Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1851-04-28


ing that her husband looked somewhat irr
Itated. 'Come prove your charge again
me. In what way do pick my neighbor
1pockets2' sssa ,!HagE a5# a a5E
% you took six shIllings from the washe
q woman this morning. coolly replied Uncl
n Joshua. s.sf q. .657- 5a > ,.-sss:
sta TOOK six shillings from the washer
: woman! Paid her six shillings, you meor
uncle. She called for the money due fo
a days work, and gave it to- her, a ''.a
r Yes, but not till you had kept her wait
ing nearly two hours. | heard her say, a
she left the house, Il have lost days worl
tby this delay, for | cannot go to Mrs
Reeds at this hour; so shall be six shil
| lings poorer at the end ofthe week. ca
why did she wait, then2 She coulc
have called again. l was not ready to at
tend to her at so early an hour - i.a''r
+ 'Probably she needed the money to day
You little know the value Of six shilling:
to the mother ofa poor family, Mary; but
Eyou should remember her time is valuable
and that it is as sinful TO deprive her Of the
use Of it, as il you took money from her
purse z.5. Z esg. ~-z
sWell uncle. will acknowledge that
did wrong to keepthe poor woman waiting,
and | will endeavor TO be more consider.
ate in~future. So draw your chair TO the
table. and take cup tea and some o!
your lavorite cakes ,a2s 5S''s q 80
Thank you, Mary; but am engaged
to take tea with your old friend, Mrs. Nor.
rison. Poor thing! she has not m; de out
very well lately. Her school has quite
run down, owing TO sickness among her
scholars; and her own family have been
i'll all winter;e so that her expenses have
been great 3...sz .,.a.s--
Il an, sorry 10 hear this,' replied Mrs.
Clarke. 4 had hoped that her school was
succeeding. Give my love to her, uncle,
and tell her that will call upon her in q
day OF lwo.' SAID z;sfe IL.
d Uncle Joshua promised TO remember the
message, and bidding Mr.. and Mrs. Clarke
good evening, he was soon seated in Mrs.
Mofrison's neat little parlor, which, though
it bore no comparison with the spacious and
beautifully furnished apartments he had
just left, had an mir OF comfort and conven.
ience which could not fail to please.
Delighted to see her old friend whom she
also, from early habit, addressed by the
title of Uncle Joshua, although be was no
relation, Mrs. Morr;son's c,untenance, for
while, beamed with that cheerful, anima-
ted expression which it used 10 wear in her
more youthful days; but On expression Of
care and anxiety soon evershadowed it. and
in the midst of her kind attentions to her
visitor, and her nffectionate endearment to
Two sweet children, who were playing
around The room, she would often remain
thoughtful and distracted for several min
utes. .s+f''r il'a' 'tSs@t'5- IS
Uncle Joshua was an attentive observer,
and, he saw that something weighed henyi.
ly upon her mihd. When tea was over,
and the little ones had gone to rest, he said,
sCome, Fanny, draw your chair close to
my side, and tell me nll your troubles as
freely rs you used TO do when q merry
hearted school girl. How often have |
listened 10 the sad tale Of the pet pigeon,
that had flown awny, or the favorite plant
killed by the untimely frost. Come, ! ana
ready now, as then, TO assist you with my
advice and my purse, too, if necessary
Tears started to Mrs, Morrison's eyes,as
she replied = 80
sYou were always kind friend TO me,
Uucle Joshua, and / will gladly con6de
my troubles to you. You know that after
my husband $ Death, L took this house, which,
though small, may seem far above my linn
tied income, in the hope Of obtaining a
school sufficiently large to2enable me to
meet tberent, and also TO support myself
and children. The small sum left them
by their father determined to invest for
their future use. unwisely entrusted it
to one who betrayed the trust, and nppro.
priated the money to some wild speculation
Of his own, He says that he did this in the
hope of increasing my little property. 1t
may be SO, but my consent should have,
been asked He failed and there is little
hope Of our ever recovering more than
small part of whit he ows Us. But, 10 re-
turn to my school. Efound little difficulty
in obtaining scholars, and, for short time,
believed myself to be doing we'll, but soon
found that q large number Of scholars did
not insure a large income from the school.
My terms we're moderate, but still found
great difficulty in Obtaining what was due
to me ut the end of the term. zaazs as sl'es'
"A fewpaid promptly and without ex-
pectipg me to make unreasonable deduc-
lions for unpleasant weather, slight illness,
&c., &c Others paid after long delay,
which often put me to the greatest incon-
venience; and some, utter appointing day
after day for me to call, and promising
each time that the bill should be settled
without fail, moved away, knew not
whittier, or met at length with cool assur-
ance that ii was not possible for them to pay
me at present if it was ever in their pow.
er they would let me know ai 2aH
Downright robbery exclaimed Uncle
Joshua. "A set Of pick pockets. | wish
they were all shipped for aBlackwell's
Island. - #s 7* s@5
There are many reasons assigned for
not paying continued Mrs. Merrison.-l
Sometimes the children had not learned as
much as the parents expected. Some
found il 0xDedionf fo tnka their ,.hithr6nt