Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1864-11-09
TWENTY DOLLAR BILL ; OR. HOMES
I lY Is THE BEST OF POLICY.


and here's your money! and the old man
laid down .he five cents and walked of.
Julia put the money in her drawer and
looked after the old man with rather con-
temrtuos exp ression on her young face,
when he suddenly started at something
that caught her eye, on the sidewalk ;
she ran forward and picked up piece Of
brown paper, or THAT looked like such,
just as number Of people came by, and
as she did SO, she saw it was money-in
fact not less than twenty dollar bill
"Ho is 80 rich he will never miss Il, -
was her first thought, .'and how much j.
will buy for us at home; Sabbath dress
for mother, and pair Of shoes for John
ny, and new la. .or the, and new book
for ME to study in when ! go home, butt
on further reaec.ion-''I know just
VIA. mother viii say, go it IS no use plan
ming"
julia sold few more pennies worth OF
apples apd nnta from her small stock, snd
then, as j. grew dark and the lamp-lighter
commenced his rounds, she filled her
larse baske. and started home with her
stock in trade. She walked slowly, for
she enjoyed looking into the windows of
the stores and dwellings she passed, and
part OF her way led through 4 neighbor-
hood tina. had costly mansions, through
the pla,e-gass windows of which the gas
! light streame the child--for such she
ye; was-loved to loiter past those places,
, and see the slittering tables in the base
ments where ladies' in rich dresses, and
ss,tlemen iu fine linen and broadcloth,
were eating Of silver.
Ii was al problem to her-as it is in
t.leed to Older people-how such great
difference be; Why her mother, who vas
so gentle and good, should toll in i garret,
while these peolpe lived in such splendid
,S3s--J what bad -hc done--vlsrs had
they done to determine the difference p
Such thoaghts-vague and expressed
ran through Julia's mind, and caused her
% .emeiuber the twenty dollar biil-that
niue of wealth tina. repOsed in her poek-
ct. and she hurried little st the thought,
aud soou reached the lonely retired court
where sba lived with her widowed invalid
mother and little brother TIE piece was
poor, but no. squalid-there was even an
appearance Of neatness and thrift in the
clean door plate and small POTS Of geran-
ium and verbona that rested on the upper
yindow sill. In that room, Mrs Dean,
Julia's mother, lived, toiled and suffered
and prayed-sometimes charging God
with forgetiulness sometimes, through
terrible season of dependency, doubling
his promises, bu: always returning, peni-
tent and sorro8ful, to lift the cross little
higher!
The sopper-table was set and revealed
BY the dim light comfortable meal
Mrs. Dean took pleasure in preparing, as
far SIS she was able, this evening meal,
over which they could linger together, and
julia always brought home good appe-
lite. She was smart, energetic child,
and had got her present occupation b.
her own efforts, and her mother, while
fearful OF temptations by which her
young lite was surrounded: ye: stroye to
prepare her to meet them. She had carly
taught her to be homes. and truthful,
lessons sine iuoulcated by prayer aai the
teachings o: Gods holy word. .su
Julia did not wait long, after sitting
down to table, before she laid the matter
Of the money before her mother With
frank confession that she knew to whom
it belonged. a 9r,4I sIse
sHe will rever mics it." she concluded
With sigh, "for be is as rich az Jew
and jlst as miserly. Why, mother, he
wcaht try to cheaper the price Of marble"
--.well, julia" aaid Mrs. Dean, gently
Perhaps We had better keep the mon
.ey." =, so &
"Mother" The girl looked up in IS.
tonishment, while her little brother &C.
tually whistled. It was We y rude Of
him. | acknowledge, but he really didis.
You see" her mother continued, ''it
would get ua considerable that we really
really need, and as you say, this riehlsen-
tlemen who T. - would never mss it.
W course it isnot ours, but then it would
pc merely appropriating what did not be-
ION g to US as a right" 5e9e 'dj tia
Vh, mother, you are making fun
Sala julia, deeply mortified, Yea think
wanted II keen IT, r-