National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1868-03-13

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and he advised him to go to Califor-
MIA. He told him to go to New
York, and work his passage around
the Cape. He determined to do so.
The Quaker furnished him with
suitable apparel.
thee wants to see thy wife and
children before thee goes.'
'Yes, Friend EdgartOn, l do, but
they have become estranged from
me. If L went, perhaps they will
not believe what say. 1t is better
that / should not see them. In
deed, it is better that they should
not know where / am. / want to
surprise them, as l hope to do, by
coming back a sober man, and with
money enough to make them com
Portable. l Iprefer that you and
your wife should be the only per-
sons in the place who shall know
where / am and what l am doing
Thus while riding towards the
quiet farm house Of the Quaker, the
whole thing was arranged. When
they reached the place, the horse
was put in the barn, and they enter
ed the house. He said as they took
seats before the fire, 'Amy, thee
may put on another plate; Daniel
will stay with us a few days and
then he will go to California;
The benevolent Quaker was conf.
dent that Daniel Akin would keep
his resolve.
At length when everything was
in readiness the old horse was har-
messed, and before daylight Daniel
Akin was on his way to a railway
! station. He had not been in the
village since the night when the
words, Not a drop more, Daniel
were uttered. He was missed from
his customary haunts, but it was
supposed he had gone off on a spree,
and so nothing was thought of his
absence. His wife's father lived in
the adjoining town, and some thought
he had gone there.
No inquiries were made, for all
were rejoiced tina. he was missing,
and cared not for his return.
He lad been gone somewhat more
than year when the Quaker was in
the store of Haskins and remarked
that he wished to hire a pasture the
coming season. Il have got one |
Will let you have free of rent if you
will put up the fences on the place.
said Haskins.
'Where is it ? SAID the Quaker.
!On the Akin farm
IF thee will let it at that rate thee
must have let it get out of repair
1T is so indeed l cannot leave
the store to see to it. The house is
poor, and the family that lived in it
last were too shiftless to buy wood,
aud burnt up the rails. | had rath-
er sell it than rent it,
what will thee take for it'll
1T cost me some sixteen hundred
dollars
Yes, but thee paid in goods and
charged thine own price on them
ITO be sure l did; Akin could
not get trusted anywhere else, and
/ felt was running great risk III
letting him have goods, and | charg.
ed accordingly, just as everybody
else would under the circt instances.
'Thee has not told me what thee
would take for the place. | viii
give thee eight hundred for it i
thot 10 an,- nhinat tn fhnn1
Haskins thought long enough tt
conclude that the interest of eigh
hundred dollars was far better fol
him than the farm, for the use o
which he realized scarcely anything
and said, You can have it,
thee can make out the deed to
morrow, and thee shall have tn.
money. BY the way, does the
know what has become Of DAME
Akin2
No. He has not been in the vii
lage for more than year. At an.
rate, have not seen him.
We may tell the reader wha
, Haskins did not know. The Qua
, ker had that day received a lette
from Daniel Akin stating that II
: was at the mines hard at work, an
: was sticking to his motto, Not
I, drop more, Daniel that he had lai
!, up few hundred dollars, and de-
, sired him to inquire what the plac
! which he once ownel could /
bought for. Mr.. Edgarton had tai
en- the method above mentioned
find out Haskins' views. So cont
. dent was he that Daniel Aki
! would come home a sober man, wit
7 money in his pocket, that he vel
tured to purchase it, for the purpos
4 of keeping it for him.
n He wrote to Akin what he ha
4 done, and about three months aft,
4 received a letter stating that by e
t. press he had sent five hundred dc
s lars in gold, to a banker in Ne
s York, with orders to sell it and 7
!. nit proceeds to him, to 60 towar,
q the farm. Gold commanded a lar,
d premium, and the five hundred b
i. came moro than eight hundred b
v fore it reached Friend Edgartor
hands. Akin requested him
draw deed giving the whole pro
v erty to his wife, Mary, and have
o duly recorded and left with the Re
o lister Of Deeds.
In his letter: If perchance
9 should ever break my resolution,
1t shall have secured home for n
'. wife and children. / prefer, howe
, | or that thnv ahou1d not lyun,,, No,