The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1867-11-21

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object Of your annoyance to the devfl.
you will. consider 1t as actually sent, and
completely removed from your posses.
ion or use during the remainder of the
week"
1t was very hard to refuse my mother
any request for she had the sweetest
face in the world, mot excepting even
little Susannah By Accordingly.
when SHE looked ut me In such fond
Eood-naturcd way, not dreaming. am
sure, of the great Inconvenience which
compliance was about 10 subject me.
a,roa,isea.
The nest morning snmuenced. I
was indulglng in my usual luxury OF n
cold bath when | splashcd the water
upon my clothes, aw waiting me near by,
"Damn It, said I. No sooner had Ii.
words escaped my lips than l asked N.Y.
self in dismay, damn WHAT Cold wa
ter-cold rain water. Well bave dis
posed of one commodity pretty quickly.
wish ii had been something else tab
ooed for week"
modified the matter lay ringing for
warm water. Warm water in July il
decidedly fat s-..
This adventure ruadl nae careful d,,-
rug the remainder OF tA,e day disposed
OF only few articles of no serious i'm
port. In the evening I retired to nv
room to arrange nay toilet for call upon
4
satisfaction, when in an unlucky mo-
ment, having arrived at that difficult
climax the tie of .ly cravat--and being
Justly Indignant at its obstinate twist,
l cried out more heartily than was NV
wont, "D--n it.' Fatal word!
My cravat was gone to the devil. and
no mistake. In vain ! taxed my imaCi-
nation for some graceful substitute for
that doomed article of dress; In vain 1
repented my rash promise; in vain /
wliistled 'oh susanna and pittu ell
the delicious evening | shoull havo
spent. No cravat for q week.
But why should ] dwell az on the UNI
happy pred.camcnt into which | fell,
Suffice to say that on the last niuht Of
that memorable week l found myself
stripped OF my possessions To such an
extent that | was forced To stretch N.Y.
self upon blanket, aud bivouac upon
the floor. 80 confirmed had become
, that habit of the summary disposal of
any object that caused me the least an.
, noyance, that | had actually rob-
bed myself of almost every article OF
food, furniture aud dress: in the latter
commodity was SO especially reduced
that had been compelled to appear I'M
society on the following day should
have been compelled to adopt What Mrs.
Partington might litterally) have de-
nominated the "unAreSs uniform"
Now, all this h.d taken place with
out one serious thought | REGARDED the
whole affair IA II vcNatiuus, but rather
ludi'rnH@ joke, and congratulated my
self t.sNt its Duration WAS nearly te y
c'"s'. remember t!iaAIng-- -"lIow
nay "lc~e companions would roar
WITH laughter could they behold me in
thia plight"
found it iitlicu,t TO rcpose with no
pillow beneath my head. | sighed for
my soft ben, and for tho uusauito not
which | had disposed OF the previous
night, merely Oh account Of one small
hole, which i now had good reason to
remember that it WAS daricd lns,ean a,
sewed up.
lhe night WAS oppressive. and l tried
IN VAN To sleep, 50 bctoolt myself I,
the open Wiudow, where presently fell
asWeet breath rise. 1t was from rose,
and carnations in the garden beneath
In The great apple tree, whose bouch
could almost reach, little birds stirr.,
themselves ia their nests; through tn,
trees beyond / could see tile fain
gleam OF the lake, ana above the star
were shining-the thousand stars.
Lo, III the face OF heaven the worl,
lay sweet and still like child asIeep.
!, A thought came into my heart q
God.
"IIow great I murmured, IAN,
how good"
In moment was changed foreye
-, the aspect OF my fault
y SO 1o1d' And every hout of on
lives He gives us good gifts with me.
- sas &c of His love written 10y Ills ow
, hand on each. And we ungratpful-
= rub out that word end e in is place n
y devils mark. curse. Alas no,
many bright and precious things | hay
besmeared with that little black sigma
ture out Of my own wicked heart.
y Never more" / cried, after to-nigl,
. will he guilty Of this sin"
remembered the words Of the nit,
y ing spirit:
. "Sohlc flower ot Eden yc still inheri
" " but the trail Of the serpent is over ther
ALL
= Not over all, - / IS liapered, as tears
~ penitence rushed to nay eyes.
1t Lille is brief; l"t IL b. grateful to Uu
lie whose Kindness makes icsweet. i.