The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1874-05-29

this afternoon ?'' he asked.
eyes, D." was his wife's reply.
''Then I'll go around and pay him after
supper"
'It is SO cold and stormy tonight, 1
would not go out. He can probably just
as well wait until some time when you hap
pen to see him."
No" was Luke's reply, ''he has earned
the money and may want it. 1t would be
comes from little jobs like this, you know. {"
And after the meal WAS finished Luke
made his way through driving snow
storm to the home of old Garland.
Good evening Mr.. Garland. though.
I would step around and pay you for saw
ing that wood. It's dollar, believe"
''Thank ye, sir, thank ye,'' exclaimed
old Garland, while his wife looked up over
her spectacles from a pair of socks which
she was darning. eyes, sir, that's right;
much obliged"
''Not at all, 1t belongs to you"
eyes, yes. You are right But it amt
all of them as looks at it in this way -
''Is that so 30
eyes there's lots of little debts standin'
out that can't collect, and there's Squire
Clinch, in particular, has had ten cords of
wood in his yard, which 1 took the sawin'
of. 1 jest finished the job yesterday
and Of course asked for my pay. But
he allowed he had been doin' me a great
favor in givin' me such big job, and
said I'd have to wait a week or two, as he
was hard mp"
Squire Clinch too hard up to pay for
his wood saving? That sounds like a
joke"
''TaiDt much of a joke for me, for need
the money. / had to borrow three dollars
of John Brady the other day to buy some
coal with, and he ought to be paid But
l only had enough to get little flour with
tonight, and l was wonderin' how I'd
put John off. Howsumever, I'll give him
this dollar and perhaps he'll wait for the
rest. l was going to get pair of new
boots, too. These old things let too much
cold in when a man stands still all day
sawin' wood. But l will have to wait un-
esquire Clinch doesn't act on the right
principle, said Luke, turning to go. q
know he will pay you before long. Good
night
Good night, and many thanks to you"
On his way home Luke saw light across
the way in the village printing Office. He
crossed the way and entered.
Good evening, Mr.. Quill" he said,
''my time for your paper is just out, l be-
lieve, and wish to pay for another six
months ahead"
ga thank you, Luke. 1 wish all my
subscribers acted on your PLAN
Don't they ?" asked Luke.
''No, indeed. You would be surprised
if l should mention the names of some of
the most wealthy men who owe from two
to five years back"
well, hope that will never be said of
me. The rich ones, suppose, think such
sums make no difference"
"There's where they are mistaken" &" re-
piled Mr.. Quill. ''The life of trado is in
these small sums. And a poor mans dol
lar is worth more than rich mans prom
Use, any time, for material and labor can
not be obtained without money"
Before returning home Luke bought
some delicacies for a Sunday dinner, a
weekly literary paper and his wife's reli-
gious magazine. Besides he gave ten
cents to little beggar girl, who held out
a hand, blue with cold. from under the
shreds of tattered shawl. When he
finally reached home his poeket-book felt
considerably lighter, but his conscience
was clear. OF the trihe over two dollars
which he had left, he laid aside two dol
lars to deposit in the savings bank, where
there was already quite a respectable sum
to his credit.
Meanwhile the various divisions of his
ten dollar greenback, now scattered about
in different hands, began to chuckle. They
said with one voice THAT is what you
like. I'll see something of the world and
in all probability do some good"
Let us see how it was. The three dol
lars and forty cents which he had left at
Skettle's grocery went to help to make up
the quarterly rent which Skettle owed, and
which was due that very night. He paid
Mr.. Balcom, the owner of the building,
who, in turn, promptly handed it over to
some woIkmen who had been making re-
pairs 1t so happened that a portion of it
went to carpenter who had a sick child,
and who was thus enabled to purchase
some needed delicacies, thereby, perhaps,
saving the child's life. A dollar and
half of it went to hod carrier, who inn
mediately took it and bought of SIX ettle
sundry small packages of sugar, coffee,
-four, etc. Skettle took the same dollar
and half and gave it to his wife, who
wished to pay woman for doing some
little Job of cleaning and scrubbiug. Now
this woman was the hod carriers wife
and so the dollar and half of LIlke's
qleenback went first to Skettle again, then
to his wife, and then to the he'd carriers
wife. 1t was not presumable that it lay
long idle in her hands. Curious, wasn't
And the two dollars and ten cents that
went to the butcher? Why this was paid