Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1869-06-04
"Heppy, my delight, you are right" :"

! So they went down into their mar:
row cellar, and having looked all
around they finally removed a-stonc
from the wall, put tho'pursc in-hav-
ing, g,roHcd it up ip many thiclSncsscs
offstout paper-and then put the
stone back as it was before.
On the following day the cobbler
watched. for tho stage, and when it
CAME he went to see if the old gentle
man had come back. This he did cv-
cry day for two months, but no old
man came.
At the end of that time Jarcb was
taken sick. lie was very poor too.
Many a night tho children went sup
perlcss to bed.
"Jarcb," whispered Heppy, with a
frightened look, "there is gold in the
cellar"
"Don't ! don't! o, never speak of
it again!" gasped Jarcb, in agony.
GIVE thought of it! Ay, there's gold
there; but 'tisn't ours, 1Icppy."
II didn't mean we'd take it, Jarcb,
didn't mean to take it, Jarcb, 1
didn't mean to take it, cried the
wife. 81 only thought you mustn't
die !"
"I shan't die, souls delight. But I
would die if we took that. 'Tisn't
ours, IIcppy."
After many days Jarcb Gropp was
able to walk out.
One pleasant Autumn day, rs he
hobbled along on crutch and staff, he
saw the stage coach coming. 1t pas
scd him, and he saw that same white
haired old man on the box with tho
driver. The poor cobbler hurried on,
and when he reached the tavern, he
found tho old man standing in the
hall.
"Ah! this is the merry cobbler?"
asked the stranger.
II am the cobbler, who mendcd
your boot last Spring, Sir" said Ja-
reb.
eyes, I know" added the old man.
"and the driver tells me that you
have been very sick"
IL have been sick, sir. ALI, I was
made nervous at first, and then
caught cold. Yes, 1 have been very
sick"
"Thc driver tells me that your FAM
lily suffered much during your Illness"
s'Some-somc, sir. But that isn't
the thing now. Didn't you lose some
thing the day you came to my shop p"
'Loser' repeated the old man,
starting. "Did you find any ything 2"
eyes, sir.'
"Was it purse ?"
"Xes, SIR"
"Of green silk2'
ayes, Sir"
"With fifty golden gaineas in it p
"l don't know what was in it. l
found it, and if you will 90 down with
me you shall have it,"
The stranger regarded the cobbler
for some moments in silence, and fl
nally said he would 60. So Jareb led
the way to his little cot.
'Hero my love-" said the cobblor,
addressing his wife, 'let us have a
candle-the gentleman has come for
his purse"
awe haven't got a candle, Jareb !;
but I have something that will an
swer."
And thus speaking Heppy went ont
and when she returned she brought
with her pine knot, which she light
ed by the fire. Jareb took this and
turned toward the cellar, and the
stranger followed him.
81 can get it, SIR"
"Go on; I'll follow you"
The cobbler said no moro, but hob
bled down the narrow steps, and
when he came to that part of the
wall where tho purse had been con-
cealed he asked his companion 10 hold
the torch. The latter did 80, and then
Jareb removed stone and drew forth
a paper parcel, all damp and mildew.
ed. They returned to the upper
room, where Jareb unfolded tho stout
paper and prodnced the purse unin-
jured. 81
"Here, sir, is your purse, just as
found it.
The old man emptied out tho broad
I gold pieces and counted them-iust
fifty Of them. He returned them to
their purse, and looked into Jareb's
face. q
"Have you suffered for want Of
money during your sickness?" he
asked. ,..'.'
"Much, much," was the answer. p"
"And you had this gold by You ali
the while 7' s
'It wasn't ours, sir. Oh. I NAV K,