The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1874-04-01
WEDNESDAY MORNING, April. l. 1874

havon'ta sheet Of note paper left
Mrs. Captain Sibthorpo sent in
and borrowed tho last yesterday
Mrs. Sibthorpo never returns any,
thing sho borrows by any posi-
bility."
"Like tho wickod woman in the
Scripture" said the husband. "Ten
cents, my love-"
"lt's too bad |" cried Lila with
flaming checks, "I didn't moan to
DO taken up this way"
81 only wish Mrs. Jayncsford or
ono of her set would call again, "
said Mr.. Caxgrovo, rognishly.-
"Thero goes tho bell now |"
II shall DO on my guard" said
tho wifo. 81 do bclievo it's Mrs.
Montague, the very one Of all 9TH
ers most wish to SOC. No, it isn't
either, it's old Miss Duccy. Oh,
dear! now 1 shall be bored for a
mortal half hour"
"Tho Home Mission again!" said
Mr. Caxgrove, calmly presenting
the inexorablc mitc-chcst, at tho
same instant in which Miss Duccv
was shown TO tho drawing room.
Miss Ducey had como to tell
Mrs. Caxgrovc all tho particulars
Of Il recent wedding, and she stop
ped an hour and hnlf. And when
sho went away sho circulated the
report that "poor Mrs. Caxgrovc' )
husband was really gotting quito
insane on the subject Of money,
for all the time she was there ho
sat in tho bay-window, pretending
to DO busy with Il book, but every
now and then he would repeat to
himself "Tcn cents, ten cents, ten
cents"
"And, my DEAR" added Miss Du-
cey, 81 never saw II person look 80
mortified as Mrs. Caxgrovo did,.
She turned as red rs Il beet"
"Stcphen," cried the wife, as
soon as her visitor had gone, "its
too bad for you to mako one re.
sponsiblc for the tongue Of an old
tale. bearer like Miss Diccy! |
couldn't stop her mouthW
"Of course not" said Stephen {;
"your mouth is the only one for
which you are accountable, and
has. just got You into another ten
cent difficulty. Upon my word, the
Home Mission is making money
ut railroad rate. Don't look so
vexcd, LilI, darling; all this only
proves to you that you were real
ly getting into an almost uncon-
scious habit Of criticism and fault
finding"
"But | declare / won't be caught
again." said Mrs. Caxgrovo, reso-
lutoly.
At the end of five minutes she
came back with n telegram in her
hand.
"You'll have to go to the depot,
Stephen" sho said, "to meet the
Ravens. Here is n telographic
dispatch 20 say that they are on
their way to visit us. Oh, doar,
why can't they stay at homo ?
What shall | do with those three
horrid, disagroeablo young savages
Of children ? l declare, I'd rather
pay"
"Ten cents, Mrs. Caxgrovc, "
said her husband, and thon he
went to meet tho train.
At the end of the weoe tho
mite.chcst was opened, and found
to contain five dollars and thirty
cents in fine money.
81 didn't know that [ was so
bad, Stcphon," said Mrs. Cuxgrove,
half laughing, half crying, "for
the future l will try to 'sot n
watch upon the door of my lips. "
Mr.. Caxgrove counted out the
money and sent it TO Mr.. Saltor
with little noto saying that tho
mitc-chost had met with bottor
luck than his vito had anticipated.
"Wo'Il sot II littlo trap to catch
Il bad habit again." he said laugh.
ingly to Lila. "I hope the money
will do tho Homo Mission much
good, but l am suro it has already
wrought good work in my own
littlo domestic mission"
Il think 30, too," said Lila.
[Christian Observer.