The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1867-12-25

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thine unhAard of IN thAn Nv Giles was
the last one to be readys and his wife was
drawing on her gloves as he pulled en- his
Sunday boots. One went on well enough,
but the other was "nd go. In vain he
pulled, and pulled, andstugged getting red
der aud redder in the face.
''There must be somsthing in the toe
he exclaimed at last-aad running his finger
in, he pulled out rollef billsl Es
why, its that money!' said his wife.
II declared What f'1Ol was not to re-
member lput it there / might have worn
it to rags. III put th6m in my pocket now
until 2fter church." 6i H,sa @ q
But even then thee were source Of
trouble TO him. When the deacon passed
around the plate, Mr.. Giles put his hand in
his pocket hurrieoly toget the twenty-five
or fifty cents he usualypu in, and in his
nervousness and haste he pulled out the
identical roll Of bills and dropped them on
the plate, and turned esyay, and was horrii%
ed to feel his coat tails seized on and hear
loud, sepuchral whisper llt
"Stop!" And Mrs Giles grasped his
money, with addition of five and ten cents
pieces sticking TO it. ae got out Of the
tangie at last, with f8se like the rising sun.
"lt's no use. " said las wife, when they
got home. ''Yeu may as well give me that
money to take care Of Ii you don't want it
lost t@
"Ibelieve T will, - SAID Mr.. Giles, for
! am sick of the job. DO hope it won't
bother you 9s it has ma, .
mo fear" answered Iietty, putting the
roll In her pocket with an assumption Of
bravado she was far from feeling
Il believe III leave it right in the pock-
et," she thought. Shef took h"r dress off,
and folded it carefully away, with a great
feeling HAT it was safes ~ ... n
The next morning when she swept the
house, she saw something on the floor. -
whats that?" she though; it looks like
my old lisle thread playes though / don't
know what they shoulEbe doing there. F"
She stopped to pick i up ard found it to
be that unfortunate m@iey! tE "a
NMercy me, she exclaimed, II believe
it'salive! Itmust have dropped out of my
dress when folded tho skirt up u lyui a
wonder that it isn't zone / do wish |
knew where to put it'F&saa at ie ,a |.t.
For week it was moved every day. 1t
oecupiedtbc bureau drawer, it slept between
the matrasses; ii snug1ed in trunk. Still
Mrf. Giles felt trolbicl .uf r
II want to put aWavin some place, and
forget it, she said to lE rselt. After think.
ing for while, an idea dawued upon her
1T will be safe there she said; no burg
lars would ever think Of looking there and
70 harm con ever touch it.. / am glad /
thought OF it, ?"
So the money was paced safely in it's rcw
resting place, and Mrs Giles, sure OF its
secu ity, forgot it for SIS ata ti,uc @-a
1t had been there over three months when
hu mess called Mr.. Giles away for week,
and his cousin, a married lady. came to Wis.,
it Hetty in his absence. They had fine
times talking things over, but prudent Het>
ty did not mention that money. a
Cousin Kate will think we ought to live
better, perhaps, and be more extravagant,
aud it is just as well TO say uothipg about
it. " r.. , -.
When Mr.. Giles had been absent four
days Hetty thought she would have a tea
party one Of those QUIET affairs where only
one 3ex is represented; ond she went out one
morning and invited some dozen or so of
her lady friends, after having everything il
eadibess for a good tea.
The invited came-some with thir knt>
| ing some with their seving-all dressed in
their best, and ready to see and be seen.
| Mrs. Todd brought her four yo9r old Johuny
to play with Tommy, ard the two children
| did their Lest to mutilate each otf er--J johnny
running each minute to his mother to whine
He scrached me! when his mother would
answer in resigned voice-"Never mind,
dear!'' .I ...
They sat down to 4 very nice tea-Od
Mrs. Ford who said oh, my' whenever
she said anything, helped to the preserves
Mrs. FRY, who wore glasses and lisped, pas
spo the biscuit-and remarked thereon, while
the rest Of the company were helped to The
dainties near them Mrs. Giles, in spot
less lawn and white apron, poured the tea
into the best china, cream, and when each
had suited it to their taste they began to sip.
Mrs. Ford said ''Oh, my!" before she
thought. Mrs. Todd made a wry face and
said, 'How nce!'
But cousion Kate asked plainly hat
is the matter with the tea, Hetty2" ..
"Im sure don know, said Mrs. Giles,
tasting it; II thought it looked black. It's
some new tea that was recommended to us
as being something's extra
'It's not ver7 bad!" said Mrs. Todd,
coughing violently as she took another taste.
ut tastes like leather" suggested Mrs.
Fry.
''Oh myl" said Mrs. Ford, "it tastes like
| -like-ink! 4"
"Hetty," asked the cousin, "did you
scaid the tea pot?
Hetty turned suddenly white, and made a
frantic dash at the lid, which she raised
with one hand, while with the other she
grasped fork, and fshcd out some black
dripping substance.
"Oh my!' gasped Mrs Ford, a baby 5
shoe!'
"a toad, as lve" shrieked Mrs. Fry.
"We're all poisoncdl'' shriokcd Mrs.
Todd, with her mouth full of raspberry tart.
Ladies', said Mrs. Giles, it, my old
portmohnie that threw in there one day
and forgot allabout it. 1t has srailcd the
tea but we Il soon have a cup OF flesh. F"
She went to the kitchen to make it, and
then took sly peep into the portmonnie.
, The contest were uniDjured, though a little
wet. Fortunately she had not stepped the
tea in the china teapot, but merely poured
, it off into ton the eight hundred dollars!
She returned bland smiling to the tea
table.
"It's the funniest thing she said, 'that
, did not turn that when | scalded the tea.
potl But remember now; | turned the
water out through the spoutn'
Its good there was no money in it,
/ said one lady.
| "Hety isn't troubled in that way, said
: Cousin Kate. Just suppose you had put
several hnnd1ed doila,s in there for safe
0 kcepingl' ~
t II wouldn't have been good for much,
q said Hetty with a tremor; .-
"Oh my" said Mrs Ford, anybody
t that would keep money in that way ough
to lose it,
: $50 | say, said Hetty, and then they
/, drank their tea and talked on other topics