The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1858-04-15
THE PACIFIC
Commercial Advertiser.


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taking the bill, and given 1--WE gold dollars for il. nj
70 the lady.
The latter had not walked a square before she dis
covered that one Of the guild coins was counterfeit
She took il back to the market woman, who insistet
upon her taking . good dollar instead, saying tina
enc would see the man who had given her the BAG
one, the next time he passed, and make him take i
back
Quite willing not to lose the dollar, the lady CON.
scented A few days afterwards she passed the stall
again, and stopped to ask if the woman had yet seer
the man who had given her the counterfeit dollar.
Laws, no, honey was the reply. II was mt 90
ing TO let you keep it, being as you are my best Gus.
tomer. but I just passed it the very next time I had
70 make change, and no fuss. Never you mind,
honey, the woman as | gave it to, served me the very
her OF
IL am very sorry it Is going any farther,' said the
lady; Ic.me here on purpose to get it. and destroy
it. l thought I could better afford to lose IL than
many another. Now I shall always be sorry | did
not do my duty when l had it in my power"
1Aws, then l wish I'd kept it, for Peg Bly,,
Who gin il to. will likely pass it oa on some poor
lose What must be lost, anyhow. I will just see if
Peg has got it YET. If you're willing to wait n btu
Meg bad not got it! She would have scorned
% Keep IL % long But choosing her victim with some
discretion. among those she called ~big-bugs, she gave
II to . middle aged man, whose fingers were so cold
that he was less particular in examining his change
than usual Arriving at home, be found the dollar
DAD, but could not remember ut what stall he had
received IL; 50 in great Indignation at the dishonesty
Of thoss shucksters, he had made up his mind to
pocket his IomL
He went to church reguiarly-or rather. to Meth
oiist meering-but of all things. ne hated the poor
plate which was passed around every SUNDAY for
contributions Yet he generally put something into
II, because folks eyes were upon him. The next
Sunday whea 1t came around, he maliciously put
therein the counterfeit dollar. There thought
he, " you are welcome to that =,
He d6 MT hIn~h or lOrL 90 <.l c~l~-,y -
es would never know the cheat. However. when
the preacher read the Bible-lesson about Ananias
and Sapphira, he had to comfort himself with the
remsm0rance that the age for miracles was past.
That afternoon a lady called upon him, and CON-
planned that a counterfeit dollar which she had given
% such . ~huckster, had been transferred to another,
Who bad given il to him She had come to redeem
that dollar, as her conscience troubled her about il.
and she supposed 1t was still in his possession, of
course.
The avsricious man always took good care of his
reputation. He protested that the market woman
must De mistaken, as he could show her every gold
dollar IN the house, and they were all good. She
must have given it to some other man.
The lady was 50 sure, that she hesitated, and was
inclined to urge the matter, when the unlucky wife
aid to her husband.
George, you put a gold dollar on the poor-plate.
Shame and anger suffused his face, but he said
piausibly, ooh, perhaps so; I did not think of that.
Now what a pity. I should have observed more
0@Cl S&A = Will INA u III u tuOlQtI Ilut-
"l feared it would be so. 1t has gone to the poor,
who can least bear its loss,' said the lady, sadly.
Blu it is my fault, and I must trace it out. Who
IS your pastors"
Being informed, the perseverine lady called upon
him.
To go back n little When the deacon,-or what
ever he may be ealled,-saw tine little gold coin de-
POSTED among the copper and silver on the plate he
was passing round the meeting, he was rejpiced, and
Is he was also treasurer, he took the amount. home,
and placed it in the fund. The ministers TO that
church are supported altogether by voluntary con-
tfibufions. and the time being come for paying their
allowance to the pastor. il was counted out, and, to
make change. some money was taken from the poor
fund-the counterfeit dollar among il.
The good man received his psttance with ioy which
was shared by his needy wife, and their nice child
rem There was much plotting and planning as to
its disposition. All exfrayagant hopes from It were
brought into due compass, and every dollar appro-
priated IN the most absolutely necessary manner.
The father retired to write a sermon upou the bounty
of God, and the wife, who was the banker and dis
burser, went TO put away the money. Then she
detected the base coin. With indignant flushed
cheeks, she took it to her husband.
"Oh,' said he, cit is hard But the Lord will
0nch rs how to do without it. He feeds the young
Bnvens-"
do you think it would be wrong to pass it, hus-
hand. mean at some OF those rich dry goods store.
I can't do very well without my gown. We are 40
poor Others would not miss it Ii came to us as a
good one. We need not be too particular"
L"Oh, Wfe." was the reply, " this is a temptation
Of Satan Passing q counterfeit dollar is just the
same a. telling q lie, and setting other folks to tell
lies, too. Throw il into the fire, that IL NAV deceive
and disappoiut no one else, and forget we ever had
IT, That 10 all We can do The wife. discontepted
and sad, returned to her work Of mending the child
ren's clotbea Her eldest daughter, a girl of twelve.
was ironing in the kitchen She came in with a
woeful face, saying.
!" Mother, dear, look here = Fathers best linen
Deck-closh Vas hanging on the chair and baby pull
cd il OF and switched the corner of II into the fire
IL was half burned up before I could pull it out.
What will father do!
The child was reproved too sharply, for not tax
ing more heed. and went crying to her work
lit Is too bad" said the mother. ss,haf r. must be
the ones to suffer always. But father shall NOT be
the loser by the csrelessness Of his people. I won't
put up With it. That bad dollar came from the con-
gregafion, and it shall go back to fheml"
So she put on her bonnet, and went to the GENTLE
mans furnishing store, kept by Mr.. B., member of
their church. She bought her husband a 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. Nh. she told the story of the counterfeit
dollar, and asked If he had seen anything of it, saw
ing that she had come TO redeem it. The minister
said that il had luckily fallen into his own hands,
and joyfully did he hasten to his wife's room.
God verify numbers the hairs of our heads, he
said. He win not suffer one OF his little sparrows to
Ill 10 the ground. Give me the bad dcIlar for a lady
has come to give US a good one in its place
Thea came the agony OF confession Of the hitherto
homes via She will weep and with on her dying
day 1t the remembrance of that look Of surprise and
wounded trust, which her beloved husbands face
wore A. he heard it. She went at once to the lady.
and told her all Il was a brave deed, for there was
. ministers wifi. with a whole congregation watch
ing to detect . slip from uprightnessl The lady, she
5Arsd would report her delinquency, but she had
allen INTO merciful hands, and her fault was kept
secret They went together to the furnishing store.
The gorekeeper examined his till and desk.
I1sst Wasno such dollar to BE found. and no one
could tel 20 whom it had been given. One of the
Ihop girls he'd probably passed it without seeing that
vas not good The lady len . dollar to replace it,
should any one bring it back. and went home dissp-
pointed Her husband was . magistrate. and she
knew that h was - nrict in bringing offenders to
Justice thar ne never mentioned to him this counter
for fear Of getting the market-woman into
lzuuble Or passing it, knowing it to be such
That night her husband came home from his Office
boxing exceedingly weary and sad His wife press
ID to know the reason
~0h,s aid he, "the duties Of my Office are some