The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1866-06-14
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ing him that if he applied to Mr.. Johnson
solicitor i'll Bedford Row, he would heal
something to his advantage. Now, think.
ing that the Daniel Dodd wanted might be
my old nelghbor and knowing Mr.. johnson
of Bedford Row. | called upon that gen tie
Imam, and learned that the person wanted
was Daniel Dodd, my old neighbor, and that
under the will of his brother George, who
died some years ago in India, he is entitled
| To-
Hold hard, sir = said John, grasping the
| stranger by the arm, and staring at him
with fixed eyes You're not having lark,
cruel lark with us. are you 2
God forbid, said the stranger, gravely.
And answer me another thing, sir, John
continued in the same excited way. You're
not out of your mind are you {?
Certainly not returned the man. 80.
very WE'LL continued John, you may go
on ...... .raea. a.saa 81 SRI,
i was going to say, the stranger contin-
ued, that under the will Of his deceased
brother GEORGE, who died some time ago
in India, Daniel Dodd is entitled to hive
thousand pounds
Martha = cried John to his wife who was
up stairs cleaning the rooms.
Yes, John. What is it p ...,...g.
Fathers moneys come back again! Faith
ers moneys come back again Fathers
moneys come back again And he shout
ed it over and over again up the stairs, and
slapped the bannisters every time to give 1t
emphasis.
Are you gone mad, John ?was Martha's
reply, when she was allowed to speak.
You see, sir, said John to his visitor,
she thinks l must be mad /; no wonder If |
thought you were mad. But here Is daddy;
he knows you, dare say, and you can tell
him he often talked about his brother
George who went to India but | thought
he had been dead long ago.
At that moment daddy came in from one
of his walks with Benny, and was told OF his
fortune -
Dear me = he said sinking into his chair
brother George is dead. Poor boy ! Poor
boy = 500.
The poor boy had died at the good old
age of three score and ten, but daddy still
thought of him as the lad in the blue jacket
from whom he had parted at Mapping when
they were boys.
Not without many difficulties, long delay
aud considerable cost, daddy's claim to the
five thousand pounds was established. John
gave all his tine-utterly neglectlng the
emporum--to the prosecution OF the mat
ter, and, oddly enough, wooing Fortune in
this most audacions and presumptuous man
ner he proved successful; though previous
~, when he had hunibled himself i'll the dirt
to intplore her for a sing smile. she CON
temptuously passed onward, bespattering
him with mud from her chariot wheels
And one day John, knowing daddys weak
ness, brought home the five thousand pounds
all in notes in the very canvas bag which
had been the old mans bank in the days
when lie was well to do.
There, father, said Martha putting the
bag in his hand and now what will you
do with it:
what will do with it p said the old
man. Ill-Ill keep my promise to Benny,
and buy him that gum
But thoses more than will buy the gun,
father r.....
You don't mean that, Martha said the
old man.
oh, yes, father, a heap more.
Then, said daddy, I'll give the rest to
John to buy horse and cart
But there's more even than that father
ever so InuCn more.
oh, well, You just keep that for yourself,
Martha, for taking care Of your old father
And daddy, with no elaborate design, but
with the simple innocence of a child, which
is sometimes wiser than the astute provis-
ions of law, saved the dangerous formallties
of wil-making and the charges of legacy
duty, by handing to his daughter Martha
the bag containing all bis money.
Before John even thought of his horse
and cart-though he was lurking in a cor
ner of his mind-he regained the tenancy
of daddy's old bouse, furnished it with as
many of the old sticks as he could recover
from the brokers shops, withmany splendid
new ones besides for the drawing room,
and when all was DONE led daddy back to
his old quarters, and joined him there with
Martha and all the family. Bnt dotage had
been coming upon poor old daddy, and he
could scarcely be made to understand the
change which had taken place in his posi-
ton. He came at last to fancy that it was
a dream, and sitting by the freside of an
evening, and recognizing his old room peo-
pied with the faces of John and Martha and
their children, he would tell his daughter to
wake him mp byand-by.
And SO he went on dreaming until one
winters night he woke up in land where
there was no more going to sleep And
the days of John and Martha are likely to
be long and prosperous, for they honored
their old father in his age and need, and
the bread which they cast upon the waters
has come back to them with blessing
Nix DIFFIDENT's SPEECH AT PRESENTATION
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don Laughter Mr.. Chairman, ladies-la-
dies and gentlemen [Cnars In returning
In rising to return, tdies and gentlemen
liz returning my sincere thanks for the
great and distinguished, though merited-
Tlaughter] unmerited- cheers honor you
have-I have just-just conferred laugh
ter aud cheers permit ME to say that l.
beg to assure you ladies' and gentlemen.
that nothing | can say on the present occa
sion can sufficiently express my-your sense
of my kindness loud applause aud laugh
ter will kludle a most eau assure you
ladies and gentlemen, this is-this is the
happiest moment of my life, renewed ap-
plause,] and in-in returning-returning
from the bottom of my heart CHEERS It
is perhaps nnecessary--unnecessa TO say
ything-lcries of $50 on"1-and I trust
have said nothiug-[laughter nothing
on the present occasion that but FL moi
detain you, ladies and gentIemen-[ yes,
yes, go on by saying that--having said
more than | intended to say on the present
occasion-[hear, hear II can only say that
that in returning my sincere thanks, /
II beg most sincerely to thank YOU
The speaker on resuming his seat, was re-
warded with several rounds of applause. I
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