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y OT,: y i. . RALEIGH, IST C.; - WEDlSrE:Sr)A.Y5 SEPT. 11, 18721 2sT0.20. friend of; STemperance. 4 rVBLTSJIED B Y R. H. WHITAKER, RALEIGH, X- C . OlK . ..2 00 ... f -2-r 75 i)jr oup year. . , . ..... , !' " MiL lIKHltiiS ' " ' t'.lieO I!!0,'lt'liH. ... . C L U HS: i;iab 'Of Ten or roov names w ill lie received at .................. . . .$1.80 -each. Tired Mothers. A little elbow leans Upon your lsnee, Your tired knee, that bat so much to hear; A child's dear eyea are looking lovingly J-'rom underneath a thatch of tangled hair. i' app you. do not Leed the velvet touch ) iff warm, uioiat angers, olding yours bo tight ; . . . You do notarize thin blessing over-much,: You almost are too tired to prajr to-night. Hut it is hlesedness ! A year ago I did not see it as I do to-day, "j axe o dull and thankless; and too slow to' catch the sunshine till li slips a. ay, And now it Metus pnrpausin" strange to me, That., whilo I woro the badae of mother hood, 1 did not kiss more oft, and tenderly, The little child that brought me only good Ami it, soine fuglit when you sit down' to rest, You miss this elbow from your tired knee ; This roxtleHH, curling' head, from pf your iirea.-.'t, , ' : ' i'liiHlispiuR tongue that chatters constantly; from your ovrii the dimjjled hands bail slipped', ' ' ': And ne'er would nestle in your palm again; jf the while feet. into- their g-ravehad tripped, could not blaiRo you for yotjr heart-acjje hen I v . f wiider-sit tl at mothers ever frct-J At IittU children clinging to their gown ; Or that the foot prints, when the .days are wot, , '. At ever black, enough to make them frow. 11 I could find a Iiltlfe muddy boot, in- ;ip, or jacket, cn-my chamber floor ;r-v If 1 could kiss arony. restless toot, Au. I hear iu patter ill ray. home once more: If nor collnr, and you ain t a going to mend 'em for me, either, that's more. I jest wish your mother'd send for you and take you home, 'for you are enough to vex my life out o f me." . Paul made no reply, but turning loose all her bugs, sat down on the door step and began to' cry, while aunt Sally retired to her chamber to adjust her toilet ; or as she said, "to put away howoqt." Sally Slocum was a maiden lady of some forty summers, well to do in the world; who, nevertheless had her misfortunes and troubles. Pauline Evergreen was her - niece, the only daughter of an only sister, and as such, spent much of her time with her aunt Sally on a little farm not far from a village where this lady held her church membership. Pauline's mother was a widow, and, though in the early part of. her mar ried life she had been in comfortable circumstances, yet, she had felt a great deal of sorrow ; and, when her husband died, found Herself in most straitened circumstances, the time of whichwe write she. making a scanty living with her die, in tLo viiUfte. and it vaa. oi and her trials that aunt Sally and her preacher had been talking. While she is adjusting her toilet, and Paul is the At was selling it now ; but I do blame him for what he has done." - r . - " But, sister, we must hope that the good Lord has forgiven him; and we mut try to forgive him also." v Well, as for that, may be the Lord has forgiven him ; but I hain't forgiv en him for. what he done last week. Haint you heard of it?" "No, -sister." . ." You haint heard that Squire Green came back from New York last week, and brought an outlandish wo man with him, and has set her up in a store right next to his, as a milliner and mantaumaker, to break down - my sister's business ?" : . JNot to break down sister Ever green's . business, sister, Don't say that."" "But, I do say it." 'Now, sister Sally, you are too has ty in speaking, and withal I thiV you have been misinformed. I happen to know all about this matter, and if you will allow mo, p,ll tel yoii all about iti and satisfy you, I hope, that brother Green has no ill wilj toward sister Ev ergreen. He talked to me about the matter and I really q'tfieeanhng wrong '1 iie cortainly had the right; to do what no has done." " Of course he had the right No body doubts that. He had the right flow, urotner jsnyaer, i see mere s no use in my trying to convince you that brother Green's anything else than a mighty good .man, if he has the blood of a dozen dead men in bis pocket, for you are just like everybody else now-a-days ; you'll defend the rich against the,. ' ' .... , 'Stop! Stop! Ill not hear thai It's not true. : I deny it ' Well, you'll let me say one more thing, won't you?'