The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-05-27
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III thee would let IT at that rate thee
mus have let 1t get out of repair" said the
Quaker.
at is, indeed. cannot peave the store
10 look after it, The house s poor, and
the family that lived in ii last were teo
sbiftless to buy wood, 80 they burnt up all
tho fences in fact, / would rather sell it
than rent it"
what will thee take for i;2" inquired
the Quaker.
I'll cost me one thousand Eve hundred
dollars"
eyes but thee paid In goods, and charg
ed thine own price for them"
"To be sure | did. Aiken could not get
trusted anywhere else, and felt that | was
runDirga great risk in letting him have
goods, 30 l charged accordingly; Just as
anybody else would have done under tho
circumstances.
"But thee has not told me what thee
wi j take for the place. will give thee
eight hundred dollars for it, if that is any
object 10 thee"
Hoskins thought long enough over the
matter to conclude that the interest of eight
hundred dollars was tar better for him than
farm for the use of which be realized
scarcely anything, and ut 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 Aiken2"
mo; be has not been 10 the village for
more than year at any rate, have not
seen him."
We may here tell the reader something
that Hoskins did not know. The @ ,aker
had that day received letter from Daniel
Aiken, stating that he was at the mines
hard at work, sticking to his motto Not
drop more, Daniel" that be had laid up
few hundred dol ars, aud desired him to
inquire what the place owned could be
bought for
Mr.. E1gerton had taken the method
above mentioned to find out the views of
Hoskins respecting the place; SO confident
was he that Daniel Aiken would come home
sober man, with money 10 his pocket,
that he ventured to purchase the place 10
keep for him till his return.
He wrote to Aiken informing him what
he had done, and about three months after
he received letter from him stating that
he had sent by express i've hundred dollars
in gold to banker in New York, with or
ders to sell it and remit the proceeds to
him. to go toward the money on the farm.
Gold at that time commanded high pre-
MUM, aud the Eve hundred dollars became
eight hundred dollars before they reached
the hands of Edgerton. Aiken requested
him to draw up deed giving the whole
property to his wife, Mary, to have it
duly recorded and left with the register of
deeds.
In his letter he SAID 'If, perchance, |
should ever break my resolution, l shall
have secured g home for my wife and chill
dren. prefer, however, that they should
not know anything of this for the present.
If live to come home, will give May the
deed 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 drop more, Daniel"
Another year passed away. BY this time
friend Edgerton had stocked the farm with
young cattle and sheep, the fences were
put in repair, and everything but the house
bore tidy appearance. Another remit
lance came, which paid for the stock and
left an overplus Nth which TO repair the
house. Carpenters were busy, and villagers
who happened to pass that way found that
expensive repairs were going on; still no
one presumed to question the Q isker with
respect to his plans. These repairs COM
ple,ed, furniture found its way into the
house. A yoke of oxen were seen on tho
farm. The villagers were astonished to
see the Quaker driving an elegant horse
and riding in a new buggy. He received
this short note one day.
Il have arrived all safe and sound.
Please go and get Mary and the chidrtn D."
Friend Edgerton rode over 10 the Lex.
town and called on Mary's father and in
vited her and the children to go home with
him and make visit The invitation was
accepted and they returned with the Qua
ker to his house.
On the afternoon of the next day. he
said:
MARY, want to 20 to the railway sta
ton. Thee and the children Can stay with
Amy"
lie went down to the station and fetched
Daniel, and left HIM at his own house.
where he had previously conveyed some
provisions, ard Where he WAS 10 pass the
night 1t was dark wheu E igerton reach
ed his home.
Next morning, friend E gerton said TO
Mary: 'Mary. suppose thee has heard l
have bought the Old place? l have got it
fitted up, and thee aud the children shall
ride over after breakfast and SEE it. Think
thee will like it -
They rode over, and Mary was surprised
to see the changes which had taken place.
They look over the rooms fr.i, and over
the mantlepl,ce, in the sittipg-room was
frame, and under the glass, in large gold
letters, were these Words
"SoT A DROP MORE, DANIEL"
"Mary, on reading these words, said
80, friend Edgelt n, # Daniel could have
seen these words and stuck t. them. this
beautiful place might have still been his"
Then thee DOM know where d ,hiel
isf"
mo have not heard anything of him
for more than three yesIs.'
''Thee would like 10 zee him. would thee
noti"
so yes, indeed l should"
LET us 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 re-
turned Mrs. Aiken noticed a s'alwart man
standing in the room, with his back to the
door, and started back for an instant The
Quaker said;
sit is q friend, Mary"
Daniel turned around; but in the man
with the heavy beard aud mustache, Mary
did not recognize her husband. ID ,uie ad-
vanced to the step where Mary was stand
ing, and, in q voice tremulous with emo
ton exclaimed:
Don't you know me, Mary?'
We leave the reader to Imagine what the
meeting was. Friend Edgerton said he
must go and see Amy, and addressing him
self to Mary, said;
"This house and farm are thine. Daniel
has got the papers and will give them TO
thee. Thee can stay az long as thee likes
thee will live happily once more, for that
pointing to the frame on the man,lepiece
-"'Not drop more, Daniel is his mot
to now, and will be AS lorg as he lives"
Daniel and his wife fell on their knees
before the Lord. Their prayers were min
pled with msny tears, but in their future
lives those prayers were found to be an
swered
Several years have passed away since tho
above events occurred, and Daniel Aiken,
now an earnest Christian man, snll sticks
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