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

those about him could not make out what
he said; ; until at last, when he was ena
bed to totter about with a crutch. they
TO which his brother had removed him.
trying TO wrap a cloak about scarecrow
Then bis brother knew what he had been
trying to say There he was, stan.liug
10y the tattered eff y, lnnttering PITY
Poor man" $50 cold :" And for many
months, whenever he saw one of those
stuffed bundles of figures in the field, he
would make his way to it, sometimes Ia
king OF his own coat, putting il on the
thing with broken sentences of pity and
driveling tears for his brothers parting
words had sunk into his heart, and now,
out Of the shattered wreck of his thoughts,
he had patched together this strange
bis old life. Something still uudestroyed
in the man had risen up and asserted it
self, though it had been so long craiDpeI
and buried. The miser's habit had pass
ed away, but with it the power to direct
the better impulse which survived.
lu3 touCnlHg teHutTieSS Win Wnlctl
he sough, for and clothed The present ob
lrcts Of his compassion became generally
known in tie n-ighborhood. Some few
were cruel enough to laugh at the Meme
lis which hnd talleu upon him and once
or twice former victim of his avarice,
whom he had nearly ruined by a lawsuit
AS cruel as his former se,f-sent him a
bundle Ot rags in .cUrn, or led him TO be
stow his charity on some "scaieciow in
the windy fell" and then distressed him
beyond measure bg beating i, 10 pieces
with a sick, and leaving him wuaging
his hands aud crying over The laJtele,i
Fragments.
Meanwhile Bis brother grew sorcly per
picked. The small sum which he had
brought back with him to- England WAS
nearly exhausted ; and he hired himself 20
Il farmer on an e.tate hard lay for whom
he served among the cattle, having had
much experience in their management in
the coiui.y. He sold ,hr plot Of Q,onud
on which his hroiher's house had stood,
and TIE interest of this VA ali that the
poor sufferer had for his support not
enough. for a considerable share Of the
brothers earnings went toward the same
object. The paraly;Ir could not be- left
alone, and several s!IlIirg- a week were
necessarily spent on tie wages TT an AT
trntant. John Holitast would have re
turned 10 tho coioH;. bar lie could NOT
bear the thought of leaving hi, brother
behind, and it was apparently impossible
IL think of taking him with hitn. TIE
medical men said that the voyage would
probably prove fatal SO he remained
working, and hoping that some change
"oui! cone.
At last it did come-slowly to be sure
but there were clear intervals OF sense
that gradually Ieuglhenei, and joiuec
themselves tooe her. The visits 10 lII,
field, iii Sed'ch Of the Puor,' as til,
tenn orary IDIOT had called the s.nse,c>,
! etiigies, grew short and few, uutii some
! Zines three or four months had pa,Se,
away vi bou, any reference to them.
But the fire, and al about it, was still
a blank in the memory OF Ralph II,
seemed to waken t. IN Intelligent it,,
| but it was new one. Nothing coui,
snrpa>s the affection which he sao : Ell t.
juhn though he still forgot he MAS hi
brother. The TWO men now worked to
/ nnther-tpr strength OF ,imb came btci
m.,h strength ot J.ain and JOAN enter
,aiuel good hope Of their being able t
return together 10 The COLONY lie hear,
we'll of his property there; bur, thoug
he mighl have made some money hy pan
ing with 1t, ia" prospect of lis providing
COMPETENCY for them both in their oI
age, if 1t we're left alone hllle louge
deIayed the temptation to "A sale.
Al last it seemed AS if some deci>io
must he made Tie estate on which tli
hlothers worked came INTO the market. an
John received notice that his services
the huyng and sailing OF cattle would |
required no longer His brother ore
daII, better in mind as well as body. tn
he never referred 10 the fire or 10 the 10.
Of his property, and John was unwilling
menior it, ST the fabric Of his returnin
health should perhaps be suddenly an /
/, rerrievably upset; nor did lie try to e,
pain their Relationship. Once. indeed, |
approached tie suljec,, bu, Ralph : wh
knew himself only 10y tha. Designation
having forgotten his snrn ime -became $
, ari;aled, a. il some terrible chord had bee
touched. thai he had hideous dream.
a ie waited and hoped But. now that h
4 office was ahou, to be taken away, he pr
posed emigration, saying he had means
! his own far away, which they two ,oget
: er might improve, aud live upon in cor
\ fort Then they made inquiries abo
t ships; and John calculated how far II
y remnant Of his money would go, addir
a the price Of rhe land on which his bro,
; er's house had stood There was suffi
ieat to pay for their passage. and to Ell
{ be them to carry cut sous things whi'
= would fetch a good return by theit sale
: the colony.
: Everything was settled The esta
i with which John hai been connected W
; already in The market, and the TWO ma
0 10 seere, Of their iutcuIed voyage.
b one knew that they we're broth r. AMI Il
L u-ig! bors had too much pity for The p
is a'ylr. or too much interest in their os
0 affairs. to trouble Ralph with any refersn
e t. hi, former character An life. Tie
{ W., long q sort Of mystery sbnu. hir