Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1858-06-18

] pray that God in his mercy may remove
the curse from your fathers bended fcfmr
"Tho curse, Welterf'
"Aye-rHE COLD cchsg ~ rcjoiued The
youth ferendy, Il hopc God may rendor
him pennllcss"
"Whatf ponnilessr repeated Agnes
with start. ts
"Ayo--pcnnilcss' for then ho would
know how to appreciate the priceless bless
ing Of his sweet Agnes love, and thon the
crust might be broken and his heart grow
humane again. And moro than all" Wal
ter continued, winding his arm closely about
tho fair form Of his companion, and speaking
more deeply, "then would prove TO him
my love. Then / would take you TO my
homc-and could take your father TO my
home-nnd we would both losc him and
care for him while he lived" ..f, ~
Noah Brennan stopped to hear no moro,
and as he walked away he muttcred TO him.
sclf-"Thc rascal He'd do great things
Me ponniess land hc praying for it,,
The Young villain r .7g ~. 4. IS.
When the old man gained his accustom-
ed walk among the great sycamores, hsa
wiped somsuing from bis eye he acted
ns though q moat had been blown IN there
Two weeks passed on, and Agnes grew,
pale and thin. She did not sing as snc
used to, nor could she smile as had been her
won't Still she murmured not nor DID nor
kindness to her father grow less.
"Oh, God help me to love my iatherr
she prayed one night Let not my gsiet
make mo forget my duty!,
And the old man heard II .
Ono night Noah came home from tho
city, and IN his hand he brought small
trunk and piled the new bank notes upon
the table. LOOK there, Agnes, ana see
now l have worked IN my lifetime l nad
no educstlon' ont I've iald up moneyI"on,
ey-MoSEY how many men would soii
al their orains to-nlght lor tnls occ.ons
thouSand-tWo--three--four-nve' Ooun.
them, agnes. 1neres tnousand gooo
dollars In each package T -
agnes counted tnem o'er' TOT Sne tnougn'
her father wished II, and she made NIFTY
packages, =,
ny nave you taken IL irom 'he DanS'
'"' .,r- sue "sN'u.
e. y, u! eIii9n" ies II =. ioeno
i"'Jte, ~ AS@es' snal, oouo'' ~ '"i"s
a9fe H,-DouDLE TIL
ana wnlic inc oia mans eyes spaS'eo
) win eviuen' sa'lS'sc'ion, MS snie "ofs
Sorro~,pg iooS' ana iong a''e' 'na' Sns
SAT ana iooKed AZ tho working lsa'u,es y,
ner iather' ana prayed 'hat INC uoia r'enu
"oula se' nun lree.
Nhen agnes re'ifeo she ieis hei is.he'
up; out ere long she heard MIN put ms i''ie
trunK away ana 'nen 60 70 oso' Anu
then Sne slePt.
fark "nat SOUND Is tna' Agnes
STARTS up IN aar'gn' anu lls'ens nas see %
, n 1rlgn' ngn; gle"n'eg out INTO 'ne
nlgnt' ana tnick volumes OF smoke pour 'n''
inc garret
; PH'' nre souhueu 'oi0e non .ne
entry, an1 sue henrs .ne sn"'P c'aeAnng
now, ano leeis 'ne neat hgnes! NJ
Shhu Anu ih ano'nef ihoineht ~ sns inee,'
i ner la'her upon INC s'aifs' nv - uf''sSo'
: ou. slo 10 mo''
iaAe al your cio'ning' AgneS' Anu you
can put II on IN 'he entry. Inc mousse u
"ii on nle'
u In few minutes the father and child
$ stood IN the road, tho latter with bundle
, VI eio'nipS iu hot nauu, "hiio 'ho i~'ho'
l held a small trunk. They gazed upon the
burning building, but neither of thom spoke.
: And others came running to the scene,
but no ono tried to stay the flames. And
the effort would have been useless had it
been made, for tho old she'll burned like
Q tinder. But more still--no one would have
= made the effort, even had success been evil
dent, for the miserable old hut had toe
d long occupied one OF tho fairest spots IN th'
D, village. There were no other buildings e
a. a, be engendered, SO they let tho thing burn
II "You have your money safe," said Ag
VI mes. s
Ut "Yes. See l took the trunk. l left tb'
10 candle burning so that could watch it,
no But went to sleep, and tho candle mus
ct have fallen over. But I've got the trunk
on And rs hc spoke be held it up and gazcd
ID upon it by tho light Of tho burning ruins.
at "2hat is not the trunkf whispered AZ
mes. -
cd "Nor-" But tho old man spoke nj
ut further. He saw that ne had taken tn,
ry wrong trunk! This was only filed wit
as old deeds and rusty receipts! .l.sl 3.
RS, "Rnined! Lost" groaned Noah Bro
= man, as he turned from the scattered en-
RS bers. IL had fifty thousand dollars in tha