The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1871-08-10

done, and about three months af-
forwards received q letter stating
that by express he had sent five
hundred dollars to a banker in New
York, with orders to sell it and re-
nit proceeds to him, to 60 towards
the farm. Gold commanded a
large premium, and the five hun
dred became more than eight hum
dred before it reached Mr. Edger-
toms hands. Akin requested him
to draw a new deed giving the
whole property to his wife Mary,
and have it duly recorded and left
with the Register of Deeds.
E In his letter he said, "If per-
chance / should ever break my res
olution, I have secured a home for
my wife and children. I prefer,
however, they should not know
anything of this for the present.
If I live to come home, / win give
Mary the deed 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 mot
to, Not another drop, Daniel -
Another year passed. By this
time the Quaker had stocked the
farm with young cattle and sheep.
The fences were put in repair, and
everything but the house wore a tt
dy appearance.
Another remittance came, which
paid Tor all the stock, and with an
overplus with which to repair the
house.
Carpenters were busy, and the
villagers who chanced to pass that
way found that extensive repairs
were going on; still no one presum-
ed to question the Quaker with re-
spect to his plans.
These repairs all completed, fur
niture found its way t.. the house.
A yoke of oxen was seen on the
farm. The villagers were astonish-
ed to see the Quaker driving an ell
egant. horse and riding in a new
buggy.
He received this short note one
day:
81 have arrived, all safe and
sound. Please get Mary and the
children"
Riding over to the adjoining
town, he called at AIary's fathers
and invited her and the children to
go home with him and make him
and his wife a visit. They accept
ed the invitation, and he took them
home.
The next afternoon he said: "BTa-
~. 1 have got to go to the railroad
station, but thee and the children
can stay with Amy" Hewent and
got Daniel Akin, and did not reach
home till after dark. He left Dan
iel in his own house, nicely furnish
ed to which he had previously con-
veyed provisions, and left him there
to pass the night.
The next morning he said & Ma
ry, I suppose thee has heard that I
have bought the old place. I have
got it fitted up, and I want thee and
thy children to ride over and see it
after breakfast. I think thee viii
like il"
They rode over and were surpris-
ed to see the changes which had ia
ken place. They could scarcely
believe their own eyes. They look
ed through the lower rooms first.
Over the mantel in the sitting groom
was a frame. and under the glass,
in large letters, were these words:
''NoT ANOTHER DROP, DANIEL"
Mrs. Akin said: "Oh, if Daniel
could only have said those words
and stuck to them, this beautiful
place might have been his
The Quaker said, 'sThen thee do
not know where Daniel isF'
'.No, IhaYe not heard word from
him for more than three years"
"Thee would like to see him?''
eyes, indeedw
sLet us walk up stairs
As they went up the front stairs
Daniel Akin slipped down the back
ones, and took his stand in the sit
ting room. When they returned,
Mrs. Akin noticed a stalwart man
standing in the room with his back
to the hall door, and start back for
an instant. The Quaker said: cit
is a friend, Mary" Upon this Dan
iel turned round and in The man
with heavy beard and moustaehe,
she did not recognize her husband.
eDon't you know me, Mary
Have you forgotten your husbandF'
We leave the reader to imagine
what the meeting was. The Qua
ker said:
II must 60 and get Amy. Mary
this house and farm are thine, Dan
iel has the papers for thee. Thee
can stay here as long as thee lives.
Thee viii live happily nOw-for
that { pointing to the frame over
the fireplace,
sNoT ANOTHER DRoP, DANIEL,
is his motto now, and it viii be his
during life.
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