Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1860-08-03

walking about Toe s. reefs; bal, flor the frs
ltime in bis hfes peEhapsa be became anneye
by the sensatioB Of hunger He passed befeE
savOedeas house of hAmble appearahee, in tn
front Fiuaevnof which an elderly woman wa
arranging fer sale some homemade pies, Eyhicl
al that tines attracted tire special notice ofou
hungry philanthropist. .salsssl = ssees zas
a Have q nice pe,r sir g. said the enterprisin
sinatFoni eamiag to her trent door. "Thegal
smince, pampkias apple and eastard, all freshl
baked. Every body in BarliRgton knows NJ
pies. sss 55rv fys,..s..sssslssss =, st..s t5e
The opea door at which she stood showed
very neat and tidy, though rastieally fnrnishe.
room, in which sat sewing YeFys ssbriskly, ans
singing very pleasantly young girlof abea
seventeen, who in addition esbeing FemaFka
bly, pretty had an appearance Of refnemen
which might have been considered above be
station N Lie. sarz-ss assz ssgfiszr1c-l sae -
a would willingly try the merits of you
pies, madam, : answered Mr., Fairbiossem t,
the old lady sif itwere not sfor-fhe melanchol,
fact that II have no money Bat if you vii
give nae credit fer one, you shall fnd yeursel
well paid for it te-lnerrew. :" - .s.a 5ezE
He was induced to make thispEopesitiou by
hisbeliefliu the inherent benevolence of the fe-
male heart, even in circumstances wherein any
appeal to masculine sympathies would be II
vain. But thesOd lady dylsgeenntsnanc now as
sumedr a shocked and angry expression.
"Weli, It Just beats al. that eyer heard of.
A man that bss no money to think Of eating
pies, and such pies as them made of the very
best materials and worked with my own hands
Yo oung man, what will become Of you Wont
your conscience scarify, You every time You go
to sleepl Haven't you no more grace than to
ak sich a thing from lone widow, and l hay-
ing that gal to support and .edicate 2" -
:, Here the 4gal" alluded, to- came 10 the ''lone
widows side. and earnestly eatgeated her TO let
the, atlepan have I s9rss pies st share oft
at least, sad the ansIable pIeader but the in-
6 cfhssd ed dame turned saf 70 e these per
s'dslons- " a.slsssssss; bzs xa;ssssf6 tss
20, ou tend your sewing ss Rosapnna' ,n tartly
exclaimed the pie-woInalA = don't want you
to to, have anything 70 say oF t6i1k about these
fellers with mustaches and lazy looking white
hands, who go around trying to take the gals
eyes and to get their living at other peoples
expense" - ..'-+.
The directness of this thrust recalled, Mr.
Fairblossom's senses, and answering only with
a look full of that reproach and wounded feel
ing naturally experienced by innocence calum-
mated and confidence betrayed. he quickly
walked of.
After proceeding short distance, he came
to the open door of church and learning
from the sexton that there was to be week
day service that afternoon, FairblosSom enter
ed just in time to hear the commencement of
the sermon. BY the first part of the discourse
he was much edited but it soon appeared that
their meeting was-sfor the benefit Of E4essa
Missions and the pastor exhorted his congre-
CATION to give literally to that praiseworthy
object. At any other time Fairblossom would
have cordially responded, both in thought and
lcton, to this appeal. but now the lightness of
1is purse sat heavy on his soul, and it was with
a feeling of dread that he saw, at the close of
he sermon, grave looking person handing
around the collection box. The assemblage
was small but select and as Mr.. Fairblossom
rad taken his seat on a side of the church where
nobody happened to be near him, and he had
he satisfaction, before it came to his turn, of
seeing that everybody else put something in
he box. Presently the man with the receipt
lcle of pecuniary offerings came directly to-
ward him, crossed over to that side of the
church solely on his account, and owing to the
solated position of the object of this move
nent, and his being stranger of no ordinary
appearance, most of the congregation, the
7oung ladies especially, turned their curious
gaze in the same direction
Poor EairblOssom shrank, like novitiate
,ounterfeiter who sees the hand of policeman
extended to tap him on the shoulder, and as he
at with downcast eyes, burning cheeks and i'm
oeded respiration, lac felt rather than saw that
he money box was presented at him. Much
'ather would he that it had been pistol or
With forced cough of cutting
significance the pious collector turned away,
md as Fairblossom timidly glanced around, he
Jaw that the elder worshipers were looking
1t him with solemn rebuke, while the young
aides averted their eyes with an expression of
'egret at the disappointment they had exper
enced in his character. As soon as the clos
ing hymn and the bened;ction were over, he
quilted the church and roamed once more
through the suburbs feeling acutely that, for
he time being, he was a vagabond and an out
,ast from human society.
At length he reached an old oak tree, on
he roots of which he sat down in a disconsolate
but hearing approaching foot
steps, he raised his eyes and observed that he
was near the dwelling of the old lady who had
ateIy given him such a serious homily on pies
md his presumption in asking for credit. The
footsteps he heard were those of Rosanna, the
1ie-baker's daughter, who shaped her course
lirectly toward himself In one hand she car
led ''pure country milk"-(not an apocryphal
lrticle, such as certain speculative Hibernians
ell under that title in Philadelphia and New
ork) land her other hand supported a plate
some slices of exquisite homemade
oread. These refreshments, with many bushes,
Rosanna offered to the fainting Fairblossom,
Who was now too hungry, by many degrees, to
stand on idle ceremony. In the meanwhile his
oe1efactress tearfully lamented her mothers
lngenerous conduct, and regretted that it was
out of her power to offer him anything better.
For the first time that afternoon, Fairblo
om smiled with an expression of pleasure,
md most ardent aud sincere were his assur-
lnces of gratitude when he had disposed of
he provisions. But fearful that her maternal
parent suouiu uiScoFer uer doseoce, VI III war
gar phraseology, that "her mother would know
hat she was out" the rustic beauty briefly as
;ured him that he was Every welcome" and
lastened back to the house.
"Surely that generous girl was born to be
the salvation of Burlington" thought Mr..
Fairblosom; and as twilight had now arrived,
be again started for the residence of Major
Silverthorn, which happened to be two miles
out of town. He lost his way however. and
darkness came On before he could find the
mansion; and as he was unused to so much
foot travel he was indeed weary wnnderer
when he knocked at the Majors door; but
be consoled himself with anticipations of the
cheering hospitality he should experience
within.