The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1871-07-11

eight hundred before it reached Frient
Edgerton's hands. Akin requested hin
to draw deed giving the whole propert,
to his wife Mary, and duly recorded ant
left with the Register of Deeds.
In his letter "If perchance | shoult
ever break my resolution, shall hav,
secured home for my wife and children
perfer, however they should not know
any thing of this for the present. If
live to come home, will give Mary tht
deed with my own hands--if not you car
do it. Now that the farm is bought, yor
had better stock it, for | will stick tt
my motto, "Not another drop Daniel"
Another year passed. BY this time
Friend Edgerton had stocked the farm
with young cattle and sheep, The
fences were put in repair-and every
thing but the house wore a tidy appear
ance
Another remittance came which paid
for all the stock, and with an overplus
with which to repair the house.
Carpenters were busy, and the villagers
who CHANGED to pass that way found
that extensive repairs were going on still
no one presumed to question the Quaker
with respect to his plans.
These repairs all completed--furniture
found its way to the house. A yoke Of
oxen were seen on the farm. The villa
gers were astonished to see the Quaker
driving an elegant horse, and riding in a
new buggy.
lie received this short note one day -
81 have arrived, all safe and sound. Go
and get Mary and the children"
lie rode over to the adjoining town and
called at Marys fathers and invited her
and the children to go home with him and
make him and his wife visit. They ac.
cepted the invitation and he took them
home.
The next afternoon he said, Mary,
have got to go to the railroad station, but
thee and the children can stay with
Amy" He went and got Daniel Akin,
and did not reach home till after dark -
lie LETT Daniel in his own house, nicely
furnished, to which place he previously
conveyed provisions, and left him there to
pass the night.
The next morning he said "Mary, |
suppose thee has heard that | have bought
thy old place. have got it fitted up ; |
want thee and thy children to ride over
and see it after breakfast. | think thee
will like it."
They rode over, and were surprised to
see the changes which had taken place.
They could scarce believe their own eyes.
They looked through the lower rooms first.
Over the mantel in the sitting room was
a frame, and under the glass, in large let
ter, they read wonderingly.
"NOT ANOTHER DROP DANIEL
Mrs. Atkins said 90, If my Daniel
could only have said these words and
stuck to them this beautiful place might
have been his"
Said the Quaker, "Then thee does not
know where Daniel is ?"
for more than three years.
'rhee would like to see him ~
"Yes indeed"
"Let us walk up stairs" As they went
up the front stairs, Daniel Akin slipped
down the back stairs, and took his stand
in the sitting room. When they return
ed, Mrs. Akin noticed a stalwart man in
the room, his back to the door, and she
started back for moment. The Quaker
said, at is thy friend, Mary" Upon this
Daniel turned around, and in the man of
heavy beard and moustache she did not
her husband
"Don't you know me. Mary? Have
you forgotten your husband.
We leave the reader to imagine what
the meeting was. Friend Edgcrton said,
81 must go and get Amy. Mary,this house
aud farm are thine and Daniel has the
papers; thee stays here as long as thee
ives-for that (ponting to the frame over
the fire place. "NoT ANOTHER DROP DAN
TEL, is his motto, and it will be during his
life "-Congregationalia