The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1866-11-01


neither money Or credit yIgast,
lnight We went 10 bed euppcrless
! to-day there las'noti been, a crust
/ cfhfeath in the house., and these
hams tewpted me, so, Yon, Gnu
never know, how awtully thcy
tempted mo, and | nj ant to pay
tyou af(aryAtd.soo oof 10 fo4ti9 81
'fIe covered his akscea with his
lhandeg endd cauih ace great tcare
tripping throngh, his fngcrs, and
before ! knewieitomY own checks
Iwers moist, and 80 we stood silent,
Iyith the ham lyins 0etween, Us on
the ground. "V'NpA ~
= At last hc turned toward mo
land said, - DO what You like with
me iThelast hdps 10 gone brrn.l
- But limtimy lmpd on bis .arm
and said, 1 God f,rbid that lshould
take the last hope from you, thatf,
ia, all men, should be the one 10
ruin you. " yonf story IS trueA
lSnd fbeiieve itistAIpity you more
thin / blame you' fRsf N,A,A oIi
n slleA looked at tAmaine asor. o.
! huwildered,way, asthough he hard
lYipnderstood aus, and l,ltook him
rIby tho arm aud lei him hack TO til,
lIshop. There filled a bdsket witt
bread and butter and yc6fec, ant
lpnt TIE ha,a an top ofiallholsrraki
I, fthomelto your Wife said. you'll
lpays me wheny Yen st ylnlr salary,
and if,ypu are in. need before that,
leone 10 me, i anu a poor man, my
lsat and can feel 70 for other poor
lmen ' '"' ~ e''fNHA
W sfmll never forget that mans
face'hi al my lilb, So wandering,
80 thankful, and 40 awe stricken.
lAAhe saldiwass s,Gpd bless you.
but lhere was o, whole ssrmon in
those words, anil slep, better for
then. '''' N'
'"'0n Christmas night he paid me
every cent, and iromthat daS until
ilieit the neighborhoed,l dealt with
reg ularlyouoJ ail hae aamii .ll
W. But timcs grew so much better
that ltook d store IN a good street,
lat the otLer eud Of town, and one
way aud another saw no more of
my policeman three good long
l.l.t n MIA M ~. Y.. n
o'Oue night, ust such a cold night
as thea ionel onliwbich saw him
staring on the hams, ] was ava
lkened long after midnight .by cry
lof ,frc. started mp to see the
flames through the floor, and to
lknow that the store DOWN stairs
was all nablaneo4l Thei osteirs ,,werc
on fro also, dand swhenln opened
lthe, 0ptryNdoqr the hot air, and
'lamoke rushed inand almost smoth.
Tered me, gave up ell hope of get
Ting my poor wife and little ones
oUt Of that burning bhildipg alive
4 / was isoafaim andill from tile acci.
dent you soc, that Ibaddnot almy
witsIabeNtime. land believed tbere
was no one missing. My blood
IRAN cold when my wife, clasping
lhcr hands, and with an AWFUL 10 Tx
lunoa, her face scrchmed' ,,A"Uhr'iit-
IAe Lncy, our little Lucy isflett be.
dMnde sboods.irl ho}aiW od %
d i1isIShe had lsleptuwlth apr hired
:, girbsince her 4bsby brother was
born. apl the woman iR her fright
,lhad forgotten her. There sh,
was at the top Of the burning build
ing, ont OF the reach OF anshumah
! hulp III seemed 10 me. as | BOXED
J npnt tho wallsy'a great, red and
.Iyello,vi sneet of flame, with blue
! CLEANS hers, and there, q, though
ldsyilish heads were peeping out
and grinning at lis. Still, Hope
less as il was, I shoulH have gon,
back into the burning house 'ant
saved my baby or died with her j
4 had been able TO stand No on
else enwo1ld venturg. II would b.
n q foolish sacrifice Of lie, they said
lfor no doubt the Child was already
Ismothered by the sinike, ana rho
II raved and pleaded and maAerast
'lpr6mises they shook their heads
Iand-onlyibade me have patience. =
| s'iI'htiencel! Itbouebtthat ! was
! going mad as the face Of NY little
i girlrmy sweet pretty petT rose
lup before, me. But Just then q tall
imam rushed through tho crowd and
lcame toward osiiea snlnlpddilW -'''
naQuiek isihe sheutod, atwbice
lroolh lis the child in--spvak quicl
which room [ lIanos rasssg a -ai
1.-THE back one on th iuppyT floor
| groaped,, and he dashed away
lhom me, parting the throng witt
Ibis strong rms, and in anotitt mo.
mont I saw hAn mount che ladder
J 1 heard them calling him 10 come
J back, bidding him beware, ans
flspeaking OF him as though, he wa'
already dead. But he never heed
T, ed them, and T saw him hidden By
the black smoke which poured from
y Itfe window; / covered gmy face
. aud praycdfthat the angela, wha
walked Ia the fiery furnace nigh
\ 80 withlhim. bsgi,..z giaoaxoi,
lsIs Perhaps they did. Something
i stronger than an certify thing mus
| have been there. for in a few mia
. utes Lthey seemed yeaFslto me w
/ Isaw ilIiih coming down the ladde
y with something in his arms, TIL
! tIbnrnt body Of my child, per
9 elhaps, ! thought, but as he cam
lcloser saw That it was own living
llaughing, darling, with her tln
eleyes open and her little arms abou