Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1870-12-01
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-oltion up at the Hartlr )
Tor ueIng prime whittier of globes and
maps; indeed, a piece of globe was
found in your desk"
And you put it there"
II did, and defy you to prove it, or to
convince any. one of the truth of the
the matter. I'll make that scholarship
the dearest thing ever you earned, for,
mark you, I'm not through with you
yet"
Courses, like chickens, come home TO
roost," was the. brief reply; I've clear
conscience, and trust in God that you
never had, Howard Sayers," and Henry
left the barn with sense of discomfort
anu foreboding that was not wholly
without cause. That evening, as lie
entered the closet to get his overcoat, he
took down the silver-mounted bride
that had belonged to his pony il the
days of their prosperity, and proposed
to his moth: that they should try and
dispose OF il;
-"Our poD -, hereafter, will be al
nightmare he observed, sadly; land
this is just Ike Mr.. Sayer's, and will
bring good price"
There was load knock at the door,
and Mrs. Hall admitted Howard Sayers,
who said that his father desired the
horse attended to an hour earlier than
usual.
"Very WE'LL" was the biief reply, and
tie visitor retired. Both mother and
son noticed how closely lie scrutinize
the handsome bride. That night, as
Henry entered harness shop, on his
way o the colleges a figure on the op-
posite side of the street crossed over and
watched the sale intently, slipping De-
tween the buildings as the boy turned
| to the door.
The next morning, Lightfc ot had an
early eakfast, but could not he har-
harnessed for lack of his bride. Itwas
notion the hook where it always hung,
and the closest search failed to discover
its whereabouts. Henry reported the
matter to Mr.. Sayers, who hurried to the
barn, and again was the whole place
looked over. \ few irritable words es-
capped him, as, looking at his watch, he
found he hadn't time to reath Ii the dis
tant depot, before the starting of the
train.
Father" said Howard, after Henry
had left, 81 saw your ostier enter har-
ness shop last evening and sell your
bridle."
"Where?"
''At No. 30 Main street."
Hurrying around to the shop, Mr.,
Sayers found, as he supposed, his bride,
and while Henry was at dinner, he was
arrested by a policeman, and taken to
the station house.
Mrs. Hall was equal to the emergency.
Tying on her bonnet, she hastened to tbo
Office ofMr. Harwood, he husoanTs
lawyer, and laid the case before him.
The examination was to take place the
next morning, and prompt at the hour,
appeared Mr.. Sayers and Howard, with
the harness maker. Everything point
ed to committal of Henry ON the charge
of petty larceny, when two policemen
entered, one of them bringing the mis-
sing bride. Being sworn, they testified
to having searched the premises of Mr..
Sayers, and finuIng the bride it the at
tic that opened :; bove closet in the
young gentleman's apartment. Over
whelmed with astonishment and grief,
the father left the court, and the son
retired amid the Kisses of the bystanders.
The case was dismissed and the princi-
pal of the Hartley school hearing the
particulars, openly declared his belief in
Henry's Innocence of the former charge,
and procured for him clerkship with a
fair salary.
90, mother" said the grateful boy,
''itris not all darkness while crossing
the valley"
1.-THE Eye that looks down on the fall of SPAR
row,
Metes out to earths children their joy and
their sorrow;
When Faith, Hope and Love- the Leatitudes.
How can it be darkness when crossing the
valIey?"
PAULINA.