The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1874-03-17

must give the children chance. we
lack Just thousand dollars, and let this
be the treasure that the little children
shall lay up in heaven"
.Ob, Lord!'' groaned Fitzrobinsou,
"is thy servant an Astor that he should
do this thing p
The proposition took Fiflies, and
twenty-fves and tens literally rained
down from the galleries and surged up
to the altar where the secretary sat
Mrs. Filzrobinson watched her chance
and obtained the floor
''Peleg Fitzrobinson,Jr., fifty dollars"
Fitzrohinson said not word, but he
mournfully thought Of the time when
their first born came so near dying With
the measles
''Eunice Fitzrobinson, twenty i've dol
lars' Fizrobinson vainly endeavored
10 recall an instance where scarlet fever
had terminated fatally in his family.
"Prudence ,Fi,zrobinson, twenty-five
dollars" Flztobinson was desperate
now, but trusted in Providence, and
hopei she might forget one
Patience .Fitzrobinson, twenty-five
dollars"
"God bless the Fitzrohinson's! and
may there be as many more of them,
exclaimed Dir. Ives with feryor ~
This was too much In an instant he
made soletnn resolution. He'd not sit
lpatiently by ani listen to spch--snch-
1.-THE word hadn't been coined to express
lit; he'd go horha faAls.
"Hiram Fltzrobinson, twenty Eve dol
liars" .e5i.s
"rll never pay it; I can't" thought
Fitzrobinson. as he shook johnny Fitz
irobinson, who, by this time was fast
asleep on his parents lap. Has any one
ever tried to wake up d healthy, sleeping
child? Fltzcobnson shook him again,
and then he pinched him; no, signs Of
life. Then he set him up on his knee,
but he fattened out ike rag doll when
he tried to put his hat on. '' 'a sta
"Elymus Fitzrobinson, twenty-five dol
lars I" gH ,5l ~
"Wake up. you little misfortune 2
whispered Ftzrobinson. Johnny slept
) on in sweet unconsciousness. Then
IFitzrobinson stood him up and tried to
steady him with one hand, while he put
his cloak on with the other, AS well
have tried to make jumping jack stand
alone; he collapsed and went down in a
heap between the seats s
"Washington Fitzrobinson, TWEEN ty
Eve dollars!" Yi-ig lt ffii
"She skipped one,' thought F''srob
inson with grim satisfaction, "Untanglf
' yourself, can't you" to the sleeping
Johnny. He got him up again, ane
placed him astride his knee. His leg:
hung limp and lifeless and his body
!. doubled up like piece OF warm taffy :
He turned the urchin around and Leaned
him up against his own breast, and triet
to get one arm into the sleeve OF hi
cloak The wrist joint hadn't a particl
: of stiffness in it Fitzrobinson seize'
the child's hand and crushed it into th
: armhole, all into a bunch. and then tie'
to draw the sleeve on, the elbow bent u
terribly; and the arm oscilated at tn
shoulder like we'll oiled ball and-secke
: joint At last he got it on, but the Lor
only knows how. But the other arm
5 how should lie get that ins He stoo
Johnny on end and balanced him on hi
!. knee. It took both his own hands t
y manage one Of Johnny's and the sleeve
;. When he abandoned the shoulders, there
y fore, Johnny pitched head first into hi
sire's digestion, dragging his arm out z
his coat altogether.
5 "Hannibal Fitsrobinson, twenty-f1v
dollarsp'
= mo such go,d luck for me of course
:. muttered Filzrobinson Couldn't say
. even twenty Ave dollars from the wreck
f She's thought of the seventh" He gatt
cred Johnny together for the final strus
. gle. Il was OF no use trying to put to:
y cloak on. He'd try and put his hat o
= anyhow. He leaned the ufchin up in
II corner of the pew. stealied his hoi
, with one hand while with the other b
:, stea,lied his head. Johnny's hat ha
a fallen on the floor in tile strife and no
\ lay at full arms length from tie suffe
i ing parent Fltzrobinson reached on
, with one hand to recover the hat, whe
a Johnny gave way altogether and cam
- down in a muss on the cushion. FIJI,
n robinson abandoned the hat and hitche
Il him up again. Then he tried with Ii
other hand, ard the nrchin's head fe
b forward against the corner of tho pc
y with such force as to start the claret :
N Theu for the first time he evinced sigl
!" of life; he piped up Justify, drownia
l. Dir. Ives and centcring all eyes on II
Filzrohinson pew. One oil lady ov
|, in the corner, thinking some one had g
n the power, jumped up and shouted ,'gl
: ry! glory at the top Of her voice.
i Two hundred aud twenty five d"lla
IS by the little Fi,zrohinsons rnared Il
= doctor; ''ana the cry is. still they com
a, SureIy,i is more blessed to give than
No receive
RS "Amen! Bless the Lrrdw groan,
8 brother Langley. Brother William .
IN Cook Forgetting that he was not in coul
5r broke out with:
g. "May it please your honor" ar
n then recovering himself; "Under Prov
e. dencc, and by the grace of God, |
es give another hundred for each Of n
In children"
I'd Brother Prevention Sa'chell jump
up thereupon and stated, with tears
j. his eyes, that this was the saddest m
ment of his life. to think that he h
he Ionly one child, ,hnt he declared bis inte
ne ton of going brother CJok 8 hunir'
to better on that one.
cd "The confountled IDIOT" maltered {
ut iisgiis,cd Fiizrohsnson, as lie gather
ed JOHNNY, hat, cloak, umbrella, overcc
,t, and hymn book together, in an unsisl
ed ly bundle, and started for the door
b. As he entered the vestibalc he hes
al the sari!l voice Of Mrs. Fitzrobinson C
hi ont:
EN- "John Fitzrobinson. twenty Eve d
m srs!"
to THANK God! that's all of 'em if I
nd kept the right count g'oanea Fnzrob
ms son. I don doubt she'll give hi
de dred or so for each of her sisters n
Ills that she's got to the end Of her 0
nal leiher. But it don't matter much,
zen | m penned for life anyhow, and a
,,f1 h,,n3rai r,hTh orlsec ,cnn't rnaka m;