The Union and journal., 1869-07-16

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blessing God can bcstow, of which yo
and seem to have store. Isn't II q pit
that she should be deprived of so mus
besides ?"
''Oh, but there must be screw loos
somewhere either they're wasteful o
something" i I ...
"Bless you, they haven't anything I,
waste; they don't know the meaning of tn,
word. Why. Mrs. Hasent has worn tha
chocolate calico for three years running.
"Well. you know invalids don't wea
out clothes rs fast rs active bodies like m,
and you, Miss Poore. Now it's my opin
ion, between us two, that Mrs. Hasen
might sit up and do her housework rs wei
as her neighbors, If she chose. Law. thinI
of the parson pothering about and cooking
breakfast! I'd like to see the morsel o
bread I would eat of his makingr
81 guess If you were starving you would
not ask who made 1t. l tell you it's suf
fering household"
81 suppose all this talk means that you
are out begging for them |? Law sakes
it's rs much rs n widow can do to make
both ends meet. What with ten ton, Of
hay and barn swept of by fire. and q
likely calf drowned in the freshet, I'm
rather out, you see. Law, this Is the
world, and the others the country"
"That's true and we sha'n't any of us
reach that country If we are not open.
hearted toward one another. But Captain
jackson. he warned me that shouldn't 7
get the widow's mite here. He was Sc
morally certain that he offered to double
whatever YOU gave, thinking, no doubt,
that Il wouldn't hurt him TO double nothing
-ouite in his line, to be sure"
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inc to send away; but I suppose tho Has
ents NAV a, well have IL. and then. too,
Captain Jackson will have to fork over a
twenty ~ r, rr ..fvr
"Thirty dollars is n very fair begin
ninp.n thought Miss Poore. 1t did not
seem exactly necessary for her to quarrel
with the motive, when the action was SO
acceptable; and therefore her business
carried her back to Captain Jacksons.
"Again!n cried he, looking little blank
"Wherc's the widows n,iteP mighty small,
isn't it9" attempting the facetious.
"Well no /; it's very good Of her. She
was just going to send 1t away. lisa ten
dollar bill. Captain!" aas r.
THUNDER! You don't mean itP Let's
see II. 1t isn't counterfeit, Is It Did It
give her cramp? How did she weather
ftp She must be on her beam ends! Dear,
dear, and l agreed to double 1t? Well,
I've doubled the capes and a good many
other dangerous points, put D'ess me II 'n''
isn't double trouble. lheres dono'oo"'
at all events. and gold Is up you Know
I'm the last man To abandon promise.
Very good trophies to begin with were
the ten-dollar bill and the doubloon. Tho
story of how they were obtained raised u
laugh in many farm-kitchcn. and u
hearty laugh opens the heart anu u'e Pu''o
by one impulse. Miss Poore lett u loop
hole to no one. She painted Mr. Hasents $
difficulties so graphically, she related her
experiences so humorously' tn"' lew cou'''
say her nay IL would nave oeeh hke so-
ing to an entertainment anu 'heh refusing
to pay The price oil admission. DeS'oeS'
none could resist Miss foore an" VINO
Nvoull bp OIltIOnp nv MrS. Adams anu