St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1871-07-28


: My father has searched far and near 70
him, advertised i'll the newspapers, IN,
kept men on the watch for him for years
| lc says ne was Il truG-heartcd, simple
man, Il hero and Il soldier every inch
And you, who have brcu a soldier, ,uu"h
To-
Tom stopped and chokcd a li:,lr.
'''Say the rest, my boy" cried the oI,
man with 81 Glowing face. ''Dnn't b,
aicared to speak,
"Ou"ht Ia have 4 better heart than /,
speak i'll of Il man you never saw, and
who saved my fathers IiIr.'
''Hoy," cried the old soldier, scizine
his hand, II am that soJr Wentworth
who FOUGHT beside your brave father
through Mexico, To tie very .,t,s,"
"lou - shouted ''om. ''II'p, hip,
hip, hnIrair :" Won't my father l.,
clad. Give Ia your hanh, >ir; / want
to shake il tho hand # {. man whu
TUNED death from my father I'll writ,
him to morrow, Ill write TO mother, and
she'll come shall % crazy, I'm 81
dad"
"Thcrc. grandfather didnt tell
You - said AiilIy, proud Of her protc@c,
Tom Granacr. Il knew lac was @nod.'
"And the captain didn't FORGET the old
sarrnt, artrr all, muttrrcd the old man.
'i'o uut into the Garden and talk, my
children; want 10 thinL--io think OF
the oil timc-."
They went out rcyrrntly, lrayino him
alone. The coming OF this boy BRINGING
him news from his loved officer, and
showing him that :he man he had saved
had not FORGOTTEN linn, warmed liz brave
old heart. There was ~omcthin. in Tom
Gran@er's face, Young H. hr was, which
touched the old soldier drcplv-it was So
like hi~ fathers, a. he Remembered Il
Tn, next day Tom wrol, two I,,t,r.
-n,,, tn hi. C.flsr IN tL. Wet ,rI o,,.
+, his mo,hcr Tvs, J,y. ,r,or lJr.
Gr,uo,.r ,.,,,r and oro,tnJ ,h. oil ,n,,,
- , dear trirnJ who L,J ,,,rI L,r Ln..
b,rJ,. rt,
u am ouiu,, +, al, far v,r,. I,;,,r,;..,
Jewel Giv, mo Ills cI;II ,nJ r.;i
love her a, In, child lost So L,n1 orn
know it will be- hard to part Lut !. If
not better for ,Lr child -
The brayc old face. fell ,t the tbnusL,
..T,L,. Lrr, i,L, IittL. SnnI...,,' H..
t,i,I to tI,inL # the hons, -. :, w,nIj
seem witLonl her .miI, t,,n,l,. !, Lri,Lt
Take Milly,. II, only lived in L,r
pr,..,,,c. anI N tL. ,L,u,Lt ,h,t 81.
,y,nId .oon r,,n. L,rl. :, liz, T.,,.;..
I.r T,I,t sion an ,I,, u,.r L.,. ,,,,rn,.
.,no ~ ,rorri,n L.r c,r,,,.,u IL, -,
NIGHT, \ s,rt OF tr,mor cam. oyer him
and MiIly broke away ir,m Mrs Gram
o,r and throw hers II inf, hi. ,rrs
..No. no ma, am h,r, .,r,rIt,u,-
,r, am vour IittI. SuuI,,,,n ,rI I
will NOT leave. Won Tho I,1v :. vcry
GOOD and kind, hut She does not kpo,y
that without me You would die"
Il viii not he 50 selfish, Little sun
beam moaned the old man. Think
oi what You must rive up-@ay dresses,
balls and fashion, GOOD schools, and the
sight OF countries OF which you have only
dIramcd. 1t makes no difference when
the malmed old veteran dies, but it Is
hard TO dI% up old roots. | must die
here where | WAS bore. and | can die
alone. AlIlly darling, 20 with the lady
and don't forget"
Il won't" cried MiIly, almost angri-
ly. "LcaNc You | could not do it. |
am clad TO know that the lady loves Us
and would i" 50 much for Us, but must
II. ttf It,.r
''lS this Il woman or child ," was
Mrs. t'ran%crS Thought. y woman in
thought and purpose, madam for the
hard life She has led, the striving wit Ii
poverty, Ia" thousand and one shifts to
stretch Their little means 10 the utmost,
had developed her ealy. Mrs. Granger
was Il woman "l tact, and though she
HAD set her heart upon having tins beau
THU clIld 10 love and pet, she knew how
To yield gracefully, and she did it now.
Il w;s wrong, my chlId," she said.
"in my wish TO have you for my own |
forgot Unc who has Il stronger claim up
on you. At the same time, my husband
would never forgive me if let You re
main in poverty, and must do some
thing for you. Not IN thc way Of char
iIv, MIR. Wentworth it is Il dcbt-a
holy debt, which ought to have been
paid long ago."
She found it hard to persuade the old
man; but when she told him how it
would "rievc her husband if she did n II
1--WE him help. he COMPLIED Then tLc
u,nu-o ,y,rl-,l I,,. tL, I,n ,.l., ..,,,, =,
Washington and laid the case before her
acquaintance there in Congress. and the
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