The Westerly echo, & Pawcatuck advertiser. [volume] (Westerly, R.I.) 1854-1858, 1857-08-13
WESTERLY, K l., THURSDAY, AUGUST 13, 1857.
But equally 10 the heart Of many a
parent aud many child the story has
ts message and lis warming


it's message and lis warming
Eight years Lad pissed. 1t was sun
mer time again, and the hills were gree
and the fields were yellow with her Clio
Try. 1t was IN tae morning, aud Deacon
Grant sat under The porch Of the grea
old rambling cottage Tor the day wa
very warm aud the top WIS wrappe,
round thickly with hop vine.
These eight years bad greatly chang
ed the Deacon He seemed to hav,
stepped very-suidenly into old age auc
the light wind that stirred the greer
loaves, shook the grey hairs over hi
wrinkled forehead, as be sat there read
ing the village newspaper, with eyes tina
had began to grow dim.
Aud every little while, fragments o
some old-iashioEed tune foated out t.
the old man, soft, sweet, stray fragment is
and fitting back and forth from the pan
try to the breakfast table, was a young
Igrl, not handsome, but with u sweet
frank, rosy couEteuance, whose smile.
seemed 10 hcvc6 k1T. tbe household a.
natural as sunshine over June skies.
She wore pink calico dress, the
sleeves tucked above her elbows, aud d
: checked apron Altogether, she was
a fair, plump, healthtul looking country
glrl.
And while the old man read the pa.
per under the bop vine, and the young
grl hummed and futtercd between
the pantry and tue kitchen table, a
young man opened the small front
gate and went up the narrow path to the
house.
He went up very slowly, staring ali
about hlm, with ali eager, wistiul look,
aud sometimes the muscles of his
mouth worked aud qulvered, as one,
will When strong ctnotlon- are shaking
The heart.
H. hdd ii Il m, Sinewy irame, OF mid
ll,ns hei- at; ue Was not haun~ome, but
IHerc Was snUcllng In his face YOU
would have liked perhaps it Was the
ight away d dIwu III the dark eyes per.
zap, 1t was The strength aud characterl
OrG,hadOwyd III the lines about tn
mouth | cInuot tell II was a. lntclll-
.IUio as II va, c,ualn you would have
liked tuai face.
The door was opons aud til, young
Il A
~ "a momcut, sta Iug around the low
vail, and Oh the pam Icaved paper that
,ovelcd lae side. Then tuck mist
JIuGo iuto his eyes aud he walked on
Ike on IA "a dream, apparently quite
orgetiui tbdt tDis wa, not lis own
lome.
tlilk those low sweet fragments of
oog upc)u5cipusly drew hl, step, to the
.ucheu for IL. nUuIents later, he stood
IL toe doorway. watching the ialr gil H.
be removed The smal rolls Of yellow
'uic, from wooden box to au earth
IN plate. | can hardly trauscribc the
xpresSiou OF The mans face. 1t was
ue OF mingled doubt, surprise aud Gag.
mess, that, at last convergcd iuto one
Dyful certainty.
Mel cilul manp The words broke
rom the girls lips, aud the last roll OF
utter fell from her little hands, as look
~ up she saw the stranger standing IN :
be doorway; and her rosy checks ac- ,
ually turned pale with the start of sur I
rise. :
The exclamation seemed to recall the
oung man to himself He removed I
is hat. Excuse me- be said, with u 5
ow of instructive grace, { but can you t
I'll me ma AM, il Deacon Grant resides L
ere - c
%! yes, sir, will you walk into the 5
arlor aud take seat Uncle, here is
gentleman who wishes to see you.'- y
nd in a Auttcr Of embarrassment, she "
urried towards the door, {
The gentl,mah did not stir, aud re-
Ioviug his silver sp,c'aclcs. tho deacon
lme III aud he two ucu looked a,
,cb uth,r, lar uldet MA spmt surp,,sc .
I'd good dlal VI Gu .VslIJ ~ Ills lace ,
he Younger with n strange loppipp earn r