The Arkansaw traveler., 1882-12-17

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 GoalieA AAA hard oaGaie fsr life. but his pooea coastifutioa hresghs Aim thso9gA At last ed in twe weoks Ae vas coavalescenA he lawyer had employed . young man b tAke care cf him while he vas sick. and aiso to aasend to tAe stock and keep ap msfters about tAe lia- sle tarm. Geuleh vaa vel encuRh to ho out h three veekx In . montk Ae was af wort oo the farm. sui keeping the young man with him Or company. He Felt that he oeeded come one to tslk to and be near hin. but As never spoke of his sroables to.Any one. When the law yer returned the cheek and letter to him and told hin he had read the latter. Costieb looked up tn surprise and asked: "Do you read German ?" and being ans wered in the affirmative took the letter and put ii carefully and losinaly .a,a A.s pocket and. looking into the lawyers eyes with an expression which plainly sad then yoa know all" turned and walked a~ay in silence.
 One morning la the early part os July. the lawyer found, when he 20, up in the morning, . eow and calf and horse m his tot. They were Gouiieb's. on the doorstep he found note, which read as follows, being translated into English;
 sl am going away, to be gone long tune, perhaps forever. This stock giv~ to you tos past kindnesseA Please sc. ceps them. have left my crop and place in charge of In. for this year only. When the crop Is gathered let h,m take haA of U. Scil the other haa and keep the money anul come or send for II. l leave the place ln your charge. Make the proof of improvement as required, and lot il stand as Il is. Do not rent it. foE may return any day and van, to % into 1t. II l do not return n ten years the place \ your to do what yoa please with. Your humble friend.
 
 Seven years have passed away nnee the letter las, referred to was written. The httle place on the road looks dingy and ragged the fence and houses have been swept away by forest 6res, small bushes. sprouts and briau have sprung up over the ouce clean and veil cultisa- ted little teld. Where there was once all thrih and industry h now heard only the eall of birds. the shrili whistle of tn. quail and the mnurninl sound of the as he drums and hammers on the old dead plne jass n the edge oi the c.ear.ng. The huie brook bAbbles on As of iore. Human gr,efs and human joys are all as one 10 il, 1, has its little duty 10 perform in the world and cannot stop To wonder what has become of the broad rcd face and hands in ,ts cool va ters IL alone Is unchanged The tray eler often passes by the desolate place and falls inloN tram of speculation on the diffeTen, ia,es of mankind. He won- ders ~ha, has been the fate of his Quon- dam acquaintance who came like bird of passage and built hf, nest upon this bit oi ground. and who, becoming tired of wailing for his mate, hcw away and lei, l, 10 the mercy oi the elements.
 One morning in September two hguses were seen coming down the street of the little village. one tall man, the other . little ylrl about stA ycars ot age. The man IS leading ihe child and thes make their way to the office of our old friend, the lawyer. and go in. The lawyer rec ogniseS the man Al once. lt is Gostlseb - ho has come back, like Rip Van Win kic. after many years to claim his home. The lawyer tells hlm ,ha, his home IS de- stroyed and ,h2, the land has grown up in bushes and brlars, but Gotuieb. wsih the same patient smile as of old, says he will build another house, clear the farm again and make II more beautiful than ever. lie then leads the golden-haiTed, blue eyed girl forward and tells the law yer that il ,s kztrina's child. Her father and mother are dead and he has adopted hci. Iie Will Asc tui ueIl 6lu ton tof her. and will make her rich. That she shall be great lady some day, and all for her mothers sake. And Gostiseb vent to work with the same desermuna- ton as of old. He sas htue changed save here and there in has golden ha,r and tawny yellow beard thread of silver had lound is vsy and lissle throws vsse seen upon his forehead that had nos bssa there belore. No one ever knew vhese Cosiiieb had been during these sevsn years, os how he had been employed The years were sesied psgss ip the book of his life aad he psyes openeA them.
 And nos once again the sound of the axe and the maui are echoiag up aad down the fnountsin side, the bushes are cieared oa &4Ain and sew tsece put sroand the place. The house and bass are rcbsilt. laTees asd heises IAas befose. The Itfle brook fairly leaps and dxnces sssh joy zs it kisses the white dimpasd fses and snkiss of she child = sAs wau1es and dabhles in its clear wsaoE. Cous cone lc~isg up to the las gaie ssesy evsn- isg fo be milked and kttie Kae1ns holAs the pals ~hile Fashu CsdIiebs doss