The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1864-12-23
Fer Fathers Honor.
BY T. 8. ABTaUn.

l'NtiihE' iOOhAliE ui 'iVhi biIt ibtih~
ing paper, with most unpleasant
depression upon his face.
"What is gomez" asked his wife.
Only money is gomez answered
Mr. Sterling, fretfully.
"W hat money!
"That money ! was foolish enough
TO lend Mr.. Granger
"Why do YOU say thatY
"Ee's dead replied Mr. Sterling
coldly.
"Dead!'
The wifes voice was full Of sur
prise and pain. Sorrow oyershadow-
her face.
"Yes, gone, and my money with
him. Here's notice OF his death. -
l was sure when / saw him 60 away
THAT he'd never come back; except in
his collln. Why will doctors send
their patients from home to dicf'
Poor Mr.. Cranger." sighed Mrs.
Sterling. "What will they do?'
"As well without him as with him."
was the unfoeling answer Of her has
band, who was only thinking OF the
three hundred dollars he had been
over. persuaded to loan the sick Cler-
eyman in order that he might go
South during the Winter.
"He's been more Of a burden than
q support TO them these two years.
| "Oh, Harry, how can You speak
SOY" demonstrated Mrs. Sterling "a
kinder man in his family was never
seen. Poor Mrs. Granger! She will
be heart-broken."
"Kindness is cheap and easily dis
Ipensed," coldly replied Mr.. Sterling
He would have been of more uso to
his family if he had fed and clothed
them better. / reckon they can 10
without him. IF hodmy three hun
! drcd dollars, ] wouldn't -
But he checked for shame-not for
any better feelings--the almost bru-
tai words his heart seat up to his
3 tongue.
! Not many yards from Mr.. Ster-
( liugs handsome residence stood n
small, plain cottage, witha garden in
front neatly laid out in box -bordered
walks, and filed with shrubbcry. A
honey sucllc, twined with a running
rosebush covered the latticod pOrtico,
and looked in at the chamber win
dows, giving beauty and sweetness.
The hand OF taste was seen every
where-not lavish, but discriminating
taste. Two years before there was
not q happier home than this in all
the pleasant town Of c., now thc
shadow of death was upon it.
"poor Mrs Graugeh Poor little
orphausw We'll might Mrs. Sterling
pity thcm, When her morcenary
husband was sighing over the loss OF
three hundred dollars, the Young wild.
.ow Law senscless, with her two little
ones weeping over her in childish ter
'ror. The news of death found hcl
.unprcpared. Only a week before she
f. had received a letter from Mr.. Gran
ger in which he talked hopefully o
his recovery. / am stronger" h,
d said. "My appetite is better / have
gsined five pounds in liesh since lcf
home" Three days after writing
this letter there came Il sudden chang
q OF temperature; he took cold, whicl
= was followed by congestion OF til,
lungs, and no skill was suiIicien
e for the case. His body was uot sen
3 home for intermcnt; when the hus
I band sud father went away, two o
. three months before, his beloved one
looked on his face for the last time il
this world.
i. Love and honor make the hear
strong. Mrs, Granger was a gentle
retiring woman. She had leaned upol
I her husband very heavily; she hac
clung TO him as vine. Those wh'
knew her best felt most anxious abou
her. "She hns no mental stamina,
they said. She cannot stand alone,
But they were mistaken. As W,
. have just said, love and honor maxi
the heart strong Only week afte
Mr. Sterling read the news Of TIN
young minister's death he received
note from the widow.
"My husband" she spid, "was abl
u UO SO ~Oubll III iiopS W iSt5"AhAhtH III
health through your kindness. If h
had lived the money you loaned hin
= would have been faithfully returned
for he was man OF honor. Dying h
left that honor inmy keeping, and
will see that the debt is paid. Bl
you will have to be little patien
., with me-"
r. "All very fine" muttered Mr.. Stcl
ling with a slightly curling lip. "pv
;, heard of such things before. The
. sound well. People will say Of Mrs
Granger, "What a noble woman!-
What fine sense Of honor she has
But l shall never see the three hur
dred dollars / was foolish enough I
lend her husband"
Very much to Mr.. Sterling's SUI
prise, and not little to his pleasure
he discovered about three months a
terwards that he was mistaken in hi
10 estimate of Mrs. Granger, The pal'
, sad, fragile little woman brougl
y him the sum of twenty-five dollars
70 He did not see the tears in her eye
US as he displayed her husbands not
'e with its dear familiar writing, an
- made thereon with considerable form
ality an endorsement of the sum pai
She would have given many drops