Plymouth advertiser. [volume] (Plymouth, Ohio) 1853-1988, 1854-10-27
BY ROBINSON & LOCKE

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are sure nobody is in it they go and steal,
nobody can see them come out but, was
there a light burning they would always
think there was somebody in, too. At all .
events you might have light !"
"There is something in that, said Jan. !
He was not unreasonable, so he determin- 1
ed to have light in future, and he fell to !
work again. Bad as his luck had been,
he resolved not to be cast down, he was
as diligent and as thrifty as ever and he
resolved, when he became mayor of Rapps,
to be specially severe on sneaking thieves,
who crept into houses that were left to the
care Of Providence and the municipal au-
thorities a light was everlastingly burn
ing in his window now, and people, as
they passed in the morning, said, "This
man must have good business which re-
quires him to be up so early" and those
who passed in the evening said, "This
man must be making fortune for he is
busy at all hours" He leapt down from
his board, at length, with the work that
was to complete his sum-went-rcturn-
ed, with the future mayor growing rapidly
upon him. when, as he turned the corner
of the street-men and mercies his house
was in a full burst of flame, illumina-
ting, with ruddy glow, half the town,
and all the faces of the inhabitants, who
were collected to witness the catastrophe.
Money, fiddle, shop board all were con-
sumed and when poor Jan danced and
capered in the very ecstacy Of his distrac-
ton, "Ay!" said his neighbors, " this
comes Of leaving light in an empty
house. 1t was just the thing to happen !;
why don't you get somebody to take care
of things in your absence"
Jan stood corrected ; for, as have said
he was soon touched to the quick; and
when his anger was little abated, he
thought there was reason in what they said
So, abating not a ot of his determination
to save, he took the very next house,
which luckily happened to be at liberty,
and he got a journeyman. For a long
time it appeared hard and hopeless there
were two months to feed, instead Of one
wages to pay; and not much more work
done than he could manage himself; but
still the money grew, slowl ly-very slowly
but still it grew and Jan pitched up
on secure place, to his thinking, to con,
ceal it in. Alas, poor Jan he had often
in his heart, grumblcd at the slowness o.
his IourncYman's hands, but his eyes has
been quick enough and one morning be
fore Jan was up, the fellow had CLEARED
out his hiding place, ana was gone. Ihi
was more than he could bear. Hc wa
perfectly cast Observation-Disclosures
inconsoIable. "Ah !" said his ot1iciou
, neighbors, coming in to condolc with him
, "chccr up, man! there is nothing amis
yet. What signifies |; few dollars? Io1
s will soon get plenty more with those MIN
f Die fingers Of yours you want only some
f body to help you to keep them. Io
must get wife Journeymen wcr
:, thieves from tllc frst generation; Vol
q must gct married - 90 { married. =
+ thought Ja0--h2 9ras struck ali N . hoa
at the very mention OF it. "Gct marri
ell :! what hnc cIo o,hes 10 90 wooing in
and fine presents to so a wooing with
q and parsons fees, AMI welding dinner
: and dancing, and drinking and then doc
o tors fees, and nurses fees, and childre
" without end--it is ruin upon ruin Th
v fifty dollars and the mayorality-the
y ight wait till doomsday. Well, that
i good" thought Jan, as he took a littl
d more breath, they first councclled me
). get light-thcn went house and all in
l. bonfire next, | must get journeyma
i then went the money and now the
,r would have me bring upon me MOI
!. plaques than Moses brought upon Egyp
h Nay, nay" thought Jan, you'll n'
10 catch me there neither"
Jan all this time was seated or the shol
% board, stitching away at an amazing ra
IS at garment that the rascally Wagn'
,r should have finished to order at six o cloc
N that morning, instead Of absconding wit
ID his money; and, ever and anon, so Fl
y forgetting his loss, in what appeared
at him the righteousness of this advice,
n freely to laugh out. All that day the id
ii continued to run in his head the next,
is had lost much of it's freshness the thir
is it appeared not SO odd as awful the four
q he began to ask himself whether it mig
ID be quite so momcntous as his imaginatic
# had painted it the fifth, he really thong
10 it was not so bad neither; the sixth,
ii had so worked round in his head, that
in had fairly got on the other side; it a
t. pearcd clearly to have its advantages, chi
Of dren did not come scampering into t
house all at once, like flock of lamb
IN wife might help to gather as well as
t; spend, might possibly bring something
as her own; would be aperpetual watch al
Id housekeeper in his absence; might spe'
to word of comfort in trouble, where ev
as his fiddle was dumb; on the seventh,
A. was off! whittier?
ID Why it so happened, that once he HI
as accompanied his father to see an old rel
,d ton in the mountains of the Bmhnt
he Wald, and there, amongst the damst
~ who danced to the sound of his fiddle, W
m certain bergman's comely daughter, w
or having got into his head in some odd &
# sociation with his fiddle, could not be 6
F! out of it again; especially as he fancie
RI from some cause or other, that the siml
n creature had lurking fondness for bo
it his music and himself. Away he wei
SO and he was right, the damsel made no 9
|lv lection to his overtures. Tall, stout, fire
ief pleasant, growth of the open air and
rot hills, as she was, she never dreamt of {
az; SpiSing the little skinninp tailor of RAM