Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1869-02-27

q mechanic, and should say from bis man.
ner, and from the fact that he feels it his
duty 10 20 home al this hour, that he has q
wife and children. I sec by his face that
he is kind hearted and generous, and I
should Judge that he means TO do as near
right Is he can. He has been beaten, and
he pays one dollar and forty cents for the
recreation OF some two hours dura,ion.-
II you observe you will see that he
pays it freely, and pockets the loss with
. smile. Happy faculty ! But. how
Dc you suppose II Is in the young man 9
homer Suppose bis wife had come to
him this morning and asked him for :
dollar to spend for some tsitling thing !;
some household ornaments or some bit Of
jewslry to adorn her psrson-and suppose
his little child had put 10 plsa for forty
cents to buy paper and picture books
Nth, What do you think be would hive
answered? OF any men just like him,
weuld not forty and Eve have declared that
they had net money to spare for any such
purposss And moreover, they would have
0sid - feeling that they were telling the
truth. Am not right"
upon my soul" responded the man
who Understood billiards, "ysu speak 10
the psint. know that young man who
has paid his bill, aud you have not miss
judged him in single particular. And.
what 10 more, happen - have fact at
hand to illustrate your charge. We have
. cub for an excellent literary paper in our
village, and last year that man was one OF
| our subscribers. This year he felt obliged
| to discontinue il. His wife was very anx>
/ IN tslr 10 e.. -. l.1 Il
companion in leisure moments, but he
could not af,rd it. The club rate was one
dollar and fifty cents year."
| "Ayc, and 80 it goes," said The ottes
| gentleman. well, that mans wife rms ,
be wishing At this very moment that che
had her paper TO read, while he 10 paying
almost its full price for year-for what
Add yet how smilingly be does it. Alb
those peer. sympsshising wivssl How
many clouds oitsa darksn upon them FROM
the brsws Of their husbands whom they ast
for tfi6ing suns Of mensy, aud how grudg.
ingly the mite y handsd ever vhen il Il
siyeui What perfect foods Of ] ~ thai
dollar and forty csots might have poured
upon the children OF that unsuccessful
billiard player. Al | it 10 we'll for such
wives and children that they do net know
whore the money oil goes"
They he'd 0nishsd ct the neassst table
The two gsntls0en moved on, aot
Albert Londmau arose from his seal
aud LEFT the house. Never before has
he such Thoughts - new pessessed him
no had never dwelt upon the Sam
grouping Of ideas. That very morning
his own true. faithful. Loving wife hac
/ han0 aaA anA k>a~Ne.s.L - L. ~
harshly and unkindly met her request fo
small sum Of money. Aud his swss
Lizzie had crspt away TO her home almos
broken. heartsd for the want Of . simpl
toy, such - her mates possessed. An,
yet the sum Of both their wants amounte,
to not - much - no had paid away the
evening for billiard playing.
Albert Laudman wanted 10 be an homes
husband aud father, and the lesson ~
not lost upon him. On bis wav homo h
stopped a Mr.. Grants and purchased III
host aud prsttiest hoop to DO found, Wit
driving stick painted red. white and blue
and In the morning, when he bshsld hi
child's delight. and hsd received her crate
fol. happy kiss, the question came to hi
mind: Which was the best and happies
result, this or the five games Of billiards
The hoop had cost thirty cents. lie coul,
play two games Of billiards less and b.
the absolute gamer Of ten cents by th,
pleasant operation.
A few mornings after this. as Albert res,
from the breakfast table. he detected 81
uneasy, wistful look upon his wife'a face
Kate, what 10 its"
ALBERT could you spare me half dol
lar this mornings"
And out came the wallet, and the none,
waa handed over with warm, genial smile
Il What Tears ct than Was it possibl
she had been % little used to such scene
on his part that 40 simple an act Of loyin
kindness thus affected her.
How many games Of billiards would
repaired TO secure such satisfaction IS Al
bert Lsnd0au carried with him that morn
ing to tho shop.
| A very simple Lesson. 10 it no,i Blu
how many may gain lastiug profit by Civ
ing heed TO the lesson