Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1875-03-25

sOh, Margaret he sobbe@ kspeht
I could give you pleasant ~ And
now we shall be beggzrs
Margaret put her arms. q "a him.
drawing his face down upon - bvpast.
When be was calmer. she ID Tin
and asked him to sit dow fde he1
and tell her all
| She listened mutely.
And If the panic ends, ~ No.
/, country customers pay all - thsj
owe you, can you 60 on, n ske
asked.
Yes; Ont i, 1 Md nol sslse The
shop nor 60 through bankruptcy. But,
then, the panic may not end; zee no
signs of it at present
'Panics always do end said Marga-
ret, hopefully.
But in the meantime, Margaret, what
are We to do? All the bills for siz
months past have come pouring in upon
me, and cannot meet them. And Sad
Ter wants the mortgage money on this
house. He has dunned me for it all
: the time since it fell due, and lately he
has threatened to fore-close. Now he
! says he wiu do it. We shall lose our
home, and other people will suffer be-
cause cannot pay these bills. have
strained every nerve to do it, but it is
all in vain. 1 wish I vas dead and out
of the worry of it ALL
/ oh, Harry cried his wife, reproach-
fully. DO you want to die and leave
me?
They would not worry you for the
money, my darling. as they do me-
And yet cannot blame them,' said be
signing. They ,cant their money, and
I feel like thief as long as I withhold
it from them. Margaret, see nv mis-
take now! = he added, energetically.-
Credit has been my bane. If I was
beginning life again, I would buy moth
ing that could not pay for at the mo-
ment; and before would live in a
mortgaged house I would build a log
hut for myself a. the foot of tree =
But there! 1t is too late to talk like
that = he concluded, burying his face
in bis hands.
No dear It is not 100 late! 1t is
never too late to try and do better =
said Margaret, wiping the tears from
her own eyes. Harry, I have always
dreaded debt, as you know, and am
so glad to hear you say that you have
grown afraid of it, too. Oh! my dear,
dear husband, take this. Pay ell that
we owe-pay off the mortgage On the
house-and then we will live on bread
and water-if needs be, till the better
days come round again
This was purple morocco pocket
book, well-filled, which she thrust into
his hands, laughing and weeping at the
same moment, in her joy.
Open it-open it, Harry she sob
bed. 1t is all yours. l have saved it
for you
He opened it. 1t was full of bank
notes-tens, twentics, fifties, and two
one hundred dollar notes nesting in a
compartment by themselves. Fifteen
hundred dollars in all
Where III the world did all this mo-
ney come from: 2 he asked, with an as
tonished look.
Margaret wiped away her tears and
kissed him.
Isn't it delightful, dear?'
But is it yours, Margaret?
1T was. 1t is yours now, Harry
But where did you get it 2 he per-
sisted.
Il have not been out on the highway
to rob people, and l have not commit
ted burglary, laughed Margaret, whose
good spirits began to come back
Come up stairs, Harry, and you shall
see the good Fairy that earned it,
He followed her, with a bewildered
look, up into pretty back chamber,
furnished with chairs, table and stove
Near one of the windows stood some
thing covered over with cloth. Marga-
ret drew the cloth aside. It was sew
ing machine.
Ever since knew about the mort
gage on the house I have used this,
she said, looking at him with her ewes
full of love. 4 had all the work
could possibly do in your absence, and
l was well paid for it. And when Un-
Gle John came to see US this spring, he
gave me the two hundred dollar bills
for a birthday present. lam SO glad
If the money can help you in your trou-
bles, Harry
Help me! 1t will save mel said
her husband, clasping her to his heart.
oh, Margaret, l will repay you for
your gift thousand fold when once
the good times come back again. This
will paw off the mortgage, and settle
the bills, and pay our way through the
wear, if we are careful. Oh Margaret,
what O treasure you are?
And we will ask no more credit she
whispered with her lips closeto his ear.
Not bit, nv love-so help me God
/ say it reverently, my wife.
And he has kept his VOW.