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the y0upg girls lips, and The las, roll Of
butter fell from the little hands, aud look
log up, she saw The s,ranget standing 10 to
doorway ard her rosy checks actually turn
cd pale with The start Of surprise
The exclamation seemed 70 recall tbc
young mAn to himself Hs removed bi.
hat Excuse use he sad with b,w n
instructive grace, but can you tel. me,
ms'am, II Deacon Grant livcs tsre"
'Oh, yes sir will you walk into the par
lor and take seAtl Uncle, here l. gen.
heman wishes 10 SEQ you Aai ia hlt.
ter Of enbarrassGaents she burned towards
the door
The gentleman di1 Dot .,ir. aud remav.
iug bis silver tpes,scies, tue deacon came
IN SID The two men looked si each other,
aod the elder wi'h ,ome surprise, aud
good deal of curiosity in his face the
younger With a strange looking earusstness
IN bis dark eyes that seemed wholly uuse-
eouutsblc.
DO yOa know me. sir . he a,kei. afterA
moments silence, aud there was sht kieE
IN his voice
i dou't know that ever had the pleas.
ure Of seeing you before, sir, said the dva.
con
But here change came over the feature,
Of the girl Wh1 bat bscn v tch,ns the .tr.n.
ger intsntly all the while A hgut-rb.
light ot a long buried rsc,Ilr elton -.csurd
70 burst from hoT heart Toto bet lace Her
breath eAmo gaspiGgly between her pasted
lips, her atlAted eyes we're fastened Gu tue
stranger, then, With q qa,ck cry she spr,ny
or~ard and exclaimed Uncle. IL i, EL,
worth u is Etlswotta
q II you bad seen the old man tho.p -
Has checks turned asbeu pale, his frame
quivered; he tottered few steps lorsard
aud then gr at Wild cry Ibis ar broke
out-'ls IL you. my boy Ell.worthp
'itis htse', are y1q glad ~ - re :"
Aud that stsong mao asked the question
with asob. aud timiI voice similar ~ tha,
Of child
Come 10 me come 20 me nv boy. that
! thought NAs dead. that | have seen svgry
night for the las eight years living with tie
dark eyes Of his mother updcr she White
waves ., Ellsworth God Ia, srut YOU
from the dead Come % me NY hoy
Aud tie old man drew bis arms around
abe sons nec<, aud leaned bis grey head on
his strong breast, aud for awhile lEcr- "a,
no word spoken between them
You have forgiven me father , asked tho
young msn st last
DO not not ask ne that, boy How
many times | would have given everything
| possessed on earth 70 ass, 'Fgrgive Toe.
Ellsworth 2 aod TO hear you answer, Yes "a
ther
so there was pesse between those two,
such peace a. the angels who walk up aud
doWa the hills crowned With the royal par
pie Of eternity, tune the hArps over
And this-this is Nellie. How she has
altered Bat knew ths voice, said Ellis
worth st last, as De placed the girls hand
10 his oun, and kissed her wet cheeks, I'd.
dug very tsu3erly - Ny darling sister Nsl-
lie And At last they all weuI under the
eooi shads u the hop vine, and there Els
worth told bis story
The meTohaRiman IN which he sailed
from bome was wrecked, SGd many 90 board
perishei ba, some Il the sailor. construct.
ed raft on whoa che boy va saved Wi,h
several others They we're af,,rward. res
eusd Ly 3 weasel bound for S,atl Anet.ck
Here Eil,sorth bad obtained a situation ia
a lAgge m-TcAG;.la ystatllshm.at, Gr.t as
CLERK, aftergsrds - jquiar psrtuer
lie had written home tuise, but tho lot
ter bad been lost or miscaGrisd A. be 10
ceIved DO answer be supposed ais father hai
never forgiven hin for 'ruuulug sway a0d
tried to reconcile himself to tie s,lrarks
Dent
But he bad Of late, found It very difbcul,
70 do tbs aud al last he hA4 resolved % ~
turu 10 his home have an interview With bis
parent and try whether she sshiofhi. loug
absent sou uobld not softeb b.. beart
is vas haPp, trio that sat under the
green leaves Of the bop Woe that sammef
morning u vas : lapfy THO ;ba. 80
a7za n that iaE. sli fashioned z,.rasa. g.
tEs ir!irsuas dlaGsF q satss-a sad fresh
peas that Nellie tai been 50 io0g 10 psrPaf
ILg
And th't night ihrss happy people E1sl
M toe Old sitting rapm sUug tb, trembling
voice Of the deacon lhauksd Coz f9r Gim
that vas deed sud Is alive sgsiu