The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-02-07
From the Galaxy.
The Preacher-Locksmith and
~ his Son. aH
CONCLUDED IN OUR NEXT.

as we sometimes see the strong trees
in their prime. s9@ ioaaa
The death of such a man was
shock to the community. Belmot,
Chester and Greene shared in the
grief of Bradshaw, and focked to the
little brown house pn0the hillside
fearful and lamenting. The news
paper paragraph which announced
the death of the inventor Of the
famous Bradshaw lcck was nothing to
the testimonial offered to this good
mans life. He had given the world
an invention, and, as happens not
rarely, another man had reaped the
harvest Of the worlds appreciation
into his garner. But those who had
caught the mamma of his words, Cor
whom he had prayed, whom he had
counselled in difficulty, warned in
danger, enlightened in darkness, all
such reyered him while living, and
hoHored him when dead. This reward
was with him. bo1d Efiaig53, 20 . .'l:4ia ,l3
He shall have noble monument, y.
said Mr.. Fem, sitting by the coffin of
his old workfellow. Il shall consider
It i a privilege to erect one to my
Edward, standing at the foot Of the
cofins looked around the room and
saw that his mother was not within
hearing. .,s.e,,~ !.
He would not like IT, said he.
Besides, | am his son. [ will erect
such a tombstone as BELTS our means
and his modesty.lp jaI .siddg rs
No thanks even. mfl3 s,le4 e'
After the funeral, he said to his
mother, 0Z - aaqgu ~
"Mr. Fem wishes to continue
fathers salary. I might do the work
that father did-superintend the ma
chinery- / shall not do it. Will
you take that money? That inven-
ton was "a IN RS. Fem was dishonest
When was such thing ever heard of
between friends? !"
1T was the contract your father
made. my son. kA1S
Yes, but it was dishonorable in
Fem to keep to that agreement-he
was the one to break it." 70 $3.50
=" Your father was content"
He is gone. | am in his place. [
am not content. AS kN N o WNN%A 8o
Edward! | am. / will accept Mr..
Fenn's order in the spirit in which he
makes it. - IN tc.A1v.T 9sa 1H sals At3i
Why did Hannah say this? For
the salvation of her son.
You must tell him so, thens for i
will not" said Edward. SS'Mother.
can you not trust to your son for
support?p'19 az19l Tsa z u .od
I" / can, but if / do that [ must go,
to Margaret Fem and tell her the
meaning of all this. She and I have
been friends ever since we were chill
dren-l owe it to her. Unjust wound
her for my son s. sakel3'T vrTrvE ygl
eDo you think she would not I'M
derstand without your telling?" he
asked, for there was something he did
not like in, that thought which his
mother suggested. 50
She might understand. but not as
you do. Not as I do. My son. are
you less noble than your father Then
the fault is in me. There was moth
ing like this, in him. Resentment!
Envy! This shame is mine
A sense of right-a love of Justice
you may call it, not resentment or
envy" said the lad If you take
the money, mother, you must let them
know my protest"
She hesitated. looking at the lad.
| will let them know she said.
finally, that my boy prefers to sup
| port his mother-and his mother con
sents to 1t, .Frrsa40 uAmpunu
He looked like !! young god when
she said that. He lifted, his load as
if it had been straw's weight.
Hunger is better than those wages
Fem would pay he said to himself.
But, when he looked again on his
mother he trembled He seemed to
see her widowed state as he had not
before seen it. He had felt himself
so near to her, had been so much co.
cupied with the part he must act the
place he must fill, that he had failed
/, to apprehend the great SORROW
OF her desolate state. And
now when he beheld it he was
appalled,, was as a reed shaken in the
wind. And what if he should fail in
his great projects-as his father had
never failed ?-and beside this come
between her and her friend?
While thinking these thoughts he
saw Mrs. Fem approaching the
house, and he walked hastily away to
the little garden in the rear. It was
hardly moment after that Margaret
Crosby joined him there. Her ami
/ and she had seen him as they crossed
the yard together coming toward the
| house.
Il have something to say to Ned y
said wild Margaret, and while one en-.
tered the house, the other followed
him.
1t was during that visit of condol-
ence that Hannah said to Mrs. Fem
4 e " Margaret, Matthew's salary mnst
be stopped. I told you long ago that
Edward had a devil in him. # Is
j nride The hon ruishor 70 sr..aI L - -