The Kanzas news., 1857-11-07

the small sum- AL extravagant hopes from
it were brought into due compass, and every
dollar appropriated In the most absolutely
necessary manner. The father retired to
write sermon upon the bounty of God,
and the wife, who was banker and disburser,
went to put away the money. Then she
detected the base coin. With indignant
flushing cheeks she took it to her husband.
"Oh % he said, cit is hard, hard But
the Lord win teach us how to do without it.
He feeds the young ravens
''Do you think it would be wrong to pass
it, husband? I mean at some of those rich
dry goods stores. can't do very well
without my gown. We are so poor 9th
ers would not miss it. 1t came to us good
one. We need not be too particular. =
ooh, wife !'' was the reply, '.this is a
temptation of Satan. Passing counterfeit
dollar is Just the same as telling lie, and
setting other folks to tell lies, too. Throw
it into the fire, that it may deceive and dis
appoint no one else, and forget We ever had
it. That is all we can do
The wife, discontented and sad, returned
to her work of mending the children 8
clothes. Her eldest daughter, a girl of
twelve, was ironing in the kitchen. She
came in with woeful face, saying:
.Mother, dear, look here! Fathers best
linen neck-cloth was hanging on the chair,
and baby pulled it off and switched the corner
of it into the fire. 1t was half burned up be-
fore could pull it out. What will father
do?
The child was reproved too sharply for
not taking more heed, and went crying to
her work.
s'It is too bad,'' said the mother, ''that
s0e must be the ones to suffer always. But
father shall not be the loser by the careless
ness of his people. I won't put up with it!
That bad dollar came from the congregation,
and it shall go back TO them -
So she put on her bonnet, and went to the
gentleman's furnishing store, kept by MIR.
B., a member of their church. She bought
her husband new neck-cloth, which she
hoped he would never know from the old
one.
That very day the lady called and asked
to see the Rev. Mr.. -. She told the
story of the counterfeit dollar, and asked if
he had seen anything of it, saying that she
had come to redeem it. The minister said
that it had luckily fallen into his own hands,
and joyfully did he hasten to his wife's
room.
'sGod verify numbers the hairs of our
heads" he said. "He will not suffer one
of his little sparrows to fall to the ground,
Give me the bad dollar, for lady has come
to give US good one in its place.
Then came the agony of confession OF
the hitherto honest wife. She will weep and
writhe to her dying day, at the remembrance
of that look of surprise and wounded trust
which her beloved husbands face wore as
he heard it. She went at once to the lady
and told her ALL It was brave deed, for
congregation watching to detect slip from
uprightness. The lady, she feared, would
report her delinquency, but she had fallen
into merciful hands, and her fault was kept
secret. They went together to the furnish
ing store.
| The store-keeper examined his till and
desk. There was no such dollar to be found,
and no one could tell to whom it had been
given. One Of the shop girls had probably
passed it without seeing that it was moi
/ good. The lady left dollar to replace it,
should any one bring it back, and went
home disappointed.
i Her husband was a magistrate, and she
knew that he was so strict in bringing of
tenders to justice. that she never mentioned
to him this counterfeit, for fear of getting
the market woman into trouble for passing
it, knowing it to be such.
i That night her husband came home from
his Office looking exceedingly weary and
sad. His wife pressed to know the reason
i "Oh," said he, ''the duties of my Office
are sometimes SO painful I have just had
to send such nice, lady-like woman to the
lookup for the night, because it was too latt
to examine her at once. She seemed IL
great distress about something but she
can't speak word of English, so l couldn'
, make it out. l think, though, that hel
husband is siek.''
'"Why not let her go, and take her VI
; again in the morning?
: ''Well, she is accused of serious chargt
: -counterfeiting-an her distress may b,
all sham, only plan to get her husband off
l don't want him warned. I have set
watch about the house, but can do no NOR,
until morning. There are great numbers o
= counterfeit gold dollars in circulation, ant
E this woman, her neighbors say, has tried Il
2 pass three within week. have been very
anxious to discover the rogues /; and l dom
believe this woman has anything to do witt
, 1t. However, had to shut her up, th
neighbors are SO indignant. Tomorrow i
l will be looked ito, and the woman set free
t have no doubt
perhaps her poor, sick husband may dit
of anxiety and alarm, meanwhile.
''Well, put on your bonnet, wife. -YoI
t can speak German. / should feel easier,
t confess, if l knew more about this matter
3 and viii go to her residence
5 The wife hastily made ready. They hat
t to go to dirty. narrow court, peopled b,
the lowest Irish. When they arrived ant
inquired for the man, they were shown int
/ destitute room, without fire or light, at tn
door Of which they had knocked, but re
: ceived no answer. When they approache,
the bed, a man spoke as if Just awaking, ant