The Kansas herald of freedom., 1859-10-22
LAWRENCE, KANSAS. OCTOBER %, 1859.

that box, a linen spread, three silver
spoons, string of gold beads, and num-
Der of other little trinkets like. l hadn't
seen the box for years, and was lingering
it over, when all of sudden the bottom
dropped ont into my lap. and 10 and be-
hold there was false piece laid over
this, and somethin' like corner of can
vas stickin' out. | pulled it out, and
what do you think it was, Seth Rogers p
"I'm sure | don't know, Miss Wool
coot." And the mans face was ashen
pale with eagerness.
at was that picter of Mary which the
English gentleman painted when he Wis
tied our village; aud it just fitted square
in the bottom of the box, SO there warn't
crack or break in it nowhere remem
Der, now, your mother said there was
somethin' in the box when she gave it to
me, but just then she was taken with an
awful fit of coushin', and fiually she said,
Never MUD; Pm 50 tired, and Pll tell
you about it p-mOrrow, Miss Wo"lcoot'
But she must have forgot, for her memo
~ seemed kinder to leave her that last
week"
20. granny, you LEI me see this ?'' aud
there was a greedy cry in the mans
voice.
"Sartin, Seth. 1t amt faded one bit in
all these years that its been in the bottom
of the old box, where your mother put it
for safe keepin', and we all s'posed it had
got burned up; but it's Mary, every inch
of it, with the curls dancin' about her
neck, and her lips pottin' out just ready
to speak, and her eyes a-shinin', and her
cheeks a-bloomin' as they did years and
years ago."
20, granny, if you'll give me that pic
ter of Mary, I'll give you anything Eve
got on earth !'' pleaded Seth Rogers with
the old woman.
"Will you, Seth? Will you give back
to Isaac the deed of his house and land
that you knows his'n in The sight of God
and that you know, too, III break his
heart, and his wife's and his children's, tc
give up, and that your mother and Mary'd
plead harder for you to do than /, if they
was here this blessed minute ?"
"Yes, I'll make it all over to him thi.
afternoon, if you'll let me have the pic
ter" answered Seth Rogers.
"There, Isaac" said the old woman
hobbling into the kitchen, with her crutcl
in her hand "didu' l tell you your faith
er said there was a well in the rock o
every mans heart, and here it's proven il
black and white! l don't believe ever
word came from the lips of Jededial
Woolcoot that wasn't sound truth
And the old woman handed a paper t,
her son.
He opened it, while his family gathere,
} eager and curious around him. That au
tumn day had gone heavy enough owe
all their hearts. II was deed which be
} queathed to Isaac Woolcoot his house an,
, land about 1.-THE gift of Seth Rogers.
l cannot tell you what happened after
wards, when they learned the truth fror
, the old grandmother's lips who told tn
: whole STORY, stopping several times t
, smoke her pipe. What tears of Joy wer
shed, what prayers of thankfulness wer
3 made. under the brown roof of Isaa
WOolcoot'S cottage that night.
o, reader, dealing with the hard an
; the cold of thy fellow men, remember a
/ ways there is "Well in the Rock" an
< kindly words and deeds shall open it, (
4 Moses rod did the waters of Meribah.-
: Uodey's Book.