Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1871-03-05

nDmo all The Wllle N1dyDc IL VIII uc oct-
tSr for ustq save a9agigsls fOE seye yeas
habit by that time, and there. is no better
hhbit for a, safe passage through the world
al my fdtlieE a4d 8d3I91l fIlITEI
tain l g hSaAdlSd Is Id lBelH,abahd. @ w igftlbf{
1etefything may come out right. But if /
should die before the house. Is paid for ?"
| t"Don't talk of dying y said Mrs, Bond
feld,f ,fq,iickly, a itrDubded eKprassioiD cotns
4g Gep fnfG hsSahd hS5 iddsed dTopped s Eyes is the
fpor and sat in thought for a good while.
"ihsrsis s one m way to4naks hin "a ie.T f'ss
been turning it over in my mind for several
days, but didn't just care TO- speak Of fit it;
fiousas fIo!a sssa ais EHi11SS ! 'T9WHTEIY W I
IEIe saw his wife cheeks grow Instantly
pale, =.
rb1Ia4 e siIa 4stE sEhlsE ssas
fsFf Thonssnas snsseas gSsa sft taciI LIVES in
eured,n said Mr.. Bonfield.
- but Mrs. Bonfeld shook her head. II
wouldn't have you to do it for the world
It's fist IilEe hooking tleathinsthe face. a'A 4
Ttwas all in yaip that her husband by ban ,l tried
I'd reason with her. sss 81 ==s
Fits of no use, Henry,n she answered
II shouldn't have moments peace from
I'd me. a Kind of flying in the face OF Proyll--
dence There's something SO cold and cali
culating in the whole thing-putting up
sd much moneys yasirueregsagainst life
valuing. o human life, at one or two, or ten
thousand dollars Oh !no, Henry, | don't
fTn soFry yofsfeei 50, ? fep1Ied her hus-
,bands ~ IG would et.nlY mind at ease in
EDon't M trouble yetirselfa aboutthat,s Said
Mrs. Bonfeld, trying to kpeak cheerily ;
"itiwill be right in a few years
but the voting man ceul anct fecfat-case.
They had two children and his wife 9
health was not very. good. he should
| die, what would become aof them? This
thought was perpetuaflys haunting him,
and taking away Che pleasure Of fife. :,
I.i When. New Years eve came around
again, Bonfieidls circumstances were not
much improved Only one hundred dol
| LARS had been paid on the n1ortgage during
| the whole year. There had been Sickness,
| loss of time, large DOCTORS bills, and one
on two bad debts, asAnpther baby had
come, with the added care and expense.
lBonfield was less cheerfal than on the
previous New Fear lseve.s A shadow seem
ed to rest over him, .......4s..
I'T wish you could look at things more
hopefully said his wife .rHewhef D.
eth the ravens, has us in His keeping as
we'll Why should we lose the blessings
given us to-day, in fear of some evil to-
morrow :? I'VE have our pleasants home
and our darling children-good gifts and
tpfecious. Let as be happy in them. ~ -
Good gifts and precious they were to
Bonfield. Few men loved wife and child
rem with q tenderer. and more tlnEafsh
| love. 1t was. i'm the very depths Of this
| love thatahxiety was bofn. Fear lest he
! should be taken from therh haunted him
night and day. w Whatewas to become of
| them ifhe should die? - 47-s- -s~~ '-@ -'-T' I
I ALIAS for the next New Years eve! 1t
| found the death-angel in Bonfield's house.
A sudden illness baffied all the physicians
skill and thelife on (which sosmuch de-
| pended Went out, and left sorrow. and dark
ness, and desolation of spirit behind.
| I"What is become of his poor wife and
Echildrenr ?'i was the anxious question that
fpassed from lip to lip among friends and
neighbors. They had not relative in the
place one On whom they had any nat
anxious M about them d and do jo sefhssssS I ct H
his home paid for. In the year which had
Ijlst closed, only hundred dollars of the
mortgage had been Cancelled, and there
still remained eight hundred dollars DUE
This mortgage was in the hands of man
who would not scruple to rob the widow
ahdorphans by taken any advantage with.
| in his reach. a. @k---. sI,:T -4p
| Three days after the funeral Mrs. Bon
field was Folsed frora theehelplf$ iethargy
of grief sby the reception Of q legal paper,
! giving notice that the balance of the mon
ey due on the house must be paid by GER
tain date, or it would be. sold in sstisfac-
tion of the mortgage. .l.la -: ..s,ss,....s
| To whom could She go in this extrelni-
| ty? Alas there was no one. In losing
her husband she had lost her only human
| friend, supporter and PROTECTOR. She was
/ alone in the world. 80.
! The extremity of her situation quicken
ed into life hll the efafSs spf Mis-. BsrF
| fields nature. In her painful suspense
| held the mortgage, and telling him her
one pr' Year, aha seli tiien iflsi4e e6sliG not not
nay the interest and part of the debt He
would listen to nothing. The chance had
come to make gain of oppression and he
could not let it pass.
| The poor widow went back III despair to
| her children, and sat down among them,
weeping and wringing her hands. Her
oldest child d girl Of sfxlsears pf a3Y tried
| to tell her something, but her ears were
| deaf.
| Mother" said the child, with the eager
ness of one who: seemed to forget every
thing for herself. l -
mot now, my dear, y and Mrs. Bonfield
! tried to push her away. sf- ~s-.44 s. E.
! s'But the man told me to give: it 70 you