The Newtown bee., 1897-01-01

leaped around. q know what I did with it-I do now !.s
 Ibid with what. Caleb?" asked Asenath.
 That letter for Asahel-it ia right under my bandanna in my hat!"
 Caleb went to his hat and handed the lost letter to Asahel.
 The latter looked at it and said, sEng- land." He read it with staring eyes and whitening face, and handed it to Ms Short. who elevated her spectacles again.
 .That old case in chancery is decid- ed, ]" said he, "and am to get my fath- er's share of the contiscated property. I | may have yet co wait for it though. My great-grandfather was Bow of Bow. He l was accused of resisting the Act of Uni | ] formity, and his property was with l held" Asenath lifted her brows. l Bow of Bow, she repeated. sHe was brave man, suppose. Resisted the Act of Uniformity. How much did he leave?" | sAn estate estimated at f2O OOO.''
 "Heavens be praised," said the sud denly surprised Asenath. She added: "I always knew that you had good blood in you and was an honest man, Asahel, just like your father; nobody could ever turn him from the right, no more than you could the side of house; no Act of Uniformity could ever shape the course of old Seth Bow. And you are 8 capa- ble man, Asahel; your poor father had limitations and circumstances to contend with, but you are capable of doing all that he meant to do. always did think a deal of your father and think consid. erable of your grandfather now. I al- ways was just like mother to you, now wasn't 1, Asahel, good as two or more ordinary step-mothers and the like?'
 "'Bow of Bow,' Bow of Bowl" con- tinued Asenath. "Well, have prayed that Amanda might marry well, and your part of f20, ,O0O would be just about 20 times the value of the Smith farm, as I see it. That farm isn't anything but bush pastur' anyhow"
 "sBow of Bow and what sort of a x I once had an uncle that was stevedorf, an English stevedore. or a caveleer, or something of the kind, but he didn't leave any estate like Bow of Bow, I think he uniformed in the time of the Umfor- mity."
 ''Asahel, you just put that there court in stick up to your ear once more, and let me say word now that I have new light and understand things better"
 Asahel obeyed. There came a re- sponse that could be heaid outside of the hollow tube: "Amen." A murmurous sound followed which was understood only by Asahel. "You will overlook my imperfection, now, won't you, Asahel? Pride is deceit ful thing, and it got the better of me. 1 only meant we'll for Amandy, same as you do. Pm sorry what I said, Asahel. Marry Mandy, and I'll be mother to you as always have been. AS good as two common mothers, or more, same as I've always been to Kalub."
  T Thanksgiving, the Bay Path, Hadley Q Meadows. Tn old folks sit by the west Q window now, in which the sun goes
 down. There is a coach in the Path a and on it Rev Dr Bow of provincial fa me
 and his family, who are coming home Q The ingleside, the oak table.
 'Dr Bow-Asahel-I shall always
 call you that-will you say grace: :' . said Caleb, bent and old. Asenath need
 not bow. She is bowed with the weight ,, of years.
 70 thou whose love brought the breath in tbe springtime, and to the autumn the . crowns and harvest, we thank thee for
 this reunion and for all. We thank thee = that there is no event in life that we may . not glorify, that thy law compensates | for all inequalities. We thank thee as a = nation for what our fathers were; that
 the good purposes of the fathers are :, fulfilled in the sons, and that no righl :, effort is ever lost"
 :, 1T will say amen, Asahel," said Ase' = nath.
 And Asenath said sAmen."