Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1865-03-22

sHeppy, my delight, you are right" +"

So they went down into their narrow
: cellar, and having looked all around, they
finally removed stone from the wall,
put the purse in-having first rolled it up
| in many thicknesses of stout paper-and
then put the stone back as it was before.
On the following day the cobbler
watched for the stage, and when it came
he went up 20 the tavern to see if the old
! gentleman had come back This he did
every day for two months, and TO old
man came
At the end of that time Jareb was ta-
! ken sick He was very sick and for a
long while the doctor despaired of his life
| And Jareb was very poor too. Many a
night the children went supperless to
/ bed
sJareb,' whispered Hcppy with a fright
ened look, there's gold M tie cellar =
Don't don'tl Oh never speak of it
again = gasped Jareb, in agony. I've
thought of it! Aye-lheres gold there;
but tisn't ours, tisn't ours Heppyn
Il didn't mean we'd take it, Jareb, /
didn't mean we'd take it !! cried his wife,
i only thought you mustn't die!'
/ shan't die, souls delight But /
should die, if we took MGt! Tisn't ours,
Heppy!
After many days Jareb Crop was
able to walk out. One pleasant autumn
day, as he hobbled slowly along upon
crutch and a staff, he saw the stage
coach coming. 1t passed him, and he
saw that same white haired old man up
on the box with the driver The poor
cobbler hurried on, and when he reached
the tavern he found the old man standing
in the hall.
'Ah, is this my merry cobbler p cried
tie stranger.
Il am the cobbler who mended your
boot last spring, SIR replied Jareb.
Yes, | know added the old man.
and the stage driver tells me you have
been very sick.
have been sick sir. All, l was
made nervous first F.; and then caught
cold. Yes, I've been very sick
The driver tells me your family suf-
feref much during your illness
Some, some, sir. But that isn't the
thing now. Dinn't you lose something
Tile Gay you Cdlllc tO my SiiOp
Lose 2 repeated the old man, starting.
Did you find anything
Yes, sir
Was it purse =
Yes, sir.?'
'Of green silk ?
Yes, sir?'
with fifty gold euineas in it!'
{ I hot in. /
it and if you will 60 down with me you
shall have it
The stranger regarded the cobbler for
some moments in silence, and finally said
he would 90. So Jareb led the way TO
his little cot.
Here, my love, said the cobbler ad-
dressing his wife, let us have a candle.
The gentleman has come for his purse
I'VE hav't got a candle, Jareb; but
have something that will answer
And thus speaking, Heppy went out,
and when she returned she brought a pine
knot, which she lighted by the fire. Ja-
reb took this and turned towards the Gel !
lar, and the stranger followed him. !
Il can get it sir
go on-I'll follow you
The cobbler said no more, but hobbied
down the narrow steps, and when he came
to that part of the wall where the purse
had been concealed, he asked his compan-
ion to hold the torch. The latter did SO,
and then Jareb removed the stone, and
drew forth paper parcel damp and mil
dewed. They returned to the upper
room, where .Jareb unfolded the stout pa
perS, and produced the purse uniniured.
Here, sir here is your purse, jast as
| found it
The old man emptied ont the broad
gold pieces and counted them-iust fifty z
of them. He returned them to the purse,
and then looked in Jareb's face.
'Have you suffered for want of money /
during your sickness ? he asked.
Much, much,' was the answer.
And you had this gold by you all the
while p
1t wasn't ours, sir. o, l may have /
suffered, but not as should have suffered /
had taken that. 1t wasn't mine, ii was /
yours. Take if, sir and when you re-
poor Jareb Crop and his seven
children, and his own wife, you'll say
hey weren't very larned, but you'll say
hey were honest'
'Grorp ?-GrQRp ?-GRorr?' repeat
I'd the old man, fixing his gaze. not upon
Jareb, but upon his wife. ''1ou are not
from ENGLAND, are you p turning to ,jareb.
Yes, SIR answered the cobbler.
From what part?'