American citizen., 1869-06-05

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=. Aaf cid rag-tag masters uncle. !.
! sais-5Betty, wondering as She re-
aseS9led the stairs. e..
!1tbd heavens !! said her mistress.
Eit,ali't that old veteran who %trniicd
off .e.,fs ago nobody knows where
u. hope lie would never come
back <Sain. And now ! supilgae he
is as poor as Il rat and wants help.
Wei, he won't get it if can help il;
but | suppose ! must see him
The lady descended, fully prepared
to give The visitor frI2id reception.
:" I'm not Mistaken said the Old
man With feeling; it's Alexander's
wife,
4ou are right, sir. | am the wife
of Mr.. Alexander Beaumont. and ]
suppose from your language YOU
are
His uncle Henry. All me, have
been absent 50 many Years, and it
does n.e good to return to my kin
dred.'
The old man leaned on his staff.
and his features worked convuIsively
as thoughts Of the past came over
him. Mrs. Beaumont stood h8i;iiag
the door, as if waiting for him to de
part. She did not giY4 him any in
vitati0n 10 enter.
! Is your husband well ?" inquired
the visitor, looking in, as if he eX,
! pectcd an invitation to enter and re
fresh himself after his walk, by al
interval of rest.
He is; if you have any message
for him YOU may leave it with me
and | will deliver it, said Mrs
Beaumont, desirouS of ridding bprselt
Of the intruder as speedily as posi-,
| Die.
You may tel him | have called,
| said the visitor in disappointed
tone, and that | would Ike TO have
seen him.
Il will tell him;' and Mrs. Beau
mont was about closing the door.
Hold =! there is one question more
What has become of Alexander'>
sister Anna 2
4 don't know much about her,
was the rather disdainful reply: hui
! | think she married ! clerk, mechanic
OF some such person. His name i
Lowe, and he lives on Nort0n street
| is that all 2
That is ali
The old man turned his steps to
wards the street indicated, Will
many forebodjngs lest his secont
visit might be as unwelcome as hi
first appeared TO be.
Betty said Mrs. Beaumont, q
she closed the door, If that old foo
comes again. be sure and not forge
to tell him | am not Mt home
Norton street was not Il faShiona
h!e street nor was the two stor,
dwelling occupied by William Low
handsome and costly. 1t was mark
ed, however, by an air of neatness
which indicated that its tenants wer
not regardless OF outward appear
anccs.
We will take the liberty of intro
duCing y0u into Il little sitting room
where Mrs. Lowe and her three littl
children were even now seated.
plain. serviceable carpet covered tn
floor, and the remainder Of the furni
ture. though Of ii kind which WOul'
hardly be selected for a drawing
room, had Il comfortable. ilcmG-iik
appearance, which simply satistie
the desire Of those who derived thei
happiness from a higher and les
mutable force than outside show
Mrs. Lowe was seated in Il roctiiH
chair, engaged i'll an employment
which | am aware is tabooed in q
fashionable society. mean darnin
stockings.
Emma, a girl Of ten, was hruShin
mp the hearth, which the ashes troi
: the CRATE, in which braZing fire wa
now burning, had somewhat disc,
t dered. while Mary, who was tW
| years younger, was reading. Charlc,
| face which could not help loollin
: roguish, was stroking the cat tn
$ wrong way. much to the diStwbanC
+ of poor Tahby, who had quietly Sc
: tied herself down to pleasant dream
e upon the hcarth-rug.
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Emma said the mother, you ma
$ 90 to the door and see Who it is, an
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