Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1858-11-09
-.- KAEANHA FL. VIRGIN IA NOVEMBER o. 1858
Certainly returned Walter, who already

Certainly returned Walter, who already
began ID see something.
WELL persued Niles, !. one noon, as I
was going away from home, mytwife ask
ed me fer 4 dollar. She wanted II to buy
some cloth with. 7 asked her If she
could not get along withouf5it. Ihadon.
81 three dollars with me, and hated IL let
one Of Them go. She said she really
needed the cloth. but if / hadn't cot the
money 70 spare she would wait. knew
she was disappointed. but i Thought she
could getia long. and / went away. That
evening 4 went into the saloon, and We
had q fine social time. Il cost me just
one dollar and q hall. 4 paid the money
willingl without even s thought Of OBJ.
lection. and then went home. When /
entered the han II heard my wife trying
to pacify our oldest child. The little
thing had expected anew dress which had
been promised her, and she felt bad be-
cause she had not got il.
IS Wait urged MY wife. as the child
.sobbed 10 her disappointment. Papa
hasn't gothic money now, but he n have
some by-and -bys and then you shall have
z pretty dress. Poor papa has 70 work
hard.
The words .smote me to my heart. I
could not afford d dollar to dfess my lit
lie child. but / could afford any amount
for The useless entertainment5of others
The dollar which my needed wife could
not get when she asked for it. | paid
away almost twice fold fornothing. But
it learned me a lesson. j opened my
eyes, and have kept them open. On the
VERY next morning 1 offered my wife the
dollar, but II could not afford any more
for the beer man !; | had not dreamed how
much I was wasting, but when I stepped
Eup that leak, and allowed my funds 70
flow into their proper channel, soon
found that could afford every reasonable
comfort my wife and children needed. --
So | stick to the principle which has
proved SO beneficial tomyself and family
All, what is that? There is an animal
lin yaur garden Walter. 3ts5 V
They had reached the garden fence.
and by the dim starlight. Walter could
| see d horned beast trampling amongst his
sweet corn. The bars had been either
left down, or hooked down, and q stray
COW had gotin. They drove her out, and
then Niles went home. Walter saw that
1.-THE beast had done considerable damage,
but he was not angry, for he had some,
II =, - r y, .,.o -, 1, ~ t3l,s.I,
He went and sat down beneath an apple
tree, and pondered.
II Bless me, if he hasn't put the case
down about square!' he said to. himself
atfthe end Of some minutes of meditation
| Let me see,' he pursued - There's
sixty-seEen cents for chowder- fifty cents
for ale-ffty cents for soda. And that's
within the last three days. A dollar and
sixty seven. Isit'posible Over a hun
dred dollars a year !! And yet I cam
afford two dollars for gate, nor FIVE dol
lars that my family may have religion.
instruction fora year Walter Gray
tlt'al yon lad better turn OYER a neg leaf
And Walter Gray did turn over new
leaf. On the very next day he did twt
things, thereby astonishing two parties
ne nag = new gaze made Tor the entrance
g. the garden, andthereby astoulslied his
tWifei h and he refusedto toss MP for sht
ale, ana thereby aslonished 2 crowd q
1expectant thirsty ones. For month b
tpursued this course, and by the expirat
non q tnat time ne couh fully appreciate
the new blessings That were dawnlng up
90 hin. ne discovered that ne could at
II ford veIything w9aieh the comfort Of IN
tamity demanded and IN arriving ct thu
result ne had only TO cut loose thost
things which he really could not afford
II Wasa wonder 70 him how ne coale
nave been so foolish. When. at the end
ko! We YEAR ne nag pad hls note, ana nae
ninety sW VS. ooilarsl ieis, Pc iels at mrs, q
Inougn tnere m lilt De some m 4. Du
Wnen nls Wiie went over theirl nousenoie
fexPenallures WIN nlm, anq, showed MN
lnaI ali sleY nag hee rs aaa Deen oough
Eana paid ior' ne saW lus l, bow y WAS
Us saW .nas lof yeaTs III, n 5. nag oeeh Mas1 I
Hlhg ne y substance ana oePrlsing nlmseI
Ha1o loYeu ones &. lns conlof.s lney nesa
Esu-Tnos in.els'o,al,y, ~ .htou5n y Il
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