Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1858-01-21

member what told you when you gave that
ton dollars to Martha Allen! The six months
are uP, and have come to redeem my
ornraise. Here is the money!
"ThaEi. you,n said the Old man, as he tool;
the biIi and put it in his pocket. 81 am
glad you are SO punctual." That was all
be said, and then he took his hat and went
oat.i Kate VI as puzzled but not astonished,
for she noticed twinkiing in the old man s
eva which meant more than ten dollars
amounted tc.
Il was near the middle oi the afternoon
when Uncle Absslom returned, and under
his arm he carried small box which he
gaze to Kate, saying, as he did so.
.Sfiere, Kate. that is for you-the first
psssasa :.seom your uncle. There was tear
ligW5 esessssshss ssaee trembled; and when
Fths bright eyed * t;ssed him he wept
-,,ettriEAty
.;'hs SlElied away 10 heT little room and
OpeEet he box The first thing she saw
was ietiar directed to herself, and in her
unc!e's handwriting. The next was
neatly embossed ebony casket, within which
she found gold watch and chain, with a
small lOcSst attached, within which vas q
miniature of Uncle AbsalUm. Below this
was small book, which she found 10 be a
bank book, and by looking into it she dis
covered that on .that very day the sum of
three thousand dollars had been deposited
in her name at 8 per cent. interest 20 be
drawn by her in whole or in part at will As
sooa as she could see clearly enough
through her tears, she opened her uacle's
letter and read as follows:
June 18th, IS.
"MY DEAR KATE:-Six months arc my
heart was all cold and hard, and closed to
every kindly emotion. ! distrusied all my
fellows, and saw no good in humanity. Nj
life path was dark and gloomy, and chill
aisht-wss upon my soul. But you came to
me with SUM ght and joy, and by your
sweet music and gentle persuasion my
heart was opened, and the warm light of
ove entered, and since then some good has
caged from that opened heart. And now
to you, who performed The happy work, |
give the accompanying as slight token of
my iuye for you, and my appreciation of
your many sirtues But you will not leave
me. Perhaps at some time you miy be
called upon to enter 2 new and holier part
nershi?. but beg of you to forget not me.
Tell the happy, blessed man who may claim
you, that You cannot go without me; for my
life would be a living death without you.
Your uncle, ABSALoM BURR"
Wien Kate mex. met her uncle, her eyes
we're red with weeping, and her cheeks were
vet She moved 10 his side, and as she
kissed him, she simply whisperhd, ''GOd
bless you! will never own a home where
you may not go.''
When the warm breath of summer came.
the ela naa moved into good house, and,
ere ss.ss afts5wari, Kate gGVc AS hand 20
an hoaest, Industrious mechamic-a carPen-
ter by trade. And then came fhr business.
Absa,op found the money, and Kate's hus-
band i@und tine skill, and new houses vent
up in tae thriving village. The CID man
was busy now, and as his simple, abstem-
ious life had let him with noble constitu-
ton, be was spry and strong.
And Absaom Burr and his niece were
not the oaly ones who were biest BY the
opening of that hardened heart. No-far
IRON it, Hundreds there were who basked
in the warm sunlight of the noble charity
that fioated from The ample source which
KGle's gentle wazd bad opeaad.