The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1869-03-18

D hNNNAh hhN AAArAMNN WINS "
Oh, dear, dear, l don't see much use
In living.
/ Farmer Wyllis has turned m,
away,' said Susan soberly, "aud he
has kept back three months wages
for a fue set Of glass [ was uufortun.
ate enough to break last week.
Turned you aNay1 Then there'l
be no use your tryin' to get another
place anywhere around here" shrek
cd the widow. 'Oh, Susan, Susan
and III calculated on them wages to
pay the taxes this year. What is to
become Of us2
Il don't know said Susan, with q
sort Of obstinacy. "lou always
said we were hunted down by ill
luck, mother, and | believe you are
right. Aud this is not tho worst OF
III Squire Parker has lost some mon
ey cut Of the store, and he believes
that our Tom took it, aud Tom is
never to show his face there again.
IT'S lie, screamed Mrs. Spen,
cer-"my Tom is as honest as the
day is long. My Tom wouldn't
touch a sixpeuee that don't belong to
him..
That may be-, said Susan; "but
appearances are against him, aad
Toms character is just as much bias.
ted as if he had in reality beeu the
thief.
Mrs. Sreucor wrung her hand =.
Come here, Tom, my poor, pcrse.
cuted boy she sobbed. 81 know
you to be no thief, aud your old
mother'll stand by you, if all the
rest of the world should turn away
from YOU.
AS for me-, now put in Cherley
with gloomy face, "t have left my
place at Harker & Co.'s, aud | ha We
made up my mind to try my fortune
at the silver mines in Nevada
Left your place at Ilurker's2-
Charley, are you cra2y2 And such a
uico comfortable place as il was, with
a fair chance Of promotion
Cant help that, said Charley f,
Struggling his shoulders. Who
wants to spend his life In a plod-
along old hole like that2 l want a
little adventure, and Stocks aud Mer-
riman are going next week -"
The worst characters in the vii
lage,' pleaded tho widow, eagerly
'Oh, Charley, my son, don't GO with
them-stoy with your old mother,
for PHYS sake. Id rather see you
in your grave than mixed up with
such set, my boy
But Charley sat sullen and quiet,
looking into the Ere, aud paying no
heed to the pitcous appeal.
You would not talk so, mother, f
you but knew how necessary it was
for US to make money. Tho G
Bank shut up last night.
The bank where all our savings
wo:e--oh, my sou, what are we to
do p
What other people do, Of course,
when troubles come upon them.
"But never had any trouble be.
fore, at least not since your poor dear
father died. Aud now it has all
come at once"
Never had any trouble, mother"
sain Charley, signifcantly-"why, it
was only this morning you were com
planning that you never had anything
else"
But 1 didn't realize what I was
sayin', walled Mrs. Spencer, rocking
herself backwards and forwards.
y was temptin' Providence in my
folly and ill-temper Oh, dear, if /
only see my way clear through this
real trouble, l never would fancy any
more trials I
Are you sure of that mother2
Yes, sure, but it's too late now.
I've had a lesson I've had hitter
lesson. Oh, why did l not know how
we'll off l was before
Charles looked at Susy. Susy
looked at Tom.
Mother it's all hoax + cried the
latter impulsivc youth, burying his
curly head in her BON bazine lap
The bank did shut up last night, but
it'll open again tomorrow morning !;
and Squire Parker hasn't turned ME
away, but he says he'll raise my wa
ges to a dollar, the first of January I
Mrs. Spencer stared.
The blessed, everlasting, hope-I-
may-die if it isn't TRUTH
And, mother, murmured Susy,
playing neryously with her mothers
cap strings, its nonsense about Far.
mer Wyllis turning me away, or stop
ping my wages. l did break the
glass, but the kind farmer said il was
no fault of mine, and-and, mother,
I'm going to be married to Elnathan
Wyllis next spring, aud 20 to live at
the farm house for good 7
Well, / neyerl' was all the astoun.
ded widow could find breath to ex-
claim. Married to Elnathan Wyllis
why he's the smartest fellow in the
township
Il know it, mother futtered susy,
'aud ah, I'm SO happy +
'And |, too, have been deeeiving
you, my poor little mother, said
Charley, with roguish twinkle 10 his
eyes. I've no Idea whatever Of go.
ing TO Nevada, so long as Harker & |
Co. continue to be the kind patrons
and friends they have hitherto prov
cdr
The widow looked from one TO the
other of her laughing children in
sort of happy bewilderment.
We'll, now she said slowly, will you
inform me why on earth you told me
those awful stories 2
why, mother, said Tom, mischiev-
ously, we thought perhaps a dose of
real trouble would cure YOU of the