Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1865-05-10
CLEARFIELD Pa WEDNESDAY, MAY TO- 1865
"What was it about a glove, Ben ?"

w hat was 1t about glove, Ben Z?
He sprang suddenly as if remembering.
"A gentleman dropped it in the street, l
ran after the carriage, but it went to fast for
me to catch UP. lsn't it nice, Sis
Very nice, Ben.
her hand, and looked at the rich, dark fur.
why, Ben, what's this p
Her finger had come in contact with some
thing in the little finger of the glove, and
she drew it out Even by the dim light of
the lamp she saw the myriad sparkling fas
Gets of amond ring.
The gentleman must have drawn it off
with his glove" she said, while little Ben
stood by, in surpris and delight.
ben, this is very valuable. We ought
to return it to tie owner at once.
How can we if we don't know who he
is?' said Ben.
1T will be advertised, dear; every effort
will be made to recover so valuable jewel.
Tomorrow morning you must borrow a
newspaper, and we will look at the adver-
tiSements.
Sister" said Ben, under his breath ''is
it very valuable? Is it worth hundred
dollars?"
.',iore than that Ben. Why?"
''Oh Clara, he sobbed, burying his face
in her lap; "a hundred dollars would be so
nice | wish it wasn't wrong to keep it ~
Clara did not answer. She only smooth
ed down her little brothers t; ngled curls,
and he never knew how hard it was for her
to keep back her own tears.
Mr.. Almayne was walking impatiently up
and down his long, glttering suit of rooms
in the Christmas brightness of the next days
noon, when his portly tootman presented
himself in the doorway.
We'll Porter?"
There's young person and little boy
down stairs, sir about the advertisement.
ASK them to walk in, Porter"
Porter glanced obviously at the velvet
chairs and Wilton carpet
They re very shabby and muddy, sir.
''Never mind show them in.
Potter departed, by no means pleased, and
in a minute or two threw open the door and
announced.
The young person and the little boy
BE seated, said Mr. Almayne, courte-
ously. Can you give me any information
in regard to the ring | have lost?
Ben Morrow sister was wrapped in ia
ded shawl, with hick, green veil over her
face. She held out the fur glove and with
in 1t little paper box, from which blazed
the white fire of the lost ring.
My brother found it in this glove. last
HiSib, Sli. SIlc Sdlu iii lOh Iiiiliu NOlCc
The initials-M. A. correspond with your
advertisement, so we brought il at once to
the street and number specified
Mr. Amayne opened his pocket book.
Il have promised a liberal reward he
said, taking out a fifty dollar bill. will
this be sufficient
Clara Willis threw back her veil
I'VE are very poor, sir, she said, but
not so poor as to take reward for doing our
duty. Thank you all the same. Come
Ben
Henry Almayne's cheek had grown very
white as he saw the golden braids and clear
blue eyes of his sweet first love beneath the
faded biased bonnet.
CLARA - he exclaimed. ''Clara Willis
is it possible that you do not know me ?'
She turned at his wild exclamation, and
gazed fxedly at him with dawning recog-
milton.
Are you-can it be that you are Henry
Almayne?'' she faltered. only half certain
of the correctness of her conjecture.
He took her nand tenderly and reverently
in his If she had been a duchess the ac
ton could not have been more full of court
ly respect
CLARA do not go yet, he said, pleading
ly. Let me unravel this strange enigma
of our two lives Oh Clara if this Christ
mas day has, indeed, brought me the ST n
s line which never irradiated my life, | shall
bless it to my life, shall bless it to my dy-
ing day !"
The low sun famed redly in the west be
fore Mr.. Almayne's carriage-the very one
which Ben so ignorantly admired the night
before-was summoned to carry Clara and
her brother, for the last time to their
saualid home For ere the New Year dawn
ed above the wintry earth, Clara as mar
ried to the man who had courted her under
the green willows that overhuBg the wooden
bridge. ten years ago. 1t was a very short
vet it was very long one!
And little Ben Morrow, basking, in the
sunshine of his sisters happiness,
found out what it was to be rich.