The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1867-01-26
Misrrllanrons.
REVENGE AND GRATITUDE

ls % q tH-. ur d. i' ft. ilAt Some arc rlet
ana soiic al, ioog ilt' some have gold and
/ Lands. aud sonc not even ,Opltf. or roof 20
/ cover them Hiram Lancaster thought that the
/ ic,s' s-lon oi 'afih good thing. proved that the
I pu.ssssor deserved them. David O.dl,ld l.-
ltcved That matters were uuusiiA attended a. by
] late @ ihl. Particular. and ohi, couso,,l him
/ s,ii O.! % lolt which. ia common with many
oiA'f-. De Jared 20 think. pil-. lour man. that
ihtss who wtIv well 81 hrir would not "a %
Wei % a he world To come. l;ut ih,n. ,ou
see. Hiram Lancaster Was firh ahi David bll-
hrii poor n- church mou.c Hiram lived on
the hil AZ 6r'euhuwc. ga fine stone house, with
a tempting orchard walled iu ithiud H. and a
green lawn ia front. David had for habi,aiinn
rcActy cottage with pool ot siagnnut water
I at the door c.gdrF patch behind a roof that
shut out air and light, 50 low was H. but tailed
10 Keep out the rain. and VA, half the time the
victim of . fheuma'ics o., be- chose 10 term
those damI-nuriuf,d paiIs Ia flesh ani homes
which rack'd him. When be could afford to-
bacco' he used 10 Ii ~ uightinll IA the shadow
oi his porch, and look up al the mansion on tile
hill, and wonder audib!y Why some foss was
better or than other some
" The Parson says its Providence, Davy.
FAINT would pavy respond. It's luck.
Why. 'ook at him and the, and u jcrA of his
thumb proved ihn, him was Hiram laucas-
ter
o We was both born ake--comforiablc bat
not Tich-next door to each other. chrslencd on
the same day at church, sent, 20 the same school
and he goes straight ur, aud me sirAigh, down.
though worked like a good fellow, and never
lost day until had 10 with rhcuma,cs Look
at him now, and at the. WHY. I'd be ashamed
10 call IL Pfoyidcncc-iis luck
II was no, comfortable decision evidently
for a. general thing. David ended by boxing
one Of his boys ears for making a racket.
aud a.. "A
woes in beer not iha, he ever came back ,psy.
of that he had not been in the main hard
working. sober man all his life.
There always was n boy making racket
in David house. for De had three They were
bright, SHARP children who earned many PEN
ny at odd jobs, and could eat dry bread with an
appetite. bat how they did grow out Of jackets,
and burst through neither garments at the knees.
only poor MIS-. Oldhcld knew. who had the patch
ing Of them. Up AT Isancasicrs mansion there
was but one pretty, sckly boy. who was hu-
inorcd and ilaiiorcd, and fed with dainties as
only rich men children often are. lie used 10
cast looks Of boyi.h contempt az Davids proge-
ny. barc-iooied and patched, when he met them.
aud once had struck an insolsni little blow
nj the youngest rs lac passed him on the road -
lie never did II again, for the eldest, Teddy,
knocked him down at once. Master Alpheus
went roaring home, aud his mother after rcsolv.
| ng 10 arrrs, the whole family to have them all
them IN a thousand other ways. cooled down 90
the understanding that he could do nothing
and settled into an unappeasablc dislike ~ the
" whole uldheld lot. She gave no more needle
work 10 the woman. aud when autumn came re-
fused poor Teddy, standing humbly haBin hand
at her gate, the regular autumn job Of picking
] the apples or rather helping 10 pick them That
/ was sad blow 10 Master Ted. aud hfoihers Cor
besides the small stipend taken home clisiously
10 I" mother, there was the customary hat full
Of apples io be had each day, aud fruit was as
much liked 10y the young Oldhclds rs by other
boys. and morcufa luxury TO them than Il should
lie TO any body. Ted. actually cried little out
side of the great orchard gate, but then, rs he
| declared 10 Will, II was as much for his sake as
his own BE- minded H. For whatever reason, be
did mind II good deal, all the more when poor
| little Will. fell sick. aud could talk Of nothing
but big apples The child was fevcrish, aud
fruit would have been his medicine better by
far than the great bottle of % doctors stuff q
which Mr.. Olddeld brought for him.
Ted. used 10 walk up aud down under Mr.
Lancaster orchard wall, aud think Of the ripe
apples ON the branches. the finest IN all the PLACE.
and walking there, what with the craving for
the fruit, aud the sympathy with little Bill al
home, was sorcly tempted. AZ last, seeing the
twilight gathering, and the workmen going
home, and nobody looking temptation grew IT,
resistibe. Ted. could sec Ons great laden hough
/
those apples he must have. lie elambered up.--
lie stood on the wall and reached forward, aud
just then--oh, horror of horrors 1.-TWO great
hands swept the wall as though they were CATCH
ing flies, aud Ted were seized as In a
vice.
lie looked down, an apple in each dirty paw,
and saw Mr.. Lancaster below him
" Come down here, roared the man.
" l.amme 81" yelled The boy.
Hiram pulled Teddy kicked, aud Hiram BE-.
ing the strongest, brough, Teddy 10 bis way Of
thinking.
In minute more he was In the orchard, and
the big hand on his collar instead Of his aneles.
/" Now, sir, what do yon mean by being .
thief7' asked Ilisam.
Teddy looked down.
Iiey7"
Teddy looked up.
PLEASE, sir, you had sneh lot, aud we
hadn't none.
That's no answer