The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1857-02-05


pied throat; and then he sat buried in
thought for SO long that the child dropped
asleep with her head against his shoul
der. t1
Hillo! are ye both asleep?" shout
ed Daniel, as he came back from his hunt
ing.
cha, pretty one what's that you've
got about your neck 2" queried he. as
the light sparkled on her new gift.
It's present from Amos for me to
remember him by though I am certain
I should not have forgotten him.
"a heart, hey? Pretty significant!
How is it that you always get ahead of
me. brother Plague take it !-(excuse
me, May I've got something for you,
too"
He drew forth from his vest-pocAet a
really beautiful little watch, which must
have cost twice as much as Amos's gift.
This is for you to count the hours Of
absence from me. I know you will feel
them SO terribly long," he said, in a
moeking voice, in which, nevertheless,
there was an undercurrent of different
feeling.
May took the watch with smiles and
tears, for the youths were to her as broth
ers; and these parting gifts made her
feel that the time when they would be
separated was coming fast.
Less merry than when they had set
forth, they wandered home.
The days fled swiftly away. The
morning of parting came, and general
sadness marked the deep feeling with
which the neighbors parted from their
friends. Mrs. Potter sobbed as if her
heart would break; and Peters voice
was little unsteady as he bade Mr.. Lam
caster farewell.
The boys kissed May. who wept upon
their necks, waited for the last wave of
her darling little hand, and then started
for the woods to overcome their loneli-
ness by the power of physical exertion.
It was but brief time after this that
Amos had a private talk with his father,
the result of which was that he prepared
himself to leave home and enter school at
the East that very winter. His parents
were now wealthy He had always work
ed side by side with his father, superin-
tending his work, and aiding in the col
lection of riches, a portion of which he
justly felt ought to be his for the purpose
of educating himself to take higher rank
among men. Mr.. Potter was too saga
cious man. and had craved after book
larning" too earnestly himself, not to be
proud of this disposition in his son, and
willing that every means should be fur
nshed which Amos desired.
Both the boys had made very good pro-
gress in mathematics, knew something OF
one or two sciences, and had some know
ledge of Latin, all of which they had ac-
quired of Mrs. Lancaster and the master
at the village school.
Daniel concluded that year at some
seminary would give him enough educa-
ton for business man his father need
ed the help of one of his boys; and Dam
iel had an acquisitive turn which made
him anxious to speculate upon his own
account. So he went with Amos one
year to preparatory school; and, when
Amos entered college, he returned home,
and went into partnership with his father
(To BE CONTINUED.
DEATH-Townsend wrote as follows
of the approaching doom, through which
all, sooner or later, are called to pass:
"The hour is coming and it is fear.
full and solemn hour, even to the wises
and the hour is coming when we mus
bid adieu to the scenes which please us
to the family we love, to the friends we
esteem. Whether we think or whether