Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1868-10-29

Walter. the old man heard his daughter
say. must live to love and care for him.
On all the earth an, the only one left to
love him. It 10 hard My heart NAV
break But the pledge Of love gave to
my mother must be kept.
And 40 the great joy dream Of my
youth must be changed to this reality !!
exclaimed Walter. sorrowingIy. can
not ask you to leave your father. sweet
Agnes. for the very truth in you which /
worship, would be made q lie. could you
do 20. But I have prayer. an earnest
sincere prayer. pray that God. IN his
mercy. may remove the curse frsm your
fathers Blended form. = q
The curse. Walteri
Aye-the old curse rejoined tie youth
fervently. I hope God may render him
penniless
What! penniless, repeated Agnes. with
. stare.
Aye-penniless for then he would be
far more wealthy than he il now. Then
he would know how to appreciate the
priceless blessing of his sweet Agnes love.
and then the crust might be broken, and
his heart grow human again. And more
than all, Walter continued, winding his
arm closer about the fair form Of his COM
panion. and speaking more deeply. then !
could take yon to my home-and We could
both love him and care for him while b /.
lived.
Noah Brennan stopped to hear ne more,
and as he walked away, ho muttered to
himself
The rascal He'd do great things. Me
penniless and he prayed for it. The
young villain!
When the old man gained his accustom-
ed walk among tho great sycam"res. he
wiped something from his eye. He acted
as though mote had been blown in there.
Two weeks passed on and Agnes grew
pale and thin. She did not sing as she
us ID to, nor could site smile rs had been
her wont. Still she murmured not, nor
did her kindness to her father grow less.
Oh. God help me to love my father.
she prayed one night Let not my grief
j make me forget my duty.
And the old man heard 1t.
One night Noah came homo from the
city. and in his hand he brought small
trunk. He barred the door; aud drew the
tattercd curtains closc.
See, he said. as he opened the trunk and
piled the new bank notes upon tho table,
Look here. Agnes. aud see how l have
worked in my life time. had no educa-
ti0n, but I've laid up money--mOney--
!. money how many men would sell me all
their brains to night for this. See-one
thOusaud-twO three ce-fUur-five- count
them, Agnes, There's & thousand good
dollars in each package.
}, Agnes counted them over. for she
thought her father wished it, and she made
} fifty packages.
why have you taken it from the bank,
. father. she asked.
To let it my child-to let it ata round
interest, Agnes. shall double it, darling
. double it-double it.
And while the old mans eyes sparkled
. with evident satisfaction, his child's face
, wore sad sorrowing look. And after
. that she sat and looked at the working fed
lures Of her father. and prayed that the
gold fiend would set him free.
When Agnes retired she left her father
up; but ere long she heard him put his
=. little trunk away. and then 60 to bed -
And then she slept.
/ Harki What sound is that! Agnes
started up In alright and listened. But
see bright light is cleaning out into the
+ night. aud thick volumes of smoke pour
into the garret.
Fire! Fire! shouted voice from the
entry, and she hears sharp cracking now
and feels the heat. Agnes! my child and
in another moment she meets her father
upon the stairs,-hs is dressed, but she il
not.
Take all your clothing. Agnes, and you
can put them on in the entry. The house
is all on fire.
! In few moments more the father and
child stood in the road. the latter with q
bundle of clothing in her hand. while the
former held trunk. They gazed upcu
the burning building but neither Of them
. spoke.
4 And others came running to the scene,
but no one tried to stop the flames. And
the effect would have been useless had it
been made, for the cid shell burned like
tindsr But moro still no one would
have made the effort even had success been
evident. for the miserable old hut had toe
|. iODg occupied one Of the fairest spots in
the village. There were no other build
ings to be endangered 80 they lot the thing
burn.
| You have your money safe. said Agnes
lGUs 84C-x IVOA tuo SuuAs AShs Wv
candle burning SO that ! could watch it
But went to sleep, and the candle mus,
have fallen over. But / got the trunk
And a. no spoke he held it up and gazed
upon it by the light Of the blazing ruins.
| This Is not the trunk! whispered Agnes
in alright.
No But the old man spoke no fur
ther. He saw he had taken the wrong
trunk. This was only filed with old dccd'
and dusty receipts.
Ruined: lost! groanei Noah Brennan
as be turned from the scattered embers.
l had fifty thousand dollars in that trunk
and where are they now!
Never mind, said Agnes, winding her
arms about her fathers meek. We shall
be happy without it.
What! muttered Noah Brennan gazing
into Walter Adams face. Do you mean
that you will give me home. too! Thai
you will provide for me and help me
Yes. returned the youth, hopefully.
could never be happy with Agnes, much al
l love her, ii thought her dear old father
ad no home. Come. we'll live together,
and be happy as the days are long.
But your salary, young man!
Il sufficient for us, sir. have five hun
lred dollars year. We can live well on
that aud lay up something too.
Il We'll, we'll take her-love her-be
good to her--make her happy-dont new
or
When the old man saw the joyous tears
leap FROM his chllds eyes, he turned away
and walked quickly FROM the house but