The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1859-02-17

uIeuS Iidu Dceii uupe'i. III il HOl I0r D1ySeiI
said the old man, THAT grieve for this mis-
fortune. am advanced in life, and it mat
tiers not where or how pass the remainder
of my existence. have little home beyont
the stars, where your mother has gone be-
fore me, and where would have loved &c
protect her child. my own alltctionate Lucy
The weeping girl threw her arms around the
neck of her father and poured her tears
upon his bosom. We can be happy still, =
said she, ''for am young, and can easily
support rs both" ..... ... ....
A new seen. followed. IN which another
individual was the principal actor shall
leave the reader to form his own opinion OF
it, and barely remark that, at the close, the
old man took the hands of Lucy and young
Wilson, and then joining them said: my
children, cheariuily consent to your union.
Though poor, with Il good conscience, you
can be happy. know Charles you will be
kind to my daughter, for a few nights ago,
! when you thought no human ear could
hear you, heard You lervently implore the
4 blessings of heaven upon my gray hairs, and
that God would reward my child for all her
kindness to you" Taking down the family
Bible, the venerable old man added, at is a
season of aifiiction, but we are not forsaken
Let us look for support to Him who has
promised to sustain US" He then opened
the book and read:
although the fig-tree shall not blossom,
neither shall fruits be in the vines, the labors
of the olive shall fail, and the fields yield no
meat; the fiocks shall be cut off from the
fold, and there shall be no herd in the stall,
yet will joy in the God of my salvation "
Charles and Lucy knelt beside the ven
cradle old man, and while he prayed
they wept tears of grateful emotion. 1t
was sleeple>s but not an unhappy night to
three inhabitants Of the neat cheerful dwell
| ling they were about to leave, and go they
! knew not whore.
Itwas then that young Wilson learned
the real valu, of money. By means of it he
could give sh liter IL those vino had kindly
received him when every other door was
closed upon him.
| All night long he had thought of the forged
patent. There were few words dropped by
Mr.. Davis which he coul not dismiss from
his mind, that Crosby had written to the
real owner ot the land, and had now obtained
the promise oftAe decl.
! ii Is now tim FIR the reader to be"om .
| '':lly acquainted with the history OF the
young Stran""r.
! His ,ather, Charles Wilson, senior, was n
Iuer 'hant in BJ>ton, who had acquired a.
! imnan&a Fortune " thr close Of tie wa
''''' u S'' l''F' received from 'he govern
'ac"' .tI' '|'H5tS Oh one ilhA"red an" 9iN!E
'''''''' q N''", many 'i 'h'h o''-rea tAei
f"''''''N u N''' - 'iS'N' '"F S2ie' ''''''''r
'''"' ''''' '' resolved 70 Sc'i '''n' he rt-
a,iF"d to save t,;eH' from tic sacrifice of tnc!
hard earnings, and he purchased at tai,
price all that was offered. In three years no
small portion OF the Military Tact came into
his possession.
On the day that Charles became Of age, he
gave hima deed to the principal part of this
land IN Illinois, and insisted that he should
| go out and see it, and ifhe liked the country
se'ee 'heie. "iShihS nm 10 become lden-
'i'ieo Win 'ile people he recommended ms
so'' W h's 's'oe nus oroaacio1ii, ana aresS
i'Ne " "aeA"oousiian'
III compliance Win tiiis suggestion, the
,o'''';' man 'i''o assumed rude ana rustic
"'s'' 80 i'i'pproPr'ale 10 MS appearance
anu i'.''e'> ''S " eN'''e s''iiie suspicion ina.
~ 'i''' n'o''''s ioi eo'iee'''i's MS re'i chaf-
"e'o'
on the morning OF his sons departure, Mr.
W ison received letter from man IN Illinois
who had written frequently. lie wished to
purchase certain section at government
p,ace' Wh,cn llr. wilson promised ne should
"'''e>'
49, - - :. ~ ~, w "
:, ~ nv '''''i
I ,;a. ~. We - - -, .a, .' 49,. - i'es-
Cha,,o, 49,, .,,e