Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1858-10-26


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upon his brow, he broke it open and first
found letter, which read as follows:
.3oifoE 6DAYvILLE, Sept. 90, 49,.
o'MR. Cocoa: When was an orphan,
and almost helpless, you gave me home.
If there were unpleasant scenes between
us, have forgotten, and forgiven, as L
lhope you have ere this done. l came here
to find you in trouble. This day l have
purchased for cash your home. With this
! send you the deed OF your real estate;
ana the oill-ot-sale oI al else you owheo
yesterday Accept thenl, ior give tnenl
unly71L'lee o1p' sne IS snu ,s., ~%
yop ouoo laoie .,"s n'Gi al" ~ NJ
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~ o.o" ~ | ,s.n ard nod II;s
prnI. paTII 'ao u, .aa ,,+ sraoL - ~, Trbev cow
oINL'en ~ iu.'n. go L; Iand anS thav
.ne ieS'e' o,uo'e' -, al. .n'i,u vI;ch hea
onu'e omU mron r" Nm Al tba end If an bour
on,H pa,ar 'HI f,onch s,onneL and s,nk into his
oo.v char Ha snoothad ont the crum
pled letter and read again. And still that
old cloud was upon his brow, and the
storn I,nk pnon his face. But not lonp
No..-not lone suddenly he sank forward
with his brow low down, and his hands
nressed hard over the cloud. A moment
and sob, deep and mighty, broke from
his bosom. Then the foundation of his
soul was opened, and the big tears washed
the stern look from his face tears that
had been locked up ever since his wife
died. And in broken, struggling accents,
he said:
.Aud I have never forgiven to this
hour!'
Il x
On tbe following dav Martin received a
rota from Mr.. Go5ch. He opened it and
reaG.
.MApr,N-
Come. PETER Goocu.'
And Martin Maburv went back to his
old home. He had a deeper design than
tho fulfIlnent ,f his oath of VENGEANCE ;
ro, tLa old o.ib but the new one No,
Rnt he had hone: A long. and fondly
nhersIad hone
oc -, r H.. o,;, MA
,;H ~ an,t;a ,no nI1v earo a,a ,'a;r nr h9iubt
: WI soy no,;H H.. pf.aa,d ;r,o NJ.
eyes gie" o'as"'ea a. 1;,,Iss ;"s SSa~d tron'hind
'a,L ILL., ,.,ad "d !, L,s. amd ,han mn;sI,re
"heh IL ies'eu IN mo "'il, I;I nv 49,,
Sathe'eu III ',io'e ~ VIZ '''
then' "nen "o ""''
{ \ our piano Is not soid, Lena.
, At length Peter Gooch overcome th'
strange (aye' very strange Ihey were u
him emotions that hau UNNAMED nun
and appeared himself Dut not In"' oio
self: No. no, a new ana oetteT sell .,
no" couio you 90 'hlS' Ni"r''n III
ASKED Avn,
'Listen' sa'o the young man ne.
lett you was angry ana LOOK an oa'i
lha' "ou'u ue ;,I, ,I'o On ,Lo ss;nms % nF ,f .,
n.e""' .''"n,s sonI ,I RavnnJ tho Mi sot dow,
unon q stone and cried. cried because
WIS laaviu0 some love behind me at first
/, and then | cried out of nure anger. Al
old man came bv and stopped; he asked m,
VI want. t1ld him all. eyen NV oath
II all I cared to tell. | was in no mood t.
|. tell of boyish love. He sat down by IN,
side and told me his own story. 1t wa
: one of pain, of suffering, of remorse, al,
of amer. He was once young deepl
). wronged. He swore to have his revenge
e and he had it; but it fell back upon himsel
in agony. He was no longer happy; jo
was no more his. He warned me; h
+ prayed for me. He said if would fin
peace and Joy i'll my life never to admit tn
II demon Of revenge or anger into my sou
i Then Gorgave you; but still swore
e have revenge the old reNenge---but
e new one. And have had 1.-THE reveng
h of happy and peaceful man.
1t 'Aud that old iraveler?' whispered Pete
} Gooch, nervously.
Was on his way to this place to obtai
h forgiveness of his last enemy ere h
dropped into the grave
.Ohl and did not forgive b,mv Il