The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1880-11-02

poSe, euat uiS WHt WOuiu get uSeQ 10
it, as well as all wives heresbouts must
do. But she never dd-never. 1t was
just pitiable to see her 60 about, white as
a, corpse, when Hiram went away, never
looking at the sea without shudder Ike
a death chill All through the war /,
was just, awful, for Hiram enlisted on
board q nance war, and Pearl was just q
shadow when he came home the last
time" .A..e.a..
"After the war ?"
Eyes, sir; hut he made no money of
any account, and 80 he went away again
after staying at home long spell. Well,
he never came back. Twasn't no man.
ner of use telling Pearl he was lost
she'd just shake her pretty head and say
Hell come back Not mite of mourn
ing would she wear, even after his own
mother gave him up and went in black
for, sir, it stands to reason he's dead
years ago."
1T looks so."
"Oi course i. does; nobody else doubts
it but Mrs. Geldbs. Old Mrs. Goldbv e
last words we're: I'm going to meet Hi.
ram, aud they say the diving know. But
even that didn't make Pearl think so.-
She wore mourning for her who had
been the only mother she knowed of, but
not weeds. Weeds was for widows, she
said, aud she wasn't widow"
.sBut the stone p
4 klyNan E'v,. xt,.k
year ago, cir, 6ne gentleman from
France came here hunting for child
Host on the Coast. He'd heard Of Pearl
by happen chance, If there is such. and
came here. When he saw The clothes, be
just tainted like woman
"She was related. then p
! The strangers voice was husky, but
the sea air was growing chill.
"Her father, sir"
"He took her awayf'
"He tried to. He told her of splen-
did home be had in New York, for he d
followed his wife and child, sir. to the
city they had never reached. He was
rich and lonely. He begged his child To
60, but she would not. Hiram will
come here for me- she said. 'and he
must find me where he left me-"
"On what has she lived ?"
"Sewing, sir, mostly. The cottage
was old Mrs. Goldby's, and bless you,
Pearl did not eat much more than bird,
and her dresses cost next to nothing =
But there's no denying she was very
poor-very, and yet the grand home an6
big fortune never tempted her. So her
father came of and on to see her, until
April. And be died, sir, and left our
Pearl all his fortune and the grand house
in New York. But she'll not 60, sir !;
she'll die here, waiting for Hiram, who'll
never come"
The stranger lifted his face that had
been half-hidden IN his hand, and said:
"There was shipwreck In the Pacific
Ocean, Davy, years and years ago, and
one man was saved-saved, Davy, by
savages who made him a slave, the worst
OF slaves! But one Cay this sailor saved
the life of the chiefs daughter, who was
in the coils of huge snake, and the
chief released him. More than that, he
gave him choice spices and woods, and
sent him aboard the first passing ship.
So the sailor landed in great city, sold
his presents and put the gold in safe
keeping. Their be travelled till he reach
cd the town where he was born, n,apd con-
ing there at sunset heard the story Of
his ewn life from the lipsof the man
who was cutting his tombstone"
Not word spoke 0avy. Standing
erect, he seized an immense sledge ham,
mer and with powerful blows from
strong, uplifted arms, dashed the marble
into fragments. Then, painting with ex-
erlion, he held out his brawny hand to
The stranger-a stranger no longer.
"I've done no better work in my life
than I've done in the last five minutes,
Hiram. Go home, man. and make Pearls
heart glad. She don't need it., You
asked me about the stone. The neigh
bors drove her to ordering 1t, twitting
her that now she was rich she grudged
the stone to her husbands memory. So
she told me 10 cut it, but says, Don't
put deao upon u. Dasy,pus ios' =. sea
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