The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1862-06-21

EARLY and late was Giles Davis at work,
and the ragged "charity hand" )" that at
first the men in the yard had Stunned,
grew to be respected by all, from his EN-.
ployer down to Tip, the little fellow who
made fires and did the errands of the
Office. The old housekeeper, after being
caught in her second visit a Ia st. NichO.
las, used to go in and chat with the little
woman whose heart and life grew marvel
ously strong, as the better days coming
gleal2S0 UIDn her
Hope on her its heavenly radiance shed,
Aud waved its silver pinions DER her head"
The winter went by and March came
the month of winds and SHOWS, Of halls
and rains-of days that are cheerless and
nights that are gloomy even to the gayest
heart-and still master and man stood MS
firm and as high in each others conf
dence rs ever Often as he sat alone,
Hamilton Brent conceived az Imperfect
Gys,.s. ', .~Sao ef his 'proverb shining upon
him, in the kind effort Of Giles Davis but
the funf time naG 0uc gee come For'hfm 10
see after many days" the wealth of its
promise.
Upon one of these stormy days you
and have seen in March, came an order
for ship timber, which Brent must attend
to himself All day long he staid in that
drenching and chilling storm. That night
his walk home seemed longtr than usual
the house colder-the natronly house
keeper "crusty." His CRATE visions
were sad ones; his dreams more like
spiritual visitations than like visions that
We love to think linger around and above
US in our sleeping moments.
The next day at his Office passed sadly
and drearily, until it grew nearly night,
when heart and flesh failed him, and he
fell fainting to the floor. In the hour of
eHcilement ihat followed, Giles Davis
stepped into the position of counsellor
and nurse. Every one in and around the
Office gladly followed his directions or
asked his advice. lie it was whom they
agreed should support Brent home and
stay with him. During the illness of
many weeks that followed this rash ex-
posure, Giles strong arm was the one on
which the good old housckecper leaned
for help and guidance. The quiet little
woman was brought from her humble
home to the grander one of her husbands S
employer, to assist in the onerous duties
Of nurse. The sick man, whose friends
with the exception of an invalid aunt,
who lived with her daughter in Maine, }
had all gone to the esprit land" looked
in moments Of consciousness the gratitude
be could not speak, every day, as Giles
would go to the office to consult with
Porter, and report favorably to his en-
ployer.
1t was not until "April showers" had
brought "May flowers" that Hamilton
Brent took his old seat in the office, and
Giles his accustomed place in the lumber
yard. But the strongest tie that can bind
/ humanity together united their hearts, and
in his health and prosperity the master
never forgot that, under God, he owed his
after prosperity to 1.-THE charity hand. N
During the summer evenings, when his
bachelor home grew silent, he would
think, with lingering regret, of pleas.
anter one in a quiet street, ard devise
some rlan to insure that one as part oi
his own. 1t was not until Christmas that
his plan was perfected. Then, when the
! OlDcT IldIluS ItCCIbeu TIE sip VI paper
with A Merry Christmas" written on
it, and dollar note pinned to it, Giles
received little package, and opening il
in his pleasant home, found it to contain
/ the gift of one-f0urth interest in the lum
Der yard, provided Mrs. Davis would con-
sent to occupy the home in Beacon street
in company with her husband, Hamilton
Brent, and her old friends, the matrouly
housekeeper and her son. Mrs. Davis
was not unreasonable. She went, carry
ing with her nothing save the sweet
smiles that had made her humble home q
paradise for her husband: and as HamiI
ton Brent enjoyed the pleaSantness Of tht
group that fingered in the moonlight o
his ancestral mansion, his heart under
stood at length the blessedness of the
command. "Cast thy bread upon the
waters, for thou shalt find it after many
days"
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