Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1867-04-12

,I0fs#iE3tE3 tE4s t@a ofH& NEt
and some Irish weavers had contribu-
ted. The presentation and reception
formed the topic of conversation. for
several days, but Henrietta was virtu-
ally excluded from the little knots who
got together to speak of the NATTER
She pursued her work as usual, Cut
after cut Of cloth came from her looms,
and was taken by the assistant and
passed to her credit. 57Nl .ta Ba asa
The notice to quit did. not come as
Julia and some others hoped It would.
Instead OF this it was observed that the
speak with her. He did this more fre-
looked too good natlired for anyone to
indulge i'm the suspicion that he was
finding fault with her work. Itawas
great mystery to the other weavers
what all this mea'lt.
~ When pay day came, Henrietta, In
company with the other girls went and
received the envelope which contained
her pay. She opened it and found 1t
contained small bills, and she asked
the clerk if he could let her have q
twenty dollar bill instead of the. ones
s'CaIl some other time" said he gruf-
fly. 1t happened that julia Anderson
was next to Henrietta, and heard what
was said. What HI, wanted of a ,twen-
ty dollar bill she could not imagine
She saw a letter in hand directed as fol-
lows:il a4naL l1l b a l1 ESatat
80 ,earn" JAMES BELMONT, gs,,,,
Phillips ACADEMY.
ANDovER, MASS" ]
II She turned to one of her associates
and said, Henrietta has got a beau, and
Is going to send him some money! ,-t
Upon this they. all laughed. The re-
mark and the laugh were heard by the
superintendent, who happened to be
in the Office, but he said nothing. ley;
Henrietta passed out. .t. 49, i,s
Several days after this the superin-
tendent found letter without any en-
yelope. He unfolded and read
ANDoNER, FEB.
g DEAR HENRIETTA. G, 1853 y re
He then looked ut the signature, .and
read James Belmont" "A. gg g3o..g g.,.s.s
He could think of no other girl by
the name Of Henrietta except Henriet-
tn Mattison. He took it to her and
asked fit was hers, She took 1t and
thanked him, and said IT was from her
HHow can that be2" said he. "I
looked at the name and found 1t was
not the same as yours" tr-e4n
" He is a half brother, but is dear to
me.p a re hst#9 18s
!. ! He did not ask any questions, but
by still standing he encouraged her to
speak, and she mustered up courage
enough to say what she had been want
ing 10 say for some time. So she said
= I presume, sir, that you noticed that
my name was not among the purchas-
ers of the beautiful watch which was
presented to you.n
Eyes / noticed it. Why?"
g hope, sir, you will not feel as the
girls in the mill do~-that 1t was real
mean In me not to give dollar"
This convinced sthe superintendent
that Henrietta was the one concerning
whom he had heard the conversation
In the mill yard.
= He asked, "Are you the girl whom
some think mean because you wear an
old bonnet % @ lf,s
Henrietta blushed and said, / sup
pose i am, SIR"
He asked again, "Are you the girl
that did not go to the menagerie ?o
She blushed more deeply and said,
81 did not go sir but 1t was not be-
cause / was too stingy to 60. How
these things became known to you
cannot say. only know that the girls
think i am stingy and mean.. pre-
sumo sir, you think the same, because
I did not givena. dollar towards the
watch.u IN h@ (, sraF fg8G2 HT
The superintendent replied, II no.
ticed that your name was not among
the contributors, but took IL for grant
ted that you had good reasons, and
thought no more about it till now But
ipasmuch as SO. much has been said,
confess / feel curiosity TO know why
you did not subscribe.n 80
se"Henrietta answered., "I want you
should know sir, because do not wish
any one to think me mean. The girls
have treated me ia stich manner that
/ do not wish To cay anything to them,
but / desire to have you know lest you
should think me wanting In respect Or
should think me mean, James Bel
mont is my half brother. Ny mother
was left widow when i was an In
FAINT, and married Mr.. Belmont. James
70 his son, but just,as dear as an own
bretber. .,t.,... .-t.. f..f......t r.
~" de wants to be minister and Is In
Phillips Academy fitting for college. =
BY and by he will have help from the
Educational Society, but now i am
helping him. felt he needed that
dollar more than any one else" a2lsirA
VI" And this Ia the reason why you did
not get new hat?" =. 49,, .,l4 ,.,f
II" Yes sir. .ne' H''as y 49, a"
ss"And thisis what you wanted the
twenty dollar bill for9'i aom gaa na.tl
Eyes siru
Upof, tits he took out his pocket
book and handed her o ten dollar bill,
end said The next time you write 70
him, please give him my compliments
and send him that. Instead OF consid-
erine it real mean that you did, not con-
tribute t9wardsy the watch, 1 regard.
and shall continue to regard you a
aoble hearted girl 10 sacriice your ear
nings upon an altar 30 qnobleaiiI i hope
your brother will gel, an education and
She thanked him warmely, and repli-,
ed, "For myself I would not take this
money, bat f0f my dear brother will.
Iknow he will make good use OF it,
Who was right about meannees, luz
Lin Anderson or tbsISuFerintendeht?l lf
,fsag} 4 s----------s- .3sI lGiV Ao
The TIuamor of fAx-temrns .
'ssff ip ~ Ward. 2ti
The following excellent and appre-
ciatiye analysis Of the peculiar humor
Of "Artemus Ward" !" as q lecturer, is
from the pen of Thomas Hughes, au-
thor Of School Days at Rugby, In an
article In the London Spectntor, which
appeared soon after Mr. BROWNE made
bis debut last winter before q London
audience: s..y-,.Yt i,,,s e. s,,-,, E. ~
1.-THE impression Artemns Ward con.
triyss to produce, says AT: Hughes. ! |,
speech are all inevitable on his own
part, that. his mind drives on helplessly
from one Of those grotesque ideas or
expressions to the next, US the creature
or victim of sonle overriding power,
which chOOses hts thought and LAM