Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1860-12-19

ssA Touch of Nature makes the
Whole World KIM

/ ian1 auQ Detroit, circumstance Occufreu
last week which is pleasantly told by CORES
pondent of the Cleveland Herald.
A young girl. apparently about seventeen
! years OF age. was seated upon pile of cheese
! boxes, with her two little brothers. aged elev-
and twelve years They We're orphans. bound
/ from Allegheny, PENNSYLVANIA: to Michigan,
where they expected to fud home with an
/ uncle.
After having purchased second class tickets
for three, the girl had spread her old quilt on
the pile of cheese Boxes and prepared to pass
the night in quietude. She had hardly arr
ranged her hest however, before she was acci-
deBtaily discovered by second class passer-
ger, a tall young man of twenty-three years.
! who had lo-eG her secretly almost from her
infancy, aud who, for the past two years had
been rafting lumber on the Ohio river Hav-
ing about two hundred dollars in bard curren-
/ cy, he came to Cleveland OH the 10th to par
! ticipate in the cee bration, whnD. as be express
sed it, 'some mean kuss had picked his pock-
| ct of every cent but four dollars"
| Being unable to find the thief or the mon
! ey, he started for the West, with the determi-
| nation to bire out on a farm. To his surprise
and joy he found himself on board the same
vessel with the object OF his hearts earliest
! affections.
| Sliding up to her he, exclaimed:
| Why, Cynthia Ann. why how do you
dew? l don't hardly know you. Why how
you've growed. Where you goiugf"
I I'm going to uncle's in Michigan" was
| the feeble reply You knew mother was
| dead. didn't you z"
why. no ~ and his voice softened =
Nv hen did she die. Cinthia Ann 2"
/ She died last January Uncle wrote to
NE tha: if I'd come up there he'd give me
aud the boys home.
| Cynthia Ann! and the young mans voice
! rembled-'there aiu't no mao ill he so glad
10 give you home as [ will I've alters tho't
+ q heap Of you | told your mother when you
/ wasn't MORN SO high. that when you crowd
up [ was goin' to bave you. Now Cynthia
Ann--jest say the word, and you're to hum
nown
'What'll become of the boysf inquired the
/ agitated maiden.
III go with you and leave EN- to your un-
ce's and then we'll go West, and hire out
I this fall anG winter, aud then next spring we
will buy small farm and live to hum 2
The girl gave warm sigh of acceptance.
/ leaned her head against the honest breast OF
/ the hardy youth, as much as to say-if you
want anything, take it.
The man snatched kiss from her ripe ru-
{ by lips, sprang down from the cheese boxes,
| aud exclaimed-'If there's minister or q
Justice of the Peace on this boat; I've got a
! job for him -
q am a Justice of the Peace remarked a
venerable looking old man from York State,
| 'remount the cheese boxes, and you shall be
a married man in less than FIVE minutes
We'll, hold on squire [ haint got no
money, but Iii give you an all jo6red good
! axe
Never mind about the pay said the wor-
thy squire. III take my pay in seeing you
happy
The fellow remounted the pile of cheese,
clasps the hand of bis dearly beloved, and iu
| three minutes the ceremony performed
| he had entered into new existence. Kiss
! ing bis little bride on her ruby lips, he seat
ed himself on big cheese aud commenced
DO doubt, for the first time, to realize what
| he was where be was what he had done, and
| what ought to be done.
Starting up suddenly, be exclaimed hal:
aloud, to himself-'well. By hoky, this is a
pretty hard way of passing the first night
The bride blusbed. aud replied never
mind john, we're just as happy as if We were
rich. Come. sit down.
But John had an i6ea. and he was bound
TO put it into operation. Going to his pile OF
baggage, consisting of one large meal bag,
containing a change of shirts, socks, necker-
chiefs, aud old boots, be took from the leg
of one of the boots an excellent AK. aud walk
ing up to the Clerks Office, he exclaimed:
Il say. look here, Cap'D, I've paid for g
deck passage. but | waut bed for myself and
, H-i-seif and woman. L haint got no mon
60, but here is ar all jo6,e good ak
The gentleman in tue office replied that the
Clerk had stept ed out, but would be back il
few moments whereupon he went back to
the pile of cheese to look upoE his preciou.
treasure.
Having our sympsthies aroused, We hasti
ly ran around among the passengers told the
story, and took up collection to procure {
state room fer the young couple. To the
credit of our lady passengers, they were the
most liberal IN their donations. and in les
than ten minutes, we had collected Sl4 80
Presenting this sum to the agreeably surpri
sed young man, we informed him that b.
could now procure a state room with two beds
one for himself and wife. the other for tn
boys. Thanking us with his big watery eyes
he rushed to the Clerks Office, where he wa
met by Captain Pierce, agent for the line
CAPTAIN Evans, commander of the boat, ant
MIR. Carter, the clerk.
Capt Pierce exclaimed Here my goo
fellow, here's ticket for yourself and wifi
to 90 to Chicago. Get West as fast as yo
car, 20 to work on a farm, and look out 70
the landsbarks.'
Capt Evans pulled out glitteriDg coin
and said: Here's FIVE dollars keep your
self in a good condition, and here th
worthy captain forgot his speech and ran c
) Laughing.