Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-07-04

was trembling, sl,c did not know why.
She was thinking to herself.
cts like play. 1t makes me want
to cry"
There he took, the warm bread she
had given him in his hands, tearing bits
from it and eating it.
He backed away, still eating. He
came back and stretched his hands to.
wards her.
II didn't thank you," he said.
"Thank you! thank you'll" and went
away.
Sally sat down, trembling still.
To be ont Of job, to be hungry,
wero no rare things, and no tragic
things in her experience. but this maj,
had stirred her soul somehow fright
enol her, she said. II hadn't any
business to give away loaf of bread, u
but there now, I couldn't help it,"
Then Sally went to bed, and slept
and dreamt of the hollow. checked, fam
ished lodger of the attic.
There was more bread to make next
day, aud am not sure, but. that the
tailor's wife made IN extra Loaf, in OK
pectation of another call from her
neiehl,or, but he did not come, and in
the course of time Sally had enough to
think of without leaving her. own floor.
Matters did not prosper With the fam
lily. Little Lena had thesscarlet fever,
and lay for long time at deaths door,
and the work with which the moth er
helped to fill the family purse was ne
cessa1ily neglected, and her customers
grew angry and left her. Then the
baby died. Poor little baby! The
mother wept bitterly. The father also
longed to weep, although children were
expensive Injuries in that poor house
hold. Finally the last affection fell
upon the tailOr-a felon on his right
| thumb.
There was an end to it all, it seemed
TO both. Nothing but the hospital and
the aims house lay before them. The
rent was quite unpaid at last, and the
tobacconist was in fury. He called
| to give him warning and piece of his
mind. On the morrow out he should
go neck and crop. The tailor said
nothing. The wife, womanlike, had her
word.
"Where shall we goa" she asked.
eve haven't penny in the world.'
Its nothing to me where you co.
said the landlord, $50 that 1 get you
| out OF my rooms. I want them for
honest people,
"We're unfortunate, but we neve,
mean to be dishonest" cried the wife,
Then the husband in ar angry word
babe her hold her tongue.
cts all the same" he said, "we'u
go tomorrow. And now you go, Mr..
Landlord.
Then they were left alone bemoaning
their hard fate. There was absolutely
nothing to eat in the house.
Sally looked at her empty -four bar.
rel and at her wretched family, and
burst into tears.
ITS no use trying any longer" she
said. - If the Lord would only take us.
That's all ASK
She put the children to bed. and sat
down upon q chair. drawn by force OF
habit to the hearth of the empty stove.
Her husband, between pain and ankle
ty, was less sane than O mailman. He
paced the floor like tiger; talking to
himself. The bit of tallow candle
burnt low: the bitter wind ratified the
easement, the rain beat against it.
ave shall be out IN all that TO- NOR.
row" said the man. "Weu have no
place to hide our heads. We've not
got a friend in the world"
"We've got one friend, I hope, said
the wife.
"Who is he2 asked the tailor.
| "God," said the woman. "May be
he'll find a way to help us. We haven't
been very bad, SAM"
"Better than us have starved before
now" said the tailor. eve havn't any
particular right to expect miracles. that
know of. Hark! what's that?"
Z" A knock, said his wife and tremb.
ling lest her landlord should have re-
turned, opened the door. Without
stood the tai, gaunt figure of the lodg.
er in the attic.
Hes come for bread" thought the
woman, and amidst her own trouble
she grieved over the thought of refus.
ing his appeal.
He made none, however.
This is what he said:
Madam, while ago I took the lib
erty of asking you for bread, allow me
to return the loaf with thanks.'s
So he vanished. A whole fresh LOAF
lay in the woman's hands, She carried
it il.
This is more than I expected to
night" she said. "You see God is
good"
She lifted the side of the candlestick
a little. The light Hared up.
/ Now, mother, cried II child's voice
from the bed, I'm hungry"
Sally broke the loaf in two. 1t part
cd with singular ease. She gave a lit.
| tie cry. It had evidently been cut be.
fore and joined together, and from the
heart handful Of crumbs had been
scooped, and in it lay a little white
packet.
cts fairy bread" cried Sally, re,
member ng some old country legend.
"Look at it before the Ii ht goes, ,
cried the tailor.
Sally obeyed. She opened the pack
ct and found two envelopes. In one
was this note:
"MADAM:-Your loaf of bread saved
my life. know your in trouble, and
yesterday my luck turned. To-day ]
am worth fifty thousand dollars, havine
won law suit that has been pending
for years. Please accept the Enclosure,
and believe me your ever obliged
ATTIC LoDoER."
There was five hundred dollar note
IN the envelope, and when she saw it
Sally Thought herself the happiest wo
man in Christendom.
The gilt was the saving of the family
Sally had cast her bread upon the wa
ters, to find it again in very truth. AND
when the tailor's hand was we'll again
there was patron for him who dressed
IN such manner that Sam no longe,
doubted him a gentleman. The att,
ledger wears the finest broadcloth now
and the tobacconist bows low as h.
meets him On his way out, or sells hin
choice Havanas over the counter. H,
) stops at the door in his carriage anG
lodges i'll attics no longer but he never
has forgotten, nor seems likely to for
get the loaf of bread given HIM Ivy til,
} poor tallor's wife when he was starving
Senator Wilson's Home.