The Republican journal., 1873-07-31


than those who sought to Tighten her; but
over the side the water came in, and she
went down
Then up from the east and the west,
and the north and the south came creditors
seeking their Just dues, none doubted, but
seeming ottentmes to the gnarled and
hard-working debtors, like the fat kline
come up anew to devour the lean Aunt
Dolly and Uncle 'Liphalet waited patiently
for the one to whom they were apportioned
He was not greedy; he allowed his prey
to lie tattenin9 until the leaf buds swelled
on the llacs Meanwhile, what agonies
Aunt Dolly underwent cannot be described
What must the crab feel in seeing the
stork straddle along the shore and gobble
up his fellows and not knowing whether
his turn Shall come now or then
Aunt Dolly's ideal creditor was an iron
man, steel tipped and brass bound when,
therefore, The real creditor one early April
morning swung back the little picket gate
and stopped to snuff III the lilac buds, she
closed her eyes as She would have done
III the hands of her rNecutoncr. She
went thr"u@h and let him in, a. if he
had come unto hi own and his own re
ceived him,
Then She sat down with her stock-knit-
ting beside Uncle LiphAlet. Uncle 'Lipha-
let shook worse, and his hair and face
Were whittier than when SWnton called
three years before.
The creditor talked pleasantly So had
his predecessor All '-husiness men We're
to Aunt Dolly Of the altful Swinton type.
The creditor opened the subject very
gently
II Enow the law gives it to You, sin
ii 7" said the hoarsc voice Of Uncle Iiph-
coming from inlnm lips. "Hrre's whore
Dolly and me came when we We're first
married. There was u heavy mortgage
on the farm; but We said we'd work our
selves clear, and We did ii, Sir We'd
saved up something for Rube's eddyca-
ton; but Rube died, and the money $
gone; the farm is going, and We're going
don't know where We're going
The creditor looked troubled
"Whv, Sir, there amt rod of stone wall
on the farm but what Eve laid the stone
not foot q drained medder land but I've
put down the tiles; not a bearing tree in
the orchid but grated; there amt
Oh it'll be elrct1'ul to take away the farm
dretfu. -
Uncle Liph laid his great rough hands
over his face, and the tears trick led through
his fingers
lie don't oughter shed tears, said
Aunt Dolly, apologetlcally, but he's been
50 harrassed and worried he's Kind o
weakened and broke down, sir. But its
hard on Us both to leave The old farm
There's a difference sin. betwiXt a farm
that's bought for a lump of money, and a
farm that seems to stand for the spotted
calf, and the cosset sheep, and the yellow
hens eggs
Uncle Liphlet broke in Its rocky
and don't look like much, know, but
pears to me men are like some trees; it,
them as had their roots twisted around
and under the rocks that it is hardest tC
teaT up | never expected to die III the
poor-house, sir. None of o my kin even
went there What would Rube say Why
what would Rube say, Dolly ?"
"Ive tried hard to realize il, said Aunt
Dolly in the night time, too, Sir-Wla1
it'll be to be sitting by somebody's else
fire a knitting. him a-blinging in theii
wood ana out here another than me can
ming their pltuns, and driving their age,
and a-spattin up the butter on the back
porch ''-
And driving the cows to paStur q
Loluy r broke IA tho old man.
'-B,it the hardest thing to leave Reuben
our Son-hc wa, turned eighteen. sr-is
buried on the tum If youll step to the
window, III, III show YOU his grave
There, down under that maple. There
where he fitted for college and when
he came to die, ii seemed sir, As ii in
that place where he'd dreamed over his
Latin ana Greek of 4 great tutur', there he
wanted to be lett. He asked it that mora
in a whisper-I hope whoever gets the
farm sir they'll they'll keep up the
fence around the grave
The creditor choked back something in
his throat, and made a merry Gus gesture.
keep ii yourself, madam, keep ii your
self Trade takes ITS OWl risks and must
bear its own losses I'll not come back
on security of which was ignorant when
1 accepted the obligation, on property
that has become Serurity through the dis
honesty Of the man who deceived me as
we'll as YOU My humanity would shame
me
The old couple stared at the man in Il
this iron man, steel-tipp@d and brass
bound-this "business'' man?
II believe I'll be able 10 catch the noon
train said he snapping his watch case
Aunt Dolly followed linn t. the door.
II don't know as understand YOU,
sin"
keep your farm, ma'am Eve no
moral claim, I'll have no claim to it Go
on drying Your sage, and spatting up
Your butter and pray for s,winton, for he
needs it, if ever Il man did"
Aunt Dolly laid her own hand solemnly
on the mans sleeve. Twice She tried to
speak, and twice She failed
The Lord bless YOU, -ir, in your basket
and in your store, at your tireside, and
among men; and o, sir, when you grow
an old man and feeble, may He hold YOU
in the hollow of His right hand
Aunt Dolly's thin, qlivering voice
swelled to a full tone, and the man in
clined his head reverently.
What does he say, Dolly p called nrle
'Liphalet
The man broke off Il spray of the brown
green lilac-buds and crushed them, fragrant
as the old woman's blessing. between his
palms ...
How wonderful it j, that, right after
those who would destroy our faith m
humanity, often come those who
it in tour-told tirmncSs,
GEN. PILLsRuIY's NERVE In sketch
of the life of the late Gen Amos Pillsbury,
the Albany, n. Y, express relates the fol
lowing interesting incident: About that
time Qo26) his father was appointed su-
perintendent Of the Connecticut State
Prison, his son being the deputy; but in
1880, his father having resigned, Amos
was rendered the position, al
though but twenty five years of age. 1t