The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1858-10-12

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hs should : ! "a Ma own STALL So he
ratprnsd % rye barn; and having taken the
bride On his arm, and thrown tins light sad.
de over his shoulder, said 10 the hired nan:
"Yoa can tell M. Roeyp that have gone
ABat sAsa't l 80 with %, sir9,'
mo know just where shall 6nd him. :"
SO Aaron Rolf went away Ill ssddled and
When JOHN Boggs came into Breakfast
he looked very "Llue"
"Why-whaft the matter, john the wife
asked eagerly, for he looked really sad.
He made no answer; and Matilda was
upon the point of asking again, when one OF
the little girls came running in, with eager
ness upon every rounded feature.
70 mammal she cried, don't you think
Mr. Rolls horse run of He broke out Of
the stall where the halter-hole was worn of
clean down to almost nothing!-and he ran
out through the barn door what was all
tumbled down!-and--don you think-he 8
gone of to try and catch him! He went
with the saddle on his back My sakes-
amt it too bad?''
Matilda Boggs looked at John Boggs a full
minute, and then went on with her breakfast.
She spoke not . word farther upon the sub
ject.
The next forenoon there was letter left
at the house of John Boggs. That individ-
ual received i. from his wife when he came
to dinner He had been fixing up door,
and some bars, ETC. He opened the letter
and read as follows:
OAK Hill September %, 49,
Mr.. john BoGGs-DEAR SIR: You may
consider that all business relations between
US are at an end. But will not thus alb
ruptly break off our plans without giving
you the reason. 1t is this. | am by nature
very nervous, and l could not entrust my
interests in the hands of q man that canno,
take care Of his own We're not assured
that the accident of last night was the result
of what has become o confirmed habit with
you, might hesitate but understand il
all This will remein secret with me
and trusting that we may remain friends;
and that you may overcome an evil which
cannot but result in harm to you if followed
up.
l remain, yours, etc, AARON ROLF.
John Boggs read this letter, and then
rushed from the house. Matilda picked il
up and read it A cloud passed over her
face and then o ray Of sunshine came. In q
few moments she looked happy and content
ed.
But the dinner was getting cold. and she
sent one ofthe children after him. He came
in looking sad and detected His wife went
up to him and placed her hand upon his
shoulder
john she said kindly, cannot you buy
some oxen?'
Eyes = he returned, moodily.
"And can not you buy then and still have
much of the money left which you received
for those you soldY'
"YesI IF
"Then go and buy oxen and hire your
men, and do that work yoarself I'd do all
can toward taking care of your hands,
And I'm sure you'd make much moro than
you would to have partner. Conceive
can do our duty without the help of any man
who does not want to assist you"
John Boggs was dumb with grateful emo
ton. He understood his wife perfectly
He knew how noble she was and he now
realized that if he had only given heed to
her advice before, he might have been spar
ed ofhis shame. But he soon gazed up, and
his only answer was to draw the faithful wo-
man down and kiss her
That very afternoon he commenced upon
rule of life from which he resolved not to
deviate He posted off at once, and before
night he was the owner of eight vokes of OK
en-. They were not such beauties as those
he had sold, but they were stout working
oxen, Next he engaged his men. And
when the season for work commenced he
went at it with will The logs were all
out and deposited in the, river and he was
the clear net gamer of one thousand dollars
by the operation.
But that was not all he gained from that
fallen barn door. He gained the life lesson
he so much needed and from the rule it
gave him he never after deviated He new
er again saw thing upon his place that
needed attention without bestowing his at
! tention at once. And the result was soon
manifest Everything was in its place, and
everything was safe, His wife was happy
for she had no more occasion to perform
that most unpleasant of all domestic duties
to the true wife-the Gliding of a husband
And there was one more thing He could
! pat a friend horse into his stall without
! the danger OF the animals making off during
J the night, through hole that should have
been, but was not stopped by barn door
The Dandy Sell.
| AT one Of Green's lectures on gambling
| q short time since, novel, and rather ride