Middletown transcript., 1875-05-29
Yull'oro'ls.
Truth will Out.
Jakey, his Ma and the Sunday School
Teacher.

VeAenefs
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 2
Yes, Jakey.'
If 1 was called young Jacob. he'd
be called old Jacob, wouldn't he?'
Yes, my dear; what makes you ask
such question as that?'
Nothing. only l heard something
about him last night
Mrs. Watts suddenly became inter-
ested. What was it. my SOM
'Oh, nothing much something the
new Sunday School teacher said
You oughtn't to have anything your
mother don't know, Jakey,' ceaxingly
plead Mrs. Watts.
We'll, if you must 60 poking into
everything, I'll tell you. The new
teacher says to me. What's your name,
my little man 2 and when said Jacob.
he asked me if I ever heard of old
Jacob, and I thought that was pas
name. so told him guess | had, but
I'd like to hear what be had to say
about him. He said old Jacob used to
be little boy once just like me. and
had bean-shooters and stills, and used
to play hockey and get licked, and used
to tend cattle
Yes, 1 believe be said his father
used to keep cow interrupted Mrs.
Watts.
And he bogged his brother out Of
something or other, and he got struck
with a young woman named Rachel
MRS Watts became still more inter-
ested]. and was going to marry her,
but her old man fooled him and made
him marry bis other daughter; but pa
said be guessed he was nobedy's fool,
and married them BOTH
The wretch r calculated Mrs. Watts.
shaking her fist at Mr.. Watts's slipper.
He said old Jacob had dozen or
two children, and
Did l marry him for this ? exclaim-
ed Mrs. Watts, sobbing and throwing
herself on the sofa. making all the
springs hum like set Of tuning-forks.
Jaksy said be didn't know what she
married him for, but she wouldn't catch
him telling her anything very soon
again if she was going to kick up such
a row about it, and went out Of the
room highly indignant.
When Mr.. Watts came home he met
Mrs. Watts in the hall, with very red
face, who pointed her finger at him and
jerked out the word Villain! 7 and ask
ed 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.
I know where you 60, sir, when you
stay away from home, continued Mrs.
Watts; I've heard the story Of your
perfdy. Cant you tell me how Rachel
and that other woman is to-day?' she
asked with forced calmness. Mr.. Watts
confessed his inability to enlighten her
ON the health of the ladies about whom
she was SO solicitous. Mrs. Watts said
that she always knew that something
like this would occur, and ended with
another hysterical interrogation after
the children's health, but not receiving
any satisfactory answer, she threw her
self on the sofa again and sobbed and
asked herself few times why she had
ever left her mothers house, and then
she called Jakey to her and told him
that they would have to live alone in a
little house and be very poor, and may
be not have cnought to eat, which made
that hopeful utter series Of most dole
full hewls and hasten down to the
kitchen to examine the larder.
Later in. the day Mrs. Lewis happen
ed in, and Mrs. Watts con6ded to her
the story Of her husbands villainy Of
course, Mrs. Lewis was very properly
shocked, and tried to impress upon
Mrs. Watts the necessity Of being phil
osophical, and left with the observation
that she had never yet seen man with
a mole on bis nose who did not. sooner
or later, prove to be rascal.
Towards evening Jaukey was sitting
on the steps, having recovered from his
grief Of the morning, when the Sunday
School teacher CHANGED to pass by, and
Jakey hailed him with: s'Say. mister,
/ told my mother what you told me
about old Jacob 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 offered
to kiss Aunt Jane good-by. Maybe
you had better drop in and see the old
lady, mister; she amt SO bad as she
was.'