The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1857-04-09
lMy1molbsr lad beea a,sEenn frOuI u.,thl

!, nv sm6ther had been taken from Us the
year after I had left homes the void in
tthe house which her presence had 6lled,I
believed woaldpfall painfdilp Onsa aeoi The
lcsre of The house. since her death, had de-.
lFolved on Kate, but y sbe household, was
tonly composed Of herself and my father. her
duties had not been nheuyyniiowsboW ,mW
My'tetarn . had carefully PLANNED 10 such
"a way as to be ult6gethsrd surprise to the
old gentleman and Hate. BY no possibility
were they expecting me for foil a weed, and
Ethi. thought made me even more impatient
to i reach each ihela. y It was win athrobbine
heart, therefore. tha, I wAtked up the dyehde
leading to the house ny fdther then 'oceu,
pied. had learned from Kate that the ola
Homestead was undergoing repairs. and tina,
The old gentleman meanwhile had rented .
house in the heart Of flourishing town.
| IkneY the pld place and its surroundings
so we'll, however. that ip spite Of The new
house that had been put up,and other alter
I ations, couidinot be at fadlt.,r bo4gd b.,
I / was in the very street at last, and before
the very house which held my father and
muchslDved sister, the tbrobbings ofr my
heurt sensibly increased at each step which
brought medbFse, Until my patiepe had BE.
come almost tiasupportpble. - .,.,a .gsr'"', y -
AsI was about to ascend the, steps and
enter the house Iegitimately,b by The, front
door, I saw tfiSt itfis diningsroom.. windows
| which opened on the green before the house
i were wide, open, and the bright lights, with
4 in, the room -shoue on the outspresd table,
lust as ahe fShlily had Ieft n after the even.
| mo meal. 20 .aiP'' o'it s'hHi'eto sni
s.rh.r ,.,., t,.o .,.,sl, Ia .on,sny :. 2 ,ho.ab,
'"sos n, p.
Yns,ulnl,ber of pbersous. and the massive spoons
and shining silver ten service e. Law tempting.
1 ,vi open. to ,he handss ef ,aoy passisg thief
WIN, ,uiobt mss that way. oaa4 al.i sas .e.7e
"A brilliant tbouebt flashed iipon nv mind.
.A d,0ble surniisc ,ii j., exclaimed 4. and No
soonor - ,bo.rb, s,,bu ,bon acted '---'-l 'I-i9eiS
-asYr;,a,oaI,, ons bo,rd N .oscN ,nSatnf
,hoj r.en ts;hdtwsf r., ,,hs,eJ s7hos,itvl ns
snso9ornssh0 snoons h0nd wboy otber az the
H. H. ,,a co,ld dot,eerrm;red 10 make ,,sk n .
|vOov ma s,airs. and, into the drawing room
bsfo,a. 4 nh of,se,,fa,,,i,v s,,tnr;sed, tSe. and
n,,s.o, n.,o,son, NJ, xiss,er s;,b nv ows bresenee
and be, slyer 5, he same tine ike latter as
pleos,.t rcoroof for bcr too evident care.
,ssssehs In ihe housekeeping of which she
b,d (b..ttea barse,t 90 orof;, ,.,ent. y, sossrior
il INV io,bcr boussek eepef 10 be fouhl'aa IS
gos, ns ,,, WINS about 10 .ic OMEN HE door u j
the rx,rioasly, furnisbed dining roo room, ~, nv i,
erns GLANCED nm The name rsatovod upon
| ,Sc siIy.r. .r,iys more !, & ~ eso.ta.Iss
~, ..,a ,;.a ,g.9 sr;,i;,,, 4, hno,bey. h he "a
a,,a,Lar ,;aoa'I.,n,t ~ and ,be same nm -
- III s,,.,,a,t,. .,..,
80 49," j. ssa e1,1.., ;o..,as.n q sns,, htnwt
..s ,. Is. .. 'I,,,T s, II, ,, alo sa.f
WI, !, ~ a,.hal a n ,h,onch ~ ~ l;.s Ia. M .bocl Il,
:, u,h,n;na ,h., mn f.,her .l,ho,,b =, man
- me.n.rnd o...,iD,on;e..,.d nnv o,a,,
I.. :, .;,.,. h.a ,a.,a, owned ,,,v nl,.e
ovcon, ,hs old n.h md sooon. and the @ mn. nm
,s,aI,, sa,,;co. h;ch,,,,J leab basaed
I,1,nn rono,,,;on alto, oe,er,,i,n and wbisb
-
i ne WOnia nOt Oe tikety 10 HuNes FaehahSeo
4 for any new fansled pattern and make like
that before n me. 1t also occurred 10 me fol
a dead certainty that L had "waked up the
wrong. passenger" and ,.barkeda up ,,he
: wrong apple III short, that \ wusi ia
i asfix, and lecid5dly in TIE wrong house. 3 -
!. = One nr moments thought before i entered
the house in that suspicious way. would have
coovincedmethat it could by.no possibility
bes r,v ef,,hcr's II vas ~ fars TOO lareea fol
!, tbe- -,it ,ouiet Old gentleman with his one daugh
,er 10 think of ,occuoying, even for 5ths
sl,orttim while,tI,e old home stead was .un
ade,go,ins lis repairs. Then, too, the tfurhni
"a lire was Of too costly material and 70,
annew,, IN appearance u,Iu ar to belong 10 the. ol,
gentleman. and bv the lights which shon,
from avery window in the large house, as
entered, might have known that exeeptii
ss,if case Of nv nv sisters wedding, the establish
Ement was on too extensive and expensive !
, scaletfor the old hines 'lman ,iny reverep
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