Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1855-03-02
TIE COUNTERFEIT BILL;
OR,
THE LORD WILL PROVIDE.
BY W. E. BOR.

Well
| Did you take this bill in to-day r
The qHes, foyrcr was man worth his
thousands; lie stood at the money till
counting up the sales Of the day, and
during this operation he came upon u
| five dollar bill OH broken damk.
The ques,i.,ned WAS . ynung lad, with
the mark Of care already lining his brow;
he could not have been over II years Of
age, yet he had the experiences If more
than score OF years
He knew the character Of his master
lie knew that he had taken the note bs-
iieying ii to be good, but I've scornsd
lie so answered,
j did, SIR
You did weli--it is bad. You know
my rulcs-all bad money falls on the
clerk wh ho takes it-and the hard heart
ed, ulteeling man thrust the | i'll Up'n
the boy, whose eyes filled instantly with
tears. The employer turned away there
was no look OF pity, no trace of relaxa-
ton visible in his ieatures-all was calm
-stoic. The boy also turned away ~
ulGC Ills tcdIe upt uHl uC StbC0 SsSSbAA
alone. though he kue" it not
Mother
,Arthur-what is the matter! Why
have you been weeping!
Mother We are ruined! was all tho
child could say, as he buried his face i'll
ner lap and weep, bitterly. Dnflng tins
period, the parents heart was racked with
painful e,notlnns. Was her child d..-
honest Had he ab1sed the cantidence
rerosed in him by his emldyer Had he
llsgr "ced himself and her by some acts,
of commission or omission Had he 70
far forgotten the lesson taught him Oh the
Sabbath as to break one ot the Command
men,s, such were some of her thoughts
which flew like lightning to her mind
bu, they were banished the instant they
presented themselves.
Weeping violently for awhile his tears
we're stayed and the bank bill was laid in
glance.
God help u.s. said the widow, for now
We are Indeed poor
There was no -four in the i.ouse-no
| GOAL III the bln-no potatoes in the closet,
nope had been in her heart, bnt now it
Was driven away. The shadow had en-.
,eftd, u>vrped the sunshine, and her
heart bowed down in agony to her fathers
| God.
The prayers that went up that night
! 10 the throne were heard by none on
| earth she sat and watched her supper
less child fall into troubled sleep and
then bent the knee Her struggles An
gels only witnessed in tina, room bu. they
we're recorded on high.
| She arose from her posture and looked
round bare walls me. her eyes /; sc1nty
furniture graced the apartment and there
III one corner was the empty platter and
he basket which WAS to- have been filled
hat night with the proceeds of her sons
labor; there they were and here was the
bank bill.
The Sabbath day dswned upon the
world, There was no food IN the house
Of the widow and the ia,heress but the
accustomed morning prayer was not with.
held, nor the usual petition 10 the inust
high.
As the ,wo sat mus,ng on their pros
poets, knock at the door startled than.
1t was opened A negro presented
arge baskt, and Immediately vanished
the coyer,lld was removed and 10 ! there
was plenty and- TO spare of everything
needed A little no,c was At the bottom
of the things and this wasall it contains
ed
The Lord will provide