The Portland daily press., 1881-10-29

came across DOOK-SIall WIN It's treasures,
new and old, arranged in tempting rows up
on the shelves. John loved books and he
| thirsted to read them. For many years he
had had no time to read. The temptation
to look at the titles of the books was too
much for him; he yielded to it. Then he
| must take up volume and look into its
| pages a little. An hour passed unheeded
and he was still reading.
| After time he was recalled to himself by
| conversation between two men who were
! standing behind him. He would have paid
little heed to what they were saying, had he
| not heard his own family name mentioned
"Have you heard from Hamilton this
| morning?" one of the men was asking.
| Every low, understand. The doctors
| think he cannot pull through" replied the
man Intercepted.
'sHave you learned how the trouble orig
| inated?' asked the first.
'Ohl it was gamblers quarrel, guess"
"Too bad that a young man of talent
| should make such fool of himself"
VERY sad" and the men were separating,
| when one of them was startled by heavy
| hand laid upon his arm and husky voice
asking:
MAY 1 ask Of what Hamilton you are
| speaking, sir?"
"of William Hamilton, who was shot
| last night"
s'The one who has an office in D.
streetp,,
"The same ,, and the man took ouiclx
| stem forward as if exnectipg his ouestioner
| would fall to the pavement, he looked so
white and strange; but his friendly services
were not needed. John Hamilton had 9TH
er business than to lie helpless in the street
when his only brother was in urgent need of
| him-was dying, perhaps-or, and he shud-
| dered as he thought of it, was even then ly-
| ing dead.
| But he found him living, just on the bor-
| der between life and death. He at once
| constituted himself nurse, and watched over
and cared for the wounded man for many
days. He felt amply repaid when his pa
| tient began to mend 1t was in the first
| days of the Indian summer that he took
| him out of doors for the first time.
II think, John,'' said the convalescent,
"that if l could get breath of Enfield air,
| / should soon be myself again." So John
| had him carefully removed to Eofeld
| The first evening after his return home,
| when the sick man had been well cared for
| and had fallen into refreshing sleep, John
sat down to look his financial matters in the
| face And this is how he found them.
LIST, He had expended all his cash for the
| necessary expenses of his brothers. sickness.
| End, William was owing for board and
| physicians bills, for which he had become
| responible, about two hundred dollars more.
| That must be paid
| 3rd, He had no means of raising ready
| money except by selling his stock
| So he proceeded to sell all except one COW,
| giving as reason for selling, that he could
| give more time and attention to his brother
| If he did not have to take care of the CATTLE
| # was dprino the months of anx;atv and
| care that followed Williams ininrv that
| Iobn heoan To evbih;t additionai traits Of q
| heroic charactar n wos bic nndovbtad
| riobt from human noint of vieu 70 admin
| isfer 10 his errinc brother when he had 70
covered sufficiently To stand II a sevare leo
tnre mon tbe evils Of gambi;na He oonid
have made ont yery strong case bv re-
minding him how much Others who were
innocent, had suffered from h;s criminal
acts, Several times durino his GONZALES
cence William had GIVEN Indications that he
Woo about IN confess his own Gin Int Tobn
had adroitlv tnrned the convarsat;or eyar1
| time he newer smoke q word of bIsnoa fro,.o,
| first to last '-'''-'0
esue hos hos, s,ffarad epo,,c1, oIro.dv,, bo no
r,;nded binosaif ssfIa COOS tIo arro-s Of b;s
co,rse and will come ont oil reht sooy
It NAV he that .Iohn Was WRONG Perbans
be ouoh1 n hove telIad nIoiniv +0 bic hrotfhS
ar abent his sin TrntI Is tonic anJ Most
mon would cartain1T hovo adir ,'
strong doses ot n undar sim;lar c;rc,,mstan-
ees Srbere is an idaa onrran4 ton tbaf tho
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oo,,,noilad 10 sit down - ros, His b mir
yra1.I ,1bitar and +bere NOS stoo,, ~ - h;s
55road sbnn1dors W., ,,n,,Id 49, Eta +tat
the last twelve months had added fen wears
To his aoe More and moro tn0 he With.
drew himself from the society of his fellow
man and thew in tnrn began n sneaE Of
If was during tbe following summer that
Enfield was Greatly excited by a series Of
mysterious events There ware several old
neonle residing IN town who were very moor
and needy. These worthy neopIe. several
times during fine summer received from
some unknown donor. packages Containing
was q notable instance Several times INST
as he was at tbe very noint Of calling unon
the authorities Of the town for assistance. he
received from some unknown source q sack
of -four or a piece of pork. It troubled the |
old man greatly. for he strongly susnected
that some sinister motive was at the bottom
of the whole matter.
The summer passed and not a word con-
corning William Hamilton had reached En-
field. John was GETTING anxious when. one
day in September there came a letter from 1
him enclosing draft.
tsDear john the letter ran. 81 send Won
a draft for one hundred dollars yerv |
small payment considerinr the size of The |
debt owe Won. am doino well now and |
more shall follow as soon as 7 can earn If.
Can Won ever forgive snch miserable
scoundrel as I have beenp How 7 have in |
treated Won. who have made man of me-
when everybody else had given me over to |
destruction. / can never forgive myself for |
using YOU SO nv subsequent life will show
that am trying to atone for nv sins.''
After the reception of this letter. John
want ahont his y9orlr with Iiobter baort