. If you'll confine yourself to. mod eration. Not without Then, I 'spose brother Green don't intend,, with. his. Miss Butterfly to take what little work my sister now gets from her, but he does propose to keep her from getting any more. That's what I understand you to say in so many words. He's brought her to poverty and misery and he intends to keep her there. When the college was first talked of my ' sister said to me one day ' Sister ally,' s$id she, I do feel like there's good 'times ahead for me. If they start the college and a great many young ladies come here to school, I do hqpo tatj j pan get enough ork to do to buy me a small lot and house, and above all, to give my daughter an education and fit her for a teacher.' 4 Qb said she, ' I shall 1 shedding her tears of mingled sorrow to sell whiskey and beggar a dozen thn begin to feel like $X n some jjqy Ifi, fyp world after, all.' Now that I except one daughter aje deftdt do as well without the church and the preacher, as they could without him and his money. Let Miss Sally Slo cum rant and abuse him as much as she pleased. She couldn't hurt any body. 5 In feet, it was ' expected ; tnat old maids would be' quarrelsome, sour tempered people. "Aid if her sister was a poor widow' he couldn't help that He didn't ask Tim Evergreen to buy his liquor. In fact, he had told him many a time, after he had spent all his property, that he didn't want him about his shop. Didn't want anybody about him who couldn't drink without getting tfrunk, and .ma king a fool oi himself: ; fro' Ms 'partJ ne tnougn it was a good thing or the community to be rid of such a charac ter as he was. There was plenty of work for sister Evergreen and her daughter too, as for that matter. He needed hands to chop his oottont and he'd give them as much fi WS of his other hands, provided they 'cj do as much. ' Broker i Residing El der now. Not long since he stopped with the writer, and stated that he had recently been to the village, wh.fre, twenty years agc tt,a soen,es above narrq werei enacted. : I Bother. Geen anrj all his family' That "d meiid a broken, cart to-day, now make a kite, to reach the sky- Thwre is no woman in God's world could say She was more blissfully content than I. v. ah ! the dainty pillow next .my own ' .if.e, iiimpii.l u a shiajpg iietj My divine bdfdhiig' from Us nest fk howh ; r;i little b6y I BetY to kiss is dead' ! ' . Prom The Alpis k for September. and repentance, we will tell the read- families, and send e ccian, ouis to I spark of hope is taken away, and I daughter ii Uie wretched wife of the er something of the repent ccn versa-; hell, and tur out oores of fatherless brother G?reen who is the slaver pf her I vilest drunkard in the Tillage, P&u t;on which had just encjed, petween children upon the hearties charities I husband bQmes ' her ftppresspr to line is a beautiful woman -the wife of aunt Sally and her pastor. ' of a still more heartless ' world. The keep her. down in rags, and vrant. and the leadina jnerohant of the place, who . , ml t i n 11 (I - iii.. ... 1 i " I: . - . v liio case, saia aunt caiiy, is just law gave rpm, Qgtfr tq s,ell whiskey you oom,Q here t. apologize for him,- owns all the Green estate, and should iff Vino on -i o n tahv tti si rxxr OTtrt InvtW H a In wvv nlrAo I XT . 1 V. . 4 V I L Al L 1 xl. jnocvi-i iv uyu v f uu i aiiu i-iUttoa iuuri ill UILU LU I I fill Uail JULY) IiiU UU ill tUO CULLTCll II I YOU XTO lAJ Lll&L UMiaoa in L11B rB&T OI this. has to depend qn her neecUe for a liv ing, and yhat I eompain at i tht instead of trying to lielp her to get work, some of the members of her own church work -against her." "Oh, sister, I reckon you are mista ken," said brother Snyder. ' "I'm not mistaken, and I'll jest tell you what I think of such." . "Stop! Stop! sister, you are get ting angry, and I fear you will Bay something that, will make it necessary oppress, te wqqw, aq Burmese I you think I ve said anything wrong or the village church, you will see two must holq Uiy tongue, or I'll be had I done anything wrong. My conscience old, but very sprightly ladies, " These up in church.' tells me I'm rights and if you wa n't jar e ijiss Sally Slooum. and her "sister, j. uiun t say uiai, bibter oauy. i air&id oi losing soine qj Vfr money Mrs, evergreen. lou wiu also see a ' You'd jest as well have said, it i it I you expect tq get out of brother half doaen intelligent and handsome A A Al Al- I I 1 i -m ' I 1 a amounts to ma,- i ureen g pooitet, .you a say i m ngnt bovs and anrls. some ol whom are -l - ' - - "Ii. v - jjul, BiBKJT, now uoes tue uringmg i too. ii onanty means, to gnna tne moBt grown, xnese are faunae s, or of Miss Alvira Butterfly into our vil-1 poor members of a church into the rather I should say, they are the chil- lage affect you or your sister ; or why dust by preferring strangers before dren of Augustus and Paulina Mans- snouia you pe so irettea witn brotner I them, I don t care to have much char- 1 field., ' JX fOuld be difficult for a stran Green about1 it? Brother Green told itv. I'll iust tell von what I tiimk 1 b-W to tfell which of the two elderlv la . I f .. ii'V."T 1 IT o , - ... me that she is a very nice ladv a brother fcnvder. arid theii 111 let von f dies ia the crandmoCher. Indeed it is forme to arraign you before the number CUP mtfi&er and. mantavUma- I do the "balance of the talkina'. I firm - cLurou for cvii speaking.' ke'r and that1 it is his intention to set ly believe that the conduct of brother ,'; ''Brother Snyder; do you think you up ST large' establishment in the tillage, Greenland of other church members Qll.ll HLU i-LUS 1IUU1 OjJCU.Jl.ilJfj uuo uaulu r I n u u . UUOUDO TU JUOUUJT 4I, . IU I lXKO illHl, IB UUUlg ik ?lgnt' mOTQ A&TIQ (jivo vuiil iu oil tiio BciuuBueweq lillulu gooq iu ine. vyori n j0 r:n T3'iui' I ' : i i- very difficult for the children them selves to telL " 'NVhilOj I sat,' sad brother Smyder, '.iu the great am-chair on the poroh, where 1 had so . often, twenty years think I would rather plod on at my type-case than Be in your business.' 'Pshaw! You're soft headed. I tell you, George I iim making money. You have no idea of the profit' For instance, said George, ' you have made perhaps twenty dollars" on the brooch Sl 'Ayei-thirty. : Well, I wouldn't have the weight of that poor woman's' sobs and tears on my conscience for ten -times the amount So vou can see -iust how I eel.' 'Pshaw! - -; Shortly afterwards George Austin went away 'to the ' prmting-ofnee and as it was w'etf m- thi lBTeilingiJ, Join made preparations for Closing up."' He had put most of his jewelry' into the safe, when the door of hia offloe was opened and. au eldwly gentleman ' en tereda eood looking man he was. and yery respectably dressed, though his" garb was much worn, and consid erably soiled, and smelled strongly of salt water. Is the proprietor in ?" asked the gentleman. ' John nodded assent.' Mr. Slurr, Ithink?" John repeated hia assenting nod, 4 1 am caught in a tight place,' said the gentleman with a grim and ghastly smile, as though a pawn-broker's shop was about the most uncomfortable place, he could have selected in which to escape from his tightness. ' I have just landed here n your city, and dis cover that my baggage', hy the' most ridiculous oversight on my part, , has gone on to New York. In London took a bill of exchange on Boston, and not only that, but a few five and ten pound notes en the bank of England, which I had with me, are by this time in tne distant meuopons. sq 4 am forced (another grupft, ghastly smile) to have to recourse to ' an establishmen where credit may be1 had upon a ready collateral.' John Gleddin bowe jjcdiielj and saia ne wquq b& nppy- to oe 01 ser- Then the gentleman tookrom his pocket' a morocco ease upon opening which he exposed a gold watch. John blank amnzeui out ' Did I not leave with you a valuable gold watch as se curity for a certain sum of money which I .borrowed of you V John smiled blaudly. ' Not exactly as you put it, Mr. Snibbs. If you will refresh your mem ory you will recollect that I bought he watch, that for value received, you gave me a regular bill of sale, with the proviso, however, that if, with in two weeks from the dato thereof, you should pay. to me the sum of sixty dollars in current funds tho watch should become again your property. The two weeks expired yesterday, sir !' "But sir! Will you' John put his hand reprovingly. . ,. 'There is no need if . going into a passion, my dear sir, you see just how the matter stands.' From a towering rage, the old man descended to argument and explana- sonie accident Uncle Moses might have seen John'n face beneath the pawn broker's sign, 'that is the name of the man who was in business before him.',. "And," added Uncle Moses severely, 'if I mistake not, it is the name under which he now does business for him- ; self.' , ! John Gleddin" could not deny it, for' he saw, in his Uncle Moses, the man from whom he had so meanly taken the valuable watch. He tried to say something, but the words choked him; and he stood like a whipped 8ur before his relative. Finally n e mustered up courage to ask the old man to forgive him. 