The Plymouth pilot. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1851-1852, 1851-12-17


'Wilitn,!'
| Il s,artet anl ,r-m5.ed, thinking the
next WORDS worrlt br--
.Wherr is that Piece Of gold you have
found AMI wickriiy concealed. TO keep
it from the righifui owner?'
b 1t he only sail
Il want you to 20 to Mr.. BAllwins.
AM wosh f,' m today and -mprrnw.'
Il felt immensely relieved! left The
house, AMI got ont of sight as snon as
possible. Then oace NOR. | lun& the
roin out of M pocket, ami ttasted Oh
! lis beauty.
Yet was unhap2y. Consciousness Of
wrong troubled m, and | alm)s, wished
+ 1 had not founi the sovereign. WouId
not be called d thief, if discovered? |
asked myself Was it not as wrong to
! conceal whit hal foun |. as To tax. The
SAM amoan, o.i ;inaliy from the owners
/ pocket? Was not he dcffduiel the
! sam"!
BIT then | said to myself
! Why if don't know vino the loser is
! how can give him his money? 1t is on
ly because am afraid deacon Webb will
j takc it away from me, that concrai it;
/ that's al. | would not steal goli and if
f the | Ser should ask me for it, | would
! give it TO him. | apologised thus TO
myself all the way TO Mr.. B,ldwins
house But, after all it wouldn't do
The gold was like heavy stone. bound
20 my hear. i, was sort Of unhappy
charm. which gave an evil spirit power
10 torment me. Aud | could not help
thinking thai was not half SO well pleas
ed with my immense riches, as I hal
been with rusty copper, which had
found some weeks befJrc. Nobody claim
ed the penny although kept my good
fortune no secret; ani had been happy
as d kinS--or as king is commonly sup
posed 10 be-
Mr.. Baldwin WAS not at homo; AMI |
returned To the dcacon's house | saw
Mr.. War,iie.'s horsr standing at the gate
and was terribly frightened. Mr w
wds constable; and | knew he had
com: to take me- 10 Jail. SO hil in the
garden uriil H. went away. By that
time, reason began to prevail over COW
ardicr. an ma'ic my appearance at the
.hous.. IA; deacon looked ansfily at me.
Now. thought he is going to accuse
me- of fading the gold.
Bat h. only sculied me for being 50
long abou, my erranl. never receiv we'd
a rcprimand So willingly His severe
wor.ss sounded sweet had expected
something SO much more terrible.
i worked all day with the gold In my
pocket. wonder deacon Webb did not
suspect something. | stopped so often to
see if the gold was really Therefor much
as he possession of it troubled me. the
fear Of loosins il troubled me scarcely
less. was miserable. wished hun
drei times had not found the gold |
felt that ii would be a relief to lay it
down on the roadside again. | wrapped
it in brown paper just as had found it.
boly SD mis- .rab.e
AT night was sent again to NJ. D ,ld
wins. an,i having found hl.n, obtained
his promise u work at deac Oh Webb's
OIL ,he follow ing day.
1T was dark when | went home, and
was afraid of robbers. never felt SO
c)wardly in my life. 1t seemed that ID
ny boly could rob me with clear con-
science-because my treasure was not
mine. ! got home and went trembling
TO bed.
Mr. Baldwin came early to breakfaSt
with Us. should tell you thing a
bout him. H.. was an honest. poor nan
who supported large family. by hard la
Dor. Every boly liked him, he was so
Industrious anil faithful; and beside ma
king good wages for his labor, he often
go, presents Of mnal and flour from those
who employed him.
We'll. at the breakfast table, after dea
con Webb had asked the blessing. and
given Baldwin piece of pork, SO that
he might eat and get to work as soon as
possible. something was said about the
news
Il suppose you have heard about my
misfortune sail Mr.. Blldwin
Your mislortune?'
'Yrsr
why. what has happened to you?' ask
ed the deacon.
Il thought everybody had heard of it.
replied Baldwin. You sec. the other
night, when Mr.. Woody paid me. he
gave me gold piece.
Il started. ant felt the blood forsahe
my cheeks. All eyes were fixed upon
Baldwin. however. Sd my trouble was not
observed.
a sovereign said Baldwin. The first
one ever had in my life; AMI it seemed
to me that if should put ii in my pock-
ct. like a cent or half dollar | should
lose it. So. like goose, ] wrapped il