Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1854-12-01

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ant q soft un. / suppose; but when {
| lunatic chap hurls at it with all hi
might barrow load Of crockery q
once, it's httle wonder that my righ
eye fiirched a minute. and that my
right hand rubbed my right eye; anc
so he freed himself and got clear of
Rum start this, thinks I; but anyhow
he's flung away summit. and means
to give it me: what can it be? thinks
~, Well. neighbors. if | didn't know
the chap was mad afore,. | was sartin
of it now; what do you think of a
grown man, little enough, truly, but
out Of long coats too.--sneaking by
nightto Pike Island, to count out a
little lot Of silver, and to guzzle twelve
Igallipots o. honeyf There it was. all
hashed up in an old shawl, a Shiny
mesh like birdlime; no wonder my eye
was leetle blackish, when half-a.dox-
en- eerthen crooks were broken against
Ilt. was angered enough, tell you.
10 think any man could be such q fool
as 10 bring honey there TO cat, or to
hide,-when at once spied summit
red among the mess; and what should
i be but a pretty little China house.
red-biicklrke, with split in the roof
for droppngs, and ticketed Savings.
bank. the chink o. that bank you hears
now; and the bank itself is in the pond,
now I've cleaned the ill out"
Wonderful surel But what did you
do with the honey, Ben?-some Of the
pots wasn't broke" urged notable Mrs.
Acton.
Oh, burn the Shiny stuff, wsrn't
going TO put my mouth out o. taste O.
bacca, fora whole lawful o! toothaches:
I'll tell you, dame, what / did with
them ere crooks, wholes and parts.-
There's never a stone on Pike Island,
It's too swampy, and I'd forgot to
bring my posketful, 40 usual The
heaviest fish look you, always lie
among the sedge, hereabouts and there
abouts, and need stirring, as your Tom
knows well; so | chucked the gallipots
fur from me, right aud left, into the
shadows, and thereby druv the pike
upon my hooks. A good nights
work | made Of il too. saying nothing
of the Sayings-bank; forty pounds O.
pike and twelve of eel warn't bad
pickings.
Dear, it was pity though to fling
away the honey; but what became Of
the shawl. Benz Perhaps Mrs. Acton
thought of looking for il.
Oh. as for that, | was minded tn have
sunk It, with its mess Of swcetmeats
and potsherds; but a thought took me
dame. 20 be economical for once; and
| was half sorry that I'd flung away
the Jars, for / began to fancy your
'litle uns might ha' liked the stuff; so
| dipped the clout like any washer
woman, rinsed, and squeezed, and
washed tho mess away, and have worn
IL round my waist ever since; here,
dame, | haven been this way for q
while afore tonight; but | meant to
ask you if you'd like to have il; may
be 'tan't the fashion though.
Good gracious. Ben. why that's
Mrs. Quarles's shawl. I'd swear to il
among a hundred; Sarah Stack. at
the Hall. once took and wore it. when
Mrs. Quarles was i'll abed, and she
and our Thomas walked to church to-
gother. Yes,-green.-edgod with
red, and--I thought so,-a yellow
circle in the middle; here's B. Q. for
Bridget Quarles, in black cotton at
the corner Lackapityl If they'd
heard Of all this at the inquestl l tell
you what, Big Ben, it's kindly meant
Of you, and so thank you heartily. but
that shawl would bring US into troub.
le; so please take il yourself to the
Hail, and tell'em fairly how you came
by II.
l don't know about that, Poll Ac-
ton; perhaps they might ask me for
the Savings-bank, too,--eh, Rogerl
No. wife. no, it'll never do to lose
tne money! let a oygono DC pySone,
and don't disturb the old woman in
her grave. As to the shawl, il it's
like TO be tell-tale, in my mind, this
hearth's the safest place for it.
So be flung il on tho ire; there was
n shriyelling, smouldering, guilty sort
OF blaze, and the shawl was burnt.
Roger Acton, you are falling quick
ly rs q shooting star; already is your
conscience warped to conuiye, for lu-
cre's sake, atsome ona's secret crimes.
You had bettar, for the moral Of the
matter, have burnt your right hand. as
S,evola did. than that shawl. Be-
ware, your sin vii! bring its punish
mcnt.
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