Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1850-10-14

little lMpauehs, JUST teIi ne "nat fou WI
J give ferit." 81 - ali alg &af &
@What you want?" he enquired, hi
manner visibly changin g.eI hi saag 4
II want these vases atany rate,nI ah
swered, holding. up the articles ! had men
Worth four, FIVE .dollarl" calculated th
dealer, n we'll kfeigned surprise d asf C
shock my head. He shrugged bi
! Shoulders, and commenced searching hi
basket, from which, after while, be tool
a china cup and saucer, on which / read il
gilt letters, @For my husband" ecs .4,
sGivs you this, said Sc. .T iaal io.
1t was now my time.to show surprise;
sIndssd you won. then. But ri tel
you what I will do; I'll let you have The
coat for, the vases and this cup and sau'
Ger.
Tothis proposition the man gave an ins.
tant and decided negative, and seemed halt
offended by my offer. ! He threw down the
coat which was in bis hands again, upon q
chair, and STOPPING down took his basket
on his arm. .Iswas deceived by his man-
ner, and began to think that had propo.
sed rather a hard bargain; SO I said"
@You can have the coat for. the vases, II
you care to make the exchange; If not, why
no harm is DONE {! Fl ~ III
For the space Of nearly half d minute,
the old man stood ID apparent irresolation
then hs replied, as he set down his basks,
and took out the pair Of vases -, l...,.a:..
Il don't care; you shall have them. ~.
!, took the vases and he took the coat
A momeut or two mere, and I heard The
street door close behind the dealer in china
ware, with 4 very decided jar. '.'s-~ 81 :.
@Ain't they beautiful, auntya" said to
my old aunt Rachel, who had been silent
witness Of the scene just described; and I
held the pair ofssases before her eyes dg-a.
"Why yes, they are rather pretty, Jane,
replied aunt Rachel, q little eoldly, as I
thought. :. s,.lEstn .i.l.- q I. : sss<I
sRathsr pretty! They are beautiful,
said l warmly. "See there!" And I pla.
ced them on the dining room mantle. How
much they will improve our parlors.'' -.
@Not half so much as that old coat you
as good as gave away would have improv-
ted the feelings as well asathe looks Of poor
Mr.. Bryap, ,lwho lives across the street 3 WAS
the unexpected and rebuking answer Of aunt
Rachel. -,
The words .nnose' on my feelings. Mr..
Bryan Bas poor, but honest and indus.
trious man, upon whose daily labor . wife
aud five children were dependent. He;was
meanly clad, because be could not earn e.
nough, in addition to what his family re-
quired, to buy comfortable clothing for
himself. Issaw W, in an instant, what the
true disposition Of the coat would have
been. The china vases would little i'm.
prove the appearance Of my parlors; but
how many pleasa mt feelings and hours and
days Of comfort, would the old coat have
given to Mr. Bryan. I said no more
Aunt Rachel went on with her knitting,
and / took the vases down into the parlofs
and placed them on the NJ mantles-one in
each room. But, they looked small, and
seemed quite solitary. So ! put one on
each end Of a single mantle. This did bet
ter; still, I was Disappointed in the appear
ance they made, and q good deal displeas-
ed with myself. Ifelt that had made. q
bad bargain-that is, one from which I
should obtain no real pleasure. 7i 81 79277'
For-avwhils sat opposite the mantle.
piece looking at the yases-but, not admi-
ringly-then ] left the, parlor, and; went
about my household duties, but, with a
pressure on my feelings. I was far, very
far from being satisfied with myself. 'i'a@a
About an hour afterwards my husband
came home. Ibid not take him into the
parlor to show him my little purchase, for,
had no heart to do So AS we sat at the
tea table, he said. addressing me-""@ s.
"You know that old coat of mine that is
up in the clothes pressp' s@ I'll
! nodded my head inyassent, but did not
venture to speak. ,,,sss3 es,-cg sf,z.ax.t=- e.
sPve been thinking to day,.'' added my
husband, Shat it would be just the thing
for Mr.. Bryan who lives opposite. It's
rather too much worn for me, but will look
quite decent on him, compared with the
clothes be now wears. Don't you think il
would bs . good thought! We will, Of
course, make him a present Of the gar
ment." -. -..... ~
My eyes dropped on the table, and
felt the blood crimsoning my face. For q
moment or two I remained silent, and then
answered - ehsTua 10 s5stsl aGox W.
Pm sorry you didn't think of this before
but it's too late now.oiss7 I,.ss -~on ss'fs.7-s
"roe latea sWhy?" enquired my hus
band. 40 % Ii.H Hadf ls..uu.il g ;; I.
q sold the coat this afternoon" was my
reply 1s..s.ae 81 ssa. ..q.sa. fa.eifss 81; :
s.Sold i.!!"' ,,- fs.-, s..,..-....,[,.-,-
Eyes. a man came along with some
handsome china ornaments, and I sold the
coat for a pair Of yases,e set on our man
tle.pieces.''r .:,5s %e5t a,.t ''z7s.ass..e Z
| There was an instant change in my hus
bands face. He disapproved Of what
had done, and, though be uttered no con
demning words, his countenanee gave tot
tclear an index to his fesiings. 5s--.5s,5
! f'The ceat would have done poor Mr.
j Bryan gssss deal more good than the VI
ses will ever do Jans,'' speke up aunt Ra
chel, with less regard for my husbane
! than was manifested by my husband =
II don't think" she continued, ".hat any
body ought to sell old clothes for eithe
money or nicknuckeriss 10 put on The mai,