The Van Buren press., 1875-06-01
TRUTH WILL OUT.
Jakey and his Ms and the Sunday School
Teacher

Jakey crept up and sat down by his
mothers side as she was looking out Of
the window, yesterday morning After
few minutes of silence, he broke out
with
MA, amt Pas name Jacob
Yes, Jakey.'
If l was called young Jacob, he'd be
called old Jacob wouldn't he p
Yes, my dear; what makes you ask
such question as that2
Nothing, only heard something about
him last night
What was it, my son ? said Mrs. Watts,
becoming suddenly interested
'Oh, nothing much; something the
new Sunday school teacher said
You oughten't to have anything your
mother don't know, Jakey, coaxingly
plead Mrs. Watts
well, il you must go poking into ev.
crythng, I'll tell you. The new teacher
says to me-
What's your name, my little man ?
and when said Jacob, he asked me if ]
ever heard Of old Jacob, and thought
that was pas name, so | told him guess
| had, but I'd like to hear what he had to
say about him. He said old Jacob used
to be little boy, once, just like me, and
had beautiful shooters and stills, and used
to play hockey and get licked, and used to
tend cattle
Yes, believe he said his father used
to keep COW, interrupted Mrs Watts.
And he hogged his brother out Of
something or other. and he got struck
with young woman named Rachael
Mrs, Watts became still more intereste |
and was going to marry her, but her old
man fooled him, aud made him marry his
other daugLter but pa said he guessed
his was nobody's fool, and married them
both
The wretch calculated Mrs Watts,
shaking her fist 81 Mr. Watts slipper.
He said old JacoJ had dozen or two
children, and
Did marry him for Ibis 2 exclaimed
Mrs Watts, sohbing and throwing herself
on the sofa, making all the springs hum
like a set Of tuning forks.
Jakcy said he didn't know what she
married him for, but she wouldn't catch
him telling her anything very aoon again
if she was going to kick up such row
about it, and went out Of the room high
ly indignant
When Mr. Watts came home, he met
Mrs. Watts in the hall, with very red
face, who pointed her finger at him, and
jerkcd out the word, VILLAIN = and asked
him if he could look his innocent wife,
and infant son in the face. Mr.. Watts
showed that he could, by staring very
hard alternately at Jakey and Mrs Watts
Il know, sir, whcre you go, sir when
you stay away from home continued
Mrs. Watts; Il have heard the story OF
your per6dy Can't you tell me how Ra
chael and that other woman is to day 2
she asked, with forced calmncss Mr.
Watts confessed his inability to enlighten
her on the health Of the ladies about
whom she was so solcitous Mrs. Watts
said that she always knew that something
like this would occur, and ended with an
other hystcrical Interrogation after the
childrcR's health, bu, not receiving any
satisfactory answer, she threw herself on
the sofa again, aad sobbed and asked her.
self few times, why she had left her
mothers house, and then she called ia.
key to her, and told him that they would
have to live alone in a little house, anil
be very poor, and, maybe. not have en-
ough to eat, which mode that hopeful ut
ter a series Of most doleful howls. ani
hasten down to the kitchen to examine
the larder,
Later in the day Mrs Lewis happened
in, and Mrs. Watts confded to her the
story Of her husband villainy Ofcourse
Mrs Lewis was very properly shocked,
and tried to impress upon Mrs. Watts the
necessity Of being philosophical. and left
with the observation that she had never
vet seen man with mole on his nose,
who did not, sooner or later, prove to be
a rascal
Towards evening. Jakey was sitting on
the steps, having recovered from his grief
of the morning, when the Sunday school
teacher chanced to pass by, and Jakey
hailed him with Say. mister, / told my
mother what you told me about old ia
cob, last night, and there has been the old
scratch to pay ever since. Ma called pa
villain, and bloody thief, and tried to
break her back on the sofa, and said that
there wouldn't be anything to eat, and
there amt been such time since pa Of
fercd to kiss Aunt Jane good by. Maybe
you had better drop in aud see the old
lady. mister; she amt 80 bad az she was.
The teacher, after some pressing, ac
companied Jakey into the house. and was
presented to Mrs. Watts. in the parlor.
Mrs Watts began to thank him for dis.
closing her husbands perfdy, but he dis
claimed having done anything Of the kind
and. at length, after considerable talking
it was discovered that Jakey had misap
piled tho story OF the patriarch Jacob
Mrs Watts started right out to hunt up
Jacob, and when she found him astonish-
ed him again by being as loving as she
had been distant Jakey is contented in
the fact that there is no immediate pros