The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1875-03-18
WORTH OR WEALTH.

81. 81 TELL you, no, Agnes2 I won't
have it. sIhe fellow only wants my
money. [ know him-I know him. l
know all these dandifed jimcracks.
They hang around carbon. l won't
have any such thing. Now you know. "
s'Father, you Judge Walter too harsh
II. He is q good man-honest and H.
dustrious and
industrious, say you? I'd like to
know what he's got to show for his IN
dustry.
ssHe has superior education, father. y
Education Fiddlesticks Can he
live on his education Can he make
money of it,"
Yes, he can live on it. He has al
ready obtained good situation as
clerk
'.Anl will earn just enough to keep
him in the fine clothes he wears. L know
these fellows. But there's an end ont.
If YOU choose him rather than your
poor old father you can do SO. can
live alone-I shan't live Iong-you can
''Stop-3top, father. You have no
right to talk SO. You know [ could not
leave you. And Agnes Bremen threw
her arms around the old mans neck al
kissed him, and left The room.
cts curions how these young folks
act,'' the miser muttered to himself af-
ter he had seen his child depart.
There been twenty of the sharks after
that girl-an of 'em lowering around
her like man-eaters after q dead body.
Dent know what they want +? Can't [
see? Ahal can't [, though It's my
money! But Agnes has never loved one
of 'em TIL this Adams came along the
iackanapes! And now she wants to get
married at once. Nonsense -
The old man bowed his head as he
spoke, and he saw q drop upon the back
of his hand. It was bright drop, ard
the rays of the setting sun were playing
on il.
'EShe cried when she kissed me-" he
whispered, wiping the tear from his
hard hand. II CONT see what makes
her SO tender hearted. She never took
it from me. But she may have taken it
from
The old man stopped, and a cloud
came over his wrinkled brow: there was
pang in his heart. He remembered
the gentle, uncomplaining being who
hal once been his companion-the
mother of his child. He remembered
bloom of manhood had passed from him;
how she loved him, nursed him, and
cared for him, and how she taught her
child to love and care for him, too. And
he remembered how she had never COM
planned, even while suffering, and how
she had died, with a smile and lies
sing upon her lips, though the gold of
her husband brought her no comfort
Noah Bremen bowed his frosted head
more low, and in his heart he wished
that be could forget all but the few
fleeing joys of his wife. But he could
not forget that if had been whispered
how his wife might have lived longer, if
she had had proper clothing and proper
medical attention.
''But it would have cost so much 1
saved money p
Ah-the reflection would not remove
the pang. The other memory was up
permost.
Noah Bremen had pass ed the allotted
age of man, being over three score and
ten, and all his life had been devoted to
accommodating money. He had denied
himself every comfort, and his heart
had been almost as hard as the sold he
had boarded. But as his hair grew
more white and spare, and the years
grew more heavily upon him. he thought
more-re reflected more. The sweet smile
of his dead wife was doing its mission
now, and the pure love of his gentle
child was q continual remembrance to
him that there were better hearts than
his own
At length the miser zose and passed
out from the room. He would have Left
the hut; but as he reached the little en-