Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1851-09-18

Her hand was upon the knob Of the door,
/ when advancing towards her
! y gu asked believe, for seven dollars =
I he said with gentle interest in hts tones that
/ at once awakend hope IN her hears. and bro't
( tae light 10 her eyes and hue to her check, as
she diildently answered
/ Y es. sir. l would not have been 50 bold
and urgent, but
None too much so. There is ten dollar
note-l have no smaller bills and he placed
I II in her hand.
'Sir, you are too hiud-'
Meta word am happy to DO you ser
Take this clasp, sir; though am asham-
ed TO otter II 10 y on, since that gentleman saws
It Is so valueless. But to me il is As valuable
as life, and f0olishly thought It mus, be 50
10 others
i do not want It, child answered Col. NJ
Henry feellngly, putting the hand aside which
urged It upon him.
Indeed. sir, you must take il, for shall
feel in some degree less under obligation 70 A
stranger. Besides. wish to call and redeem
IT. VIII you give nae your address. sir =
and as she spoke be sill declining the Jewel,
she laid Il upon the show case.
oh, no matter-5ui If you insist--lhe u
nited States Hotel
Thank y0u, sir; you can never know the
blessings TO others that will follow your kind
ness to me to day Thus speaking Il looking
upon him with an expression pf gratitude in
her fearful eyes. she left the shop, forgetting
tie golden clasp, which she had lefl upon the
show case.
VIII you look II one ofthosc watches now,
Col McHeHry asked the goldsmith, with
out lifting his condemned eyes.
No, sir ;, answered the gentleman Siernly.
And taking his gloves and cane from the coun-
ter, he left the shop Of tile avaraicious and un-
feeling goldsmith, who too close 10 risk tn
de, TO relieve the wants Of poor family, prob
ably lost large amount by the purchases his
wealthy customer might have made, as wei
as his own self respect, such IS it was; for
avarice always shrinks into It's shell before
the b cad sun of benevo,ence.
Now there goes q man who throws away
money upon vagrants, and thinks me beneath
him because / kept mine 10 support nv fami-
ly, said the goldsmith looking after him
lie thinks miser, and ! think BIN
fool. Oh, here Is that clasp after ali She
lefI 1t for him on the show case, and he was
too proud to take II away, If he saw it. Seven
dollars Il is not worth more than fiver
He opened it as he spoke and taking up a
sharp instrument, tried the fineness Of the
gold.
1t is good old Mexican gold. 1t might
have once cost twenty dollars. All, what a
star of diamonds within itv he exclaimed,
as, IN working about II with the point Of The
steel, he discovered a cavity. Twelve large
diamonds OF the purest white This l. sB-
deed valuable Let me see-they are worth
at least five hundred dollars What fortu-
nate discovery! The girl knew the value 10
ask so much D.. no, no. she could not either,
for If she had she would not have let il gone
tor 50 small sum, or else asked for nearer its
value ! suspect she was Ignorant of this
cavity, which | detected only By accident
She has probably 5 o.en 1t and wI.I never
come for It. An, ah, Abraham BroUcbaTJ.
thou hast made a good mornings work Of itr
he said eXu!tingIy, to himself
Then looking round among his boys, TO see
If he was un0bserved, he carefully. vet with
a careless air, locked the clasp in his private
d-awe-, and taking out the ker. placed IS in
his pocket He had hardly done 50 when
Col. McHen-y re-CuteTed and without speak
ing OF even looking al him, cast his eyes up-
on the show case Tor the ciasp, whore he re-
collected after going out, Young gIrl had
laid it down bui did not t. Le il up again. and
so he turned back fJr it. y. rahlm Broachard
was very bus.ly engaged ~ replacing the
watches Ii their doe skin cover gs, and pre-
served silence and ignorance. At ,ength Col.
McHenry spoke:
That young Ierson laid her cIa= p on the
case, sir which, ! neglected to Ia IN. II
were pity she valued it 50 highly, it should
be lost
The clasp! Oh have not seen it, sir
She took itup again
Did you see her 2
Yes, Oh yes! had ny eyes on her. and
said at the time you'd never see your ten dol
lars or the clasp again
The gentleman eyed him steadily an in
slant, and glancing round the show case again
as if IN search of II he quit the shop.
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