The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1893-07-06


: ment. "Ah, Here comes Mr.. Oral
2 nowm
i moment later a stout, we'll dres
ed man, past the middle age. e1tero
: the Office Of the hotel, and 1po
the point Of speaking 10 tie lI5or
when his eye CHANGED to fall upon III,
lie recognized me on an instant. an
our greeting. and the embrace tha
followed. were hearty and sincere.
L told him | had come on busines
with his house, whereupon he cap
tured Iae at once; and when he hat
done his erTand to the host, marched
me of to his own home. whittier Ii,
was then on his way to dinner.
A short distance out from the thick
| iy settled portion OF the village, on
gentle eminence which had in Other
years been q part Of my fathers farm.
/ found his dwelling a large hand
some house, gothic il style, with nun
erous outbuildings, and surrounding.
OF rare taste and beauty, the whole
bespeakins wealth-opulence. And
the inside OF the dwelling [ found to
correspond in every respect with the
outside. n construction, in finish.
i aad IL furnishing, 1t was the home
q man Of independent means.
Mary Drake, now portly, noble
looking matron, was as kindly and
home-liEe as ever, and size very soon
made me forget the lapse OF years ana
the wonderful change Of circumstan-
ces.
Dinner was served III one OF the
prettiest and c-aiost dining-r0ol1s [
ever saw. The furnishing of the table
was rich and costly. and the viYands
were Of the best and choicest. And
there the color OF wealth stoned. 4
single servant femaie-wtitaI On
.he table: and sha wae only D,,a-,,.-
when calIal hv rhn foaf I,oIf v..I.;,.
laada3's rasL roach M, l,a,.-ais
served us Win what was on lie tal,lc-
and the meal was simnlv onioval1ie-
in every way like home
After dinner nav host led +ho wav
to cozy smoking room. and whom
our cigars were ali@ht. he sail Win .
laugh:
NV dear old f,reD9 AMI ,Ia,-,,.to
7 know Won are crrin77s 10 L. Ic,,,
it is that you find me- 4 wealthy man
You left me = score o5 wears aoo .inn,If
as Door as = man coniI hn ybo M.
not IN debt ownaI NOT = 1aIIo, ~
proDartv, not :, stic}, nor = at,1no ~
wards a bou.e ana L.J nCf ,,o,,,
than four or five br1Irad dajIsrs ia
M 10 show for oil Tho ,,oo,,., oe 49,
hard vork Nov r an, III II
Won care to know how i came 10 ms
Twill tell Won I,eca11sa of ol,roid f,.;ord -
ship and old love" 49,
| need not state what answer +
made. Settling himself ea4ilv IN his
chair. and finding a fair rast far ~
feet, he vert on and told ne the etoTv
''You remember Dolly Bidwell, All,
[ need not ask you,' he said with q
light laugh, for Dolly told me Of the
quarter you gave him for carrying
your valise to the d6pot. Suppose [
should tell you that that piece Of siI-
Yer which you gave him he spent fer
rum, and that he has not dran!, q
drop from that day 10 this. vhaf
should you think?
All, [ don't wonder you are p1lz-
lied for an answer; but such is tie
fact Why the poor fellow should
have been so affected by your going
away l cannot tell, nor can he We
only know 1t was SO. After Won had
gone, and he had drank mp the money
you had given him. the words you
spoke came back TO him Can eou re
member what they were.'' toldiim
i could not, and ! thought thew were
OF blessing
AT all events" said ]. L know I
murmurred blessing upon hin after
| had seen the last OF him
Well" pursued Inv host-"vou
blessed him then. lie remarked 10
Won that the sum was more than he
had earned. Iou answered. with
smile. Never mind, Dolly. NAV the
odd change bring You luck. God bless
you III any event That was what vog
said. After the money was gone
and it wentthat very day-he asked
himself, whore was the odd change?
Fortwo OF three days he dWeit on that
one subject lie felt that you had
5lNt,I hlih a SInaii sun lor luck. and
thaU ne 6aa crank ~ up Il fmriy
worried nm; ana tiIaIly he pat his
19ot Gown ana SIMPLY sad 10 himself
tha5 ne would drink 10 more. lie
TOOK no oath. bnt he SAID IN his heart
that he "o9Lu commence by forming
Sooa resolution and sticking tolt.
-iia Sl'l.i men ne IIlf! 10 gel "o@h t'll
VINO VIC, "IIi4 i'. Aiie nm; fle sand he
"I;'l,. I., uii,tA III; 10 .i'l.e; ',''s "A2 would
5qIls' @ = I'm ~ ll.L' ~ he came to me.
was 'he mail "hoi4 he most a0usad,
|ho9e Kindness ne had trampled on,
He came to mo a. Iast nS iir'o csa't pg'i% I co
pIetelv broken and crrsSoI - = ,,;t;a1 go
b;n, oi",>Itl 1 ta, ,,,.' - f'2lle1' P3tled
With me fen ninntos A. ~ In,C,ti, l,,'' ~
Id tbo ,,,;,o, -, .1,liJ ~ 'ili'h IL
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