The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1865-03-01

FOR FATHERS HONOR. -

80 much gone! l might nave kn0Tl
how it would be" said Mr.. Sterling, look
ing up from the morning paper, with mos
unpleasant expression on his face.
whats gone? asked his wife.
My money is gone, answered MIR. Slaf
ling frctfully, 49,,
What money!
"That money | waa foolish enough to- lenG
Mr.. Granger" -
''Why do you say that?"
Hes deal, replied Mr. Sterling cold,
"''Deady'' '" "'..
The wife's voice var full Of surprise
and pain. Sorrow oyershadowed her face.
YES, gone and my money with him.
Here's a notice Of MS dcash. was sare
when saw him 20 away that he'd never
come back, except in hia coffin. Why will
the doctor send their patients from home
70 dic?'
Poor Mr.. Granger! Poor little or.
phsns'' sighed Mrs. Sterling. What
will they do?"
'As well without him as with him, was
the unfcelng answer Of her husband, who
was only thinking of the thrcc hundred dol
lars he had been over-pelsusded to loan the
sick clergyman in order that he might 60
South during the winter.
Hes been more of burden than sup
port these two years
"Oh, Harry, how can you speak SOP re-
nonstrated Mrs. Sterling "A kinder man
in his family was never seen Poor Mrs.
Granger? the will be heart broken. .
Kindness is cheap and easily dispensed -
replied Mr.. Sterling. He would have been
of more use to his family if he had fed and
clothed them better. | reckon they can do
without him. If had my three hundred
dollars wouldn't
But he checked for shame-not for better
Heelings-the almost brutal words his heart
sent up to his tongue.
Not many yards from Mr.. Sterling :
handsome residence stood a plain cottage, n
garden in front neatly laid out in box bor-
dered walks and filed with shrubbery. A
honey -suckle, twined with a running rose
bush covered the latticcd portico, and look
ed in at the chamber windows. giving beauty
and sweetness. The hand Of taste was seen
eyerywhcre--no lavish, but discriminating
taste Two years before, there was not Il
happier home than this i'll all the pleasant
town of c., now the shadow Of death
was upon it.
Poor Mrs. Granger! Poor little orphany!'
Well might Mrs. Sterling pity them. When
her mercena,y husband signing over the loss
of three hundred dollars, the young widow
lay sensAless with her two little ones weep
ing over her childish terror. The news Of
death found her unpreparcd Only week
before she had received letter from Mr..
Granger in which he talked hopefully Of his
recovery Il am stronger, he said. My
appetite is better; have gained five pounds
in flesh since | left home. Three days af-
ter writing this letter there came a sudden
change of temperature; he took cold, which
was followed by congcstionof tho lungs; and
no medical skill was sufficient for the case.
His body was not sent home for interment;
when the husband and father went away,
two or three months before, his beloved
ones looked on his face for the last time in
this world. ...4
Love and honor make tho heart strong.
Mrs. Granger was gentle retiring woman.
She had leaned upon her husband very
heavily; she had ciung to him as a vine. =
Those who knew her best felt most anS-
ious about her. ''She has no mental STAN
ina, they said ''She cannot stand
alone. P" -.
But they were mistaken. AS VIC have
just said love and honor make the heart
strong. Only week after Mr.. Sterling
read the news of the young minister $
death, he received note from the widow,
"My husband, y said she was able to 60
South in hope of regaining his health thro'
your kindness. IF he had lived, the mon
ey you loaned him would have been
faithfully returned for he was a man of hon
or. Dying, he left that honor in my keep
ing, and will see that the debt is paid. -
But you will have to be little patient with
with me-
4,All very fine" muttcred Mr.. Sterling
with slight curling lip. I've heard Of
such things before. They sound we'll
People will say Of Mrs Granger: What a
noble womanl- nl--What fine sense Of honor
she has!' But ! shall never see the three
hundred dollars | was foolish enough to lend
her husband ~ H # 4.
Very much to Mr.. Sterlings surprise,
and not littlet . his pleasure, he discover
ed about three moEths. aiterward that he
was mistaken in his estimate of Mrs. Gran
ger. The pale. and, fragile little woman
brought him the sum Of twenty-five dollars.
He did not see the tears standing in her
eyes as he displayed her husbands note,
with its dear, familiar writing, and made
thereon with considerable le formality and en-
dorsement of the sum paid. She would
have given many drops of her hearts blood
to have been able to clutch that document
from Mr.. Sterling's hands. Ills possession
of it seemed like blot on the DEAR lost
one s memory. - ~
seS.Katie Granger is the queerest little girl
! ever knew" said Flora Temple to her
mother on the evening Of the very day on
which5th first payment was made. .1
Mr.. Sterling heard the remark, and let
ting his eyes drop from the newspaper he
was reading, turned his earsto listen. az.
IT thinkhey avery nice li.tia cir" replioa
hnr mother II. n =.