Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1869-06-04
"From Daventry, among tho hills of
Northampton"

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Northampton"
"And what was your namc before
you wcro marricd2" tho old man
asked Of the good wife,,
"My maiden namo was Hcpsebath
Munson, sir"
"Wcro you from Davcntry ?"
"No, sir; was from Kibworth, in
Lciccstcrshire. went to Daventry
to live when I was sixteen"
"You never had q brothcr?"
eyes, sir. had onc-Gcorgc-hc
went off to India, and there he died.
Poor Georgcl He was a good boy
he was very good to me. lie was n
smart young man when he went
away"
"1Iow do you know that he is dcad?"
"Becausc wo never heard from him,
SIR"
"Hepsebath," cried the old man,
starting TO his feet, 'looLs at me look
at me, [ say! See If you can't tell
me who l am. 1 remember of hear
ing that you had married q man
named Gropp, but I could not find
where you had moved. was ncgli-
gcnt-very. But say, do you know
me ?"
at amt George Munson ?" gaspcd
Heppy, starting from her chair and
trembling like an aspen.
"Loo:s st that pursc Didn't you
see that name ?" and as. the old man
spoke he showed her q name worked
in gold thread, but which she had not
detected. But she read it now
George Munson.
Then she looked into the time VIZ orn
face, and gradually the features of
one she had loved in years long agone
were revealed to her. 1t was her
brother-her own dear brother
George.
Presently Jareb Gropp saw his wife
in the old mans arms, and with one
bound he reached tho middle of the
| floor.
'There," he cried, "now see Sup
posin' I'D taken that gold. If 1 had
we'd never have known George Num-
son. 1 tell ye there's always n sun
beam sure to fall upon a good action.
It'll come some time, yo may depend.
George, how'd yo do? Amt I glad
wo didn't touch your gold How
could 1 ever looked my delights
brother in the face of it2 How'd ye
do-how'd ye do2" ... o..
The last half of this speech had
been made with tho old mans hand
in his grasp, for even then the thought
had not worked itself into Jareb's
honest mind that any pecuniary good
was to grow out of this.
But it was indeed Heppy's own
brother, and one of the objects ho
had in view when he set out on his
travels was to find his sister if posi-
bic. He had forgotten her husbands
name having heard it but once in In
dia, and then casually in CONVEX
sation with man who had just come
on. The old man was very rich and
now that he had found the only liv-
ing relative ho had on earth, he re-
solved to settle down with her.
A large house on beautiful emi-
nence, the wealthy owner of which
had just diod, was for sale, and Uncle
George bought it, and thither he took
his sisters family. And in after
times there were some great doings
in that great house. The little
Crops had competent teacher, and
they became prodigies of learning.
Jareb was utterly astonishcd ct the
wondrous intellect they displayed.
But tho balance was kept mp. As
the little ones became more and more
advanced and threw off the children's
things, Jareb and uncle George put
them on and beca ne children them
selves. One day tho two men were
caught in the. act of jumping leap
frog over each otherers shoulders
and had not Heppy come out and
stopped them, there is no knowing
how many necks might have been
broken.
1t was fortunate for them that
the good dame retained oil her strong
sense, for there were seasons when,
in the height of their childish JOY,
they might have done much mischief
had she not been ever near to- watch
over and protsct them and once (I,
have in good authority, when she
caught them wrestling etat side Iong,""'
she took them by; the: ears and led
I them into the honse. c:$ .8gs52a ~.
| But they hadto indnige in rough
sports, for as Uncle George had sud.
denly become ethawed ont of the ice
Of d misanthropy and 9lonesomeness,
and as ttJareb; had full as suddenly
been,lifted up from ethe dark, depths