Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1870-04-14
= = EzzT7z E7FoN, ONO THURSDAY APRIL 1870

me and we will talk over business
matters little. l.........
Dicks eyes filled with tears and
his heart leaped for Joy. He should
| get one good straight meal sure
| without losing his self-respect. That
was what his stomach said. Perhaps
his finer feelings were touched by
the unexpected meeting. Ifnot they
were aroused to an exciting degree
by some remarks which followed.
| "By the way, Dick, have had a
letter from your father lately, and
he has entrusted me with little roll
| of money for you, which he says you
may use as you see fit. He thinks
| have exceeded your calculations, and
he wants that you should have a
good time.
| Dick sobbed outright. uy 2
81 don't deserve any such kind
ness, uncle Dick" he said after a
nom ent's pause. s'I wish he had
asked me to come home. Iwonder
| Iif-,u .s . d,
| "They want to see you there 2 OF
| course they do. Cheer up my boy. IF
you have had enough of this little
town all you have.to do, now is to
take the back track and commence
where you left Off" ..
Dick felt exceedingly comfortable
1 when he went to bed that night, and
slept more sweetly than in months
before. He was in the guest-cham-
Der of his uncle and it looked so
much like home that he-Ieft the gas
| burning to enjoy it. He walked be-
fore daylight and finding some pcns
| and paper on the table, jumped up
and wrote the following letter.
| ''My dear Father shall never be able to
| tell you how ashamed am of myself, or how
much thank you for your unmistakable token
/ of confidence. wou1d rather come home and
\ go to school than stay anywhere else if could
Better oT Wsit until WsdnesdSy and then take the
train West, My best love to mother and Mary
and the boys Your afectiOnate s.5;d son;
| When he called to bid ..Mr. Boni-
face goodbye he learned that one of
| the Gentleman to whom he had APP
piled a few days before, had left
word that he had 8, place for him
now and would give him ten dollars
a week for his services. 10
| nIf I wasa little older and my ed
ucation complete, I7wouldn't mind
accepting, replied !pt PICK Dick " With Tn, a
ing without the advice ofmy faith
er hereafter, he Is so much better
4 aOlC " JO0SO AOA AAAS OAAoA = 80
myself" g 80 -
.5aOh I'rsaid his little cousin Dick
Git was family name) as nice lunch
was being put up for his journey,
"won't you catch it when you get
home? Your father will Hook dag
/ gers at you and say, MY dear sir are
you going to run away any more 2
and then he will take you upstairs
and pdC5-dd-aOhack you. stg23 a's3 y
/ But Dick only smiled and remark
led, that he expected all the boys
would be after him and he probably
should never hear the last of his trip
to New York. "a 90 y
| It was near mid-day when he ar
rived in Tontogany. His father met
him at the depot and greeted him
warmly. JEsBtI giaz 10 .Eai
L"Hadn't we better take q carriage
up p, whispered Dick.
aNo, think we had better walk. 81
/ They passed along. through the
crowd out into the street when Dick e
courage again faltered.
Hadn't we better go up to the
house the back way 2n g31aQ ID
/ t'No, my son, it is just as well to
face the music. The boys will have
their fun anyway, and il you are in
the right it won't strike very deep.p
1 stHalloa, Baking-Powder ~
frThere's Dick sneaking home
Didn't make much trying to get
ahead of the old man % and similar
expressions greeting him at every
lstep, but he walked with a firm step
and only bowed to such of his friends
as chose to accost him in a respects
able manner. 5-4f sya~E easF Fhf1
He wondered how it was that
everyone in the home-household was
SO glad to see him. His pretty moth
i er looked as if she had spent her
Iwhole life in weeping, and when she
lstrained him to her heart and mutter-
ed words of thankfulness that he had
been restored to her once mOre,t hel
tears ran down his neck and nearly
dissolved his new paper collar. Mary
clung to him whenever she could gel
a good hold, and pulled him from one
place to another in the widest con-
chair for him to sit in and carriedzhis
hat into the hall and hung iton the
rack. Alfred seized him by the coat
collar with his two hands and shook
him till he was half blind. .I 9
How well you are looking, Ma
jor I guess I'll go to New York il
it brightens one up SO"
Dick was in whirl of happiness.
Had every body changed or, was il
!, the nlm C1aC naO Iallen IIOLu LIE
own eyes ?. He did not make up his
mind just then, but as weeks rolled
on he come to the conclusion that he
had been woefully mistaken at thai
period in his history when he be
fieved himself counted out of the
hearts of all those he best loved, and
parted with the green-eyed monster
who had nearly drifted him into
ruin, with great sense of relief. "
His parents also indulged in re,
m1niscences regarding themselvesanC
their daily walk previous to this lit
tie esipode, which were not altogeth
er erfiattering. 1t is but q few days
since heard Mrs. Huyland say,
1--WE are constantly reminded foi
our great lack of perception in never
hav wing had a correct insight into the
heart of our second son until the
screw was applied byHeaven itself
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