Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1862-06-06
VOL. VIII, NO. 20.

ming to grow cold and inpatient.
:" was going to say, sir, that then
should have nothing to eat until to-mor-
row; | was to go to Porter's on my way
home, and get the shilling, and | would
not 60 and ask for it before my work was
done
DO you do this for money to buy
something to eat ?"
That is all. sir"
Here is your days earnings," hand
ing him, as he spoke, dollar bill "Let
the lumber 60. will see to that in the
morning"
"All this for me ?" am working,
sir, not begging" and there was fash
of independent dignity in his eyes that
Brent liked to see
:" hired you,' was the cool business
answer, " to pay you as do other men
whom have to work. | would give you
all more if could afford it; | would
certainly be hcathen to give man who
has family to support in a city like Bos-
ton anything less than six dollars week.
like you-t believe | can trust you.-
This is to be your place, and Your mas
ter, until you get better place and a
better master somewhere else. But |
must lock up, and you must 90 home"
Who can describe the home made glad
by few OF the comforts to which it had
been so long a stranger? All the way to
Beacon street Hamilton Brent thought of
it, and after he had sat down to his own
dinner pictured the supper table in Da-
Wis room, the very ccntre-pieee Of the al
tar of thanktulness. To his matronly
housekeepcr, whose heart was ever open
to the deeds of charity, he told the sad
story, and promised to find the next day
where they lived, that from the bouuties
he had been blessed with Giles Davis
home might be made happier and pleas
antrr. The next morning he did not for
get to ask Giles where he lived, and after
dark the hoasekccpcr and her son paid
st Nicholas visit to the room designated,
leaving their basket upon the platform in
front OF the door, with nothing to show
from whence it came, but the two letters
n IL uut liCi u .'tti tdS idiisA''.
EsrY ana late was GILES Davis at
work, aud the ragged aeharity hand,
that at first the men in the yard hal
stunned grew to be respected b a3,
from his employer down to Tip, the little
fellow who made fires anl did the erranis
Of the oficc. The old houSekecper, after
heinz caught in her second visit a II ~
Nicholas, used to % in ana chat with the
little woman whose heart aud lie grew
marve!easiy strong, as the better days
cleaned upon her.
j. II pc on her its heavenly rad.eace shed,
Aud waved Its silver pIninns . q her head.
The winter went by aud march camc-
the mouth ct winds and SHOWS, Of halls
and raiH,-oi days that are cherries and
nights that are gloomy even to the gayest
hcart-anl stiIl master and man stood
As firm aud as high in each others conf
dcncc as ever. Often rs he sat alone,
Hamilton Brent conceived an imperfect
knowledge of his proyerb shining upon
him. in the kind effort Of GILES Davis, but
the full time had not yet come for him to
sc after days" the wealth Of his prom
i,e
upon one of the stormy days you and
| have seen in March, came an order for
ship timber which Brent must attend to
himself All day long he stayed in that
dfcuehing aud chilling storm. That
night his walk home seemed longer than
usual-thc house colder-the matronly
housckeeper " crusty." His CRATE visions
were sad ones his dreams more like spir-
itual visitations than like visions We love
to think hugcr 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 fantiug to the floor. In the hour Of
excitement that followed Giles Davis step
ped into tie position of counsellor and
nurse. Every one in and around the Of
flee 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 rasn exposure, Giles
strong arm was the one upon which the
good old housekeepcr leaned for help and
guidance. The quiet little woman was
brought from her humble home to the
grander one of her husbands employer,
TO assist in the ouerons duties OF nurse.
The sick man, whose friends with the ex-
ception Of an invalid aunt, who lived
with her daughter in Maine,) had al! gone
to the spirit land" looked in moments
of consciousness the gratitude he could
not speak, every day, as Giles would 60
to the office to consult with Porter, and
report fayorably to his employer.
1t was not until April showers had
brought forth May flowers" that Ham
iton 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 aud prosperity
the master never forgot that under God,
he owed his after prosperity to the " the
charity hand" During the summer eve
nings, when his bachelor home grew ST.
lent, he would think, with lingering re-
greet, of pleasanter one IN quiet
street, and devise some plan to insure
that one as part of his own. 1t was
not until Christmas that his plan was per-
feeted. Then when the other hands re-
ceiycd the slim of paper with n Merry