The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1860-10-24

Io"I oli mlAeu up togetnbr, as she fatteTed
out, "Yes," and took her late from his hands.
She understood the truth of bis feelings, and
was herself too noble 10 assume false dis.
nifty which would have been lees dienified
than the acceptance Of bile generosity. She
thanked him by her tesrs. aad she K issed
his withered hand and That tohch bound old
Joe Mappin as her slave tott life the first,
last, and only time that 4 soman's lips had
ever touched him and fnkhis manner their
lives'had passed for the issfkt.een years.
He took q beautiful Jiysle house for the
widow and her child, ehd = nfnisked II with
every luxury and bea5ty sibIess ihai
came in his way--dress, 6lEr lofnf.isss
ornaments whatever It G. II |.Sl Il j
rare and expensive, be- esh00aht ;.tm. f4e
lOvished his money like y let 6li1 tlioiiohl
nothing dear that would Saif foflil I smile 4
from the woman or aioyVnSSe i 81 ioi,s ffass
the child. Their pleaslrt f156id him 696fss
thing !; it was his heaven, III liie.
Bot the time was COMM lasl n6 u 4, han
poor old Joe Mappin, Tue bfoliel fi6st fare
the boundary lines betWef8 fiine 81 36iSFIis
ty, and learn the great aeefE fheifth6
winter had killed Margtkefs 4 howefs. had
stripped her geranumsl0l their leaves ana
had frozen the songs shs birds, lie Old
man apd death stood fakai Is face. His rIse,,-
ma,sm and asthma had b6en veFy. bad fof |,
''9g while and living III biegefd ana
NEGLECTED way had not 6ssa him lhe best
ance Of recovery. n kn8s lSe wSs dyt
Wg, but he could not biss Ia pence Mi ithout
looking once. more on, Sse .fss0 \ fsees he
loved SO much--the o1| l;V6 b ) ever loyed
through the whole OF iSl idi Thew
could not come to- IA, ieF hi + aid n6t khDw
his address nor even n hhl.is
He was sapay t'Joe tks bfsdlIies house
in Rese1s Park, shd ire sefysbts ,Iought
he Was "Aiissus's que la nnsI8 berhabs
from Ingsy or Iufren Bak III they
could not come 10 bin i would "a them
and whateyst lls risk ii could
not die happily -he 81 IsKed 81 cuiild hot
pass rwoy at dll- wishSl seeing iIiesp .oHce
more.
Though the sealai ils was |lssset
on his face,the old ID ID assse 1
this lorg ard psfsla SAlafy ti5 Ipsa
he should hasten .h ssis fsoiIst sthlI BIT
it would be better & 8 sdi5 is ssid.
sallg. He had aoh IIl n !
|'he0es y
b Wou'd Otdeprive. ehem now Of far.
Ming, or single comfort. He had saved
enoughs; let him die He sent for neigh.
Dor to dress him for the lasl time, in his de-.
cent clothes and when this was done-be.
tween fainling 6nd long fits of pain--he told
her to go for d cab, and bargaiHHwith the
man for bis fare up TO Regents PsFk. Be.
aeduse he was old and weak, he wouldn't be
dome even by the biggest ruffian amofg
them be growled out. When the woman
leftthstocm, old Joe dragged hinlself as best
he could to small iron sale he had let into
the wall with his own Hand. No one knew
it was there, not even the landlord, nor
those prying eyes of litt!e Teddy. He un.
locked it, and took out roll OF bank notes,
railway scrip, and mortgage bonds,a tied
them all 10 a cotton handkerchief, tOgether
with parchment tied with red tape, sealed
with big seal, and endorsed 81 Toe Mappin's
i" iushis own hand writing. HeShidths
bbdds under his gredsysld cIoak ; and then
eheswoman came bach hd found him pant
ipg and pale, dhd 81 sreamed out that he
was dying. But he Swefe ut her between
each gasp, and told hs.to hold her noise
and to help himdown stairs at last, and 60
hsWa put int0 the cab.
He ave the man his directions in an un-
;dsSaaI jesloasly guarding the name from
the eroad asShding curiousy abaalasHapd
then he drove out of Holborne forevesl rs
be left his old eighborhood, with all its as.
|epciations. of the pililessness cpd sorrow of
Ehich be had besssthe instrument, and the
sheartless cause, aChange seemed to come
over him. The mastif face gradually grew
more softened and humanized. He was
passing from the world OF men and msmmon,
into that of love, end deatb, and the evil in
fiuences Of his material life faded before the
purifiGdtion Of this great baptism.
The iourney-it wos long one for dy.
ing man-tired him sadly. He did not care
though for the pain it caused him his only
fear wss that he should die before he reach
edNfs home-the home of his spirit, Of his
better and purer life, but he survived tin
a sad stateAof suffering and prosration and
onlyiast survived H.; for when carried by
the en- i'm his arms asif hehad been a
child, he was brought tou the presence OF
those sloved ones, all that bis failing life left
him power to do, was to place theepackage
in thesWidow's lop, and murmur fdintly, "It
is all yoarsR and tosdie with her tenis fall.
ing softly on his face.
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er"May it yOdl bor, " sold q
Iawy er addressin ~ Of the ci,y judges, Il
have troughsrihe aIIsoner nom jill on. 4
habeas caspds9 AWell,"' said . 6lellewip
an undertone, who stood in Ne rssrsd tke
court, "these lawyers will saya aanythi
saw tie man get out Of cab AZ lh