The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1872-07-03

i'h 'h'hSr Sht poiutItug Dul luutt'
RS | could not helpit. OF course he'll
spend it all at the public house. and
d shall do without my new oiIcloth
that will be the end of it all
III And there was conscious flusl
h on her cheek, as if she had done some
thing wrong when she rejoined tn,
h Squire in the sitting room.
WELL" said Squire Partlet, "has
F. that ne'er DO well gone at last 2"
"Yes."
'To Stokes tavern, suppose"
o 81 hope not, Josiah"
I'm afraid it's past hoping for"
said the Squire Struggling his shoul-
ders. ''And now for pleasant even
t ing. How it does rain, to be sure. ~
And Mrs. Partlet kept the secret of
the dollar bill within her own heart.
Itwas six months afterwards that
the Squire came into the room where
his wife was preserving great red ap-
pies into jelly
well, well," quoth he, wonders
never will cease. The Ruddiloves
have gone away"
"Where.r
Il don't know-out West some
where, with a colony. And they say
Luke hasn't touched drop for six
months" l-'
''l'm glad Of that" said Mrs. Part
! let
at won't last long" said the Squire
despairingly.
"Why not ?"
"Oh, l don't know. | havn't any
faith in these sudden reforms"
Mrs. Partlet was silent she
thought thankfully that after all, Luke
had not spent the dollar in liquor.
Six months-siX years-the time |
sped along, in days and weeks al
most before busy little Mrs. Partlct
knew, ,thati it was gone. The Ruddiloves
had come back to Scquosset. Luke
had made his fortune, as the story
went in the far away Fl Dorado.
vaguely expressed "out West" by the
simple Scqocsseters
They do say" said Mrs. Bucking.
ham, "that he's bought that ere lot
down opposite the Court House, and
he's goin' to build such a house as !
never was"
""fIe must have prospered greatly"
said gentle Mrs. Partlct. t
and his wife, she wears silk I
gown that would stand alone with it's {
own richness" said Mrs. Buckingham. j
Il can remember when Luke Rud- 4
1ilove was nothing but a drunken v
rreeter." q
"All the more credit to him uow,n
said Mrs. Partlet emphaticallp. a
''lt's TO be sure all O'stun," said Y
Mrs. Buckingham, with marble man. k
les and inlaid floors. And he's put j:
, lot o papers and things under the y
,orner one.r II
afikosor iks Gf'i Sr mantle Il
"Stun. to be sure, said Mrs. Buck n
ngham. Like they do public build o
ngs YOU know" "
"Well it's kind % queer, but Luke u
2uddiloye never want like anybody u
lse. Folks think it dreadful strange D
le should put one dollar bill in with IT
,ther things" u
Mrs. Partlet felt her cheek flush y
carlet /; involuntary she glanced up o
o where the Squire was serenely u
.hecking off list of legal items in the
,ill he was making out against some a
.lient. But the Squire never looked G
around. and Mrs buckingham went u
N with her never-ceasing flow of u
hit chat. and so the hot color died IL
,wav in her check. After all, the "
money had been her own to give, and
he old oilcloth in front of the dining p
oom stove had answered very well. q
She met Luke Ruddilove that af- !;
ernoon for the first time since his re- y
urn from Sequosset-Luke himself, u
yet not himself-the demon of intem 5
,erance crushed out ofhis nature, and "a
IS better. nobler elements triumph 2
ng at last. He looked her brightly II
n the face, and he held out his hand. L
Mary"
Il am glad to see you back here v
gain Luke" she said, tremulously. u
"And well you may be" he re- y
oined. "Do you remember that u
stormy night, Mary, when you gave =
ne that dollar bill, and begged me i
rot to go to the tavern Z" u
YES" ias-.sss ll
"That night was the pivot on 5
which my whole destiny turned. Il
Y on were very kind to me when ev-
,ry one spoke coldly you trusted in !
ne when all other faces were avert Il
ID. Vowed vow to myself to c
prove myself worthy of your conf I
lence and kept it. | did not spend e
he money! treasured it up-and a
Heaven has added nightly to my t
title store. / put the dollar bill I'M il
Ter the corner stone of my new house, $
ror the house has risen from it and it c
alone. / won't offer to pay you back, L
or | am afraid" he added, smilingly, t
the luck would all go from me with o
t but I'll tell you what will do, v
Mary. | will give money and words I
IF trust and encouragement to some a
,ther poor wretch as YOU gave to me. r
And Squire Partlet never knew !,
what his wife did with the dollar bill t
ne gave her to buy new piece Of v