Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1870-10-19

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wOrds-'NOt a drop more, Daniel were
uttered. He was missed from his Gus
tomary haunts; but it was supposed he
had gone on the usual SPREE and so
nothing was thought of his absence. No
inquiries were made, for all were glad
that he was missing, and cared not for
his return.
He had been gone somewhat more
than year when the Quaker was in
the store of Hoskins, and wished to hire
a pasture for the coming season.
Il have one ] will let you have free, if
you will put up the fence on the place.
said HOskins.
where is it y asked the Quaker
It's on the Atkin farm was the re-
ply.
If thee will let it at that rate, thee
must let it get badly out of repair
1T is indeed; cannot leave the store
to look after it. The house is poor and
the family that lived in it last were too
shiftless to buy wood, they burnt up all
the fences. In fact, would rather sell
it than rent it,
what will thee take for it? inquired
| the Quaker.
1T cost me sixteen hundred dollars
'Yes but thee paid in goods and charg-
ed thine own price for them.'
| 10 DS sure L ulls Abhlll NDulu IOb
get trusted anywhere else, and felt
/ him have goods; so charged according
| ly, just as anybody else would have
| done under the circumstances
But thee has not told me what thee
will take for the place. I will give thee
eight hundred dollars for it, if that is an
| object to thee
Hoskins thought long enough over the
matter to-cOnciude that the interest of
eight hundred dollars was far better for
him than farm, for the use of which
he realized scarcely anything, and at
last said, You can have it,
very well, Hoskins, thee can make
out the deeds tomorrow, and thee shall
I have thy money. By the by, does thee
| know what has become of Daniel At
! kin p
No; he has not been in the village for
more than a year, at any rate, I have
not seen him.,
We may here tell the reader some
thing that HOskins did not know. The
/ Quaker had that day received a letter
! from Daniel Atkin, stating that he was
at the mines, hard at work, and sticking
| to his motto, Not drop more, Daniel;'
that he had laid up a few hundred dol
| lars, and desired to inquire what the
place he once owned could be bought
! for.
Mr.. Edgerton had taken the method
above mentioned to find out the views
of Hoskins respecting the place, so con-
| fident was he that Daniel Atkin would
come home a sober man, with money in
his pocket, that he had ventured to pur-
chase the place, to keep for him till his
return.
He wrote oto Atkin 8nforming him
what he had done, and about three
months after he received a letter from
| him, stating that he had sent by express
! five hundred dollars in gold to a bank in
! New York, with orders TO sell it, and re-
nit the proceeds to him to go toward the
money for the farm.
! Gold commanded high premium, and
/ five hundred dollars became eight hun
! dred dollars before they reached the
hands of friend EdgeTtOn. Atkin re-
! quested him to draw up deed giving
the whole property to his wife Mary, and
| to have it duly recorded, and left with
| the register of deeds.
In his letter he said:
If perchance, I should ever break
my resolution, I shall have secured a
home for my wife and children. pre-
fer, however, that they should not know
anything of this for the present. If I |
live to come home, [ will give the deeds
to Mary with my own hands; if not, |
you can do it. Now that the farm is
bought, you had better stock it, for I
still stick to my motto, Not drop more, |
Daniel.'
Another year passed away. BY this !
time friend EdgertOn had stocked the !
farm Witk young cattle and sheep, the !
fences were put inrepair, and every thing !
but the house wore a tidy appearance
Another remittance came, which paid |
for all the stock, and left an OverpIus |
with which to repair the house. Car
penteTs were busy, and villagers who !
happened to pass that way found ex-
tensive repairs were going on; still no
one presumed to question the Quaker in |
regard to his plans. These repairs COM !
pleted, furniture found its way into the |
the house, A yoke of oxen was seen |
on the farm. The villagers were aston
ished to see the Quaker driving an ele-
CANT horse, and riding in a new buggy. |
! He received this note one day!
I have arrived safe and sound. Please !
90 and get Marry and the children.
Friend EdgertOn rode over to the |
next town and called on Maryis father, |
and invited her and the children to 90 |
home with him and make visit The |
invitation was accepted, and they re- |
turned with the Quaker to his house
On the afternoon of the next day he
said:
Mary, I want to go to the railway
station. Thee and the child can stay |
with Amy
Io He went down to the station, and, |
Fetching Daniel, left him at the house, |
where he had previously = conveyed |
some provisions, and where he was to |
pass the night. 1t was dark when friend |
Edgerton reached his home.
The next morning, friend Bdgerton |
said to Mary:
Mary, 1 suppose thee heard that I |
have bought thy old place? 1 have got |
it fitted up, and thee and the children |
shall ride over after breakfast and see it. |
l think thee will like it,
They rode over, and Mary was sur
prised to see the changes which had |
taken place. They looked over the low
er rooms first; and over the mantal |
piece, in the sitting room, was frame, |
and under the glass, in large gold letters, |
were these words:
n " NOT 4 DROP MORE, DANIEL!n
Mary, in reading these words, said:
oh, friend EdgertOn, if Daniel could |
have said these words, and stuck to
them, this beautiful place might have
still been his.'
Then thee don't know where Daniel
is p asked the Quaker.
NO; l have not heard anything of
him for more than three years.
Thee would like to see him, would
thee not"
oh, yes Indeed l should
Let us walk up stairs
As he went up the front stairs Daniel !
slipped down the back ones, and took
his stand in the front room. When they
returned, Mrs. Atkin noticed stalwart
man, standing in the room with his
back to the door, and started back for
an instant The Quaker said:
TT is n friend, Mary
Daniel turned round; but in the man
with a heavy beard and moustache Mary
did not recognize her husband. Daniel
advanced to the spot where Mary was
standing, and, In a voice tremulous with
emotion, exclaimed:
Don't you know me Mary p
We leave the reader 10 Imagine Whnt ;
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