The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1868-04-03

were ct heart kind aud {qrbgEring When
tAlbert came to his Supper, Kate greeted
him with kiss, aud in moment The sun.
shine came back and bad the leesOu ended
there the husband might have fancied
that he had done nothing wrong, and that
the cloud had been nothing but the exha.
letion Of domestic ferment, for which no
one was particularly responsible, though
he might have banished the conv lotion
that wOmen's fashions we're nuisance aud
a hnwhug, as well as a frightful draft upon
q husbands pockets, .s m,,,Er' ,.sl =.
/ After tea Albert did few chores around
the house. and then he lighted a cigar and
walked out. 10 he had goOe but short diss
tauoe when he met EiEzie la her right
hand she dragged an old hoop which she
I had taken from diapidsted aaur barrel,
while with her left abe was rubbing her
red swollen eyes. She was In deep grief,
and was sohbing painfully. Re stopped
his child aud asked What was the matter
She answered as we'll as her sobs would
let her, that the other girls hadalauEhed al
her. ami maGe fun OF her old hoop.7 They
lhad nice, pretty hoops, while hers was
ugly and liomely. ''e' y'1 i7N"
| "Never mind" said Albert, pattiug the
little one upon the head Qor the child's
grief touched him); perhaps we'll have
new hoop some time."i
"Maynt Ihave one nowf Mfr. Grants
got one left-oh, such pretty Que /" .a
The sobbing had ceased, as the child
caught her fathers hand, eagerly. e.1io.
"oNot now, Lizzie--not now. I'll think
of IT," a' 1.d'o
Sobbing again the child, moved on to
wards home, dragging tho old hoop after
her. . - .,f ...
At one of the stores Albert Landman.
met some of his irieuds. ,l'
Hallo, Alberil What's upP"
Nothing in particular" IN h
/" What doyou say to game of billiards,
Albert y ~ 3 4.rIi.t.l So is,a., ai.yt.i .
Good I'm in for that" oo 90 'rr
| Aud away went Albert to the billiard
hall, where he had a glorious time with
his friends. He liked billiards. it was a
healthy, pretty game, aud the keeper of
the hall allowed no rough'suuffs upon his
premisea r1'i'e W.
They had played four games. Albert
had won two, and his opponent had won
two. .
That's two and two, cried Tom Piper.
What do you say to playing them of,
| Albert?"
"All right, go ill.," said Albert full OF an.
imation. ra ih.-H
So they PLAYED the fifth game, and he
who lost was to pay for the five gameB. 1t
was an exciting contest. 2 N'1 ''
Both made capital runs, but IN the ehd
| Albert was beaten By three points iand
| with little laugh he went up to settle the
bill. Five games. twenty cents a game
| just one dollar. Not much for such sport
and he paid out the money with grace, and
never once seeming to foel that he could
not afford it.
""Ilave a cigar9" said Tom ri.I
"Yes."
They Hghtod their cigagsg, and then
saunered down the hall to see others
! play. t.a9 81 .aa
| Albert soon found himself seated over
against a tatle at which some Of his
friends were playing, and close by stood
two gentlemen, strangers to him, one OF
whom was explaining to the other the mys.
teries of the game. t.'h
at is a healthy pastime," said he who
Ilhad been making the explanations g Ger.
tanly 1t is one which has no evil ten.
dency." su fue.s n q. 9ai' tIa n,mniHH1
Albert hear the remarks very plainly,
and he had curiosity to hear, what the
other, who seemed TO be unacquanted with
billiards, would say. .u. ~a.3 aa .rsan-a
II cannot, of course, assert that any
game which calls for skill and Judgment,
and which is free from the attendant curse
of gaming, is of itself an evil" remarked
the second gentleman "Such things are
only evil so far as they unite aud stimulate
men beyond the bounds of healthfu recre.
alton" ~"
+" That result can scarcely follow such
game" said the first speaker. ur.u.,. rT |
But the other shook his head. -rrv |
"You are wrong there. Tho result can
f.,ll ftpn raA l...l
away from their business; second, il can
lead men to spend money, who have not
'mohey to spend. You will understand me
I wonld not cry down the game Of billiards /
forir understood il should certainly try
you game now; but wheneverI vista |
place OF this kind am led ITO reflect upon
most strange aud prominent weakness OF
humanity as developed in our sex. For |
instance, observe that young man who is
just settling his bill at the desk. He looks
like a mechanic, and / should say from his
manner, and from the fact that hc feels il
his duty to go home at this hour, that lie
has wife aud children. | see by his face
that he is kind.hearted aud generous, and
| should judge that lie means to do about
as near right as he can. He has been
beaten, and he pays one dollar and forty
cents for the recreationof some two hours
duration. If you would observe, you will
see that lie pays it freely, and pockets the
loss with a smile. Happy faculty T. But
how do you suppose il is in that young
mans home? Suppose his wife had come
TO him this morning and asked him for a
dollar to spend for some trifling thing
some household ornament, or some bit Of
jewelry to adorn her person-and suppose
his little child had put in plea for 40
cents to buy paper aad picture books
with, what do you think lie would have
OF fifty men Just like him,
would no; forty and FIVE have declared that
they had not money to spare tor any such
purpose AnebmOreover. they wonld have
said so feeling that they were telling the
truth Am not right?" .'i.s 7'fi'H
Upon my soul - said the man who un.
ierstood billiards, you speak to the point.
know that young man who has paid his a
bill, and you have not misjudged him in a I
single particular. And what is more. | |
happen 10 have a fact at bend 10 ilnslrate r
your charge. We have q club for an ex. |
celeut literary paper in onr village. and Ii
last year that mpn was one of our sub I
scribers. This year he felt Obliged to dis. q
continue il. His wife was very anxious to- 8
lake it. for it had become genial cOmpan1 I
ion in leisure moments : bur he conll not /
Afford it. The club rate was one dollar a
md forty cents year .,s.if,gd ~, ssg.,.5l i
"Aye, ami so II goes, said The other .
gentleman. We'll, thst mgIs wife may r
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