'I may forgive you, aanswered Uncjle Moses, 'but I can not t ke you into my . confidence just yet I think you had better go home and sleep upon it Lot us both sleep upon it I would rather not talk of it now. . The wound is too' fresh. 7 " - John Gleddin was no moro anxious to stop than his uncle was to detain him; and without further words he took his departure. Once more at the office he thought of the watch he had sold, and tion. He told how ho had been do- of thotwohnndrAd n.n1 wonf.r-fiv drl. . -j tamed in New York by an unavoida- Iars profit he had made ; and the con ble accident and how he had ombraced he first posible oppoitunity to call for his watch. ' I had not worried much, he said, oeoause 1 naa not tuougnt tnat any viction was forced u pon him that his great operation was likely to prove a very heavy settler upon his greater ex pectation. And so it ultimately proved. TTncle Moses could not tak e the dishonest. man could be soconsummately meanand un8Cpulous nephew to bis confidence, cold-blooded!, heartless and vile as to j ZZ'T Z iS rob me upon such a pretext' regards of one whom h e had so nieanlv At this John waxed wroth and or-land so unmitigatedly wronged and dered the man to leave his office. abused, lhe result was that the true- Andthe' old genUeman, evidently he printer ere long left his type - , . -1 111 1 J i lw'""e oouuis IIUQ Tir CttltU TV iXiUB rearing tnat ne anouia oe lea to tne TJncle Moses dflnmnd hi Commission of some foolish outrage if well quaified to enjoy. What the. he remained longer within the villian- J pawn-broker may gain in time we can ons influence closed his lips tightly to- DUt he everregams the con gether, and went away. - J den he J a 0Bt b when On the afternoon of that .very day, truth and honor as of more valuetban John Gleddin sold the watch to an the sordid profits of such operations - agent of a Philadelphia house for two as nave heretofore soiled his hands.- ,i a x 4i jn I Ziedoer. 1 1 iiiiiii-mi aim nrz vi.hi v n vn iiutwii m. ' Hi yah !' he cried, as George Aus tin dropped in during the evening. Plod on at your type case, old fellow, plod on Y What's up, John?' A Beautiful Extract. (Vr&teu expressly for the Friend.) HOW TIIKY ENDED. HY A -FRIEND. toot tne watcn; and turned to the gas said ueorge soberly, 11 money were jet, and upon examining it, he found it J the sole source of happiness, I should to be a master-piece of one of the most Uar you were on the oad. But you know my sentiments, and we won't exquisite argue the point And, besides, we He knew that I haven't time. I came to let you know watch had been I that Uncle Moses has got home.' not less than three hundred dollars in ' Uncle Moses 1' cried John clapping his hands. " Well, I 'spose I must try to do -as brother Snyder says ; but it's ' mighty Laid. Guess it's all right, what nin't . 'wrong. Them were mighty comfort-" lug words' brother Snyder' spoke, ; as. lie was leaving, to be' sure, and I Vpose I must try and feel comforted ; put I don't feel much like it I di.nl.'' ' .'; ' " What arc vou talking about aunt hally i asked"! amine -hversa-een, as she sprang- into the . house with bon net in hand, bricging a " dozen june- i b.ugs wmch, having been tied together, wont saiiNi,r around I aui s neati, one . of which suqck aunt Sally right in her mouth at the very moment she said .: " I jest don't!" . ; " ('et out of here with your nastv bnrs ! I'd as soon have a buzzard , 'ilout me as C e of them pesky things; ithid on earth are vou doing Avith If you do, you are mightly mistaken, give work to all the seamstresses in I than good in the' world. ' Irintend you shall hear what I've got th? place. An4, besides, ls's gutter-1 "'V$.nre s a great deal of truth' as ago, aeWlirothev '0reen'sit .for ..Imuts; to say, and then it you want to arraign ijy 15 an ; exqeiieitf. perlqrmer pi the well as force jn wh' yon ' ity," "stater J saw a poor, ragged child passing ine,.you can do it I jest see how it organ ad sings weUj as4 ajje' will SaUy, and I regret that hrpther Green along" the street ' Aunt Sally Stopped celebrated Swiss makers a isiem. wind is : you are afraid of your rich, ren;- adYerj greatly to our yillase ohoir.' has thoueht Wroper to sro into a busi- it at the 'gate and filled its little ; arm I er, foil ruby jeweled, oi roost exouisib tiers, -and a poor woman may sutler, as 'And brother ureen tola you ali ness which wUl interfere with the liv- lull 01 vegetables to carry to its.motn-1 adju.stm.en and