The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1873-06-13

Daniel would keep his word this
time. At the end of few days ev-
erything was in readiness. The old
horse was harnessed, and before
daylight Daniel Akin was on his
way to the railroad station. He had
not been in the village since the
night when the words, '.Not a drop
more, Daniel" were uttered. He
was missed from his customary
haunts; it was supposed he had
gone on q "spree," and so nothing
was thought of his absence. No in
quiries were made, for all were glad
that ne was missing, and cared not
for his return, ~ b
He had been gone somewhat more
than a year, when the Quaker was
IN the store Of Hoskins, and wished
to hire pasture for the coming
season. 81 have one / will let you
have free, if you will put up the
fences on the place." said Hoskins
"Where is it?" asked the Quaker
"IFs on the Akin's farm" was the
reply.
''If thee will let it at that rate
thee must have let it go sadly out
ofrepair."
at is, indeed Il cannot leave the
store to look after it. The house is
poor, and the family that lived in il
last, were too shiftless to buy wood,
so they burnt up all the fences. In
fact, l would rather sell it than rent
it."
"What will thee take for itp' in
quired the Quaker.
at cost me sixteen hundred dol
lars"
"Yes, but thee paid in goods, and
charged thine own prices for them -
''To be sure 1 did. Akin could
not get trusted anywhere else, and
felt that ] was running great risk
in letting him have goods; so
charged him accordingly, Just as
any one else would have done under
the circumstances"
"But thee has not told me what
thee will take for the place. 1 will
give thee eight hundred dollars fol
it, if that is any object to thee"
Hoskins thought long enough
over the matter to conclude that the
interest of+he eight hundred dollars
was better for him than farm, fol
the use Of which he realized scarcely
anything, and at last said, "You car
have it"
every well, Hoskins, thee can
make out the deeds tomorrow; and
thee shall have the money. By the
by, does thee know what has become
of Daniel AkinY'
"No; he has not been in the vii.
lage for more than a year; at any
rate I have not seen him."
We may here tell the reader some
thing that Hoskins did not know.
The Quaker had that day received
a letter from Daniel Akin, stating
that he was at the mines working,
and sticking to his motto, SNot q
drop more, Daniel" that he had laid
up a few hundred dollars, and desir-
ed him to inquire what the place he
once owned could be bought for.
Mr.. Edgerton lad taken the meth.
cd above mentioned to find out the
views of Hcskins respecting the
place; so confident was ne that Dan.
iel Akin would come home a sober
man, with money in his pocket, that
he had ventured to purchase the
place, to keep for him till his re-
turn.
He wrote to Akin, informing him
what he had done, and about three
months after he received a letter
from him, stating that he had sent
by express five hundred dollars in
gold to a banker in New York, Will
orders to sell it and remit the pro
ceeds to him to go towards the
money for the farm.
Gold at that time commanded a
high premium, and the five hundred
dollars became eight hundred before
they reached the hands of friend
Edgerton. Akin requested him to
draw up a deed giving the whole
property to his wife, Mary, and to
have it recorded, and left with the
registrar of deeds.
In his letter he he says: "If per
chance / should ever break my res
luton, / shall have secured a home
for my wife and children. 1 Iprefer,
however, that they should not know
any thing of this for the present. II
1 live to come home, 1 will give Mary
the deeds with my own hands; if
not, you can do it. Now that The
farm is bought, you had better stock
it, for shall stick to my motto, Not
a drop more, Daniel"
Another year passed away. By
this time friend Edgerton had stock
ed the farm with young cattle and
sheep, the fences were put in repair
and everything but the house wore {
tidy appearance. Another remit
tance came, which paid for all the
stock, and left an oVerplus with
which to repair the house. Carpen-
ters were busy, and villagers who
happened 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 completed, furniture
found its way to the house. A YOKE
of oxen were seen on the farm, Tn,
villagers were astonished to see th,
Quaker driving an elephant horse
and riding in a new buggy. He re
ceived this short note one day:
81 have arrived all safe aud sound. Please Q,
and get Mary and the children"
Friend EdgertOn rode over to th,
next town and called on Mary's IA
ther, and invited her and the ehll
dren to go home with him and make
a visit. The invitation was gladly
accepted, and they returned with th'
Quaker to his house. On the after
noon of the next day, he said:
"Mary, want to go to the railWa,
station. Thee and the children ca