Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1883-10-01

passed over his lace. "A ulOUnout ID
ter he handed the paper back, saying
sadly; "You have made a mistake
and given me the wrong paper"
The lawyer looked at it moment
and returning it said:
"No, if you examine it you will
find it properly made out and signed"
s'But it is release of the mort
gage, and it is of no use when I have
no money to pay it,"
'sBut suppose some one else has
paid it for you?'
ssThere is no one to do that"
son the contrary: there is; for it
has been paid, and the release was
made out yesterday"
"What does this mean?" asked the
old man, excitedly.
"It means,' was the reply, ''that
your grandson, who is but a lad in
deed, has paid off the mortgage, and
he now sends his grandparents the
release as a New Years Offering ''
"Walter Walter How
"Listen, Nathan Holyway! Two
days ago your grandson-he tells me
he is but thirteen-came into my Of
fee. He's bright looking lad, and
I have once OF twice sent him on er-
rands, and given him trife for it.
It seems now, that for the last year,
he has spent his holidays and all his
spare time in running errands and
doing odd jobs, for which he has re-
ceived small sums of money, all of
which he has carefully saved. so that
when I opened the bag he brought
me, [ found these small sums had
mounted up until they made one-hun-
dred and twenty-five dollars, and ff-
ty cents. He had heard, he said,
that his grandfather must sell the
farm unless he could pay some money
he owed before the first of the year.
He asked if what he had given me
was enough to pay it, and l told him
yes, that the farm would not be sold,
and that / would come down myself
and tell you about it to-day"
''But," began the old man, in a
faint voice, and beginning to tremble
again. "Wait a moment, | have
more to say. Never mind where the
rest of the money came from. 1t has
been paid. What / have to say is
this: 1 am generally considered a
hard and crusty old bachelor. Per-
haps l am; circumstances may have
consplred to make ME seem so, but
have a vivid recollection of my young
er days. / know what it is to fight
and struggle against adverse circum-
stances. / have seen life in some of
its harshest phases, and since [ have
been what the world calls wealthy,
have been called stingy and mean
because / have refused to endow col
leges and universities, to found hos
pitfalls and pay off church debts,
But have my own ideas about the
disposition of it, or at least l have
wished to use a portion of it in say.
ing others from the struggles that
beset so many in early life. You
grandson strikes me as one to whom
| could lend a helping hand feeling
confident / would not regret it in the
future. With your consent | viii
undertake to see that he is well edu
Gated; will send him to college anC
give HIM a start in life. AS for yol
and your wife, you may live here a
long as you need a home on earth
and you shall want for nothing. |
was to tell this that have set asid
my ordinary custom, and have at
tended to business on New Year
day. There, / am afraid / have toll
you too suddenly after all" and h
went over to the old man, who wa
trembling in manner that alarme
him.
"No, no." was the reply; sea
my wife-call my wife! Oh! l coul
bear trouble without her, but nc
this-not this
"Oh, Nathan, Nathan p' cried hi
wife, when she had been summoned
"what is it?" and once more she fe
on her knees by his side.
cit is JOY, wife, joy! tell he
please" turning to the lawyer. g
can't it chokes me-
Once again the story was told
what a grandson's love had dom
and, as he finished, the lawyer sa
the fearful face of the wife raised
that of her husband. There, as bot
heads were bowed, he stood reveren
ly by, for he knew that the praye
of thanksgiving were ascending
the throne of grace. Even when
clasped their hands in token of far
well, there was no word spoke
Their hearts were too full for ute
ance. 1t remained for the gandso
who came shyly in not long afte
ward, to bring them to full reali
alton of the change in their pre-
poets.
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