finish, for you." that? Now let sister Sally tell, you ing of others. I will see him. and talk er. That was the grand child, ftf. the I the first eost of that" 1 'Sister Sally, I cannot stand this! some more, ior I think it won't hurt the' matter over seriously' with him ; man who tvety. jars ago, owned You must listen to advice and coun- you much to hear the other side. You perhaps he will change his mind, anc tA palace, 1 wiU repay, saith the sel." say brother lireen had; the right to after all these troubles will be removed. Lord l. "Listening to you don't put bread bring Miss Butterfly here tmd, set tjp a. m'ut, I must say, sister, you did me in- into my sister's mouth." " itjig btainesis. Whether he had the justice when you said awhile ago that " either vill evil speaking." right or not, he s took it, and that a all 1 1 was influenced by the money I ex- " If there's any evil speaking in 1 the same. But, 1 11 tell you this ; if I pected to get from brother Green's ..... .. I . . what I say, retorted aunt Sally, " it s read the Uibie. ngnt, ne has no right pocket I want you to pray over all because you and others - haven't done to oppresa the poor, and that's - just these matters, and see if yov nnot your duty, and I'm obliged to tell you what he's doing.' f feel better towar brother. Green. Ii; of it" I 'How?' ' ; he h&& injured you and your friends, " Well, well, sister ; let me hear all 'By taking the triad ,out of their Mont injure and jeopard your soul by about it." mouths. If that aint oppressing the bating him. If he has sinned; God ' You shalL In the first place, do poor, I don't know what you call it. will punish him for it ; vengeance is you know why Susan Evergreen came Why didn t he employ tsusan .Ever- mine I will repay, saith the Lord. Our troubles may be great in this world we may see the rich rejoicing value. Fifty .dollars will answer. John tried to cough down the idea It was night. Jerusalem slept as quietly amid her hills as a child upon the breast of its mother. The nniwlofla The greatest operation I evermade, sentinel stood a statuJ two hundred and twenty-five dollars and tne philosopher's lamp burned, in pocket at a single turn of the die dimly the recess of his chamber. But interest on fifty dollars for two weeks? a moral darkness involved the nation, What d'ye think of that?' in itg unenlightened' shadows. Keasor xi money were mans cmei end, ahed a faint Mmmcr a o over the minds of men like cold and unsufficient shining of a distant star. The im mortality of man's spiritual nature was unknown, his relation to Heaven undis covered, and his future destiny - ob- . "i v t : 1 scured in a cioud oi mystery, it was at this period that two forms of ethe real mould hovered about the land of God's chosen people. They came like sister angles, sent to earth on some embassy of love. The one of majestic 1 statare and well formed limb whicb her drapery scarcely concealed, in her erect bearing and steady eve. exhibitirirjr John started off upon the many and said J ohn starting at ouce.to put away tne wnegt degree of strentrth and con- extreme risks of his business; but the his valuables. 'The old fellow must naence. Her right arm was extended Stay, John, didnt that woman go gentleman stopped him abruptly. be rich as mud, ana you and I are his 5li an impressive gesture upwardwhere kyr e-rrlnvV 'i itt too ran no M on mTM-iomy nauiw. nicht appears to have planted her dark- She was snufflinff a bit answered count I do not propose to sell the 'He is certainly rich,' responded est pavillion; while on her left recline J ohn Gleddin sliDbine around from be- watch.. I only wish to leare it with you as Ueorge quietly, and we are nis only her delicate i,. ,3 v- tA I security for a very small sum. I have near relatives; but I don't think of that thtkd iot A Qze&f Operation, gold. . ' How much did you want on this V he asked returning the watch the case. I was, e&oucrh to get me safe to Newark- Ifea. He has but just arrived, and called on me this afternoon. He wants you and I to come and see him at the Tremont this evening.' Of course we'll go and see him,' to be a widow so young, and to be erreen?, Alvira Butterfly never saw 3 . the day when she could cut or . make better that she can, and never! will ; in their riches and the poor suflering and if a performer on the organ is I and groaning, in their poverty; and what he wanted, '-she can beat Alvira, oftentimes we may feel in our blind- I two to one, and he knows it You J ness and wickedness, that the ways of knOWtthere's not a