Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1869-11-25
CHAPTER n.

CHAPTER II.
/ I ask Lowry cot,
/ With sweet content within,
/ Where envy shall modest me not,
Nor pride shall tempt 70 sin.
"Going, going, will you give but two
dollars for this excellent bureau Y'--ex-
claimed Mr.. Bailey, the nuctioneer, year
or two since, as we were passing down
Exchange street "Here. Mr.. c." he said
turning towards us, "buy this bureau, it
is worth more for kindling-wood than
what it is going for-just look at it-go-
inR-going--speak quick or you lose it,
Two dollars aad fifty cents we bid, as
we saw the very same bureau we had
bought several years before for ten and a
half dollars, and the bureau was knocked
down to us.
This is singular enough, thought we,
as we had the article carried to our room.
Where is the young woman who formerly
owned it Who was shef
We made several inquiries, but could
not ascertain who she was, or what had
become of her. The bureau had been
carried to the auction room by an indi-
vidual whom Mr., Bailey had never seeu
before, and III our inquiries to ascertain
what had become of the young lady
seemed fruitless.
\ Several months passed by, aud still we
heard nothing Of the young lady, when,
one day, not knowing but we might get
some clue to the former owner, we took
out all the drawers separately, and exam
ined them. We saw no writing what
ever In the back of the under drawer,
we noticed that small piece of pine had
been inserted II looked as il it had been
done TO stop defect. Frying 1t with
knife it came out, when, TO our astonish-
ment, we found several gold pieces, 70
the value of about fifty dollars, besides
note Cor twenty-five hundred dollars,
with interest, value received made pay
able to Sarah --, when she should be-
come ot age IL wac witnesscd note and
had been running about ton years, aligned
by rich man whose reputation for hon
eety was not exceedingly good. Without
mentioning 10 single individual what
we bad discovered, We Immediately re-
nowed our efforts 10 ascertain who Sarah
- was, and whore she could be found.
! We learned that girl Of this name for.
morly liyod with o Capt. P, and did
the work If the kitchen. OF him We
could obtain but little information. His
wife recollocted the girl, and spoke OF her
! in the highest terms. She believed che
had married mechanic, and retired from
I the city, but Lis name she could not reeol-
+ lect By repeated inquiries we aseer-
TONED Mt last that Sarah, with her hns-
band. lived on a small farm on the road
that leads to Saco. Taking an early OPP
/ portunity, we started for the residence OF
4 the young woman. Alter several inqui-
res on the road, we were directed to the
house. II was pleasant situation, lit
! tie from the road, while everything looked
/ neat about the dwelling. As we drove
up to the cottage, who should come to
the door but the very woman we had
/ Ioen 50 anxious to fiud She recognized
ua nc once.
I "Why, Mr c.. how glad ] am to
SEQ ou'-Where in the world did you
come from Walk in and take seat
/ Her husband was prdsent-an intelli-
gent looking MN 70 WHOM she presented
ia.
+ q have often thought Of YOU" she re.
marked, ''and when in Portland have been
/ tempted to call and rec You but although
1 have not called. be assured have not
forgotten your kindness"
! '.But YOU eeem happier than when last
/ ] saw you.
"Be aKured, sir, / am Ny husband
! has hired this little farm, where VIC have
resided for tie l4st two years, and VIC
make 4 comfortable living and arc happy
o. va could wish. Ia the course of few
years, il we have our health and prosper,
VIC are iu hopcf % be able v purchase this
farm"
What does tnc owner value ii Ut =
ole yalues Il at about fifteen hundred
dollars. We haze had to purchase a great
many things, or we should have made a
: payment towards IT,
= "But shut has become Of yonr bureau,
u ie4r I she'll never sga it again she
remsrScl, and after pause said be-
lieve | Layc mover told you how have
been situatcl
.1ou never did
when n.y raotLer licl, II wa7 thought
she loft som property in the hands OF an
uncle "a mine, that would come to fne
when became Of age : bit he said it waa
not the e9ee With linn resided a short
time
"Wa- your uucles name Mr. - Z.
said We, mentioning the individual who
had signed ia, note in orr possession.
" Yr~. sir-Ihat was his uume. He
: was very unkiud - me made me work
so hard, apd wa 20 cross. that J was OLE
liged Ia leave him, and earn my living by
doing tho work of kitchen girl. One day
; | learned that h. was about 20 dispose OF
what little property my mother had left.
to pay an cid Debt Of here A. soon -
found it was correct, [ immediately went
: to the auction, and found it was too tue
You know about the bureau the only
! article of my mothers property | could
! purchase-and had il not been for your
kindness that would have gone with IT,,
$ rest. The Ipoa ! p9ia you wa- earned
III tl. xlteheu As | found II incuuven-
lent to carry the bureau with me, being
obliged to change nay place, asked aunt :
permission to put it in her garnet, which
permission was grsnted.
5 "Oa calling FOR Il when l was ia ,rried
e / learned that uncle had disposed Of it
!, with some other things Al auction.
r would rather have lost a hundred dol
lars moi that the piece of furniture pos
sessed any real value-but It belonged Il
! my beloved mothers tear came to tbs
. poor woman's eye)--and on that account
j / did not wish to part with it. But il
a was gone, and it was useless to speas
e to uncle about it--he was entirely in
e different to me and what concerned
3 me-
;. "Suppo-e 1 should tell you that have
= that bureau in my Office
A ais il possible y You astonish me
/ Mr.. c. Have you indeed that old
Il bureau z"
q have, and what IL better, hav'
3 something for you here'-taking out my
e pooket-book, and placing the gold an'
7 note on the table" these are yours"
= "Why, sir, yon more and more astonisi
me"
: They are yours. After l became th
owner of the bureau, found this gold ant
note concealed in one of the drawers
l There are nearly fifty dollars, and tn
y note is good against your uncle, for nearl.
three thousand every cent of which yol
! can recover.
= The astonished lady could not speak TO