The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1876-08-10

e4taiAt ruhsy bot in ihe end Albert wa
! beaten by Three points; and with a Atlll
laugh he went up 70 settle tho biz. Flyt
games, twenty ecnts game jus, on
/ dollar Nol much for such Sport aud b.
paid oul Tie money With grace, ant
never oace seeming TO feel that be ooulC
nat aHotd &C.
lisro eigarl aid Tom.
Ncs.
They lighted their cigars, aud then
sapn,erod dswn the hall to watch others
play
Albert soou tonnd himself seated over
against table st which some OF bic
friends we're playing, aud close by stood
two gentlcmeu, strangers to him, one OF
whom was cxpialning to the other the
mysteries Of the game.
u is healthy psslime, said he, who
had been making the explanation; and
certainly is one which has no evil ten.
deuey
Albert heard thc remarks very plainly,
aud he had q curiosity to hear what the
other would say
( cannot, Of course, assert that any
game which calls for skill aud Judgment,
and which is free from the attendant
curse Of gaming, Is Of itself an evil re.
marked the second gentleman
/ But the other shook his head
/ You are wrong here. The result can
follow Ia two ways; First, il can lead
men to spend money who have not any
money TO spend Yon will understand
me, for instance, by observing that young
man who is just settling his bin at the
desk. He looks like a mechanic, and
should say from bis manner, that he has
a wife aud children. | see by ais face
that he is kind hearted and generous. He
has been beaten, and be pays one dollar
aud forty cents for The recreation OF some
two hours duration, If you observe you
will see that he pays il freely, and pock-
cts the loss with a smile. Happy faculty
But how do you suppose IL is In the
young mans home? Suppose bis wife |
had come to him this morning and asked
him for dollar TO spend for some lrifling |
thing; some household ornaments, or |
some Bit Of fjewelry TO adorn her person
and suppose bis little child had put Ia a
plea for forty cents TO buy paper and
picture books with. What do you think
be would have answered? OF fifty men
just like him, would not forty and five
have declared that they bad not money
70 spare for any such purpose2 And,
they would have said SO, feel
ing that they were telling the truth eAan
! not right?
Upon my soul, responded the man who
understood billiards, You speak to the
point ! know that young man who has
paid bis bill, and you have not miejudged
bin IN singular particular.
Aye, and so it goes, said the other
gentleman. Well, that mans wife may
be wishing at this very moment that she
BAD a magazine to read, while he is pay.
ng almost its full price for a year-for
what? And yet how smiIingly he does
[. Ali those poor sympathizing wives
How many clouds often darken upon
hem from the brows of their husbands
when they ask for triflng sums Of money
md how grudgiDgly the mite is handed ,
,yer when it is eivenl Ahl it is well !
or such wives and children that they do ,
lot know where the money all goes.
They had finished at the nearest table. I
The two gentlemen moved on, and Al a
ert Landman arose from bis seat and b
eit the house. That very morning his I
wn true, faithful, loving wife had been /,
ad and hear-sick because he had harshly l.
nd uukindly met her request for small n
um of money. And his sweet Lizzie Ii
adj crept away to her home almost a
tor the want of simple a
~, such as her mates possessed, And Il
Ct the sum OF both their wants amount II
4 to not as much as he had paid awsy u
lat evening for billiard playing. Il
Albert Landman wanted TO be ali hon te
Il husband aud father, aud the lesson Il
as not lost upon him. On his way home HI
g stopped at Sir, Grants aud purchased "
ie best and pretiie-t hoop to be found IL
Ith driving stick painted led, white and M
ue, aud in the morning, when he be- L
I'D hi. child's delight, and had received d.
= grateful, happy kiss, the question a
me to bis mind: Which was The best G
ID happiest result, this or the five bl
,me, Of billiards! The hoop had coat 80
irty cents. He could play two games til
billiards less and be the absolute 81
liner Of icn ceuis by the pleasant oper- 81
ion. W
a few mornings after this, as Albert !
q from he breakfast table, he detected I'll
! uneasy, wisliuI look upon bic wife's OF
ce. th
Kate, what l. its 60
Albert, could you spare mc half dol \, y
{ this moruingf
And out came The wallet, aud The -
ouey was banded over with warm, "
uia smile. y
WHAT Tear. az ihal' Was II possible :,
G bad been - little used TO sneh scenes -,
his part that SO simple an sct OF loy. ~
Z Kindness thus affected her.
How many games Of billiards would he y,
guired 70 secure snch satisfaction as =
bert LsndmAn carried with him that -
5ruing 70 The shop. =.
A very simple lesson. is ], notl But ~,
W many may gain lasting profit by -,