Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1893-05-10

80 many dollars to you, so many 10
Jennie, and SO on"
.'That must never bel" she instantly
exclaimed. Father never would rest
In his grave, / do believe, if Ferryvale
were sold out of the family, and you
know that father was trying TO tell us
something during the last few minutes
before he died, but could not articu
late it. All he could utter was the
word keep Several times he made
the effort, but each time failed. Our
thought then was that he meant for us
to keep tanning him; but L am sure
now that he meant for us to keep the
place in the family and not sell it
away to strangers"
Jennie said, "What do We want of
the money? We might lose 1t in some
bad speculation,-"
''Or be cheated out of it, as l was of
my three thousand dollars" put in
Huth. "And," she continued; "a home
is oil L want, place of refuge out of
the storm, ss father told us SO many
years ago, a quiet anchorage"
Just the best Idea;" cried Nellie,
ablAze with ardor, anchorage, Berry
vale Anchorage. When any, or all of
us are sick; when our property is
swept away; when old sge comes upon
us and we cannot work; when the idea
of business becomes irksome to us,
then we'll come back, cast our anchor
in this quiet haven and ride out the
remainder of our lives upon its peace
full waters. What do you say Je'nnie?"
al say the same" was Jennie's re-
sponse.
"And l, too," said Ruth.
"And brother john" said Nellie,
"shall have the place, rent free, during
the time We are away, for our support,
may of necessity be drawn from it, if
we return in old age poor and sick"
About five years, L think it was,
from fat hers death, that Mr.. Sutton
met with business reverses. His part
ner had, in the meantime, died; his
widow had Withdrawn her husbands g
share from the stock, and Sutton had
continued the business upon the limit
ed capital in the trade. Though SUIT
ton had fair ability and a goodly
number of friends, the business did
not thrive. A fire in the block de-
stroyed considerable of his stock, and
the adjustment of the losses by the in
surance companies involved, being
upon a compromise basis, he recovered
but little. Naturally proud spirited
man, he took his losses to heart, allow
ing them to pray upon his mind and
consume his energies. Nellie tried her
best to rally her husband from his de-
cline, but failed. Then she had the
business closed ont altogether, and re-
moved Sutton to the Anchorage to
die. Berryvale Anchorage; haven of
rest
Though greatly broken in mind, he
chung to the consultations of eternal
redemption and peacefully passed
away. OF my stewardship of the old
place, ever had faithfully accounted
to my sisters, sharing the income
with them from time to time, and sup
plying them with the fruits In their
seasons. Now Nellie and her daughter
Maya most charming girl-were
back at the Anchorage to live. May
was nineteen years of age, and with
her pleasing ways, her ever joyous
disr ositIon, she revived us from the
sorrow through which we had Just
passed. One day while We were at
dinner, n sturdy fellow of twenty eight
or thirty years of age made his appear
ance at the door.
In these days he would be classe6 as
tramp. During the meal, which he
shared, he said that he was looking
for employment, and finding no en-
couragement along the more general
lines of travel, he had branched off into
our little quiet valley. 1 was just
about to tell him that We hired no
help, but, encountering a peculiar
loo k from sister Nellie, ] spoke in gen
eral terms only of the question of
labor, though 1 invited him to remain
for an hour to rest Soon after the
conclusion of the meal. Nellie called
me aside, and said:
1--WE must give that fellow a chance
to pull mp again. The world Is cold
and unfriendly to those who are in ad-
honest, and his manners SD artless;
surely we must share our anchorage
with him and help him to business
somewhere in the valley"
CautiOusness is well developed with
me, and the best then would agree to,
was to furnish him with few days
work and keep lookout for his vel
fare among my passing friends and
acquaintances. The new conner i'm
proved upon acquaintance very much !;
aud his thoughts vigorous. | even
conceded to Nellie and Ruth one day,
that we had stumbled upon an original.
There was hardly a topic that he was
not master of, and besides he was well
up in practical horticulture and q for
iGt of no mean ability. Moreover, he
weeklies. The Herald and Times
20 a1I hA rlx-
devoured them. Hereof is an incl
dent. He had been with us less
than two months, and one day while we
shade of the east porch, he reading
the paper as usual, when he suddenly
dropped it, saying as he did so:
"This means mel This imeans me,
and | must go backl'
His speech was more excitable and his
mauner more dramatic than had ever
before noticed in him, and as 1 picked
up the paper he had let fall, l asked
the meaning of his excitement.
THAT, said he, pointing to an ad-
vertisement in the Personal column.
'If this meets the eye of Hugh Ev-
erington, an Oxford graduate, he must
return at once to his friends. James
Noel has made a dying confession.
Hyke and Grimshaw, barristers, Lin
coin Iron Fields"
"Yes, that means me, he reiterated,
as he paced the porch floor, land how
am to get there? 1 need a clean,
twenty-five pounds, one hundred dol
lars United States money"
''Pll lend you hundred dollars, Mr..
EveringtOn," said Sister Nellie. And
in less than a minute more, she added,
"more if you want 1t "
So hearty and full a response as this
to his need, brought to his eyes tears,
which he vainly tried to conceal. He
took thc proffered assistance as a loan,
writing out note to mature six months
from date, and adding to his signature
his London address. There was a Pc
culiarity in the advertisement, viz:
that part of it about the diving confes-