The Morning herald., 1877-05-10
|1'he palv,ned Watch

N Wednesday evening. ! hat
i was vas, o. afternoon to the Globe to se'
er tha' 1a Ma'slnotte" a''ia performed, and on ny
toauas uan'sxard ward / stopped in at Langfood's
sudoua${ oDar${ard rJV was pawnbroker, and
;..ovn n."s him for years before; ant
ID knu'h s. ha WAS a good sort Of a fellow
,?TsGiye'dI !, invsd tt to talk Of the old times.
d l9'tu v. his violin, and after due exami
pkea i a' male Me up my mind that either ht
sf'o', na'~ Ia" Misunderstood or misrepre-
Ins' ,1sI .hs Herr Non Schweitzenpelter, who
ta'sJ 1sfI Fl Il in pawn, or that said Won
% IL" i;;,,onnel,er had told an untruth.
ssas;dsripg s.sS.riin! that Langford was an old ac-
tons',s1r' n;',sn"e [ preferred to think that
Ga !la'uar san'us;'rsppel,er had been the deceiver,
A11s" W har;up put the viol back into its case,
p1 ~ ,a,i lssn he case set away, l took a seat
/ ru y ,hs Is',, Stove, and entered into CONVERSE
''a W. sita had thus been engaged but short
tns w when lady entered. She was
;us i,Ds,ed in black, and closely yelled, and as
1s Js''rr took her place at the little counter
1I'oeord I' ford went 10 wait upon her. ! sat in
he be'I shade in a back corner, whence !
WV su,d look over the CONNER; and when the
| hdv h raised her veil l saw her face dis
nn:,ly, u as the light of pendant gas jet
hore. . full upon it. She evidently had not
.sa . me, though she had certainly glanced
,nupd the office with the view to ascertain
II n ,bs were alone with the pawnbroker.
A | have said, ! saw her face, and i! knew
i / far the face Of woman who had lived
,ery near to me for several years, and who
lad served as nurse, at different times, in
various families Of the neighborhood. |
had ,lkpown her as Mrs. Warland, and had
become interested in her because ! knew
very we'll that she suffered under some
heavy misfortune. She was a mild-faced,
,veet.spoken woman, from forty to forty
1--WE wears Of age, and those who had had
OCCASION to employ her spoke Of her in the
his.e,t terms. She had hired small
,enement-or, rather, part OF a tenement
down by the Back Cove, where she lived
in quiet scc'uson, the only other member
dher family being daughter, Of eight or
nine years. She had lost other children,
and the one now living was far from being
,trong or we'll.
Ny sister had employed Mrs. War]and,
and from her learned something of the
vonal's history. She had had two hus-
bands. Ike tirst--the love of her maiden
hear-wasa pilot, and was lost overheard
While trying to board a ship in storm,
lnrms the fourth year Of their MARI age.
After 'haI-some years after--she married
gain, this time taking for her husband
Donald Warland. This Warland proved
be a cruel, hard man; and one OF the
lns results Of his cruelty was the running
way Of little Sack, the pilots son, then
en- years old. The mother had loved this
Ny with all the strength of her tender
'eart and though his absence cast a. dis
na shadow over her life, yet she could
lot but feel that it was better for him to
P away. His step father had been very
nknd and harsh in his treatment of him
ne years passed on. Children we're born
The second marriage, but only one of them
Ve' to run alone. DonaId Warland
E5 s1A baId--he gave misery to his wife
'A''e u he lived, and he gave to her poverty
Aetl ne died. A second time she was lef,
v WIDOW, and since Warlapd's death che
a." 'fIyen to keep a home for herself and
Having heard all this it was with feeling
II sf'sr than simple curiosity that | watche,!
" lSened On the present occasion.
L'ngford called the woman by name,
III asked her kindly what he could do
Vita trembling hand she drew from her
". vvll a. small buckskin pouch, and took
sfe'rom a gold watch. The case was
a' 'avy, and richly carved, and could zee,
yu Sii. 'ny lar corner, that it was a unique
as ,a'I' >, unlike the watches OF the present
e., af, 81 ,L1ssngford," she said, with great
''' aS l 'eel sure you will deal fairly by
W. .I I;e' would have answered her, but she
vs MN no time.
=, n n,;s' nave come to this at length. 1t is
,''Ins' ,nIe and ne yet must leave it with you
not your?'
Il 10 ~; NJ; not misunderstood me-" she said
suqi'lck " !, emotion. ut vast vast
MY ,l!.,: dear madam" interposed the brok.
s@W'!r'ngIy, don't you misunderstood
a y LOU have my fullest confidence"
mI1 %Iu yet" pursued the woman with
Ipa1s i ,aI, lips and moistening eyes, 81
nv w. you the truth, and then you will
i' il m" now sacred is the charge / give.-)
w ,sd was my trst husbands watch--pre-
vsI ysI 10 MN by ship owner. whom he had
s,v when he died he left it for
tIo,s sack," ': pronounced Langford, read.
erp,ho, Ie words upon the buckshin pouch
|s |'Hey ny Lad been printed with a pen. |
MI Nafland started. and the hroker