finer voice in the God are unjust ; yet, we should re- whole country; than hers. And be- member that, ' like as a father pitieth sides all that, she's a member of our his children,' so doth the Lord ptj us church. That ought to have had some if we are his ffuthiul followers. We em ,"Oh, aunt Sally, they, make delightful music, humming and such buz- Don't you like zing around my head, music, aunt Sally ?" , " I ain't heard no music yet, but" Another one of Paul's bugs lighted on aunt Sally's ear just at this junc ture, and, in trying to knodi it off, she unfortunately knocked it down hr back, whereupon -a scene ensued which may be imagined, .but' net. described. fcumce it to say, aunt Sally did not top squalling until the bug was got ten okjyhen she . declared that " the f.n.oi.j fc.Luuy-.un.u. uut as snarp . as a crawfish's, and as for her. part, she'd jest as soon have had a 'fe rrapia crawling on her back." Aunt Snlly h;ui' fixed up mighty nice to receive her preacher's visit,, but Paul declared, as she stood just out- feide the dooi laughing, .fit to kill her self, that aunt-Sally" " looked for all i tie world like a tree that had been struck with lightning.'' . " You ought to be struck with nine and thirty, you good for nothing hus fiv, for having no more' sense than to briuq them good for nothing, hasty hilars in the hoii.se. Jest look at my bran new collar,- torn iu too, and my best calico dress ripped all to pieces, and 'my " 'Well, aunt Sally, I couldn't heljy it. didn't know the foolibh bug was going to light on you. I am sure I am very sorry." . : " Ye8, but that don't mend my dress, left penniless in the world ?" " Why, I've heard it said that Mr. Evergreen killed himself 'drinking.'' . "That's. true as far as it goes ; but do you know whose liquor killed him ?" "I do not." " I'll tell you. It was our good brother Hezekiah Green's, who lives in the palace on the hill just behind the viilage church ; who sings so loudr weight ; but it did't .-t.- i? must bear the cross if we would wear and prays so loud, and talks so sweet what I complain ot . Brother lireen J the crown. Try to forgive. to ' poor dy ing . sinners." iirotner Knows that ousan is a good seamstress 1 jjere preacher took his leave, Snvder, do you know I can't bear to that she is poor that she needs jt WM this juncture that Pan hear him pray?" - help ; and, that she's a member of his ne c&me running into the house with Ah, sister; that's because - r" church, and if he- had any work, he )Ug just in time to hear aunt Sal- It s because he made my sister a ought to give it to iier. v JJat, no ; ne widow, by killing her husband, and wouldn t do that ; but he goes to New sending his soul to hell. That's one York and picks up a Stranger who, if reason. But, I've got another, and it reports are .true, - is an . infidel, and is that which troubles ine now." brings h9r down here and giyes ' her Be careful sister, you don't say more for doing nothing than he has something that's not exactly true, and ever been willing t give my sister, for her work. Qh, you needn't try tq stop me. Itli so, and ydu know it1 And I just want you to tell ne if it's right - - " WeD, now sister, you don't lo6k at this matter in its true light Hear me for a moment, and I think 1 U con vince you that you are wrong. Broth er Green certainly has the right to em nlov whom he releases. Tf sister Ever- r ly say : " Them were mighty comfor ting words, and I 'spose I must try and feel comforted, but I don't feel much like it I jest dont. ' We suppose aunt Sally tried to for- 11 A At enve. and even tnea 10 joreei tne wrong! o her sister j but we think it n her needi and I have my rules. " When you catch me telling a lie, you stop me. I don't generally tell lies, do I?" . " But, sister, ycu are excited now, and you might say something - you'd be sorry for." - "If I say anything wrong, and I know it! I'll make amends. I'm not afraid to own my faults. But, as I w . . m-aen. marmot do his work like he wants was going on to say: Hezekiah ? , ... . . , -.. . . ,. . it why, you must admit it is his right J ..