The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1863-02-06

and which old them more hurt than goo''
aHave a cigar, Waiter" said Tom.
Walter said +" Yes, and In return Pe'"
for four glasses OF ale.
One evening they met, after work, ana
Ned proposed that they should " toss.up
TO see who should pay for the grog.
sCome, John, won { you come IN Z! ne
said. addressing John Niles, who stood by.
"No--think not" was Johns reply.
"You'd better. It's only for the grog-
for five. if you come in"
' / can't"
It's of no use to ask him." spoke Wal
ter, in a rather sarcastic tone. =" He don't
spend his money in that way"
Johns face flushed, and his lips trembled,
but be restrained the biting words which
were struggling upon his tongue, and turn
ed and left the shop.
"He's mean fellow" cried Tom, loud
enough for Niles to hear.
Tight as the bark of a tree. added
Walter, in tone equally loud.
John Niles heard the remarks, but he did
not come back.
The four remaining men " tossed up.
and the lot fell upon Walter and Tom
Then they tossed off," and it tell upon
Walter. who paid four shillings for the
grog.
Walter started for home abou. nine
O'Clock, and on the way he was over'aken
by Niles.
Walter" said the latter, in kind but
earnest tone, 81 want to speak to you
You have wronged me this evening. and
wish you to understand me. For the opin-
ions Of Bill Smith or Ned Francis l car,
not, but | do not wish you to misapprehend
me- We live too near together, ard would
not lose your good opinion
Well--go ahead" returned Walter, who
was sensible OF the fact that his companion
was one of The best and kindest neighoors
in the world.
/" You said | was nean.
"No, no twas not l who said that.
"WelI you said l was as tight as the
bark of tree y
Walter could not deny this, so John pro-
ceeded.
II refused to join you in your little game
for three reasons, either one of which should
have been sufficient to deter me; first, l
had resolved not to engage in any such
games Of hazard second, | did not want
any grog and third, / could Iot have At
forded 10 pay for FIVE extra suPpers, II the
lot had fallen upon me-.
-" Couldn't have afforded it 2 repeated
Walter with Sigh; tinge OF unbelief III his
tone.
mo- returned the other; :" could
not. 1 used to be always ready for any
such game. and I thought it would be mean
TO refuse but l have learned better. Let
me tell you how first came to see the folly
of being afraid to spend my money tor
nothing Shall | tell YOU %
:. Certainly" returned Walter, who al
ready began to see something.
"Well,'' pursued Niles, -" one noon as
was going away from home. my wife asked
me for Eve shilliugs. She wanted to buy
some cloth " it'll ii. asked her if she could
not do without it, had only fifteen shil-
lings with me, and l hated to let one Of
them 60 She said he really needed the
CLOTH but if ] hadn't got the money TO spare,
she could wait knew she was disappolnt-
ed, but though. she could get along, and
| went away. That evening l went into
the saloon, and we had 6ue social time
1t cost me just seven-and sixpence. l
paid the money willingly-without even
a thought of objection--aud then l went
home When l entered the hall l heard
my wife trying to pacify our eldest child
Tie little thing had expected a new dress.
which had been promised her, and she felt
badly because she had not got it.
"Wait," urged my wife. AS the child
sobbed in her disappointment. "oapa
hasn't got the money now, but he'll have
some BY and by, and then you shall have
a pretty dress. Poor papa has to work
hard"
1.-THE words smote to the heart. Icould
not afford five shillings to dress my it'll
child, but could afford any amount for "a
useless ente ,ainment of others! The crown
which my needy wife could not get when
she asked for it, paid away. almost twice
tod for nothing. But it taught me les.
son. l opened my eyes, and l have kept
them open. On the very next morningol
afforded my wife the crown, but l could
not afford any more for the beer man. l
ha d not dreamed how much L was wasting
but when l atopped up that leak. and al
lowed my funds to flow into their proper
channel, | soon found that l could afford
every reasonable comfort my wife and chill.
dren needed. So / stick to the principle
which has proved so beneficial to myself
ard family. All. what's that? There's
an animal in your garden, Walter"
They had reached the garden fence, and
by the dim starlight, Walter could see q
horned Deast IaDpIuS dufopSSt Ills sWSo
corn The bars had been either LEFT down
or hooked down, and stray COW had go
in. They drove her out, and then Niles
went home. W alter saw that the beast hst
done considerable damage, but he was moi
angry, for he had something of more i'm
portance to think of. He went and sa
down be nea an apple tree. and pondered
"Bless me, if he hasn't put the case
down about square % he said to himself,
at the end of some minutes Of meditation
:. Let me see," be pursued: I" There's Eve
shillinss for spirit-four and-iwo- pence fol-
ale - four and two pence for soda. And
that's within the last three days. Thirteen
and 4our-pence Is it possible Over
twenty i've pounds q year! And yet I
can't afford ten shillings for gate. nor q
guinea that nv family may receive religious
Instruction for a year. Walter Gray
think you had better turn orer ner leaf =
! And Walter Gray did turn over . new
-. n. H. MART nav ha did two