The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1869-04-07
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current wine to celebrate the elo2s.e,i q. i,c;t 81
the banquet, to. say nothing Of the
stone pitcher of crystalclear cider that
I sparkled beside,it. - ga i''t'
. eT6ereset up, ich children . said tho
7. Widow, as ske arranged the last
pumpkin pie in its allotted corner.
4 haint no appetite to eat. '"'' : 20
| Tom dropped his knife and forks.
! Susan looked up tlisrnayed.7i s)isS
Mother, cried Charley, t'wc can't
eat mouthfal until yon sit down 10
1 the table with u.s." 'a' )af r. if..ai.
''Pll sit down, then,-butI couldn't
swallow-iny troubles has clear taken
away my appetite. "a Lfa9 q stl
| Sd the Widow sat 1lowp, ike a
raven, in bonIbazine and cfearsstarch-
ed muslin, and brooded sorfowtully
above the banquet. ifiY q 9lEsephu
-stsAnd now, mother" said Susan,
seriously, after the Thanksgiving meal
had been done ample justice to, fare
you ready to hear the news I wished'
to tell you Y'-Gy .inaa 1aioqre tsgffr.
Eyes; Is'pose I'm as ready as I
ever shall be-" said Mrs Spencer, dol
orously. 'sThere goes one Of my best
tumblers smash on the heafth-1ioth-
ing but i'll luck comes to me. Oh,
dear, / don't see much use in livin',"
"Mr. Wyllis has turned me away"
said Susan, soberly, and he has kept
back three months wages for set of
glass | was unfortunate enough to
break last week"
Turned you away ?" Then there
ii be no use your tryin' to get another
place anywhere round her" shrieked
the widow. ''Oh, Susan,-and I'd
calculated ON them wages to pay the
taxes this year. What is to become
of us :" i-t - r17a
az don't know" said Susan, with
sort of gloomy obstincy. You always
said we were hunted down by ill-luck,
mother, and I believe you are right.
And this is not, worst Of it, Squire
Parker has lost SOME money out of the
store, and believes. Tom took it; and
Tom is never to show his face there
again 7'..i - aiti i7'iio'
'ttts lie" screamed Mrs. Spencer,
tiny Tom is honest as the day is
long. My Tom wouldn't touch six
pence that don't belong to him." .~
'"That may te," said Susan, "but
appearances are against him; and
Toms character is just as much blast
ed as if he had in reality been thief.
Mrs. Spencer wrung her hands.
"Conne here, Tom, my poor, perse-
cuted boy" she sobled, II know you
to be no thief, and your old mother'n
stand by you if all the rest of the
world should turn away .1tH}sf
"As for me, mother" said Charley,
gloomily, 1--WE left my place at Hars
ker & Co.'s, and L made up my mind
to try my fortune at the silver mines
in Nevada" sans 1..
"Left your place at Harkers !, Oh,
Charley, are you crazy z And such
nice place. as it was, with affair chance
of promotion" od alb-sod ~.aTf 54
''Can'ti9help that said Charley,
Struggling his shoulders. 'ttM no wants
to spend his life in a plod-aloBg old
hole like that I want a little adyep-
ture, and Stokes and hlerriman are
going out next week." r,4a..
"The worst character in the village"
pleaded the widow, eagerly. '1CharleJ-,
my son, don't go with them stay
with your mother, for PHYS sake. I'd
rather see you in your grave than mix
ed up with such set, my boy. tr.
But Charley sat sullenly, looking
into the fire, paying no need to tho
piteous appeal.
'sY ou wouldn't talk so, mother, if
you knew how necessary it was to
make money. The c. bank
shut up last night" Ia -
"g"The bank where all our little saw
ipgs were, e,-oh, my son what areswe
to do.ol 1f-fp 80 aa- Ssu Sa5 tuj
"What other people do, of course,
-. When trouble comes upon them"
'sBut / never had any trouble be-
fore, at.least not since your poor dear
father died. r And now it has all, come
at once" 49,,
'.Never had any. trouble, mothera,
repeat ed Charley. Significantly
it was only this morning you were
complaining that you neveF had any
thing else"
But 1 didn't realize what I was
sayin'," walled Mrs. Spencer, rocking
herself backwards. II was temptin'
Providence in my folly and ll-tem-
per Oh, dear, if 1 could only see
my way clear through this real trouble,
never would fancy any more trials?"
'tAre you you sure Of that, moth
er !"
"Yes, cure but it's too late now. Z.
I've had lesson 2 I've had bitter
lesson. Oh, why didn't know well
OFT waS-lsEare m ~ }s.ls;., ,sy
j Charles looked ap-s-4x Susv look-
ed at Tom. asza1 .i bTI-7-.---
"Mother. it's allIa hoax Y cried the
latter impulsive youth, burying his cur
ly head in her bombazine lap. f'The
bank did shut up last night, 1t u open
again tomorrow morning; and Squire
Parker hasn't turned me away, but he
saws he'll raise my wages to Collar.
the first Of January !" a
"Mrs. Spencer started ssa
s'Tom, are you telling me the
truth Z" a.s.ss
ssThe Blessed, eveTlastin, hope-I-
nay-die-if-it-isn't, truth p'
dAnd, mother" murmured SusanS,