The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1875-01-08

converting hardware INTO paper curren-
cy. IL f.la Old established house of Bras
- X Co. in a Western city.
Please u Imagine the months of 1874
come and gone There was no par
ties" TO be sure. Vet Bessie and Bertha
had good heath, and did not seem to
Miss the pantomime. There was no trip
10 the mountains; % 10 consultations
werf needed with the lady who had
Z sucii sweet things in silk foTS.Ie conn
tfy. Carrie did the work ofgbverness
yTvil; aud her mothers dexterity IN
transforming dresses was the perpetual
aiuazalHent of her evenings. Tom and
Harry never befCr- received. or wrote
such home letters, and the amount of
pett,ng laYiShed on Charles HensIow,
wiru he returned in the evenings, was
perfectly amazing. He did not miss liis
club. or anything el7e ia the city. So
yie year passed, ami the eve Of
N-w Years day came
There Had been many conferences
about tiIe day. Tom was coming home
for vacation. Henry was 20 have his
rrSt holiday. That was a double iOy.
snail We receive, mCtherF said Car
T.e; "! think We had better not" She
aid not wish mother 70 think il would
BE- q trial to her to give up receiving"
Why, certainly, Carrie; why not?
Are We not just as good as ever we were?
Il anything, we are better, for we can
all DO something now. IL any Of our
neighbO=s come, we snail welcome them:
and We shall be all tine happier to see
them if they come this year" So il was
settled.
That again was a pleasant group that
gathered about the breakfast-table on
Jan. LIST, 1875, 8s it was seen in the
dream. 1t was the first complete gath
ering since their reverse. Mr. HeEslow
took the Bible-he had left his wife to
read and pray with the children when
they lived in tOwn-and read n psalm.
They knelt down and he prayed-a
simple, thankful. humble PRAYER. They
rose from their knees, Henry, who had
never heard his father pray, wiping
tears that were full of nothing but joy.
He had Joined the church in the city in
which he worked; because ''he saw he
must be one thing or the other, be thor
oughly good, or go TO ruin; :" and a cler-
gynan whom he consulted put him into
a gentieman's Bible class. The rest had
followed.
i have some good news TO tell you
all, =" said Mr.. HenslOw, (which | kept
for this morning. The house~-rhey all
knew tine hOuse-''is going on again
hopefully, and / begin again as before
with this year; and if Tom likes, after
he graduates next commencement, he
can get my place"
After general congratulations, and
some of the aforesaid hugging, it was
Toms time to answer the looks of in
quiry.
well, father, Tn not vain enough
TO think 1 could take your place. They
have a notion at college that there is
something in me: mostly, | suspect, be-
cause have dropped cigars and parties,
and cut fewer recitatIous than | used to;
and there is a talk of my getting an ex-
hibitiOn that will enable me TO 90 to
Germany for year and study; and then
| may develop into a lawyer, or a pro-
fessor, or something poor but hOnest;'
for l doubt il my nervous system could
stand the fluctuations of commerce; -
and Tom glanced slyly over broad
chest and very muscular limbs, adding:
Henry here will make a pile-and one
millionaire is enough in the family"
This was Toms way of describing the
brilliant success he won in college since
lac wakened up to the idea that he had
to make his own way. The reader can
imagine more hugging, etc
1t WAS now Harry's turn TO say a word
taking out a roll of notes and putting
it In his mothers hand. ~ was TO have
nothing the first year, while was learn
ing the business; but the Governor told
me in July that / deserved something,
and put iue on SALARY; and | brought
home tiie most OF it, and" Poor
Harry. lie hal something else to say,
but lie had not got rid of crying. in his
heart, over his fathers prayer. anG lie
broke down.
Poor HE, said Carrie; Il wish was
aIuan; l can 90 nothing, and have no
story 20 tell.
'But You have, my daughter, and
Will scil IL. we paid over six hundred
dOllai,- a year fOr the children at school
IN town, and their dressing for school
cost at the very least two hundred dol
lars a year more; and you have saved
all that, and penny saved is u penny
won, Il B-uialuin Franklin told the
truth; and lie girls never learned so
much in a year, and never had so good
a govenIess'
And, mamma, sure, well never 20 to
school again, but always learn lessons
with Carrie = chimed III Bessie and Ber-
tina, to whom Carrie had made lessons
(she called them her little busy B's'')
more pleasure than Il tell.
Don't be too sure about that, Bes-
Sic" said Tom. There's Z dreadful
bird of prey Lave seen pTOwliug about
this nest that l am afraid wants TO carry
of your goyerness.
We do not pretend to sag why Carrie
is biusliing and frowning ON Tom, and
giving him blow on the upper part of
his cheek that does not hurt him much
nor why Mr.. Eagle, who owns nice
mansion close ty 0lis father was the
rich broker in William street,. who was
among the first new-year callers, staid
50 long, and appeared so awkward and
timid as lie was leaving. Your true
man, as rule, IS little sheepish when
in love; it is the einpty-hesldedc cOxcomb
who worSlIips himself, and inHigines lie
hcnors anybody to whom he offers his
precious self, that is as easy, self-pOs-
sesSed, and iinpudeut as one OF those
cock sparrcws in the square
But Mr Eagle left letter, addressed
Charles q. Henslow, Esq. present -
OF which We can give the reader copy.
MY DFAB SIR: hope It viii not seem 10
you. and to-Airs. HenslOw. presumpiuous in
me 10 ask youF consent TO my union with
Your daughter Since you have cone 10
reside here, have come to love her for that
real worth. which | knew only in part when
you lived in the city, and, yet, which ] re-
spcc;e,i even then Through the kindness
Of my late and dear father, ! have means
enough 10 secure comfort, and ] do not
mean 10 be an idle man. II you will give
INC tins Gift, | am sure, with Gods blessing,
shall he happier and more useful, and
shall try TO be like your other s0ns. i shall
await line from you at your cODvrnieEce,
and before yenturing 10 speak TO Miss Hen
slow, and with what anxiety, l need not
say. Permit me to be- with great respect,
Yours, most faithfully.
FRANK r. EAGLE"
We shall not describe the other call
erS; nor intrude on another family
council; nor say how this ''bird Of prey
was regarded by Carrie; but we noticed
that she took Toms puns and jokes in
excellent part, even when he declares
lit is the Eagle that is carried away.
There may have been more hugging
for that mother and daughter had be-
come nore to each other in days Of rial
than ever they would have been ia pros
perity. As the family parted at late
bedtime, Mr. Henslow said, as he kissed
Bessie and Bertha goodnight. This j.