Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1876-02-17

place; so confident was he that Dan
iel Akin would come home a sober
man, with money in his pocket, thai
he had venture,l to purchase the
place, to keep for him till his return.
/ He wrote to Akin, informing him
what he had done; and about three
months after he received letter
from him stating that he had sent by
express $500 in gold to banker in
New York. with orders to sell it and
remit the proceeds to him, to go to-
ward the money for the farm.
Gold at that time commanded q
high premium, and the $500 became
$500 before it reached the hands of
friend Edgerton. Akin requested
him to draw mp decd giving the
whole property to hid wife Mary. t.
have it duly recorded and LETT with
the register of deeis.
In his letter he said:> "If per-
chance, | should ever break my reso-
Tuition, l shall have secured a home
for my wife and children. l prefer,
however, that they should not know
anything of this for the present. If
| live to come home, l 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 |
still 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 Il
tidy appearance. Another remit
tance came. which paid for all the
stock and left an overplus with which
to repair the house. Carpenters
were busy, and villagers who happen
ed to pass that way found that ex-
tensive repairs were going on; still
no one presumed to question the
Quaker with respect to his plans.
These repairs completed, furniture
found it's way into the house. A
yoke of oxen were seen on the farm.
The villagers were astOnished to see
the Quaker driving an elegant horse
and riding in new buggy. He re-
ceived this short note one day:
81 have arrived all safe and sound.
Please go and get Mary and the chill
dren."
Friend Edgerton rode over to the
next town and called on Mary's ia
ther, and invited her and the chill
dren to 90 home with him and make
visit. The invitation was accept
ed and they returned with the Quaker
to his house. On the afternoon of
the next day, he said:
"Mary, | want to go to the railway
station. Thee and the children can
stay with Amy"
He went down to the station and
fetched Daniel and lett him at his
own house, where he had previously
conveyed some provisions, and where
] he. was to pass the night. 1t was
dark when friend Edgerton reached
his home.
Next morning friend Edgerton said
to Mary:
"Mary, l suppose thee has heard |
have bought thy old place? | have
got it fitted up, and the children shall
ride over after breakfast and see it.
| think thee will like it,
They rode over, and Mary was sur
prised to see the changes which had
taken place. They looked over the
lower rooms first; and over the man
tel-piece in the sitting room was a
frame, and under the glass, in large
gold letters were these words:
''NoT DROP MORE, DANIEL"
Mary, on reading these words said,
so, friend Edgerton, if Daniel could
have said these words and stuck to
them, this beautiful place might have
still been his"
"Then thee don't know where Dan
iel is?" asked the Quaker.
"No, | have not heard anything oi
him for more than three years.
"Thee would like to see him, would
thee notY'
80 yes, indeed I should"
"Let MS walk up stairs"
AS they went up the front stairs
Daniel slipped down the back ones
and took his stand in the front room
When they returned, Mrs. Akin no
ticed a stalwart man standing in the
room with his back to the door, and
started back for an instant. The
Quaker said:
ats a friend, Mary"
Daniel turned around; but in the
man with the heavy beard and mus
tache Mary did not recognize hel
husband. Daniel advanced to the
step where Mary was standing and
in voice tremulons with emotion
exclaimed:
"Don't you know me, Nary
We leave the reader to imagine
what the meeting was. Friend Ed
gerton said he must 90 and see Amy
and, addressing himself to Mary
said:
MdTy, IulS HOuoC anu i"i ia 90
thine. Daniel has got the papers
and will give them to thee. Thee
can stay as long rs thee likes; thee
will live happily once more, for that
: pointing to the frame over the man
tel -piece-'Not drop more, Daniel,
is his motto now, and will be as lone
as he lives"
Daniel and his wife fell on their
knees before the Lord. Their pray
ers were mingled with many tears
but in their future lives those prayer.
were found to be answered.
Several; years have passed away
since the above events have occurred,
and Daniel Akin, now an earnes
Christian man, still sticks to hi
motto, "Nota drop more, Daniel"
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