Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1861-11-28

I AAAkNkA NAN AANW VII AAN ANAHA
place upon an unseen fence, when ho arose
two OF three. feet above the surrounding
surface, and SPOKE
"There's FIVE on US, an two yoke"
A pause.
"TWo yoke yender, an five on US.
q Well suPPOsing there is2' from the
train.
Give mile TO town. continued the
White Bear, Z" an been senoe nine thia
mornin' gitlin' here. Five times i've ls
twenty-five, but, seeln' it's you, I'll call il
twelve n 'srR."
"Call lokat twelve n aTi, Sheep
Bha1ks2' from the train
{" That msu don't ride, noh5Wi PVs
marked hin l don't oallste to take no
sarss this trip Take any siz or sigh, for
twelve dollars sn' fifty cents right straight
to The tahveFn Who blds2"
"Pll give you fifteen dollars, my friend,
to take myself. my wife, and three children
to the village"
It WAS Samson Newell who spoke.
NJ offered fifteen" cried the White
Bear, prioking up his ssTR; "g0in' TO thu
tahvern at hfteeni who says fifteen
N 'arf2"
~ dol from Q puFsy passenger with &
double chin and shesvy fob-ehain.
He glanced round little saVagely, hsv-
ing made his hid, as who should say,
"And should like 70 sss the m2n who
will raise itp
AN 'aT7l n 'srf a erfl "A 'arfl.'
cried the White Bear, growing much eI
oited, ,-a an who says sixteen p
Samson Newell nodded.
"SiXtsen dollars sixteen sixteen
We can't taFFy, geRtlsmen"
The White Bear proved the truth Of this
latter assertion BY suddenly disappearing
beneath the snow. He resppearsd in an
instant and resumed his outcry.
~ sea the geDtlemsns sixteen, quOth
the man who had called the White Bear
" sheep-shanks," "and 90 hfty cents bet
ter !"
see yoE," replied the auolloneer, {" al
don't take your bid Who says sixteen
n 'aFf2"
al dor qu0th tina Double Chin; and he
gloWered upon his fslloW-pssssngeFs
FFsthfully.
At this instant appeared Old W00llen On
the scene. In one hand he bore his pocket
book in the other paper, covered with
calculations. The latter he studied in
tsntly for moment, thsn,-
"pll give you sixteen dollsTs an sixty
Two n s half eentsi an if you ever come
round our way
The jubilsnt suetiolssr, fairly dancing
upon the fence in the energy Of his delight,
broke in here,-
"Can't take no bids, gentlemen, short Of
a half dellar rise, each time p
Old Wollen retired, disc0mftted, and was
seen no more.
From this point the bidding ran up rapid
y till it reached twenty-five dollars, where
it stopped, Samson Newell being ths suossss4
iul bidder
In the village Hhsre dwslt Jacob Newell
and his Hiis, al old man, lama and totally
blind, had besn for over thirty years en-
Ployei BY the toWl 10 ring tie meeting
house tel Al noon, and a. Eine O'clock in
the evening. For this service, the salary
fixed generations before was i've dellsrs,
and summer and winter, rain oT shiae, he
was always at his past at the instant.
When ths old man Taa the evening bell On
the Thanksgiving-Day whereof write, he
aroused Rae9b and his ss gils .teqm dsen IeEeEis-
ing dream as / have had | thought they
all stood before me-all-all-eVery one
none missing And they were little chill
dIen again, and had come to say their pray
era before going to bed They were sli
there, snd could not drive it from ny heart
that loved Samson best !"
His nams lad hardly bssa mentioned 5s
tween them foT hfteeh yeafs.
Jacob Newell, with 4 strange look, as
though hs were gazing at some dImly de-
6nsd object sfar Of, slowly SPOKE
II have thought sometimes that | should
like to know where lie lies, If he is dead--or
how he lives, If he be living. Shall Va meet
him7 Shall We meet him. Five go0dly
spirits await Us in heaven; will he be there,
also? Oh, no he was bad, bad, bad son,
aud he broke his fathers hearth
''He was bad son, Jacob, giddy and light
headed, but not igholly bad. Oh, he was SO
strong, so handsome, so bright and brave
If he is living, pray God that be may ccms
back to see US for little, before we follow
our other lost ones u
'1f be should come back" said Jacob,
tnTning very white, but speaking clearly and
distinctly, 81 would drive him from uy door
| aud tell him 10 be gone foreverl A wine
bibbeF dis5Olute, passionate, hsaistr0ng,
| having no reverence for God or man, no love
for his mother, no sense of dnty towards his
/ father; have disoFned him, once and for.
ever, and utterly cast him outl Let him be.
ware and not come back 10 tempt me to curse
him r.
Still from the Distance, o7erpowering aut
drowning the headlong rush OF passion, camI
the soft booming of the evsning-ben.
There came rap at the door.
nCome in p said Jacob Newell.
The door was slowly opened.
Then there stood within it tall, uiuscula
man, stranger in those parts, with ruddy
face, and a full brown beard. He stoot
grasping at the door with all his might, ent
leaning against it for support. Meanwhil,
his gaze wandered about the room with
strange anxiety, as though it sought in vail
for what should assuredly have been iounl
there.
HGood evening, Sir said Jacob Newell
The stranger made no reply bat still stoo
olinging to the dcoT, with strange aud hoI
rible expression Of mingled wonder and an
in his face.
"'Tis iunatia Whispered Ruth to he
! husband.
Sir said Jaoob, "whzt do Jou Esr
here tonight
t The stranger found voice st length, but
r was weak and timoT0u5 IS that Of fright
ened child.
1--WE were on the train, my wife and
, with our thIee little ones--On the rFai
F., showed in Eve miiss back-and We ask,
: you viii give it, a nights lodging, it bein
g | necessary that We should resch home Withol
paying for our keeping at the hotel, NJ
r wife and children sre outside the door, az
? nearly frozen, assure y9U."
TbeL Ruth's warm heart showed Itself
t HCome in" size said, "Eesp Jo17 I
? course We can Come In and warm you
: sslTes.'
8 A sweet woman, with one child in [
It s-rns, and two shiTsriag beside her, GID
I BIZ the nan into The ICON TheJ were Il
y ue1istely the recipient Of the good Old LADY