The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1868-02-28

s.It is healthy pastlme, said he who
had been making the explanation: and
certainly it is one which has no evil ten
dency.
Albert heard the remarks very plainly,
and lie had a curiosity to hear what the
other. who seemed unacquaiuted with bill
lizards, would say.
Il cannot, of course, assert that any
game which calls for skill and judgment,
! aud which is free from the aitcndent curse
1 Of gaming. Is of itself an evil, remarked
the s,cUnd gentleman. Such things arc
ony evil 20 tar as they excite aud stimulate
men beyond the bounds of heaithiul re
creation
/ lAat result can scarcely follow such
game, said the Gr>t speaker
Buttiie 0 her shook his head.
You are wrong there. The result can
| follow in two ways Fist. it can lead men
/ away fron, their business second, it can
| lead men to spend money, who have not
money to spend. You will understand me.
| would not cry down the game of billiards,
! tor If | understood il should certainly try
/ you game now but whenever | visit a
| place ot ihs KIND Am led TO reflect upon
| most strange aud prominent weakness OF
/ huinaii!ty deve.upei III our sex. For
Instance, o. e,e nat young man who Is
jnst >.t5i ng h 8 mi tt the desk. lie louks
| Ike a mechanic, and l should say from his
maui err, and from the fact that he feels 1t
! his duty t 90 home at this hour, that he
/ has wife aud ch lIren. | see by bis face
that he Is KIND hearted and generous, and
l should judge that he means to do about
rs near right as he cln He has been
beaten, and he pays one dollar aud forty
cents for the recreation of some two hours
Duration Ii you would observe, you will
See that ne pays 1t fice., and POCKETS The
loss WA a smile. Happy ia, uiy! B.,
Row 90 you suppose IL Is IN t..t lo.4i.s
man h0nsI Suppose II, wiic i.il con.e
! to hun THIS morning aud asked A-n ior a
dollar to spend Tor some tiaug thing;
some household ornament, or some bit OF
jewllry to ad0rn her perSon-und suppose
his little child had put IN plea for forty
cents to buy paper and picture books
With, what do you think he would have
answered? Of fifty men just like him,
would not forty and five have declared that
they had not money to spare for any such
purpose? And moreover, they would have
said so feeling that they were telling the
truth. Am not right.
Upon my soul, responded the man
who understood billiards, you speak to
the point. l know that young man who
has paid his bill, and YOU have not mis-
judged HIM In single particular. And,
what Is more, happen to have fact at
hand to illustrate your charge. We have
| club tor an excellent literary paper in our
village, and last year that man was one of
our subscribers This year be felt obliged
to discontinue it. His wife was very anx-
lous to take it, for it had become genial
] 70 ma n lptSt, L
| could not afford it. The club rate vas one
dollar and fifty cents year.
aye, and so it goes" said the other
gentleman. well, that, mans wife NAV
be wishing at this very moment that she
had her paper to read, while be is paying
Almost Its tulI price for year-for what ?
And yet how Smlllngly he does it. All
tlose poor, sympaI zing wlt,s How
many clouds often darken upon them from
| the brows OF their husbands when they ask
tor trlf1lng sums OF money, and low grudg-
lngiy the mite Is handed over when it is
given What perfect foods of 10Y that
dollar and iorty cents might have poured
upon the Children OF the unsuccessful BIZ
hard player. All! 1t is well for such wives
and children that they do hot know where
the money ali goes.
They had finished at the nearest table
The two gentlemen moved on. and AL.
bert LanGman arose from his scat and left
the house Never before had he such
thoughts as now possessed him; he had
| never dwclt upon the same grouping of
IDEAS. That very morning his own true,
faithful, loving wife had been sad and
heart sick because he had harshly and
unklndly met her request for small sum
OF money. And his sweet Lizzie had crcpt
away to her home almost broken hearted
Tor the want OF simple toy, such as her
mates possessed. And yet the sum of both
their wants amounted to not as much as
he had paid away that evening for billiard
pa ing.
Albert Landnan wanted to be an honest
hus band and father, and the lesson was
not lost upon him. On his way home he
stopped at Mr.. Grant and purchased the
pest and preitie>t hoop to lie found, with
crlv.ng stick painted red, white and bue.
ana In the morning, when he Lcheld his
child delight, and had received her CRATE
iul happy kiss, the question came to his
mind: " nlch was the best and happiest re
suit, this or the five games of billiards? The
hoop had cost thirty cents. He could piay
two games of billiards less and be the apso,
lutte gamer OF ten cents by the pleasant
operation.
A few mornings after this, as Albert
arose from the kia,t table, he detected
an uneasy, wlsltul look upon his wife 5
face.
Kate. what is IT'D"
"A bert, could YOU spare me half dol
lar TINS Morn-agt'
And out came tie wallet, and the money
was handed over with warm, genial |
smile
What! Tears at that? Was it possible |
that she had been SO little used to such |
scenes on his part that so simple an act of |
lovlng-kindness thus affected her.
How many games of billiards would be |
required to secure such satisfaction as AL |
bert Landman carried with him that morn,
Ing to the shop?
A very simple lesson. is it not? Bat
how nlany may gain lasting pryft by Civ
ing heed 10 the lesson!
Suicide by Bride.
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