Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1872-11-06
LEXINGTON, MISSOURI, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 6. 1872.

his wife was preserving SONIC great
red apples into jelly.
swell, WELL" quoth he: wonders
never will cease: The Ruddiloves
have gone away"
"Gone where ~
| IL don't know-out West, some
where, with a colony. Aud they say
that Luke hasn't touched drop in
six months"
Il am glad of that" said Mrs. Part
let.
1T won't last long," said the
Squire, disparagimglT.
why not 3''
"Oh, I don't know. haven't any
faith in these sudden reforms"
Mrs. Partlet remained silent; she
thought thankfully that after all
Luke had not spent the dollar bill Tor
liquor.
SIX months-six years-the time
sped along in days and weeks, almost
before busy Mrs. PartIet knew that it
| was gone. The Ruddilove- had come
back to Sequossett.
| Luke had made his fortune. as the
story went, in the far off Ell Dorado,
vaguely phrased "Out Vest by the
simple Scluos>etter..
"Thev do saw" said Mrs. Bucking-
ham, "that he's bought that lot OPP
poSite the Court House, and is going
to build such house Ss never was"
'.Iie must have prospered greatly
said the gentle Mrs. Partlet.
"And his wife wears a gown that
will stand alone with its own rich
ness" said Mrs. Buckingham. 81
Cal. remember when Luke Ruddilove
was nothing hut poor, miserable,
drunken creature"
"All the more credit to him now,"
said Mss. Partlet emphaticnllv.
at is all to be O. stnn," said Mrs.
Buckingham, with marble mantcls
and imlaid floors. And he's put lot
d papers under tn" corner one"
"The corner what" said Mrs. Part
let laughing. Floor or mantel 2"
..Stun, to be sure" said Mrs. Buck
ingham. Like they do i'll public
buildings, you know"
"That is natural enough"
''Well it is kind O queer, but Luke
Rud.iilove never warn't like any one
else. Folks think it's dreadful
strange he should put one dollar
bill III with the ,othcr things"
Mrs. Partiet telt her checks flush
, s.arlet. She glanced up to where the
Squire was checking oil list uf legal
items, in the bill he was making out
against some client. But he never
looked around, and Mrs. Bucking-
han went Oh with her never ceasing
flow of chit chat ,and so the color died
away in her cheek. After all the
: money had been her own to give, and
, the oil-cloth in front of the dining
room stove had answered very well.
She met Luke Ruddilove that af-
ternOon for the first time since his
return to Sequossett--Luke himself,
vet not himself-thc demon of i'll
. temperance crushed out of his nature,
and it's bottcr, nobler elements tri-
umphing at last. He looked her
brightly Ill the face, as he held out
his hand. MARY"
81 am glad to see YOU back here
again Luke she said tremulously.
, -'And well you may be-" he an
swercl. "Do YOU remember that
. night you gave that dollar bill, and
begged me not to go to the tavern -
, Yes"
"Wrll. that night was the pivot on
which my whole destiny turned.
You were kind to me when every one
: spoke coidiy; you trusted me when
all other faces were averted. vowed
| VOW to myself to prove worthy OF
your confidence, and have kept it
, did not spend the money. treas
= urcd il up, and Heaven has added
: nightly 10 my little store. l put
= The dollar-bill under the cornerstone
> of my new house, for the house has
y risen iI"m 1t and ii alone.
Il won't offer t" pay YOU back, fol
, Iam afraid. "he added smilimgly." ."thal
the luck would go from me with il
Il But | will tell you what will d,
) Mary; | will give money, and word'
- of trust and encouragement to soms
other poor wretch. as YOU gave me-
I And Squire Partlct never knew
:. what his wife did with that onc-tlol
|, lar bill he gave her to buy a new oil
q cloth with.