The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-11-17

the FIRST to appear. However severe
the struggle, il was ended; however
fierce the battle, ii was won. There
was a sterner lock about his brow,
the frolicsome laugh was silenced
forever: bat there was a calm steady
light 10 The blue eyes, aud a quiet
manliuess ia bis bearing that had
never been there before.
The eager words Of sympathy
with which Joe was prepared to
greet him died before they were spo-
ken, and Harry was the first to break
the silence.
Il could rot write her, Joe," he
said, passing his hand quickly across
bis forehead. Il have inclosed the
letters ! have received from her, to-
gether with the last one she wrote
Charley Howard. She will receive
them this morning. think she will
understand what they mean One
question, joe, and we will never re-
cur to the subject again. Who paid
Charles howard's debts of which he
spoke in bis letter TO you?"
Joe made no reply.
'Who takes care Of the widowed
mother be left? Where is she?n
"In Connecticut"
who takes care of herr"
"Sbe is under the impression that
Charley left some money behind him,
of which she receives the interest
Through you?n
Again Joe made no reply.
If Joe had looked at Harry that
moment, be would have seen in the
glance of the younger man, as Ii
rested on his clumsy frame and M
c9uth features, an expression OF ad-
miration that amounted almost to
reverence.
"And out Of your meagre salary
as a tutor at the college you have for
years supported that poor old woman"
joe said Harry, .relapsing Tor a
moment into his old boyish simplicity
of manner, what makes you so
good?"
With a far of, earnest look in his
homely eyes the older man replied:
Il am, as you know, Harry, no re-
ligionist; | have no creed, | never at
tend church. but hundreds of years
ago there wandered about on the
shores OF the Mediterranean Sea a
Jewish carpenters son, and the
words that fell from bis lips possess
ed such a wonderful power aud
sweetness that the people who listen
ed to Him said He was divine. Once,
in add essing His disciples as they
assisted Him in His efforts to succCr
the sick aud Helpless, He said, 'lnasj
much as We have done II unto u OF
the least of these, ye have done It
unto me- If there be another world
beyond this, where we shall End each
other again. wouldllike to meet ald
know Him there"
For a few minutes there was no
other word spoken. Then Joe look
ed at HaTry's sad features and weary
frame rs he rested against the mantle
piece, and looking up at the little
face above them, said:
Christmas is coming. Let US go
and spend il with the mother and
Mabel" And they did so. And
Mabel cried bitterly when sue heard
Harrv's story from Joe's lips, and
tie teags were half for Harry and
half for herself.
Then the little girl set herself res-
olutely TO work to coax back the old
smiles to the stern and gloomy coun-
tenance. And she did it, too-did
il so well that when the flowers
bloomed in the following summer
there was a wedding, and the bride
was given away by a gigantic pro
of mathematics, with unkempt
hair aud ~pohderous feet
Joe's rough mustache scratched
Mabel's sweet lips most ferociously
when he said "good-by" to the little
wife, and surrendered his darling for
into Harry's keeping.
Then, with a carpet bag in one
hand and a volume Of Leibnitz under
his other arm, he took his solitary
way up to a little cottage among the
hills Of Connecticut, where a little
old woman received him with loving
arms, and kissed him and blessed him
Ia the place of the son she had lost.