Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1858-05-14


it to you. Gaurd it sacredly, for It is q
trust which ! put into your hands,"
With trembling hand Nellie took
the box and put it in her bosom, but be-
fore she could make any reply the old
man was seized with a sudden conyul-
sion, and seemed to be in deep pain
At that moment the doctor whom Nellie
had sent for entered the hut.
1T is all over" he whispered, after
he had felt the old mans pulse awhile.
And must he die?"
He is dead now, my chilt2
Nellie could hardly bcl;oysSit, fbut
when She saw how still be lsJ~1sagi a4loW
dull his eyes had grown, and that tho
breath was hushed, she knew that her
charge had passed into better hands. -
The old man had died almost as he ceased
speaking
The doctor promised to send help,
and Nellie waited there all alone with
the dead until it came. Then she saw
all done that could be done, and when
night came she left watchers with the
body
Aaron Perry was buried in the vii
lage church yard, and though few fol-
lowed his mortal remains to their final
rest, yet warm tears were shed upon his
grave.
f." Roland" said Nellie, after they had
been married week, and had fully en-
tered upon the happiness they so well
deserved, sec what I found in the sill
yer snuff box old Uncle Aaron gave me F"
And she handed him a slip of paper up
on which was written, in a tremulous
scrawling hand:
4 could not use this, though it is the
result of years Of toll and hardship.
had hoped to spend it with my aunt, but
she turned me from her. ! give it to
you because you are the dearest friend |
have to leave behind me, and the first
who has shown DISTINGUISHED love for me
since my father died.
AARON Perry"
+" But what does he mean n asked
Roland after he had read the note.
" Here it is. | found itneatly rolled
up in the box with it. confess | can
hardly understand it,"
Nellie handed to her husband small
paper covered book as she spoke, ard
when he opened il he found It to be q
Savings Bank book, and within was n
certificate of deposit of forty-nine thou
sand and some odd dollass. II was in
the name of Nellie Clark.
For a long time the young couple
puzzled over the strange book in perfect
wonderment; but finally it was arranged
that they should both 90 to the bank on
the following day, and find out what it
meant. So early the next morning Ro-
land brought wagon to the door and lie
and Nellie rode off. The bank was near
ly twenty miles distant, and they reached
it in season TO do their business before
dinner.
The mystery was soon cleared up
From the officers Of the bank they learned
that nearly twelve years before Aaron
Perry had deposited with them over
twenty thousand dollars, and that it had
remained untouched since that time, and
had now more than doubled. Also they
learned that during the summer last
past the old man had the whole trans
ferred to Nellie Clark.
" And is it all mine?" Nellie asked
in bewildermcnt.
+" Yes" replied one Of the officers. -
1t is all yours, to do with as you please
You can draw it all out Immediately, or
you can draw out such sums as you want
at such times as you please"
1t was some days before the emotions
of Nellie and her husband became calm
enough for cool calculation, They were
very happy and very grateful.
" But not whit happier than before"
said Roland, stealing kiss.
"Only a new source Of happiness -
added Nellie, " from which others shall
receive as well as We"
| BY and by Augustus Waxford, ESD,
'BJhNh hls 'JNS w ~ ibOob IALi dDl blilal y
pair of facts. The first was---IIc had
married shrew Of an advanced age,
whose wealth lay buried in her youth,
she not possessing hundred dollars in
the world. The second was The poor,
lowly Nellie was worth fifty thousand
dollars in her own right, and he bad lost
her all through his own foolishness.
Confound it, he muttered, as he
pondered upon the subject, 4" wouldn't
have been in this scrapc if I'd known
what that old man was made Of"
Perhaps il was at the very same time
that Nellie said to her husband
Goblin so glad that ! didn't know
that the Old Man Of the Wood was rich,
for if | had, shouldn't have enjoyed
all the care bestowed upon him"
PfcroRE or LrPg.-In youth we seem
climbing up hill, on whose top eternal