Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1876-06-21

lived in it last were too shiftless Il
buy wood, so they burnt up all thu
fences in fact, | would rather sci
it than rent it,"
"What will thee take for it y in
quired the Quaker.
at cost me 1900"
"Yes, but thee paid in goods, and
charged thine own price for them
"To be sure l did. Akin could
not get trusted anywhere else, and
/ felt that l was running a great
risk in letting him have the goods,
so | charged accordingly; just as
any body else would have done un-
der the circumstances"
"But thee has not told me what
thee will take for the place. l will
give thee $500 for it, if that is any
object to thee"
Hoskins thought long enough
over the matter to conclude that
the interest of $500 was far better to
him than a farm for the use of which
he realized scarcely anything, and
at last said, "you can have it."
every well, Hoskins; thee can
make out the deed tomorrow, and
thee shall have the money. By
the-by, does thee know what has
become of Daniel Akin 7"
"No; he has not been in the vii
age for more than a year; at any
ate, l have not seen him."
We may here tell the reader
that Hoskins did not
Know. The Quaker had that day
eceived a letter from Daniel Akin,
aging that he was at the mines
ard at work and sticking to his
Not drop more, Daniel )"
hat he had laid up few hundred
lollars, and desired him to inquire
what the place he owned could be
Fought for.
Mr.. Edgarton had taken the
method above mentioned to find |
ut Hoskins' views respecting the
lace confident was he that Dan
81 Akin would come home a sober
nan, with money in his pocket,
hat he had ventured to purchase
he place, to keep for him till his
eturn.
He wrote to Akin, informing
i'm what he had done: and about
lree months after he received
letter from him stating that he
nd sent by express $500 in gold to
banker in New York, with orders .
sell it and remit the proceeds to ,
IN, go toward the money for the /
rm. !
Gold at the time commanded q
gh premium, and the $500 became
500 before it reached the hands
friend Edgarton. Akin re-
ested him to draw up deed Civ I
g the whole property to his wife J
airy, to have it duly recorded and
t with the Register of Deeds. d
In his letter he said: eff per- fl
ance should ever break my res g
ition, l shall have secured home u
my wife and children. Iprefer, q,
viewer, that they should not know ,.
ything of this for the present Il
l live to come, will give Mary p1
; deeds with my own hands; if a
t, you can do it. Now that the :, !,
IN is bought, you had better %
ok it, for l still stick to my mot i IA.
"Not drop more, Daniel"
Another year passed away. By
5 time friend Edgarton had stock 4,
the farm with young cattle and &
ep, the fences were put in repair, -,
! everything but the house wore e
tidy appearance. Another re- s.,
lance came, which paid for all Al
stock and left an overplus with al
ich to repair the house. Car no no
tiers were busy, and villagers se'
D happened to pass that way ia ia
nd that extensive repairs were
ng on; still no one presumed to J.
'stion the Quaker with respect /,
lis plans. These repairs COM &C
ed, furniture found its way into
house. A yoke Of oxen were Il
a on the farm. The villagers no.
e astonished to see the Quaker l7
ring an elephant horse and rid T
in a new buggy. He received
short note one day: :
ave arrived all safe and sound. Please go 4
get Mary and the children" -
riend Edgarton rode over to the
town and called on Mary's
er, and invited her and the
dren to go home with him and
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