Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1859-03-12

neuu MS pdCh, anu recOleCtlnS something tnat
he wanted, opened it. The first thing he saw
was the identical pocket-book whose loss had
excited so many regrets. He recocctcd hav-
ing placed it there the morning before he reach
ed Brents Prairie, but in the confusion of the
moment the circumstance was forgotten. He
examined it, and found everything as Ire left it.
The discovery nearly restored him to health,
but he resolved at present to confne the secret
to his bosom. It was gratifying to him to wit
ness the entire confidence they reposcd in the
honor and integrity of stranger, and the pleas
ure with which they bestowed favors upon one
whom they supposed could make no return but
thanks. -,
Lucy passed sleepless night In the morning
she watched hour after hour for his coming. and
when sunset approached he was sill absent =
Terrified at his long and unusual stov. she was
setting out to procure ncighbor TO 90 in search
of him, when the parent came in sight She
ran to meet him. and was bestowing Inon him
a thousand endearinp exprcssions of afIec,ion
when his haggard, woe-begone countennnce
startled her.
He uttered not word. and went into his
house and seated himself in silence. II was in
vain that she attempted to cheer him. After
long pause during which there was powerful
struggle roinr on in his feelings. he rose and
the room where Wilson was seated. "You
must know all he said. ~ am ruined | am n
beggar. In few days must quit this house
the farm which have so highly improyed and
thought my own" He proceeded to state that
a few DAYS before, Crosby, in fit of ungoyern
able malice taunted him with being n bercor
and told him that he was now in his mower and
he would crush him under his feet. When Mr.
Davis smiled at what he regarded as only an
impotent threat, Crosby. to convince him. told
him that the patent of his farm was a forged
one. and that he, Crosby, knew the real owner
of the land; had written to purchase il. and OK
pccted deed in few days. Davis immediaie-
iy went nome for his patent, and during his long
absence had visited the land office. Crosby was
right. The patent, beyond all dispute, was a
forged one, and the clairn OF Davis to the farm
was not worth farthing.
IL may be proper to observe that counterfeit
ing soldiers patents was a regular business in
S some S of the eastern Cities and hundreds eds had
old mon Ohm, or;evo for ,b;s nisfor,nro
mr. how mass ,hn remo;nder of NV existence
I bave n E,,le hone hcyond tho s;ors ,rboro
vour mo,ber has rone hcforc me and where
would have loved 10 protect her child. nv own
afisc,;onoto Iucv" 'rbn rnenin,, owl tbrov
Ler orr,s oro,,nd ,bo nacL ~ Hor9 f,3har al
nonrcd ber tcars npon bis bosom "Wo ca,,
ko ba,, s,;l ;, oil ba ..cor an, ,.o,,,r o,'d
can c5sii, snnnort ne botb ;,
4 now scepa fol,o,rcJ in which another ind.
v;jnai was The rrinc;nnl ac,or sbaII lnayo
tho roodor to form his own on;nior NJ il and
harol,' ror,arL tba, a, tbn cIoso Tho old ,,n,,
took The hands Of iucv and vonng Wilson ,I nnJ
then ioipinr them snid. INV cb;1ren. cbeer.
G,llv conse,t IN ,.o,,r ur;on Thorgh noor ,r;,b
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Cbarles you viii h: hind 70 nv dangbter Gov n
f,' ,'h;s s, rbor ,n', tba,,,,b, ,5a. no h.
man car couId hear Won board Won fervsn,l,.
imnlore the blessings of heaven upon NV rray
L.airs and ,b,, GoJ would reward my cL;lI co.
an ber IinJneS, ~ you" TaIin, dorn h.
family Rihle the xnnerohle old man ,ddad 81,
is a saason NJ ofIl;ct;on hut we are NOT forsalen
Totus lool for sInnor, to Him who has nrom-
ised 10 sustain rs. i" lie then opened the book
and read;
"Alfhohch the fg-trec shall not blossom
neither shall iruit Oe' IN Inc 'inos iaUors Of
the olive shall fail, and the fields yield no meat
the focks shall be cut off from the fold. and
there shall be no herd in the stall, vet will iov
in the God of my salvation"
Charles and Lucy knet beside the venerable
old man. and while he PRAYED they went tears
of grateful emotion. Ii was n sleepless but NOT
unhappy night to three inhabitants of the neat.
cheerful dwelling they were about to leave, and
90 they knew not where.
1t was then that Young Wilson learned the
real value of money. By means of il he could
give shelter to those who 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 could not dismiss from his
mind: that Crosby had written TO the real own
er of the land. and had now obtained the prom-
ise of the deed.
1t is now time for the reader to become fully
acquainted with the history of the Young stran.
ger.
His father. Charles Wilson. senior. was n
merchant in Boston. who had acquired an i'm
mense fortune. AT the close of the war when
the soldiers received from the government their
bounty of one hundred and sixty acres of land
many of them offered their patents TO Mr. Wi,
son for sale. Finding that they resolved 70 sell
them. he resolved to save them from the sacri-
fec of their hard earnings, and he purchased at
fair price all that was offered. In three years
no small portion of the Military Tract came in
to his possession.