Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1851-01-25
The Lent Paper.

from the Office, Think"
ayes. James brought II home on Sat
ur,lay evening; hut neighbor n and /
his vile being here, he laid il OH the parlor |
table"
20, ~ has got the paper. re-
member now of lending It to him"
81 am very sorry Tor that. l think you do
wrong, husband, IN lending the papers be-
fore we have read them. lie WHO takes n
paper aud pays Tor it, is certainly entitled to
the first perusul OF It,"
"Yes; hut " asked me TO lend il,
aud how could refuse so kind aud otIiging
N ueirhbnr. | an sure lie would lend nIe
lis, il hc took one, and l should want to
borrow"
"Don', " take paper ?" inquired
Mrs. c., with surprise.
"No."
"Why not' lie is, as he says, always
very fond OF reading"
"Yes; but he seems to think himself un-
nlIe 10 pay Tor one"
"Unnble lie is certainly MS nble as we
nre. lie pnys n much larges tax aud he is
always Dragging OF his superior cattle, aud
yet
"llush, wife! II is wrong to speak Of
our neighIiors' inults behind their backs
lie Promised 10 return the paper to-day."
al hope hr will. ID contains an excel
lent story HAT desire much to read"
Mrs. G.. wus an excelen, lady, and prnba-
bly possessed as liberal feelings as her
pence-luving husband but she could not he
iieve il 10 be their duty To furnish free pa
per for their more wealthy, yet coyetous
ncghbOr.
II had formerly taken paper, hut
thinking il too expensive, TO the no small dis
conftnre of his wife aud children, he had
ordered its discontinuunce. lie, however,
dearly loved to read, aud had, TOR year or
more, been IN the hnhit of sending little
Joe" Oh the disagrpcnlle rrraid oi borrow
ing old papers of his neighbors.
Mrs. Z. waited patiently during the day,
expecting soon to see little Joe coming with
the paper; hut tic day passed, and likewise
did the evening, aud no paper came.
The next morning, after breakfast, she was
heard to say, swell, John, the paper has not
been returned yet"
'Ah, indeed, guess neigllbor " lIns
either forgotten his promise, or is absent
from honIc," replied Mr.. G.
al think" she cOutinned 1--WE had better
send James down after it,"
"Would il not he best wife, to wait until
after noon? N may return il before
that time"
"As you think best" was the submissive
reply. H
They waited until nearly dark but no pa
per made its appearance. james, smart
lad Of ten years, was now instructed to pro-
coed 10 ncighbor Ms aud get the pn-
per. He soon arrived, aud made known his
errand. lie was very politely informed tint
il was lent TO R. the blacksu,ih, who
lived about a mile further on. James unwil-
ling TO return home without il, resolved not
wiiisiuuding the laicness OF the hour, TO con-
iinue on TO the backsinitii's. S-
1t was quite dark when he arrived, but he
soon made his business known, and was IN
formed 10y Mr.. R, that "litlle sis got
l,old of the old, ugly paper, aud tore it up"
"rll take the Fragments" said james, who
was ior having nothing lost.
"The fragments, Jim:" exclaimed Mrs.
R" Old Donk, the pedlar, came along
here to-day and ] sold 'en with the paper
rngs!"
James, somewhat dispiritcd by his unsuc-
cesSiil mission, aud not being very courage
Gus in the dark silently heat n hasiy retreat
for home, where in due season he arrived
aud reported the result of his errand. "Ahm
very conIposcdly remarked Mr.. g., 81 sup
pose R asked neighbor N TO lend
him the paper, aud lac did not like TO deny.
We cannot, think, justly accuse either of
doing Intentionally wrong; and one paper,
continued he, sis of little value"
! "YOu mny argue Ms case as YOU
please" replied Mrs. g., Z" but be assured of
one thing"
"What is that?" asked Mr. c., with evil
dent fear.
] "Nolhing, only neighbor " viii not
long he at the Inconvenience OF troubling
people for old papers"
la about three weeks after this conversa-
lion, N was informed by the Post
Master that he had paper in the office. He
was highly pleased at ihe announcement,
but he could not think who was so very kind
as TO send him The paper. Alter many con
lectures, however, he came To the conclusion
that il was some Irieud whom he had ussst-
ed IN former years.
One year hld passed the paper continues
10 come aud N--whs still ignorant from
WHENCE they came; but being one day al a
"hauling," lac informed his neigIlhors of his
good fortune, aud expressed some fear that
lie should have to do without paper soon.
"No you WON'T" said james C., in u
loud tone of voice "ior mother sent on two
dollars for you last week."
"Well done JIM" shouted dozen voices,
while simultaneous roar of laughter ran
along the line of teamslers. N, who
had, previous 10 this announcement, heen re-
markably cheerful and talkative, bscame sud-
denly silent, while a deep red color, the enl-
blem of shame, nanied his brow. This
was good lesson for n. Early the
next morning he went aud paid Mrs. G. the
four dollars, acknowledged his error, and he
was never after known to take less Than two
weekly papers.-.lfaine Farmer.
SAUCE FoR A GANpER.--The following