Ellsworth American., 1876-11-30
Vol. xxi. Whole No. ll39.No. 48.

straight and hurriedly there. for the rain
was thick upon his hair and dress, and the
hand he gave me, when his father released
it was wet and cold. Seeing this, | was
fastening to his room that he might fiud
bright fire there, Though there was little
fear for had had the room ready all that
day. when my master called me back.
Stay, Hester he said, in a new, bright
tone, you deserve to see this burned. 1t
is all over now. See,'
He dropped the sealed packet into the
very heart of the hot, wide fire, and now
sat watching 1t crumble into ashes, while
his face had smiled upon it which was al :
most radiant in its ease and happiness.
Mr.. Will stood watching too, but very
gravely, and when presently every trace
of the paper had disappeared, he dropped
upon his knees beside his fathers chair
and, with his face hidden, sobbed just
three words, as pray / may never hear
man sob again:
Father, forgive met
The words were stopped upon hi, lips
by the old mans loving fingers. 1t Is |,
Wilt is | who needs forgiveness. But
this is forgiveness. God will pardon us
both, and no one again can separate us
had softly closed the door upon them
then, and for long while | fingered in
Mr.. Wits rooms. giving them all the
homeliness l could. Then | went down
with orders for the young masters sup
per. IL hardly surprised me to fnd that
the servants in the house did not know
he had arrived, for knew that If they had
seen him they would have taken his wet
coat. There was quite shout of Joy
when told them my news, and some of
them following me to the masters door
that they might be first to greet Mr., Will,
They stood back quietly for ME to go in
alone, but-ah, me my cry soon brought
them.
There sat our master beside the glow
ing fire, with still that smile of full con-
tent on his pale lips but the lips
were mOtionless for evermors, and he
was all alone. Neither the glow of the
fire, nor the moonlight shining in now un-
hndered, showed us any figure save that
solitary sleeping one OF our old master.
More to tell? very little: and how ner-
vous it makes one, in this fitful moon
light and the rush of rain and wind, and
with these weird flying shadows which
the trelight throws upon the pictures.
Surely you know the end as well AZ do.
Not one OF the servants, even the oldest
among them, ever jested with me about
my account of the young masters return
in the dying of the old year; but heard
them whispering together afterward, when
| fell i'll, that that strange dream OF mine
had warned them OF an illness. Dream!
For days and weeks, aud even months,
Captain Warder carried on the truitles4
search for Mr.. Capleton's will. firmly con
vluced that the Squire himself must have
remoyedsit-his private bureau had let
tered lock which none but himself under
4 -. - l.
death-only to place it in another hiding
place. But the search was vain. and OF
course had no tale To tell him.
But the search for Mr.. Will was longer
and more wearisome still, and the Squire
had been two months dead, and Captain
Wardcr was beginning to feel secure in
the maStership as lawyers sent Us word
that they had traced Mr. Capleton's heir.
That very night they arrived at Wesmede
III a postchaise and brought my masters
heir, lying asleep in his mothers arms.
In moment | recognized Miss AgHe,
when She came into the hall shyly and
sadly, In her heavy mourning, just as she
had first come to Us; aud no voice was
needed 70 lell to any ofus for whom she
wore that widows cap around her small
sad face
All what a sad homecoming it WAS
MI, Aguc>-it seemed so natural to have
her back that could not for time get
out of usi,, tho oId nama-tirad varv
hard ~ ye rnnlJ "a. IN sbsLs ~, hn,.
walrh, III urIef hnr Al ,nt uanI.r ,L,,,
for ~ IonS II y,. i,,nnssihIs to hsr
Duriuv that wreck ON New Years Eve
NJ ~ .,ilin,, yes.aI n'uhicb .ba srd b.r
husband land hahvwere comin, frnrn AnstIs.
liz IN mead in nerson tor ,hajr father,snar.
don She b.d haan resr,,ed ,yi,h ,ba 9TH, ,yo
men and children soreIv against hnr viii
a. III wished to stav hesifa her hnsband
Rrt vim tasrs and ,ro,..- ba hod nd
bar assnrine, bar ,hara ,,,as nhonc, for an
hnf onIv n sha Iaft thc, fban "a ba baI
seen her .sf,. into tha hoat and then had
Iaborpd IN sava o,hars min he and ~.
C,ntain vera,slone rnan rho decr of ~
sinkiny hin IN ,yhich trav hsd hen ha,,a-
wsrd houni ona saiIor ryLo was savad
had toId ber boy, hs baS saan NJ viii ~
the la.t rnnment tnaalin,, ~, tha wet dacL
hIm.sIf ,yet thrnngb liz bsad mon his
,nI,t.J or,,,.. ana - ha b.J heard I,i,,,
soh thran wnrd.4ybicb Ini,,bt wall baw..
been IN. nv from .yery hesrt thst ninht
-.F.fher tor,iya ma snJ then o9n,.
,lo,,.mnnn,, rho hrokan Shin
And whrn Mis- Agnas had ,ald patbis
.irI, sfr ubit. ill., and ,aar1as, go
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