- fr. mnlov some one who can. And green, and his whiskey was the cause of all the trouble which has come up on our family. He was the only man who sold whiskey in the village, and he's been a member of the church as long as I can' remember." . " But, he don't? sell it now." "Oh, no ; there's no needof it ; he's rich now. He owns all tne planta tions around Back Swamp Tim Ev ergreen's, Joe Spicer's, Sanr, Watt's, Neill Ray's, Hiram Smith's, and I don't know how many moire and ev ery one of them are dead and in drunk ard's graves, and their widows and children are, you may say, beggars in the world. ; I don't blame him for not to employ some one . who can mncfl the matter has erone so far, IU tell vou what brother Green told me. TTa id he did not intend to interfere with the work which si3ter Evergreen, and others of the village had been do- in r ; tut his obiect was to add a mil- o linery establishment to his business so that when the new' college is opened, he might get' the custom ol the young ladies, who come into the village from a distance. So you see sister .Sally, brother Green has thought over the whole matter and that he . does not intend to bring Miss Butterfly in com petition with sister Evergreen and oth ers." v '' '-' ::'i That's Tery kind in him, lint it ? doubtful whether she did. At any rate, neither the poverty of hsr sister nor the, gentle reproofs of the minister had any effect on Squire Green. .. He said he had a right to do just as he pleasedto make money honestly if he could, and he would do it k,'t, Vii ennntflr. securiiy ior a very T rmnld call it crvinff.' said Georee another just like it-I bought them as 1 only remember now ! used to iQve Austin the second speaker. . ' Was it presents for two friends of mine, and him in the old days, when my mother ' o would not sell them for ten times their was alive and he used to cheer and P . -w,... . .,i j.i.t j jai Why fact is, old fellow, she pawn-1 aiue. a nty .douars wiu answer. oomion uer, auu useu. to Pmy Witu uxiuer wu gruuii usea. 4 And I remember,' added John, stnjp)t.ia his throat '.,. how he used to tell me that 1 ought Tnr hnw Inner do vnh want the fiftv to have my ears boxed because I rob- dnlUrs V bed bird's nests, and stole apples and For -say two weeka.' peaches from the neighbors' gardens. Ifeyer mind the various dodges at- But that was a long time ago. I have tending the transaction on the part of forgiven him for all that. I say George, the broker. Suffice it to say that he if he should take a fancy to us, we're in advanced length counted out fifty dollars to luck, ain't we ? You won t say any- his customer and took the watch; and thing about about trade as he termed it, "tobd thus : at ' About what ?' any time within two weeka the gentle- I was going to 6ay about my busi- man-could redeem he watch upon the ness; but never mind. Only those payment of sixty dollars. who have been behind the scenes know ' Bather steep interest,' said the el- the crooks and turns.' 1 1 i !it- - L;i m - . ..... ... oeriy gentleman wrta a smue jar more 1 y0u neec not fear tnat I shall say grim and severe than any that had pre- anvthine to your disadvantage, John. eeededit . John would "have ; again explained the enormous risks of business, but the customer would not listen. - fid a brooch here a few weeks ago. and iust now she wanted to redeeem it; but of advancing so much, hut the cough I couldn't do it' . i ' Couldn't do it ? Why at V ; Why 14e8 your soul ! the brooch I was pearls and garnet in one of the finest settings, I ever saw the pearls rnre oriental, and the eamet lixe a x --- crimson ruby. . And how much had you on it?? . ; Ten dollars.' And it was worth" Fifty, at least' And very Hkely, it was a keep sake.' , ' . So she eaid, But it isnt safe to believe the stories ox the poor crea tures that coma to awn jewelry." f She She knew the rules before she left the brooch, and she had no business , to coma back for it afUr tht time was up.' ' You'll find Uncle Moses iust one of the jolliest and kindest hearted men you ever saw.' And aa John had locked his safe, companion, in form and countenance the contrast of the other. She was drooping, like a flower mois" ' tened by refreshing dews, and her bright and troubled eyes scanned them with ardent but varying glances. Sud denly a light like the sun flashed out from the Heavens and Faith and Hope hailed, with exciting songs, the ascending Star of Bethlehem. Years rolled away and a Stranger was seen at Jerusalem. He was a meek unassuming man, whose happiness seemed to consist in acts of benevolence to the human race. There were deep traces of sorrow on his countenance, though ' no one knew why he grieved, for he lived in the praotice of every virtue and was loved by all the good and wise. By and by it was rumored that the stranger worked miracles, that the blind saw, the dumb spake and the dead &ro3e, the ocean moderated its chafing tide, the very thunder articu lated. He was the son of ' God. Envy assailed Him to