Sharp County record., 1877-07-20
l. ABE
herJf the poor

man an iym taei HAT She IA AheA get him out
but Mrs. Crane interri ,.1.bo+sbo
iou GUY, u and makel he was burning
and set him tramping ne W ,Lo ' borso,
I, DIl 'ane '.,o III 62im fobpy her own little
Snoulu .I, lfu.or f,.or and nogleep on the kitch-
could she not have L. +non,, info
she would let him ocdIhCJ" No 81" Hrano @
room, and she would .iioo ot ini Ian. >, I'D
en- sofa. 's, ,,,,,, ., ao,,,o
"What! take drPoor man 70 colle L's
I, Iilc iIouoe TlI ~ g i wa with the help of
pu' .iie ollTt m.J,;nC, ", tbc IN into the house,
iicl ih'o "iiI% S.'. -, sweet bed in her
back to the barn, an 1oI;ob4 and nro-
the hired man, got Goi'7l li,' ,',',' =, po,,d
and on to the Whltekn3 - -, mn al
own room.
Leila was wild III n h,,,. hin, "
nounced himb n ini a,i ~, ,,ooT, ho.oonb n',ri
insisted on b ri nGJ Ill., ~ o,.os D''t' 81 tbo
his meals. G7Ift Z oi'0 y % VI 'i'0
ave wqo9HtI .,,.. o,.,,,, =, ,,,,
,a. 3s'l.' laat - OF IE3 five weeks before
"5 "55rnn1, MI Sion of his right
" n.,. 20, " l<s they brought him
MP w - "'li - - ',o"s delirious with fe-
he re9alheu Po2 fsantly about "Ju-
senses again 10 Io n1hother," and "that
from the Dam hc Watched him night
yer, ana talheu i.,', ,lno ,n tagging devotion,
ia, ana nI :, :, my E ~ Lr very care Of his
a,'I n"Jeu l MI III iy. But for five
Iaa,pGnty throt 1RN to nurse and
wants to love him 4 De9an 10 recoV-
, uooLs she yas oS3t him talk at first,
, r,otcb him. addJlk, but Leila, during
, or Thov would ni constituted as day
Gov bo was very wslept, told him long
1 the time she wapodneSS ana loVel-
a m,rse while Janno wonder that when
stories Of Jane'sred the room her pa
i uess, and 50 it W@Cery moment
the pale nurse enaOle 10 talk ne tolu
Itinnt watched hee was Eugene Lauret-
= When he waen of wealthy and re-
G them that his naBut his parents died,
g son. and was thhat every cent Of the
5 snected parents9n left to his brother
and if was foun to his fathers illness
d property had in some far western
n PhiIip. Previccalled by telegram
RI FnCene had be- was dead. He hur-
J. State, and wathat his father was ly-
5. swing his n ,.ous in the house, and
Ie % ,,ied back to time he had followed
le ino i'll and diner shore. Eugene was
le in another da ven q parting word to
in his wife to thd loved deyotedly, and
vs. unable to speunprepared to find that
III the parent he the immense fortune,
ID so he was totaturally thought would
ar every penny cen himself and elder
which be had an LETT to Philip, who
I'd be diySledA Aetm&Hldhood
ut.Lbrot 81 A - - CALEB, Pror,p
Friends an, a1TnainfaRces told hm
If long and very black stories which
lad been in circulation about him, and
which had broken the heart OF his
ather, whose favorite son he had been.
lie heard that it had been reported that
le had led wild and vicious life while
n California, and he never doubted but
hat all these fablicationS was the work
If his brother Philip, who had schemedi
q oct the whole fortune for himself, and
,aSelv succeeded, old Mr.. Lauretsonn not
linking it wise to leave his money to a
lesolute scoundrel, such as his tayonte
son had been represented. His letters,
to Eugene for the truth, had
never reached him, and the old father
had died believing his younger son
,coundrel and thief. Eugene had left
his native city, and mad with bitter
thoughts had begun to drink, and IN
drunken quarrel had nearly killed a man
who had insulted him. He had been
sent to prison for six months, and on
coming out, diSgraced and pennllesS,
had wandered from town to town IN
search of work, and when Jane had
seen him at the pantry window ne h&d
been about to steal in order to satisfy a
hunger which was consuming him.
The Cranes listened to the long story
of Eugene Lauretson and pitied him
deeply. Mr.. Crane offered him work
ON the farm, but he would not accept it,
He said to Jane one day that he had a
friend out West who had started farm
where land was cheap, and if he only
had a few hundred dollars he could JON
him. and soon secure a comfortable but
hard-working living.
"You shall 60, Eugene" said Jane,
in her usual quiet manner. 81 have
seven hundred dollars saved, and you
shall have it all. When you are able
you shall pay fle back" .
At first Eugene refused this generous
offer. but Jane persuaded him into tax
ing the money, and with many promises
to lead a good and useful life he pre-
pared to depart.
The morning of his departure from
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