The Westerly echo, & Pawcatuck advertiser. [volume] (Westerly, R.I.) 1854-1858, 1856-01-17
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father and mother are both going out t.
spend the evening"
Haitian hour afterwards, Joseph Coop
er called for Nathan to accompany him
but his mission was fruitless. lie urged
and urged, but Nathan said No
when will you go p asked Cooper.
Never again on any such scraps,
and advise you to follow my plan
Cooper at length found that the youth
was in earnest, and, with q derisive
laugh he went bis way.
We need not tell how Nathan spent
the evening, ner how happy he was
But one thing We will state. Very late
after many very meaningless things had
been talked about, Nathan arrived at a
point where he found courage to ask
Mabel if she thought her father would
ever consent to receive him for son-in-
law.
He has spoken with me on the SUB
jsct,' answered the maiden, frankly and
firmly, and he told me that, if you
made as good man, morally and social
ly, as you had thus far been as 4 boy
and youth, he should be happy to see
me year wife,
> For some moments after that, the
youth thought moro than he spoke and
the glistening tears that stood in hi:
eyes told how deep were bis feelings.
On the following morning, Nathan
went early to the shop, happy and buoy
ant. About an hour afterwards, Joseph
Cooper made his appearance, looking
sleepy and with pale face.
well, Joe,' said Nathan, what sor,
of time did you have last night''
GLORIOUS -glorious,' cried Cooper
Rum enough. though, and l was foo
enough to drink soms'
This last clause was spoken in
changed tone.
why, I did not know that you eve
drank = said Nathan, with much sur
prise.
L don't like to; but I had to las
night. They hung on so that 1 couldn
get rid Of it..
Ah, Joe, you'd better have taker
my advice last night
'And how long is it since you have
become 50 nice ? asked Cooper, with
some irony.
'Only since last evening" kindly re-
piled Nathan and even then l became
so only from the plain advice and coun-
sci Of another
But we had rare SPORT
And what kind Of sport was it p
20, some-I tell you And as
Cooper thus spoke, he gave significant
wink, and then went to his bench.
Joseph Cooper was only two and
twenty, and had been an apprentice to
Mr.. Clark until his majority, since which
time he had been at work as journey
man.
Nothing moro was said on tho subject
of the nights scraps until the middle of
the afternoon. 1t was near three o'clock
when the deputy sheriff entered the
shop and inquired for Joseph Cooper.
Where is Cooper p the officer ask
ed Of Nathan Wilder.
That's him, at the ether end of the
shop, SIR
Lets sss,' resumed the visitor,
glancing over paper he held in his
hand; where we're you last nighti'
AT home, SIR
'You didn't 60 over to the back vii
lagei'
mo, sir. I've concluded to let that
company 90 without me, hereafter
Good. I'm glad Of that uttered
the sheriff, emphatically and then he
went along to where Cooper was at work
He spoke with the young man, and
the latter turned pale as death. Their,
was much evident begging and praying
but in vain. The officer had come fol
Joseph Cooper, and he could not s.
without him. So Joe washed his hand
and put on his coat and hat, and then
with trembling step, he accompanies
the officer from the shop.
When Nathan went out, after hi
days work was done, hs learned th'