Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1874-03-27

soothingly, laying his hand on Donald's
head. :" If you have sipned. God has
punished you. But you have still great
cause to be thankful that God has been
so merciful to you"
With these words Wallace MeGregor
thrust his hand into his pocket, drew out
large pocket-book and threw it on the
table, saying
There, Donald, is your pocket.book
with every dollar you lost. When was
returning from the pasture this morning,
| found it by the watering trough where
you stopped to water your horse. 1t
must have dropped from your pocket
when you we're getting from the wagon,
for | found it rolled down the bank near
ly rod from the road"
"Oh, Wallace" exclaimed Donald,
grasping both his hands, "you have
saved me from ruin. You shall have
the farm back without paying another
dollar. Here, Robinson" said he, turn
ing to the lawyer, make out deed,
and will sign it this very day."
"This will save me, too, from going
under" said Roberts with great revul.
sion of feeling. 81 will put two hun
dred and fifty dollars on the top of the
deed"
Therest of US will double the amount"
said Barker, another of the merchants.
" Wallace might have gone off and
carried every cent of this money, and no
one ever suspected it,
az shall not touch the money" said
Wallace, with real Scotch integrity and
stubbornness. What I earn is enough
for me and my family. l have only
done my duty, and l shall not touch
farthing of it,"
"Then we shall make a present of it
to your wife, said Roberts, :" for we are
going to have our way about this mat
| ter"
Wallace took his hat and was going
to leave, but Donald interposed and
placed his back against the door, saying :
No, Wallace, you are not going to
leave the room till you take the deed and
this money along with you. An hour
ago could not make reparation for the
wrong | had done you. But now l can,
and it shall be done at once.
Wallace was almost forced to sit down
and wait He finally concluded to take
the money and carry ii home to his wife.
When the deed was made out he took
it and the money, and went home, reach
ing there just in time for dinner.
There is little package for you
Mary" said Wallace, laying sealed
envelope on her plate.
"What is it?" said his wife, turning
it over curiously.
"Open it and see, Mary"
1t would be difficult to picture her as
tonishment when it was opened, to find
there five hundred dollars with these
words:
This sum is a present to Mrs. Mary
McGregor to put the house in good re-
pair and improve the farm
The tears came into her eyes as she
looked up at her husband and said :
What does all this mean, Wallace 2"
"Only that we are not going to leave
our old home, Here is deed of the
farm which is all paid for, and that mon
ey all belongs to you"
Then he told the circumstances of
finding the money; how Donald had re.
stored the farm, AMI how she came to
have present of the FIVE hundred dol
lars.
II have been poor, faithless crea-
ture, said his wife, with the tears stream.
ing down her face, after he had finished
lfI hope shall be forgiven for distrust-
ing the Lords goodness and mercy"
Whatsoever He doeth He doeth
wisely and we'll, returned Wallace,
thoughtfully. "Itis good thing, Mary
to Trust in the Lord and not be afraid
And such was Wallace McGregor' s
Revenge.