Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1874-12-04

notes fell due day before yesterday. The
man to whom [ gave them sold them IN
the way of business to western firms and
now they must be paid. Tomorrow an
! officer will be placed in my shop, and near
ly everything will be sold 1t is not the
loss of my stock and tools that L care so
much about, for have health and strength
and can earn more, but it is the disgrace
of the thing. To think that | should fall
like this-me-a healthy young mechanic.
"How much do you over" asked Linne,
in a trembling voice.
'Both notes amount to four hundred
| dollars.
land haven't you any part of it ~
:sOnly about fifty dollars that can collect
readily"
land if these notes were paid, you would
be safe.''
Yes"
CITIZEN, thank God, you will not suffer -
exclaimed Li4lnie. And overcnne-by her
| feelings, she sank upon her husbands neck
and burst into tears.
"Linnie,' IIinlie. cried the Young man,
''what DO you mean 20
"Wait a moment, my husband"
The wife br ,shed 1.-THE tears from her
cheeks as. she spoke, and left the room, and
! and in few m ments she returned, bear
| ing in her hand small book. There WAS
| bright smile on her face. and her husband
looked at her in establishment.
Here. my fusband,'' she said, stepping
; to his side, and placing the book in his hand,
his neck, ''if you carry that to the bank
| they will give you three hundred and sew
| enty-fve dollars for it,"
/. '!Three hundred and seventy-fve dol
larsi'' repeated theastonishad man. hardly
crediting the evidence of his own senses
Yes. Anson," returned his wife sink
| ing into her husbands lap. THAT is the
money that | have been laying up during
the past three years"
| 'You laid it up, Linnie? But where
could you have got it -
You gave it to me yourself to spend for
trifies. You know have claimed my share
| in such money Do not blame me. Arson;
but feared you did not attach sufficient
| Importance to the aggregate Of the small
sums you were almost daily spending.-
/ Once or twice | would have demonstrated,
but you could not be made easily to see it.
/ was but a young girl, and feared tC set
up will against my husband, 50 | resorted
to this means Of proving my position. O.,
my dear husband, you cannot know what
sweet pleasure ! experience now in finding
tlat my experlm mt has been the means Of
such good9
IF your pleasure is equal to mine, then
you must be happy, indeed exclaimed
| Arson. as he drew his fond wife to his bo-
som. God bless you. Linnie, and make
me able to repay you for this. Now see
to whom you have owed the li5tle debts
YOU have sometimes contracted, and which
| have Aelped you 10 pay"
Eyes," returned Linnie with a SMILE
1T was to you | owed them. And yet, :"
she added with q meaning look, and in a
lower tone, Il have not drawn quite so
much from the amusement fund AIS
"Hush. Linnie, | know [ have spent N ne
than ] was aware Of, but my eyes are open
now and | see it all. y
''And do you blame me for what [ have
done 2"
tBame you'' exclaimed Arson. imprint
| ing warm kiss upon his Wife's BROW
Let my FIXTURE course show how fondIy you
are cherished and how faithfully will be
guided by your Judgment"
On the next day Arson Kimball paid off
those who woul have sold his stock. and
he had the pleasure of tearing his two notes
in pieces. lie spent the money foolshly,
as he found the products Of his labor be-
ginning to gather on his hands, his home
grew brighter, and his enjoymeEts were in
creased. BY steady degrees he rose to d
position Of honorable atfiuence but through
| all his success he never lost sight of the
gratitude he owed to the gentle, faithful
being who had first opened his eyes to {,
| knowledge of the secret of success, and
saved him from pecuniary disgrace. He
was an honorable and respected m IN, but
| he felt he owed it all to his wife's fore
| thought.