The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1879-06-03

| have felt before; my heart Is almoat
broken, and feel my weakness and /
believe God will help me this time.''
" God grant that 1t may be so ! Dan
iel, get in and take seat Thee must
be hungry; go home with me-"
On the way; the Quaker drew out OF
him all that has been written, and he
advised him 10 go to California. He
told him to go New York and work his
way round the Cape. He decided to do
80. The Quaker kindly promised to fur
nish him with suitable clothing.
"Ther would like to see thy wife and
children before thee goes pn
:" should, but they have become so
estranged from me if / went, perhaps
they would not believe me- think It
will be better they should not know
where l am. / want TO surprise them !;
and hope TO do SO, by coming back a So
ber man, and with money enough to
make them comfortable. l prefer that
you and your wife should be the only per-
sons In the place who shall know where
am or what 1 am doing.n
Thus, while riding toward the quiet
farm house of the Quaker, the whole
thing was arranged When they reach
ed the farm, the horse was put in the
barn, and they entered the house. AS
they seated themselves beside the fire,
the Quaker said to his wife:
Amy, thee can put on another plate
Daniel will stay with us a few days, and
then he is going to California.
The good Quaker felt confident Dan
iel would keep his word this time. At
the end of few days everything was in
readiness. The old horse was harnessed
and before daylight, Daniel Akin was
on his way to the railway station. He
had not been in the village since the
night when these words, "Not drop
more, Daniel" were uttered. He was
missed from his customary haunts; but
it was supposed he was on q spree, and
so nothing was thought of his absence
No inquiries were made, for all were
glad that he was missing, and cared not
for his return.
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He had been gone somewhat more
than year, when the Quaker was in
the store of Hoskins, and wished to hire
a pasture for the coming season.
" 1 have one 1 will let you have free
if you will put up the fences on the
place." said Hoskins.
"Where is it ?" asked the Quaker.
cts on the Atkins farm,'' was the
reply.
If thee will let it at that rate, thee
must have let it get sadly out of re-
pair"
1t is, indeed; can not leave the
store to look after it. The house is very
poor, and the family that lived there last
were too shiftless to buy wood, so they
burnt up all the fences in fact, 1 would
rather sell it than rent it.''
"What will thee take for it ?" asked
the Quaker
cit cost me sixteen hundred dol
lars"
Yes, but thee paid in goods, and
charged thine own price for them"
"To be sure 1 did. Akin could not
get trusted any place else, and felt
that was running great risk in let
ting him have goods, so 1 charged ac-
cordingly just as any body else would
have done under the circumstances.
But thee has not told me what thee
will take for the place. / will give thee
eight hundred dollars for it, If that is
any object to thee"
Hoskins thought long enough over
the matter to conclude that the interest
of eight hundred dollars was far better
for him than farm for the use of which
he realized scarcely anything, and at
last said
You can have it,"
"Very 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
Akin 2"
No; he has not been in the village
for more than year; at any rate 1 have
not seen him."
We may here tell the reader something
Hoskins did not know.
The Quaker had that day received
letter from Daniel Akin, stating that
he was at the mines hard at work and
sticking to his motto, 4" Not drop
more, Daniel" till he had laid up few
hundred dollars, and desired him to in