The Westerly echo, & Pawcatuck advertiser. [volume] (Westerly, R.I.) 1854-1858, 1857-10-29
WHOLE NUMBER 323

: my promise, for l will not break it. Bu
c nina yOu--rny name must not be mon
= toned. Give it to her as your own
? gift
) Bat you will pay mei'
'Wh hen you ask for it,
thiuk it is foolish for you 10 throw
away your money so, and yet I'll givo
it 10 her. You won't come to me for
dresses, though =
No sir
! he oil man returned, aud having
pulled out bis pocket. book, lie drew out
ten dollars and handed i, to Martha
Allen.
Here, he said, take this and see
that you make good use Of it,
The poor girl took toe money with n
trembling hand, and as he looked at the
biIls-two tves---shc was startled.
You have made mistake, sir, she
said
How so =
you have given me ten dollars
30 meant, girl
A moment the child gazcd into the
old mans face, and then burst into tears.
o, sir = She uttered, catching his
hand and pressing his lips upon it God
bless you for this You know not what
joy will lllumina my poor fathers heart
when he knows Of this. God bless You
now aud forever
When Martha Allen was gone Alb
SALON. Buig wiped tear from bis eye.
k'tc looked mp through her own tears
ana law him She moved quietly to bis
- Ie, and getting her soft arms about his
neck, She ,Nsen him on ,be check but
she did GOT speak
An excellent supper was partaken Of,
and III the evening Kate sang some oS
the sweetest songs to her uncle, and
more than once while she sang, she saw
tears in bis eyes
That night, when Absalom Burr laid
his head upon bis pillow, he had new
and II was 4 strange one -
lim--yet il was a sweet and blessed Que.
He had dom deed Of charity, and the
blessings Of the poor but noble girl yet
'ung IN his cars and dropped upon his
soul and he imagined he could bear
The prayers Of Mark Allen ascending to
heaven in Iii, bcbalf. He knew Mark
a Ileu for an honest, industrious, steady,
lard working mau, aud he felt sure that
Mark would pray for him. Surely tho
hought was blessed one.
But stop Who gave that saving
,ilt d; Who was it did that deed Of char.
ty;
BY the saints, murmurcd tho old
nan, starting half up in bed, did it
Safe S han't pay re one cent She
'han't, bless me if she does =
And Ab>alom lay back upon his pill
ow, and in the night he dlcamed that
Martha Allen was an angel, and that
she came to bless him. l: was a sweet,
cheering dream.
Two days afterwards Kate proposed
hat they should go and visit Mark Al
rn For said she, our presence may
hccr him
And the old man finally consented to
. They reached the humble cot, and
'erc welcomed in by Martha. They
)uud old Mark sitting in great stuffed
hair which neighbor had sent in, and
hough he looked pale and wan, yet
arm smile sufsused his face, as he saw
be visitors.
MIR. Burr he said, while big tears
TODD in his eyes, j can never pay you
II the noble kindness you have shown
Ie. | may at some time pay you the
'oney, but | cannot pay you all, the
are money is nothing compared with
he knowledge that ] have such gen
rous friend to stretch out his saving
and in the hour Of gloon and misery
Talk not Of money to me- returned
Jncle Absalom. earnestly and warmly.
II il served you | am already moro
IAN repaid. The blessings of mau are
hcaply purchased when 50 slight sum
IN do it and, moreover, | have been
'orc than repaid in the very knowledge
lat have been Of service to suffer-
x fellow
Even Kate was surprised by this bu