The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1870-03-02
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latiOn at her heart. a. He vas gone, and.l
the world seemed very, dreary to her She
feared 1t would never be bright again. So
the young always think in their first dis
appointment.
Turning at length to open the gate, her si
foot struck upon something soft and yield
ing She looked down, and saw some
dark object on the ground, nearly hidden
beneath the low lilac boughs Taking it
up, she saw that it was coat-her faith
er's, she fancied-and with momentary
wonder as to bow-it yot there, she went
softly into the house, taking the garment
with her. As she stole up stairs to her
own little room, she fancied she heard
slight sound below in the kitchen adjoin-
ing her parents bed room. She heard it
again as she was retiring, and then a step
on the little back stoop; and she looked
out Of her window, fancied that she saw
figure disappearing through the garden
gate. She wondered who it could be.
Was it some one looking for the coat 2 and
turning to where she had mechanically
dropped 1t on a chair, she examined it by
candleight. 1t was not her fathers. 1t
was patched and faded, ,long-slzirted cam
let coat-the coat which she had seen
worn by the peddler that evening.
"He will come back for it, perhaps" the
girl thought; and she hung it carefully on
nail IN the upper entry closet. u.
But the peddler never came back for
| the last garment. And it was understood
why, when, on Thursday, Farmer HalIet
opening the bureau to take out his hun
dred dollars for deposit in the Logansville
bank, found the tin box and the wallet
safe, but the money all gone.
Search was made for the peddler, but in
| vain. No one had seen a person at all
answering his description, unless it was
pious Methodist preacher who had passed
hurriedly through Logansyille on a journ-
ey to the West as missionary to the In
dlans; and to suspect HIM would be a
| shamel
| Yet, some time after neighbor Burwell
reading description of noted burglar,
who had broken out of prison, and for
some weeks past baffled the detectives, re-
marked that he and the peddler must be
either the same or twin brothers, so ex-
actly did the description tally with the
appearance of the peddler
So the old coat hung, unseen and forgot
ten, IN the back entry closet until fall,
when Mrs. Hallet, IN her quarterly clean
ings, spied it.
Jennie she said, Il wish you would
take that old soarecrow away from here.
l can't abide the sight of it"
What shall do with it. mother 2'-
'.What ever You like. It's yours, sup
pose, as you found it; nobody viii ever
claim it .
"Its too good to throw away, said len
ME, Suppose take the long skirts and
make petticoat for old Peggie Burns 1t
Is lined with wool, and viii make warm
garment for winter"
So ennie took the coat to her room,
and sat down in the October sunshine to
rip up and refashion the garment.
She thought of Frank-she was always
thinking Of him now-and wondered
whether he would ever make that five
hundred dollars, Oh, that FIVE hundred
dollars r how it ran in her head, always
Rip rip Something opposed the pro
gress of the scissors in the thick wadding
, Of the old coat. Tearing it open, she drew
out what looked ike a solid greenish rag
1t was paper, however, and as she unfold
ed it she saw to her surprise that it was
bank bill-a fifty dollar billi Another
and another followed. Through all the
body Of the old garment were carefully
padded these precious bits of paper; and
Jennie Hallet, sitting in her room alone
> counted them all out upon her lap-ffteen
hundred dollars
I She kept her secret-at least from hel
I family.
But some days alter, she rode INTO Lo
: gansville on horseback, as she was accus
. toned to do and at the express Office de-
: posted a little package, addressed tc
.Erancis DuaaaIa-FEaat ,i-A aad-hg- -rsilarr
: mail, came an anonymous letter to Farm
; er Hallet, enclosing one hundred dollars
''to replace the money unlawfully takel
! from him." which incident set all tht
4 neIghbors discoursing on the power ofcon
. science. And before Christmas, Franl
e Duncan himself made his appearance anC
d boldly asked Farmer Hallet for the hanC
u of his. daughter Jennie, mentioning, il
+ answer to the fathers inquiries, that h,
q had more than fifteen hundred dollars OF
, hand" And the next thing was that Mr.
4, Duncan purchased the pretty place by the
y old church, and thither, in the spring
/ took his young bride, where they were as
o happy as new married people generally
u are.
i Jennie said that she and Frank only
e borrowed the money, and it should be re-
stared whenever the Ownershould appear.
= But they have as yet heard of no claim
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