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Lost And Saved ; Or Nellie Powers The Missionary's Daughter.
highwaymen , and m taking advantage of his opportunity to avenge his old wron » he had met his death . After this disaster , ancl after burying his child , v ^ Mch had died from the exposure on the night of the fire , Henry Powers moved into Nebraska , and again began life anew After a few years he prospered—another child , a daughter , blessed his home , and peace and plenty smiled upon him . He became interested in the Methodist societies , which
were at that time so numerous in the Western country , and took a leading part in their services . About this time he was harassed by a son of his old enemy , who had reached manhood aud inherited all the evil passions of his father , added to a lasting hate against the cause of his father ' s death . These embarrassments came in the form of letters , threatening death and the burning of his property , provided the writer was not furnished with certain sums of
money mentioned in the messages . Henry Powers gave these threats very little attention , but they were carried out in part , and he was again rendered destitute by the loss of his home . After endeavouring , unsuccessfully , to apprehend the cause of his misery , he became disconsolate , and desired to leave the scenes that had become so embittered in his memory . He accepted an offer for the position of missionary of the Methodist Church
in the Sandwich Islands , and after settling his affairs , and placing his daughter in the care of some relatives to be educated , he sailed , for his new home and assumed his new duties . The son of Charles Graham , after firing the residence of his father ' s enemy , fled to the seaport , and shipped aboard au East Indiamau , and thereafter followed the fortunes of a sailor . ;
About the tiine of the opening of our narrative he had returned from a long voyage , and while the vessel lay at the dock he had beiiame acquainted with the coachman of the owner and had walked up town with him . In the course of his remarks , the coachmani . related a conversation he had heard in the coach the day before , when driving his mistress to the depot . " How strange they should have gone off and left their child in that way . You are quite sure she said they had been burnt out in ) Nebraska 1 " said John Graham .
" Yes sah ! I inn shure . He turned misl / ionary an' went off to de heathens an' de young gnrl is now gwine too . " / " And you say her friends applied to yom ¦ boss for a chance on one of his vessels 1 " " Dat ' s what I sayed sah . De friends of d is yere gnrl cum to de house and missus tuk dem to de depot , an' it wus on de way to de depot dat dey talked all 'bout it . " " You said you heard the name , didn ' t you V asked John Graham , his face now flushed with excitementas he bent forward njnd looked into the ' s faceclose h
, negro , enoug to excite Sambo ' s surprise . j " I didn't hard her fust name ; her last , name was all I hurd , and dat was Trowers , ef I don ' t disremember . " He was interrupted by Graham , who saild , " You mean Powers , don't you V "Dat ' s de name , Powers , Nellie Powers , dat ' s it shure ; but we be hum now , an' I ' se got piles ob work to do 'fore de missus goes - j to rideso good bsah . "
, y , As John Graham said " goodby , " he tuirned on his heel and walked away . " Dat air ' s funny now ; what did dat ( fellah asked dem questions fur , and act so anxious like 1 1 wonder if he knowed dem ft soliloquised Sambo , as he watched the sailor until he turned a corner and was lost to hi s sight . Ancl the sailor , who walked along whistLling and chuckling to himself , said : —¦ " Ha ! ha ! wellthat's luck I wasn ' t looking for . Stumbled riht on it . Old boy 1
, g , guess we were born with a silver spoon in pur mouth , wasn ' t we 1 They say unexpected pleasure is the most hearty joy . Here it was calculating to perambulate all over this little country of ours hunting for this gfune , and by mere accident , luck , I've saved myself all that trouble , and am possessed < hf the consoling information that Mr . Po wers is a missionary . Ha ! ha ! a missionary so Die where on the other side of the world , within the short distance of twenty thousand mi les from this spot , round about . Let ' s see , he
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Lost And Saved ; Or Nellie Powers The Missionary's Daughter.
highwaymen , and m taking advantage of his opportunity to avenge his old wron » he had met his death . After this disaster , ancl after burying his child , v ^ Mch had died from the exposure on the night of the fire , Henry Powers moved into Nebraska , and again began life anew After a few years he prospered—another child , a daughter , blessed his home , and peace and plenty smiled upon him . He became interested in the Methodist societies , which
were at that time so numerous in the Western country , and took a leading part in their services . About this time he was harassed by a son of his old enemy , who had reached manhood aud inherited all the evil passions of his father , added to a lasting hate against the cause of his father ' s death . These embarrassments came in the form of letters , threatening death and the burning of his property , provided the writer was not furnished with certain sums of
money mentioned in the messages . Henry Powers gave these threats very little attention , but they were carried out in part , and he was again rendered destitute by the loss of his home . After endeavouring , unsuccessfully , to apprehend the cause of his misery , he became disconsolate , and desired to leave the scenes that had become so embittered in his memory . He accepted an offer for the position of missionary of the Methodist Church
in the Sandwich Islands , and after settling his affairs , and placing his daughter in the care of some relatives to be educated , he sailed , for his new home and assumed his new duties . The son of Charles Graham , after firing the residence of his father ' s enemy , fled to the seaport , and shipped aboard au East Indiamau , and thereafter followed the fortunes of a sailor . ;
About the tiine of the opening of our narrative he had returned from a long voyage , and while the vessel lay at the dock he had beiiame acquainted with the coachman of the owner and had walked up town with him . In the course of his remarks , the coachmani . related a conversation he had heard in the coach the day before , when driving his mistress to the depot . " How strange they should have gone off and left their child in that way . You are quite sure she said they had been burnt out in ) Nebraska 1 " said John Graham .
" Yes sah ! I inn shure . He turned misl / ionary an' went off to de heathens an' de young gnrl is now gwine too . " / " And you say her friends applied to yom ¦ boss for a chance on one of his vessels 1 " " Dat ' s what I sayed sah . De friends of d is yere gnrl cum to de house and missus tuk dem to de depot , an' it wus on de way to de depot dat dey talked all 'bout it . " " You said you heard the name , didn ' t you V asked John Graham , his face now flushed with excitementas he bent forward njnd looked into the ' s faceclose h
, negro , enoug to excite Sambo ' s surprise . j " I didn't hard her fust name ; her last , name was all I hurd , and dat was Trowers , ef I don ' t disremember . " He was interrupted by Graham , who saild , " You mean Powers , don't you V "Dat ' s de name , Powers , Nellie Powers , dat ' s it shure ; but we be hum now , an' I ' se got piles ob work to do 'fore de missus goes - j to rideso good bsah . "
, y , As John Graham said " goodby , " he tuirned on his heel and walked away . " Dat air ' s funny now ; what did dat ( fellah asked dem questions fur , and act so anxious like 1 1 wonder if he knowed dem ft soliloquised Sambo , as he watched the sailor until he turned a corner and was lost to hi s sight . Ancl the sailor , who walked along whistLling and chuckling to himself , said : —¦ " Ha ! ha ! wellthat's luck I wasn ' t looking for . Stumbled riht on it . Old boy 1
, g , guess we were born with a silver spoon in pur mouth , wasn ' t we 1 They say unexpected pleasure is the most hearty joy . Here it was calculating to perambulate all over this little country of ours hunting for this gfune , and by mere accident , luck , I've saved myself all that trouble , and am possessed < hf the consoling information that Mr . Po wers is a missionary . Ha ! ha ! a missionary so Die where on the other side of the world , within the short distance of twenty thousand mi les from this spot , round about . Let ' s see , he