The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1862-02-21

/ leading him out into the fields TO make
sport Of his idiot pity. But now thai
Ralph was man again, or nearly SO, Saw
! age had left him alone for months. 1t
was not till they were on the point of sail
ing that he saw him again, An | the oppor
tnnty WAS so tempting that he could no,
resist the cruel indul gence. Everything
was settled. The boxes were corded and
Johns little capital was safe in pocket
book, ready to purchase the articles which
| they proposed 10 sell in the colony-w hen
1t was stolen, and they never heard of it
again. SoHe thief broke into their cot
tage. and carried it off in the dead Of the
night. John made every inquiry; the
police searched the neighhorhood in vain
II was gone. There WAS nothing for it but
10 write to the agent in Australia, and by
parting with portion of his property, get
the means to return there. II WAS a pro
voking disappointment and delay. The
two brothers took lodgings in the nearest
market town, ard John got stray jobs out
Of the cattle fair which was held there,
which enabled them to pay their way after
fashion. Now, it so happened ,lat Mr.
Savage, who owed the old grudgs against
RAJ ph-tEough lie had now recovered
from the loss occa>opel by the lawsuit
with hlm-lived in the same town. and
cruelty t~itled hin with his late mi>fort-
une. So, often while John was away al
times, the glimpses OF he past appeared
to return to ths sill recovering man. One
evening, While the TWO we're sitting ,eeetl.
er, Ralph said:
can't h,,o !hinking there must be
something i'll W 1T that man SAVAGE says
about my once having rrceiyed Il large sum
CfmoGey from him. can, tell bow it is
but strange thoughts often come inlo my
n.lnd no strongly, That thev look like me
ntones, almost. fancs, for instance that
| formerly | was rlch Mr.. Sava e said to
gay he wondere why went abroad. AMI
dti rot buy the estate for you OF whiril
/ yon have been working. Il is for sale. !
/ wish could He called YOU my brother
/ afl,i lnci, Tie old vacant look came acto~,
lis face willie john, ALARMED, fastened
! 10 res;oi the rhnu hts hich hai accom-
! panied HI, rerOvery, b, spe e.Ang h.'pefuIiy
of their voyag-, and repeating tie ~ei
/ known calculation of the number Of DAYS
which must elapse before they could re
ceve remittance aud embark.
AT last the post came. and with it let
ter ioI John; but, when lie hat read il, ht
let it drop upon the floor, anI covered hi,
face with his hands. The property WA,
hopeessly lost. His agent had got pos
session of it by forgery, lie bad sold il ev>
cry lnch and spent the roceeds. He WA,
then IN Jail at Melbourne, and the letter
was from a stranger. who, with polite con
! iuence, CON munlcated the disastrous new :
! A newspaper which arrived hv the same
post put the fact beyond doub', for i
contained p full report OF the triad N whic!
Mr. John H"ldtast WAS mentioned As a sui
terer by the frauds which his agent ha,
committed.
The story soon came ont, and there wa
not one III The town vho did not feel fo
l!e Two friends. Yes. there was one
Savage, who was glad, and actually said t
john, week afterwards:
so, You are not going to the colony
after all; you will be ol!:gel TO rroyid
f,r your brother here. B,oauIauds is 10
sold Yet, is pity you are no, going
though, tor bal made mp a parcel Il
clothes for YOU 10 wear n the bush. How
eve, will send it nov; il vii. do for yo
to give to some poor man ="
And lhst evening a servant came with
bundle, which he left for Mr.. Ralph, Wi
Mr. Savage, compliments Ralph W.
gong To throw it in the fire, when JOIN
inrerposed. Nay" said he, "let US hay
a lnok. too
So they obeued the pack, and found
ragged Old coat. Ralph started; .h
whole past flashed upon his memory
There WAS the Identical coat, in the liEin
: If which he had sawed the notes. thre
ears before. The man who saved th
box had stolen tie coat which bad Ia'
been really worn by a scarecrow RAIp
' ;aught up knife from the table, and ri
ped i; open; there were the not, 3, staine
: indeed, but safe thirty lhousanl Doun,
Just the price of Broadlands. So |
took Mr.. Savage's advice and stay ed
England: and the house where the Is
brothers lloldfast happily lived and die
changed names as we'll ax owners 70
D though it stood in roadandS, everyb"i
> roun1. knowing the strange story OF /
; purchase, called It ScarecrOw Hall.