The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1858-09-11

were at breakfast, saying that ono Of the
cows had broken through the stable floor.
"Whut! uttered Boggs, starting up.
Broken throughy'
"Yes-right through where you said
some Of 'em 'ud be breaking throngh ii
they wasn't careful -
John Boggs knew that his VITA was
looking sharply at him, and he avoided
the peculiar glance which he felt sure he
should find there il he turned that way
He called up the two men and hurried
cut As good fortune would have il, the
heifer was not seriously harmed; but
John knew he could not claim credit for
her safety. When he came back .iswifc
raid not word upon the subject. At
FIRST John was afraid she would repre-
msnd him; but when he found that she
kept quiet upon the subject, he felt worse
than he would have done had she chided
him little. He knew she felt it---that
she understood it---and her continual ST.
lcnce seemed to indicate that she oonsid-
cred him -incorrigiblc From that mo-
ment he resolved that he could reform.
Ah-he had made just such resolutions
before.
For two months no real accident hap
pened, for John kept things pretty
straight. But still there were some short
comings. The habit of procrastination
was too firmly fixed upon him to be easily
thrown off.
As autumn drew near, John Boggs be-
gan to look around for an opportunity to
carry into execution plan he had been
considering for some time. He had
very choice stock of cattle, and having
received an excellent offer for them, he
concluded to sell them, MS he knew where
he could buy in the spring to good ad-
vantage. So he sold eight oxen for
price which might by some be considered
almost fabulous. The purchaser wanted
horses, and John sold his three heavy
ones, keeping only three-years old colt,
which he thought would answer for all
his riding through the winter.
Very near Johns farm was a large tract
Of land, covered with heavy pine trees
most Of them magnificent white pines
aud he had partly contracted to cut those
trees down, fashion the logs, and haul
them q distance of three miles to the
river. The contract would be valuable
one fer him, because he lived SO near to
the wood. He supposed he could find
plenty of men who would be glad to come
and furnish teams if he would keep them.
He had hay and grain in plenty; and of
&C. turse wished to have most of it eaten
up on the place BY selling his oxen and
horses he had made clear profit Of about
one-half of all he got for them; aul now
If he could get some one to come on and
furnish teams, and in return take oao-
half the proceeds Of the job, and have
their animals kept, they would 10 well.
But he found it more difficult TO obtain
the help than he hai expected. He could
fad plenty Of men Who would come with
such teams = they owned; but he want
cd heavier ones.
At length he hit upon the very man
sIye found him." he said to his wife,
ore evening, on his return from visit to
a neishboring town. "Pve found jus.
the man. He's got teams enough, and
VIII eufliG d. SD1u ds WaELeu.
aWho is hes" asked Matilda, quite
at his success.
"Aaron Rolf Tou know him, don't
your He's got six yoke of oxen, and
four good horses and he says if I'll give
hin equal shares Of what am to have,
| and take care of his animals and men, he II
come
"Aaron Rolfs' repeated the wife. 81
know him well. If he says he viii come
yon may depend upon him. He never
makes promise unit! he can keep it; and
never undertakes to do thing which he
canno. do as it ought to be done. Some
people call him odd and l don't know
but he is, in one sense of the word for
he minds his own business; DOES his own
business; has everything in its proper
place; and will have no one about him, il
he can help it, who will not follow his ex-
ample"
"Why-you seem to know him well,
Tiddy?'
"And why shouldn't /? You forget
that | lived in his fathers family several
years"
"Oho. Is he a son of old Ben Rolf!'
| "Yes-his eldest son"
"Aha-that's it, ehg Well, I'm glad
he's such man tn mike ii good fol
me"
81 should like to have him here very
well, this coming fall and winter-that is
if you must have some one
So John Boggs gave himself no more
uneasi ,ess upon the subject Of the falls
work Mr.. Rolf was coming over to lool
at the timber before he closed the bargain
but John had explained everything t
him so fully that he was perfectly salts
fed
One day John went to tie his colt NJ
in the stall, and found that the edge 0
the trough was worn almost down TO tn,
hole through which the halter was tied
He knew that it vas not safe. / sligh
pull would break it.
~ declare" he said to himself, "l
must fix that when | get ti1o.'
He meant when he felt like il, for h
had ample time then. All that was nee
essary was to stop at the wagon house, &c
an inch and half auger, and bore nos
hole. 1t would have taken him perhap
Eve minutes to have performed the Who'll
operation. He led the colt into the mex
stall, and then went to the house and sa
down.
i "Ah-the old hsbi. was not gone ye'
lie would fix the tie hole when he ha
time, John Boggs hadn't quite reform
cd, for all his place looked 80 well on
! side.
An evening or two afterwards, just
y down to supper, one Of b
he was sitting : y him that II