Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-06-17
EREEHoLR D. - THURSDAY MORNING JUNE Il, 1865

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ing in substance that he had found an in.
diyidual that was anxious to purchase a
umner residence, whom he had recon
mended to visit Riverside, which he would
probably do, and perhaps would reach
there nearly as soon as the letter which
had been penned in haste in order to
apprise him (Mr. e. Of the anticipated
visit. The letter had scarcely been read
when there was a rap at the door upon
answering the summons, Mr.. Eversley
was standing face to face with the gen
tleman of whose coming the letter had
spoken. Upon learning this, Mr.. Evers-
ley invited him to enter, and after con-
versing for a short time on their i'm
mediate business, the two sailed forth for
the purpose of examining the farm. But
a little more than an hour had passed
when the two returned, and then,l virtu
ally, Riverside belonged to another. The
terms of the sale had all been agreed
upon, and although the amount was not
as large as Mr.. Eversley had hoped to
realized, yet, ihasmuch as it was the only
cash offer which he had received, he de-
cided that he had better accept it, rather
than risk the uncertainty of receiving
another.
The following day the necessary papers
were drawn, and for the first time since
its settlement, Riverside had passed out
of the Eversley family. the money arising
from the sale being applied to the pay
merit of those notes drawn by Butler.
King & Co.. bearing John Eversley's
endorsement. Having satisfied all the
claims against him from this quarter,
which indeed constituted his entire in
d~ebtedness, Mr.. Eversley began to look
about him for a temporary home. He
had..a few hundreds Of dollars left, with
with which, as it were, to begin life
anew, and the first question which arose
in his mind was, " Where shall | go that
| may escape the sneers CT an uncharit-
able world p
Humb4ed to the dust on account of his
sudden reyerses, he felt that all who had
known him in his days of prosperity
would now look down upon him and to
extent, his Judgment was correct,
yet there were those in the community
who had respected the man, not for what
he possessed. but for his many virtues.
One of the latter class, owning a farm
in Duchess County, some ten miles dis
tant, offered him an excellent opportun-
ity to till the same, and we scarcely
need add that the offer was accepted /;
and in a few weeks Mr.. Eversley, Carrie
and Betsey, were occupying their new
home.
Although greatly inferior to the one
which they had left, yet with a com
mendable spirit of contentment, they i'm.
mediately set about arranging their new
abode, in a manner corresponding with
the circumstances by which they were
surrounded. Already had several Of the
n~eighbors called upon them, all Of whom
they found to be exceedingly obliging
in offering to assist in the many duties
which ever follow a removal from QUE
abode to another. Hence, ere they were
fairly established in their new quarters,
had made the acquaintance Of a
circle of friends.
The news of Mr.. Eyersley's misfortunes
had preceded him. and this circumstance
had created no little curiosity to
see the mar who would sacrifice his
home, his property, his all, to the estab-
lishment Of his honor. For this noble
act Of self.sacrifce, the sympathies of the
entire neighborhood were enlisted in his
behalf nor did those sympathies partake
Of take-the-word-for -the-deed nature, but
actually resulted in deed, which amply
demonstrated the fact that they were in
earnest. His fields were ploughed, (for
it was Spring. a good supply of wood for
use was drnwn up to the door
his empty granary was partially filled,
and in fact so carefully had his wants
been studied, that there was scarcely
anything wanting to render his present
home happy. And excepting at times,
when his mind, as it were unbidden, re.
vertcd to the loss OF Riverside, he was
content. But on these occasions, when
he thought Of his child, it was then that
he mourned the loss of the homestead
then, he remembered the great change
which in a single year had come over
him. Then, he could have left her a
noble estate now he had nothing to be-
Such thoughts as these were
narrowing to his nature, and Iotwith-
standing.he strove to guard against their
reflections, nevertheless they
occasionally enter his mind, rem
dering him, for the time being, unhappy.
Had not the fact been forcibly impressed
upon his mind that Riverside was lost to
him beyond recovery, he would not thus
passiveIy have relinquished all hope for
the future but in his present state Of
mind all his future hopes we're blasted,
at least those Of a worldly nature, and
had it not been for his child-the only
object which now rendered his life en-
durable, he would have been led to de-
spair. But Carrie, who had ever been
his guardian angel-the life Of the house
hold and the parents joy-she alone
could diffuse a spirit of peace to his heart
and drive back the clouds of sorrow
which eyer and anon were settling upon
him.
Carrie, too, as she engaged in her