Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1854-11-10

around thy happiness. Put IL away,
Roger. put 1t away; covet not unhal-
lowed gold.
But Roger felt far otherwise; and
this sudden qualm of conscience once
quelled Il will not say there seemed
much of pallialion in the matter) a
kind Of inebriatc feeling Of delight fill.
ed his mind, and Steady Acton ploded
on TO the meadow FOUNDER halfa mile
ahead. h. species Of delirious COM
placency. Here was luck indeed, ell
ling up the promise Of his Dreams
Ills head was full Of thoughts. pleas
ant holiday thoughts. Of the many liz.
tie useful things, the many small in.
dulgences. that bit ofgold should buy
him. He would change IL on the sly.
and gradually bring the shillings home
as extra pay for extra work. Cor. how
ever much his wife might glory in the
chance. and keep his secret. well he
knew that Grace would have a world
Of things 10 say about II. and he feared
70 tell his daughter Of the decd
However, she should have ribbon.
so she should. good girl. and the ped.
lar shouldn't pass the door unbiddcn;
Mary, toe, might have n cotton ker-
chief. and the babes doll and rat.
tie. and poor Thomas n shilling TO
spend M he liked; and so, in happy
revcric. the kind father distributed his
ill.got
For n while he held tin his hand,
as 10th to part from the tangible poss-
ession OF his treasure: but manual con-
tract could not last all day, and. as lie
neared his scene OF labor(-he came
late after oil, by the by, and lost the
quarter.day. but II mattered littlp now
y he began to cogitate place ol
safety; and carefully put il in his fob
Poor fellow-he had never had enough
TO stow so we'll away before; his pock-
etshad been thought quite trustworthy
enough for any treasurers hitherto
never had he used that fob for watch,
or note. or gold-and his predecessor
in the cast-otf garment had probably
been quite aware how little that falls,
fob was worthy of the name OF savings
bank; II was in the situation Of Oh,
lrishman's illimitable rope. with the
end cut off. So while Roger was brew
ing up vast schemes Of nascent wealth
and prosperous days at last, the iilcheL
sovereign. attracted by centripital grav
ity. had found a passage downwards
and had straightway rolled into crcv
ice Of mother earth, long before il:
"brief lord" had commenced his day
labor. Yes. it had been lost n goot
hour ere he found it out, Tor he hat
fancied that he had felt il there, ant
often did he feel. but his fancy was
button-and. when he made the dreat
discovery. what a sting Of momentar,
anguish, what a sickening fear, wha
an eager searchl and, as the grim trutl
became more evident. that, indeed, be
yond all remedy, his new-got, ill-go
egg Of coming wealth was all cleal
gone. oh, this was wormwood, thi
was bitter as gall, and the strong maj
well nigh tainted. II was something
sad TO have done the ill-but miser,
to have done it all for nothing, the sill
was not altogether pleasant To his taste
but it was aloe Itself to lose the re
ward. And when, pale and sick, lean
ing on his spade. he came to his ole
strength again, what was the reaction
Compunction at incipient crime, ant
gratitude to find its punishment 81
mercifully speedy, so lenient, so dis
criminative? l fear that il ever he ha'
these thoughts at all. he chased then
wilfulIy away; his disappointment. ia
from being softened into patience. wa
sharpened to feeling OF revenge a
fate: and all his hope now was-sucl
another chance, gold, more gold. new
er mind how; more gold, he burnt 70
god, he lusted after goldl
/ We must leave him for a time b
his toll and his reflections, and toucl
another topic of our theme.