Monmouth weekly herald., 1858-08-19
FREEHOLD. N. j. THURSDAY MORNING, AUGUST 49, 1855

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body some good here ifhe left it. ex
pect he starved his wife to death, when
she died and his only daughter I've nc
doubt he'd swap away for gold piece
any day"
You seem> very bitter against him
perhaps your judgement is &warped in
some way"
"Not at all. Wight will tell you
that | speak the truth. We've both been
in his employ I reckon"
Yes, indeed echoed Wight. and a
meaner man never wish to see. Your
heroism is thrown away in saying the
life Of such a man, Ned Lowell. You'd
better let him have gone to the deuce
and done with it..
A few weeks after this, as Edward was
stepping from the train in the Boston
depot, he Unexpectedly encountered the
same old gentl eman he had picked up on
the road, and taking the watch from his
pocket, he stepped up and asked if it be-
longed to him.
eyes indeed,'' said the gentleman with
a smile, here are my initials engraved
on the back. Bat how-where--" he look.
ed up, but Edward had vanished. He
would not wait to be questioned or thank
ed by character so despicable as he
supposed Phil Lee to be and be scorned
the idea OF taxing the generosity Of a
miser for reward.
But Edward was deceived after all by
his associates, who had been dismissed
from the gentleman's employ for gross
neglect of duty ; for he was really q
good, generous, and noble-spirited man,
though proud one; rapidly increasing
in wealth, it is true, but getting il
honestly, and spending it for good and
philanthropic purposes. He knew Ed
ward at once, and, being deeply grateful
for the life he had saved, and highly
pleased with the honesty he displayed in
returning the watch so promptly, he was
a good deal disappointed at his leaving
him SO suddenly.
This young man evidently wishes to
remain unknown to tae," he said to him
self. discover the ingenuousness ol
modest difidence in his countenance
as well as an uncommon share oil
energy and good senss. They tell me he
IS only common hand upon the road
but | an very sure he is capable of filling
much higher positions. | must look to
it by .and-by."
Being an ingenious, witty, good-look
ing and genrous- hearted fellow, Edwar d
was admired and appreciated by his set
but as he was young poor, unpublished
and had no powerful friends to recon
mend him, he had hitherto been compell
ed to toll in the ranks, with little pros
pect OF promotion elsewhere.
But change came at last, and pro.
motions followed so rapidly that he him
self wondered how his merits came to be
discovered and appreciated. He proved
himself capable of every trust committed
to his charge, however, and now that the
spirit OF ambition was fairly reused, ii
seemed astonishing how fast he improved
In person, mind and manners.
After con6ning himself to his danger.
GUS business for many months, Edward
got months leave of absence, and went
to visit his mother in the country.
she was poor and partly dependant
upon his exertions for support. But
since he had left home she had taken in
a few boarders from fashionable school
lately established there, and when he
had visited her since, their presence had
been rather annoying to him. But now
1T was vacation, he reflected, and they
would be gone, and when he left the
cars a mile or two from home and mar
ched off across the fields, in preference
to taking the stage, he looked forward
with pleasure to the long and uninter-
rupted interview he should have with a
mother who was very dear to him.
HIS course led along the banks of a
lake where he had often wandered and
often sported in childhood, and he was
standing in a deeply shaded nook that
overlooked the lake, thinking intently of
the past; when his musings were inter
rupted by the rustling of the leaves and
branches near him and minute ritter.
wards, female form crept into view,
upon the, lower branch of an old tree that
grew out horizontally over the water,
some twenty feet.
Her face was concealed by an odious
oloomer nat 0uG the lace, form and
greceful motions, could not fail to arrest
| his attention and the trouble she had
in arranging her fashionable skirts ex.
cited his mirth to such degree that de
corum alone prevented his indulging in
q hearty bust of laughter. Having ar
ranged them at last to her satisfaction
the young lady sat down in the crooked
seat he remembered of old, took book
| from her pocket, and went to reading.
| But her mind evidently soon wandered
/ from the printed page to the works Of
nature around her and in looking up
i she discovered the tiny nest of a hummins
bird upon one Of the dropping branches
j She rose suddenly, and in stepping for.
ward with the book in one hand, and the
other outstretched towards the prize he,
oot slipped and she was precipitated
ldown. ~
II But O, Shade Of Eugene what fall
/ was there Those abominable crinolines
'iropes, hoops and what not, caught firmly