The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1895-12-19

III whose mortgage .s iorseloss 10 nofroS
ID TIE girl cl.p.d bst hsnd,.
I. No, air. abe said, be has beea robbie
az sud be has been VI. He1l pay 10 time
"a Doat sell The little house; II cen be not
ins 10 you With yo0r sres. fortunes to biz
/, i, salt
Womeus vsys OF lOokiug st busiDes.
n ssid Hiram. WHAT'S due mud be paid
a do botbios uuIswial.
n No. no. s.id The sIri. but sch Of yo'
d mercy Give bin smother year, He Il
n old He /, seventy siI, and this vonlC
Il hill him. ia .ll se can do to live;
f., word IRON you would put stop TO thss.
i procsedinss 10 syeH We may manage =
A or or - ] msy be ,loBe Out OF mercy
| to him. Yon are 40 old man yourself
Don't see the .rsupen.. Good msny
men older ,hsn ! owe me money; no sl
. cuse for nou payment Who are you--hi,
vlle'
His dsogbier, said the girl, oh, sir,
Md you see him -
Business 10 business, said Hiram.
The Girl retreat d 10 the door. She ss~
II WAS OF no use.
My poor father, she cried.
The words touched Hiram; be lifted bic
shaggy eysbross and look ed Of her more
kindly.
III could would, be said, bot you
see, want to save Tor my daughters
sake. Every mans relation might beg
money OF me III couldn't let every man
oil SCOT iree--present him with . piece OF
property and cay: Nevur mind the money.
| may seem hard, bat it's for my dsusb
ters sake. | must leave her rich
dou't kbow who your dsusb bter may
be, sir. ssid the girl, but were she |
would not hsve mouey 80 Numerically
gained. A curse will come to you and ii,
rememb Der that
And with these words che left. Hiram
wss alone. not quite as comfortable ~ be
might hsve been 10 miad. bot not one
whit moved. The case was no new one.
An old sesfsring man bad bought some
years before = little piece Of ground With
= small house upon it, on which remsined
. small mortgage. since that time the
land, owing TO certain improvements in
town. bad multiplied 10 vslue. 1t was not
the policy OF such man ~ Hiram to be
enient in such . csse He had been snI
ious to regain the property, and had seiE
ed the first opportunity OF doing 30.
The next day the mortgage was foreclos
ed, and 10 due time the property was sold
st its increased value TO . man who deeif
ed to erect . factory upon IT. A writ OF
sjec,ment was ssrved. And again 10 the
twilight came rap at Hirsm's door. and
the young ,irl who had entered it once be
fore stood again before him.
ask very little ssid the girl. You
bsve killed my father. He ia dying.
only wsut You to lst him die in peace !
We are ord efed to leave the house 10 NOR
row, snd have DO place to go to. 4 month
st farthest sDd oil will be over; there Is
no hope don't turn him into the street TO
die.
There's the Almhouse, ssj Hiram. I.
cart be helped.
You can help it. said the girl.
IL Il don't choose tol ! cant afford .
it. u
You must.
The girl departed. bat next day the y
agent came to Hiram complaining bitter VI
Iy. The little house was still occupied
by its tenants, the doors and windows
we're bsrricsded, and the woman appeared Q
" ith q revolver and threatened TO shoot II
any one Who entered.
Hiram started to bis feet In wrath. d
III show them who the house belongs %
.o be cried, aud proceeded with bis agent
% the little house.
II ram msrcbed up to the door and O
truck at 1t heavy blow With his cane 0
No more OF that, sail the agent, We've
been at 1t oil day =
But to bis surprise the door opeLed oD s'
be instant, and the gIi stood before u
hem. ~
Come in. she said do not wish TO e'
Ieep You away any longer. My father is o.
lead. ! had my way; be died 10 the
louse be TIRED 10 vain o pay Tor so msby
ears. y
The meu entered. Absshed. u
You killed bim, he cred. Oh, how
lear be vas to mt, No real father was 80
yer more kidd and tfutl ~
| thought be w.s you father, cried Hi 50
an, ~
He wss 10 heart said the girl. Since OF
e took me e babe from my dead mothers "
ave never needed = p.reDt's love. sail ~
d With him upon the seas, | lived 10
oreigu lsnds with him; Anew 10. he oo
oiled to save the som that should secure
9 home My istherf yes. more than 10
ay father
Tue old msn began to tremble. He W
eut clio to the girl -nd peered inIo her tr
yes. t
Found you, he said Took you from b'
our mother at sea,
What do you ear. for oil ,hi.f ssid the &C
rl But ~il tel He ss buts com pr
,on sailor. He bad Deitbtr money nor !"
field With the steamer C.th.riue be hs
pet bis httIe ell 90 ~
The steamer Csthsuptl cried the old ~
isb. %
She sent on a. though she had uol beard VI
im.