Sauk Rapids frontierman. [volume] (Sauk Rapids, M.T. [i.e. Minn.]) 1855-1860, 1857-04-02

the doorway and her rosy cheeks acr
tuaIly turned pale with the start Of sur
prise. ,s
The exclamation seemed to recall the
young man TO- himself. He removed his
hat. " Excuse me-" he said, with a
bow Of instinc i've grace, Il. but can you
tel me, ma am, If Deacon Grant resides
here 20
g Oh !! yes, sir will you walk into
the parlor and take seat Uncle, here
i a gentleman who wishes TO see you.
And, ID d futter Of embarrassment, she
hurried towards the door.
The gentleman did not stir, and, re-
moving his silver spectacles, the deacon
came in !; and the two men looked 1T
each other, the older with some surprise,
and good deal of curiosity in his face;
the younger with strange, longing ea-
gerness in his dark eyes that seemed
wholly unaccountable. "s' 'a s.-g3
!" DO you know me sir 2" he asked,
after a moments silence, and there was
a shaking in his voice. N aa@ia sHsI vii
| do not know that ever had the
pleasure Of meeting you before, SIR"
said the deacon. 8If.ss
But here a change came over the
face OF. the girl, who had been watching
the stranger intently all the time. A
light, the light Of d long buried recol-
lection seemed to break up from her
heart into her face. Her breath came
between her parted lips, her
dilated eyes were fastened on the stran-
ger then, with quick cry, she sprang
forward. s Uncle, i, is Ellsworth /! it is
surely Ellsworth % ~ -
Oh if you had seen that old man
then His cheeks turned ashen pale.
his frame shivered he tottered a few
steps forward, and then the great, wild
cry of his heart broke out-ss rs It you.
my boy. Ellsworth ~ ..s t s'.55a
.a-s" " i is /, father are syou glad 10 SEQ
me {" And the strong man asked the
question with sob, and timid voice
like that of child.
Come to me ! come to me, my boy,
that thought was dead, that / have
seen every night for the last ght years,
lying with the dark eyes Of his mother
under the white waves. Oh! Ellsworth.
God has sent you from the dead Come
to me, my boy - t'
And the old man drew his arms around
his sons neck, and leaned his gray head
on his strong breast, and FOR a while
there was not a word spoken between
them,
s",You have forgiven me, father ~
asked the young man at last. '>'s
: Do not ask me that, my boy. How
many times would have given every
thing possessed On earth to ask for
give me, Ellsworth ? and to hear you
answer, Yes, father.''
So there was peace between those
two, such peace as the angels who walk
up and down the hills, crowned with tie
royal purple ofeternity, tune their harps
over sts ssa4+ ,t9 tsias.s-5
= And this this is Nellie !? How
she has altered Butt knew the voice"
said Ellsworth. at last, as he took the
girls hand in his own, and kissed her
wet cheeks. adding very tenderly -
stMy darling sister Nellie And at t'iast
they all went out Under the cool shade
of the hop vine, and there Ellsworth told
his story. '.3l'f -s',1 sFois'e
The merchantmen ia which he had
sailed from home was wrecked. and
many on board perished; !; but some ofthe
sailors constructed raft. on which the
boy was saved. with several Others.
They were afterwards rescued by yes
sci bound for South America. Here
Ellsworth had obtained situation ii !
large mercantile estabIishment, .iirst as
! clerk. atterward a. junior partner.
He had written home twice, but the
letters had been lost or lniscarried. AS
he received no answer, he supposed his
father had never forgiven him for 4 runs
ming away, and tried to Feconcile4 him
self the estrangement. .s,sl ss5as1t5 asllsl n
But m had. Of late, found il very DIFF