South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-06-16
MccoNNEEIsvnEE OHIO FRIDAY JUNE IS, 1871

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betray no discomposure. "No, sir
there's not much, harm done. l am thank
full it is no worse. t.
Soam l. Some one might have bee
killed by it,, he answered, gravely steal
ing curious glance at the chafred barre
meanwhile, and pondering Teddy's re
mark Not very well vefsed in milliner
matters was Oade Barclay. A sister b
had never had, and his mother bad bee
(. 6seaaqneariy year, WheTe,the neat, Gas
ker like bOnnets she had worn during he
lifetime came from it never had occurre
to him to inquire; but he felt tolerabl,
certain that they had not been conjure
out of barrel in the back yard. H
knew That there were places where sue
articles wGTe sold, and fancied that mos
ladies' bought them. Brewing them q
home, In barrels, over q fire, struck him a
/ rather an original plan, and he. stronsl'
suspected, Teddy's lament taken into ac
4 count, that it indicated a shortness Q
I funds. He was very sorry for the mis-
tchief his rolling stone had caused, and tn;
particular part of it seemed the most DIM
cult TO remedy. -r rs4 -
"You must let me compensate as fafss
possibly for the trouble l have cause
/ you,nshes began; but Miss Jemima 81
quickly and decidedly declared the injilrI
of no consequence that there was nothing
more to be said. His honest heart Wa
still perplexihg itself over the problem
when a small specimen of the canine race
presented itself to view, and Teddy caught
it up. ssy &c ~
a"This is my dog; he come TO live with
US without nobody askin him.. Aunt Jem
don't like him much cause lie amt a
Newfounder !; he's a rat terror, y
"Ahi is,he, ?" said hr Barclay, becom-
ing suddenly interested. "Such an animal
is very useful about. a mill sometimes,
where there are q great many rats and
mice. / wouldn't mind giving you FIVE
dollars for him, if You were willing to LET
him 90. Would you sch him for that 2"
"Yes, SIR answered Teddy, promptly;
and a bill was pressed into the little palm
and the dog transferred to its new owner.
Miss Jeminia viewed this proceeding
rather douhtfuily; still, as she was not
consulted in the matter, and the gentle
man appeared as much interested in the
bargain as Teddy himself, she did not
quite see how to interfere. The dog might
be valuable; she really-did not know. Mr.
Barclay seemed wonderfully well satisfied
himself and held fast to his purchase.
as if its were rare prize, while he dis
cussed with Miss Jemima the removal of
the ponderous ornament from the front
yard. -- i-'-1 ~ ~
"You will, at least, let me come and
help put this garden into order again." he
said as he turned away-a proposition she
could not readily have declined, even if
he had given her chance to do so, which
he did not. hEsu4 SAD - l
i'' Now, Aunt Jem, now you can have a
bonnet; and not an old smoked one,
either,D said Teddy. rr--- E.ssa
And Aunt Jem did have new bonnet
/ pretty white chip, with fresh, spring /
ike green ribbons, that it seemed a posi-
i've luxury for her TO put on. You would /
,hink respectable bonnet could scarcely I
be purchased for so small sum. Mr. BarcL
ey had entertained some fears on that sub
ect too, though he had offered as high as
he dared for the dog; but he was perfectly
atisfied when he saw her come into (
,hurch the next Sunday, leading Rob and
Teddy. Was she to blame for enjoying |
he whole service. better because of those I
oft, becoming ribbons that framed her
lretty brown hsir and quiet face? No;
he did not think about the bonnet she
My felt it; but when she was at home
gain, slowly untying the strings before
Ter little mirror, she whispered softly to
Ierself, 81 do believe the Great Love that
lesses all our lives cares for our happi-
ess even in such. little things as these,
lse all this wouldn't have happened so
rangely."
It took a good many evenings to get
hose flower beds into perfect order again,
ut Mr. Barclay persevered in his work
nth praiseworthy fidelity; and having
SO much labor upon them, it was
aturaI that he should feel a more than
rdinary interest in them, and visit them
all through the summer. There
-ere many happy evenings spent in the
ny moonlis portico, with the converse
on wandering to deeper than floral sub
cts; and he learned to look upon that
Dot as little haven of peace, and gen
e, thoughtful, unselfish Aunt Jem as the
leasantest of companions. So il hap
ened that when the autumn came he had
ON her consent to his taking careaof her
ower-beds and buying her new bonnets
ways. ~
Aunt Hester, who, like many another
orthy lady, was an unconscious wor-l
Iiper of success, greatly approved of Mr..
arclay.s She was very gracious in her
of the new arrangement,
marking, with an unwonted attempt at
cetiousness, that ;she-did not know that
le could ever believe again that rolling
ones gather no moss"