Huntington independent. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1871-1874, 1873-07-31

Il IN cant any one Hot rclaN''
Mr.. wilson replied Mr.. Lindsay
soberly. you know | h,d hope
help from my cousin in New Orleans
mentioned it to you
Mr.. Wilson listened and podde,
thoughtfully.
"Well, the fact that have applle'
10 you shows that hope has faile,
me, and so we'll say nothing NOR
about it. Perhaps you had bette
write the deed now, Mr.. Seldom
Mr.. Seldon bowed pleasantly, dip
ped his pen in the ink, and for
while the faint scratch of the pen OF
the paper, and the loud ticking of th'
kitchen clock were the only sounds
in the house.
Mr.. Lindsay leaned his face on hi
hand aud looked steadily on lht
floor, the slight twiIching of the
n uscles about the mouth being th'
only sign of emotion one C uld dis
cover. Mrs. Lindsay, white and still
AS a statute, her face little dropping
sat a few feet at the left Of her hus
band, while Della retained her ole
position by her mothers chair,
troubled shadow in her soft brown
ewes. and over the sweet young face
Harry, awed and petple1ed, hid his
face in the folds Of her dress, while
in a group at the open window were
gathered The rest of the children.
How unuaturally still it was How
In contrast to the freshness and
brightness Of the sky and air! Look
ing from the open windows one saw
long reaches Of softly undulatlng
prairie bst6cd in golden light, while
away to the right, n blue, sparkling
river, sertineled with cottonwoods
and svcamcres, anu overhuug with
pale. translucent mists, flashed and
ripp.e3 between its ve!getY banks.
No wonder Dean Lindsay shraok
from the thought of his fair heritage
being com romised, bet there was no
help for it, ana he bad got to make
up his mind to think of it as 20
longer his. tutas subject 10 Amos
Wilson's authority. lie could hard
ly keen from eroauing aloud az he
ron over io hi, micd tie half score
or more Of fac fans belonging to
Wilson. az Of which had first been
mortsa2ea 10 him, as his was being
now, TO raise The necessary money to
keep them from being given up al
together. And then, one after the
other, they had been given up, aud
Amos Wilson was the pOsscssor.-
Would his &C "a the same way?
Would there BE- few years of stru--
gle with Ill lucE-bnght and drouth,
and millew-qnd then his children
be homGle,s? lie started with a
nervous >hGdder and glanced ~
Amos Wilson vas j'nUiag Il l.'Ie for
ward, looking steadily at Del'0, with
a strange fire lighting his sleepy
eyes,
The deed is ready fer your si,na-
ture, Mr.. Lindsay Seldom said,
briskly, yours aud Mrs. Lind
says
His voice broke the weird spell.
which had seemed to hold them, AID
Paul Leicester got up from hi seat
by the kitchen door, and came aud
stood by the table while the deed
was signed, and the money, seven
hundred dollars, counted and given
to Mr.. Lindsay, who, in turn, hand
ed over the mortg sc Of the home
stead TO Mr.. wilson. Then he turn
ed abruptly and went cut. Mr..
Seldom looked after him with his
quick, bright eyes, but no one else
to notice 1t as being any
thing uuusualthat hired nan should
intrude his presence on such an oc-
casiOD.
And DOW that business over, | will
take the opportunity OF saying word
about this same Paul Leicester.
FIRST, he was a stranger in Dalton {;
that is he had been there buta httle
over two months, having come carly
in A9rl. tie had seemed so anX-
ious for employmour aud offered to
work SO cheaP!y, wllhol, and upon
suen easy terms not asking for pay
Wcnt unit. ChIistmas--that Mr.
Lindsay had thought it best to take
hlm. lie could not work the large
farm alone. and was especially anz-
ious to do q good deal TINS season to
Try and recover himself.
Mr.. Leicester was not very much
used to farm work, it was quite evil
dent, but be was So ready TO learn
aud so quiet and persistent about
everything he undertook, that Mr..
Lindsay was delighted with his bar
gain. He WIS extremely reticent at
first, but by degrees he had grown
more free and once or twice surprised
,hem nith sucL genial flow Of vii
luG spirits that MIR. Lindsay had
declared himself unable 10 see wha;
scut hun there, a mtn Of his abil-
i,i,s.
And now a word in regard to Nj
Liudsay's cm mblrras ucuts EJr ihree
consecutive seasons the harV,s's had
been extremely light In this section.
scarcely paying ,or the oudayiag OF
money AMI ia0or, to say n0thiuE oI
profit. Then the expense of iViog
WIS considerable, for Ten persons re
| lqu,rCj 10 small amount OF food &c
make no mention Of garments thai
will wax old. Added to this was q
long ard severe illness, lasting al
winter, and rrnning him behind t,
such an extent that be saw no other
way TO 90 on with his work than SC
hire money. That, it was next Il
impossible to do, and sfter some pret
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