Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1858-11-19

preheOd me. 'wealiys too t1 dear together
and !syould not loose y opF good, opinion
ii .Welll--go ahead returned Walter, whC
Vas sensible OF the fact that his compan,
ion was one Of the best and kiinndest neigh.
bors in the world. sN' '..'' -
'Y"u said WAS mean
NO. no-'Iwas not / who said that,
q, ,'Welll-you said was as light as sbs
bark OF tree 80
'wal,ef ,i, could no. dasiny, hi. so John
proceeded.
I refused to join you 10 i,'y your little
game for three reasons. either one OF
which should have been sufficient to de
ter me. First. have resolved not to en-
gage in any such games Of hazard. Sec
ond. did not want any chowder. Aud,
third. could not have afforded 10 paw
for five extra suppers, il the lot had fallen
upon. me- a.,.s i......+,
i. Couldn't have afforded i,?' repeated
Walter. with a slight tings Of unbelief in
his tone. aF"i T-nf'-I. sTaE
No. resumed the other. 81 could no j..
L,used to be on hand tor any such games, !,
but | have learned better. j, Let me tell
you how I 6r,t came 10 see The loIIy 81
beng afraid 70 spend m money for moth;
ing. Shall lsttll you?'I }sas r <
.CerainIy' returned Walter, who al
ready began TO see something. la4.l..
Well persued Niles. ."n- noon, as,
was going aRsy from home, my vile ask
ed me for dollar. She wanted tito bu,
some cloth HwiLha III asked her IL she
could not get along without it,, had ON
y, three dollars with me, and hated TO let
one OF them go. She said she really
ueedrd the cloth, butt had ut got the
muheytoespare she would wait. i knew
she was disappointed. but thought she
could get = long, aud went away, That
evening | went into the saloon. and We
bad the social time. 1t costs costs me ne Just
one dollar and half. l'paid the money
wiilingly without even thought OF ub.
jection. and then went home. When
entered the hall ! heard my wife trying
10 pacify our oldest child. The lille thing
had txpecred a new dress which had beeu
promised her. and she felt bad because
she, had not got it. l.ul as,
Wait urged my vile. as the child
sobbed in her Disappointment, Papa
ha<en't got the money now, but he'll have
some by and by, and then you shall have
u pretty dress. Poor papa has toSwork
hard.'a Il .ysut..Y =. ls... ra.s ag.,
The words smote me to my heart. l
could not aG ,rd dollar to dress my little
child. but l could afford any amount Tor
the useless eIitsrtainmynt .. athsrS | Tn.
dollar which my wife needed could uot
get when she asked for it. l paid away
almost twice told for nothing. But it
learned me {" lesson. | opened my eyes,
and have kept them open. On the v, ry
next morning off. red my vi the dollar,
hut l. could uor afford any more Ior' the
beer man; i had not dreamed how much
was wasting, but when / stoped up that
leak and allowed my funds to. haw inl
their prnp0r chanuel,'l Il soon found thaLsI
could afford every reasonabIs7 comfnrt
my wife AMI ichildten needed. So | stick
TO the principle which has proved soIbeu,
eficraI't myself and family. h.rwhat is
that ?iu There is an animal in your gar.
deu.a Walter.' rt .si ~ Esh
They had reached the garden fence.
and. by the dim starlight. Walter could
see horned beast trampliug amnngsr his
sweet corn The bars had beep either
COW t"t got in. Tnsy drove her out. and
then Niles! went home. WaIter1saw that
thr beast had done Considerable damage.
bat he was not angry. for he had osome-
thiug cfamore importancelto think ot.-
He went, and SAT down beneath an 'sppl.
tree. and pnndefed. leT afv rsg1,
il Bless me, il ne hasn't put the case
down about .qnarel' be haid to himself
1T the end OF some minutes bI meditation
Let me see. he pursueB:-'Thefe'H si1
ty,seyeu cents tor ohoWder-6f9 cents {, r
ale-6fty cents for soda. Aud that's
within the last three days. A dollar and
sixty seven Is it possible ! Over a bun
.'ired a dollars a yenr And yet l can't
sff3rd twn dollars for gaze, .nor. e.,
dollars that my family NAV have teIig
-I,tAink you had better turn ovsr new
Lsof! 7-aa ~ o,
And Walter Gray did turn over new
leaf. On iheV nrx' daT he did two
things. thereby astonishing INu parties
he had Il new gate made forthe entrance
to the. garden. and, thereby astouished
his wilr; and he refused to toss up Tor
the ale. and Ihersbt asIonishsd a crowd
n' expectan. thirsty ones For ~ month
he pursued thisc urse. and by the expi
ration OF that time he could fully apple,
ciate the ne " Die ssingszthat were dawn
ing upon him. lie discovered that be
could afford every thing which Ihs com,
fort OF his family dem ,nded; and 10 ar
riving at this result hsj ad only 10 CO,
loose those things which he reAlly could
not afford. IL was a wonder 10 him how
he could have been so foolish. When. ~
the end OF the year. he had bis not..t and
bad ninety t~o dollars l-fC ha felt as 6 r-t
a. thnnnh thrra must be snma rnisi aLr