxious to pu
t up for the night. Stopping a passer by
:, who we will call Simpkins for the sake {
euphony, and who was bit of was
= he asked to be shown to the nearest ia,