Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1870-04-14


emily son Of Sir Richard Bramford, late
Of Birmingham, England; : (the young
men exchanged glances) 'and also,
that l once resided in St. John; but
it is not true, that murdered, my
child or left him in the woods. did
leave my boy in the care Of . widow,
who used to furnish me with LIQUOR.
For this wicked act, received a gal
lon Of rum and twenty dollars 1t was
by no means my intention to sell nv
little son: drunkard that l was, my
whole soul revolted from tue perpetra-
ton of 50 atrocious crime. meant
toreceive the price Of my viIlainy, and
the next day to take the child from her
by force, if necessary. Alas when l
went to her hut to execute my purpose,
she had fled, knew not whittier! |
lay around for two days, hoping that
she might return but l never saw her
afterwards. Sadly came to the poor
howell | called my own, thinking l
would take my little girl to some place
where | could render her condition
comfortable. | found the place empty,
deserted My Godv | cried, am /
childless!" | dared not make inquiries
| knew the police were on nv track:
| was suspected of being the murderer
OF my poor forsaken wife. Perhaps |
was indirectly yet not l, but the in
satlate demon Rum, that has. for q life
time, been driving me hellward.
All sir, no tongue can tell the tor
lures have endured If repentance
will atone for sin, l shall be forgiven
the brutal neglect Of my angel Mary
For some moments, his emotion ov-
empowered his utterance but quickly
regaining his composure, he proceed
/ ell /:
4 felt myself alone, forsaken, forlorn,
hated by God and man, an outcast, a
brute, only to be hunted down by the
! bloodhounds OF justice; like Cain, |
became wandercr and vagabond
4 Twice returned to st. John in dis
guse, but could gain no intelligence
of the whereabouts Of my dear children
Like my poor father, shall have no
loved ones to cheer and bless my dc
clmln5 Years. . my children IA,
I cuil. .treu. wil.Ic are YOU now. snlI
ever again penolu YOU
ONeal was now walking the cabin
floor, vringing his hands-talking to
4 himself. rather than To the others. Be
I coming more calm, after few moments
he sat down, and continued
Gentlemen, have been telling you
what | supposed would he forever lock
ed in my own breast, an inviolable Sc
cret but your partial knowledge of the
facts has led me to relate further par
| ticulars, that you may not retain any
4 erroneou, Impression concerning the
matter. Besides, ] feel that am not
talking to unsvmpath;zing listeners.
Your confidence will not be betrav-
ed, sir but pray tell me, what Was
the name Of the person to whom You
intrusted yonr little Rojert-was It
Doan,'
Yes, it was Doan your st. John
friends must be blessed with good
memories
Henry sprang to his feet.
And you, SIR he cried, were known
to her as james Hosford =
Who are you sir 2 said O'Neal, ris-
ing
You seem to be acquainted with the
inmost secrets of my life How came
you in possession of this knowledge|
DO YOU think you would recognize
your son, were you to see him.
Il think should. lie, if living, must
still carry the imprint of not finger
ring, which was accidently dropped
4 upon his shoulder. when he was
child. think
Before he could finish the sentence,
elrv had divested himself of l,is coat
and barring his shoulder, stood before
| Sir Edmund.
Heaven be praised. My prayer is
answered. Ny son my SON ejaculat-
ed the astonished father. Lost in in
fancy. restored to my arms in the bloom
and vigor of noble manhood
How mysterious Providence controls
our lives
Robert, as we now must call him,
stood like person in a dream. Bliss
full visions, which, in the past, were
but the paintings of fancy, were now
taking the form of bright reality, and
came ihrpnging on his brain with ali
tht speed Of thought. In imagination
he sped across Il continent, and em-
braced Il sister beloved; then, OH the
wings Of new born hope, 1ew over
ocean and continent, to clasp to his
heart form dearer than life-his own
gentle Annie.
With an effort, the spell was broken
| and ha ropi;o1.