The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-09-20
Written for the Free Trader
MOTHER AND SON.

her personal appearance as may render her III
object not So dc>irabeto one who by that liih
MAY be- well up the ladder OF fame ana VIII
fortunes renewed hold aspirations tar aDoV'
the simple country glrI, Then AS ever VIII u
certain Young lady continue To be well
wishcr to all persops, and particularly to TIT
one aforementioned or limited at. Meantime
allow IA certain young lady to remind II Ger
taIn Young 'sprie Of the law OF a few lines
chat, If her memory serves her right, run mus
Here is u sigh for those who love me,
Aud u smile for those who hate,
And whatever skies are above me,
Here's heart for orIY fMc
The italics are my own, however,
Though the Dream roar around me,
Yet it still shall bear me on;
Though q d,Sert should surround me,
II hath springs that may DC ~on
IF these few lines have power to chase
.yay a slight attack Of the blues, a certain
young lady will feel amply rewarded, ana begs
= 20 subscribe herself, AS usual,
Very truly your friend,
A. CARY.
Done at Washington, Pa, this 18th day OF
April A. u. 1870
Which, af;era certain young lawyer had read
and rc-read, he handed 10 his mother, exclalm
heari A man that can despair with such a
girl TO stand by him, ought TO die with the
blues" And tossing up his cap with "Hip,
nip, hurruh for my girl left the room and
his mother to read the letter at her leisure.
When she, too, had read it over twice, she
said quietly, 1T has the right ring to it; she
=, u noblespirited girl and may be the one
after all tor my son. hope he will meyer
slisappoint her in any way
Directly Edward returned. "lIcrc is IA letter
1Or papa. He told me to open his letters and
attend to his correspondence in his absence.
Here ia one worth replying to-
His mother took it, and while she reads We
Will look over lie shout Ter:
"MR .ANsoN WENTWORTH Dean SER: Hear
ing of the sad calamity just happened to your
.. city. and that your losses were considerable
. and that temporary relief is b,ing sent to the
sufferers and my daughter Eliza send you
some little presents, which hope you will ac
Gept and find useful until you can have leisure
80 look about You a little. Please inform me
when you 90 to St Louis again, as may want
80 pet you to attend to a little matter of bust.
ness there for me. party here IS in default
20 me ia the sum of two thousand dollars, and
offers me two acres Of land lying within the
DID limits of the city, Thinking it may be
worth looking after, will send you the de-
scriptlon and you can, if you will be 50 kind,
look it up for me, and ! will suitably reward
you.
MY daughter JOINS me in Kind regards to
yourself and family, Very truly yours,
"NOBE s. CARY.
"P. S. The articles alluded to above Will be
shipped on the ith inst on the steamer Consul,
and arrive at 3 O'Clock T. NJ. on the same inst.
at the landing for the Brownsville packets.
And IA some of the articles might be damaged
by lying on the wharf il would be well to see
~ them Immediately. Had ! remembered
y0ur No should have had them shipped to
your residence, which am happy TO learn is
not within the burnt district"
well done" exclaimed Mrs. W. Il think
She old gentleman is Noble both by name and
nature. you must hustle, my son, and see to
these uiings-it is now past four o'clock"
Il haze already despatched John with the
baggage wagon"
YES, but you had better 90 yourself also
II may I've just possible that some of the family
may be coming down and if SO you must
bring them here bag and baggage, they must
go nowhere else
Edward needed no second bidding, and was
Of like shot. Arriving at the wharf he
found the boat had arrived, and was getting
ready TO unload her freight Edward made
mis- way to the clerk and asked If there was
any freight for Arson Wentworth
"Yes, sir, should think there was. lie, me
see, referring to his way bills, "two barrels
Of flour, six hams one four. gallon jar Of but.
Ter, two crooks of honey"
Well. Will pay the freight and take charge
II them rs my fathers agent" said Edward
visibly affected by the generosity of the old
farmer
Well, no." said the clerk we don't collect
freight but once on this boat-thc freight ia
prepaid"
AL right then; you must have some right
. royal people up the river:"
Yes, siira' Did yc &c, scorched little
800"
"You bet We have lots of ground, bu, no
buildings upon it, and ii will he several weeks
before we can get them up again"
MS EDWARD turned To go, he iounu william
Gary regarding him quietly. "Oh, VIII. is
hat your
"ies, heard that you had SPEC Of a fire
and thought | would come down and take a
peep"
well, am glad to ste you, and SO will my
mother be. She babe me fetch you 10 her if
any Of the family came down"
Thanks, Ed, but may inconvenience
you"
by no means. We are intact so far a. our
house is concerned; it is only our stores that
are burned down; so come along, old boy"
80 they marched off together, after seeing the
arficlns SAFELY Atnwel in thn urnnnr