Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1859-01-04


he part Of Jaccbs, was grnti6ed by the
lhttering dbinions of his hQl)esty enters
ajned by Etwards, The storS Keeper. iIIis
5gsdit was good aud he WAS proud Of the
act. But The day Of reckoning was APP
. NOtwiihsianding; III the J credit at the dry
goods etorea tliete Hbsidd more money im
the yepHg clerk'e purse at the end Of six
At The Beginning. TheseaTh
that would have gone for clothihg. Nhen'
necessity called for additions to the IfenilyI
wardrobe, had been spent for things tlle
purchase Of which would be omittsd, but
Tor the fret HAT the dollars were intieI
purse instead pf IN the storekeePer's heAds,
end tempted lesdless expenditure. -
q AS the end Of the SIX months credtt ap-
preached. the mind q Jacobs began tosest
upon the dry goods dealerss biil, be
distusbsd By feeling Fl anxiety. AS to
the amount ofthis bill i'e, WAS IN sonle,rn-
certainty. but he tnought It would net be
less Than .tsrty collars. Ihis was laTge
sum sof MN 70 eve, Parsies'ArIy as ne.nao
notning aheao' anu ms currens expenses
gere iuIiy up to his income. II wasn2w.
,slss@mig ghimare pressure of debt. and it
seemed, at times' as II 1t would aimosesrf-
toceteSS h:m.kAUGIG :. ex-s
One evening ne came nome, ieeiingm2re
aopeT thanS sspalS ae nsqa a: atSeeght OF Ut
on 6eeGas dlil WfsiliS sa&. Ikas S5he-
-th'ng was wrong. , -,
ii1i What aus 5ou' 1ane'i saiu ne'A A'noiy
- re you SICK i,1C ,!llW STgd,o ~, fIl4
|. =. ~ no O. was ne slmPie reply. put ne'
eyes oroopsu az sne saio y, anu ner nus
pand So" thst 'ner hds slighuy tquivereo
fSometh'hg 10 wrong jane saiu the
huSpandi pia.o ny ., ig,Tt h1t
Iears stole 70 me we scheeksI IRON
peneatn ner naii-clYseo IPs-TT---ttne poson
ao2rsu ~ or -, WIN ING we,ent % somf Preseu'e
en me, Jane, urgeu eu 'HcoDS, II any
thlng Is wrong nour manners alarm me
are any OF 'he cNHo.eh sickE
-, no. no: ,Nosnlng q Inat, wa
quickly answered. 6ut-Iut-7-Mr. Eo
wards has sent IN his bill. ,I,..gz a-~rf
That was to be expected, of course,
said Jacobs, with forced celmness' Th'
much is the bill?'
= z His voice was unsteady as he asked th'
question, v,o nm
tAlhundred and twenty 'dollarsP AnC
poor Mrs Jacobs, burst into tears. Ill
cs1mpossibleP Gexclaimeda the startled
husband. Impossible! There is some
mistake. A hundred and twenty dollars
Never Trg' .GnI II
2 There IS the bill. and Mrs. Jacobs
drew it from her bosom.
Jacobe glanced feager]ys at the footing
up Of the long column of figures. There
were numerals 10 theyyalue Of one hundred
and twenty 4 O. a.. NJ
1T can't be- said he in a troubled voice
Edwards has made a pnistake.' ssS0
so i thought when first looked at the
BID !, replied Mus sJacobss recovering her.
self, yet speaking in sad w ice. But
4 m sorry 10 say, that it is all right.
have been over 1t and over it again, and
cannot find an error. o, dear! how fool
ish have been. 1t was so easy to get
things when no money was to be paid
down. But l never thought of bill like
TINS. Neyer
Jacobss SAT for some moments with his
eyes upon the fioor. he was thinking rap
idiy; >,
80 much Tor good cfedlt, he SAID at
'lengtli, taking a. long breath. What~a
fool have been! That cunning fellow
Edwards, has gone to the w'ndward OF me
completely. lie knew that II he gos nae
OF his books. he would secure, three dob
iars 70 one OF my money oeyona wh"t ne
rou1u get oy 'ne casl1 luoMn system. Une
nu'''lleo d anu tMenty uoiiarS IN s'A nontns:
An me; are we happier nov ior tne c3tla .a,
9ry gSodS gd;sS nS psooqrs be,ter cotSsd
Our ood'es nave oeen oetcer ciotheo, ano
our love OF display grained to some ex-
'ent. nu,, mas al tnat "rougnt com
pensas,o" 'oF 'he pam oi 'nlS o"y recA'
ohing! - s-- .,1v, 1g.z,z,,
feof Mrs. JACOB was slieht.s,o sue 0aGiJ
was she repenung oi ner part VI the 'ollJ
thcy hao commt'ed. lea rme came o1