death. Thickly guarded he slowly ascended the Hill of Calvary. A heavy cross bent him to the earth. But Faith lean ed on His arm, and Hope, dipping her skies John Gledden, and George. Austin were cousins. Georges, mother, .had W-r. - a.nt-nw .Inhn'a father' ; hnt. ThA I l . i x i a He was not responsible for other " 010 -T .T h , : P" lM watcn away, and tne customer I tnnthov nnrt fathfir were notn dead, ana I j i.J 'tL tv. !u. J.u. bound to show anybody any special ... , - . .mA . . ' j tt u uwrgo usuiwucu uk.ui. p dm toon out tnewatcn and looted at uiu yyo bijjibscu v " 1 it again, nm eyes sparxied eagerly. paper While John nad worked his way Suppose anything should happen to into a pawn-broker's office; and, al- preTent the prompt redemption of the though only five and twenty, had learn- Talnable'pledge ? The thought thrilled ed all the tricks of the trade, that can through and through, extort money from the poor and .the The days past and a week passed. needy, But John Cxleddin did not do rTne days past again, and another week business under his own "name, lne man before him had used the name of ' Joshua Shirr and. this name . John used. , 'Joshua Slurr', . appeared r be neath the three golden balls- over, the door; and it was also upon the basi neW cards ? and furthermore, . all ' hk What nainef said John, holding ftnfi finished his toilet, the two cousins pinions in His blood, mounted to the his pen over his entry book. . 'Put-it down Simon' Snibbs, if you WUBir into a tuuuw . - , - ' So John put it down, and then he but he had made his wealth and it was nobody's business.' He had sold "liq uor in' his life and some "fools had bought it of him and become drunk ards : and some had even died drunk ards- He didn't feel that he was to blame for that, at all for they would have died drunkards anyhow, and if they had not bought the liquor of him they would have bought of somebody else. Somebody hacf td sell it to them and matfe money out of them, and it wfiT-e as well for him ' to have their money as any one else. He knew how to take care of it ; though he - reckpn- Bt forth. !. . Uncle Moses Gleddin had been broth er to John's father and to George's mother, and for many years he had been away in Europe engaged in re sponsible agencies .for American houses: and it was known that he had amasBed a fortune. He had married in youth; but his wife had died leav ing no children, and he had never married again; so that the expectant nephews were not without foundation. ! A f lonfTfli tliA vnnnc men reached wi v,l as aonrtm had been there 10 Put UP with buu o . There is said to be a man in KeVadd who is so absent-minded that on going out on a certain occasion, he forgot that he returned, and has been waiting for himself to eome home, ever since; A California man requested his wife in a bal-room to hold the baby of another man's wifo while he danced with the baby's mother, but she didn't hold it. Some wives are too disobedient had sped by. . . . At .length the elderly gf ntleman re turned, and asked for his watch. ' What name ?' asked John, profess- Snibbs Simon Snibbs,' , u Ah, . -yea-' I remember. .Let me receipts and mwn. Upsets J ohn signed a , Be looked over his .book - - Jt Slurr. n , . ,; -'': Res -tJl dotft kabw,- John, fsaid 1 George y.by :tion. Really'Mr." fSnibbs; ; you 'must have made" a jnistake. I. have no watch of ed he gave as "much to the preached as IJii in nminlvJ" Tl the nr each- ..i;.f iivth!' Tt lJvcoiild h?s' WcotisinV junior by two vqura.- ,itl w . . V tt a. w," v . i xtiifu alter msoa of motion, Aol 1 How, air. cried the easterner before he led the way. 'Uncle Moses,' he said, upon enter- . . 1 ; :i t ,1 ing tne- room wnere a guiuai iaccu smiling, portly elderly genueman arose to receive him, this is John. Jolin, this is Uncle Moses.' John looked and turned pale as death. Uncle Moses looked, and flashed like a scarlet rose. . How this John?' 'Of course it is John, sir,' said A malevolent New-York paper says that Boston belles are easily recognized at the watering-places by the heavy boots they wear, and their fondness for boiled onions and corn on the cob. The old adage 'You should not count your chickens before they are .hatched, has obtained a new reading thus The producers of poultry should postpone the census of the juvenile owls till the period of incubation i in George, in answer. Q7 cried George, thinking that b, W Moomuluhed, re U r v Wfa HH w - $ w r " - - '
Spirit of the Age [1873-1???] (Raleigh, NC)
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