Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1865-03-22

, Northampton
And what was your name before you
was married ? the old man asked of the
good wife.
My maiden name was Hepsebeth
Munson, sir
Were you from Daventry 2
NO, sir. was from Kibwarth, in
Leicester. went to Da,entry to live
when / was sixteen
you never had brother :?
Yes, sir. j had one-George-he
went off to India, and there he died +!
Poor George He was good boy-he
was very good to me. He was smart
young man when ne went away.
How do you know he is dead 2
because we never heard from him
sir
'Hepsebeth = cried the old man. start
ing to his feet. Look at me Look at
me, | say! See if you can't tell me who
/ am. / remember now of hearing that
you had married man named Crop;
but | couldn't find where you had moved
| was negIigent-very. But say, do ye
know me p
1t amt George Munson = gasped
HepPy, starting from her chair, and trem-
bling like an aspen.
Look at that purse. Didn't ye see
that name 2 And as the old man spoke
he showed her name worked in golden
threat, but which she had not detected.
But she read it now-GEoRGE Nun
son.
Then she looked into his time-worn
face, and gradually the features of one
she had loved in years long agone were
revealed to her. 1t was her brother
her OWN brother George.
Presently Jareb Crop saw his wife in
the old mans arms, and with one bound
he reached the middle of the floor.
There :" he cried. Now sect Sup
pose'n I'd taken that gold If L had,
we'd never have known George Munson! =!
l tell ye, there's always a sunbeam sure
to fall upon good action. 1fn come |
some time, ye may depend. George,
how de do! Amt / glad now that we
didn't touch your gold. How could /
ever have looked my delights brother in |
the face after it How de do?-How de
do ?
The latter half of his speech had been |
made with the old mans hand in his |
grasp; for even then the thought had not |
worked its way through Jareb's honest |
mink that any pecuuiary good was to
grow out of this.
But it was indeed Heppy's own broth
er; and one of the chief objects he had in
view when he first set out on his travels
was to find his sister if possible. He had
forgotten her husbands name, having
casually in conversation with man who |
had just come out. But the old man
was rich and new that he had found the |
only living relative he had on earth, he
resolved to settle down with her.
A large house, on beautiful emf
nence, the wealthy owner of which had
died, was for sale, and Uncle George
bought it; and thither he took his sisters
family. And in after times there was
some great doings iu that large house.
The little Groppses had a competent
teacher, and they became prodgies of
learning Jareb was utterly astounded
at the wonderous intellect they displayed
But the balance was kept up AS the
little ones became more and more advanc-
ed, and threw off childish things, Jareb
and Uncle George put them on, and be-
came children themselves.
One day the two old men were caught
in the act of jumping lean frog over each
others shnnlpnrs and had not Heppv
come out and stopped them, there is no
knowing how many necks might have
been broken Ii was fortunate for them
that the good dame retained all her strong
sense. for there were MANY seasons when.
in the hight Of their childish JOY. thev
might have done much mischief, had not
she been ever near to watch over and pro-
iect them; and once, q have it from au-
thoritv.l when she caught them wrestling
at side hug, she took them by the ears
and led them into the house.
But they had to INDULGE in rough sports
sometimes for as Uncle George had sud
lenlv become thawed ont from the ice
Of misanthropv and ionesomeness and as j
Jarcb had full as suddenly been lifted no
from the dark depths of poverty aud want,
hey found themselves moved by spirit
If iov and gratitude that wouldn't he {
,urbed SO Heppy had TO watch them 5
until some of the children became old
enough to reason with them' and then
,he PLAYED with the girls in the house,
md let the bows take care of the boys out Z
IF doors.