The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1876-04-11
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h. The fellow only wants my money
! know him. know all these dandifed
jimjacks. They hang around bag OF
gold as crows do around carbon. /
won't have any such thing now you.
know" A
"Father, you Judge Walter too harsh
~. He is good man-honest and in,
dusirious, ard" i. Z
sIndustrious, say your I'd like to
know what he's got to show for his in
dustry."
Il He has e superior education, father
aEd6cation! Fiddlestioksi Can he
live on his education2 Can he make
money of it 7"
Eyes, he can live on it; be has already
obtained good situation as clerk"
"And will earn just enough to keep
him in the fiHe clothes he wears. I know
these fellows. But there's an end ont;
il you choose him rather than your poor
old father, you can do so. / can live
alone-I shan't live long-you cam"
"Stop-stop, father. You have no
right to talk 80. You know I could not
leave you." And Agnes Bremen threw
her arms around the old mans neck and
kissed him and left the room. sl
"It's curious how these; young folks
act" the miser muttered to himself, af.
ter he had seen the child depart.
sThere's besn twenty Of the sharks at
ter that girl-all Of 'em lowering around
herlike man. eaters after dead body 2
Don't / know what they want7 Can't I
seel Aha! can't l thought It's my
money! And Agnes has never loved
one OF 'em till this Adams came along
the jackanapes and now she wants to
lget married at once. Nonsenser'
The old man bowed his head as he
spoke, and he saw drop on the back Of
his hand. II was bright drop, and the
rays Of the setting sun were playing on
lity
aShe cried when she kissed me-" he
whispered, wiping the tear from his hard
hand. II don't see what makes her so
ltender. hearted !; she never took it from
mo. But she may have taken it from
The old man stopped, and cloud
came over his wrinkled brow, for there
was a pang In his heart. BE remember
| ed the geDtle, accomplishing companion
1.-The mother Of his child. He remsm-
bered how she became his wife, even
whom the bloom Of manhood had passed
from him-how she had loved him, nurs-
ed him, cared for him, and how she had
Taught her child to love and care FOR him
too. And he remembered how che had
never complained, even while suffering.
and how she had died, with smile aud
| blessing upon her lips, though'the gold
OF her husband brought her no COM
forts.
Noah Bremen bowed his frosted head
lower, and in his heart he wished that he
could forget that it had been whispered
how his wife might have lived longer il
she had had proper clothing and medi-
| cal attention.
"But it would have cost so much! |
saved money r. .ss
Ah-the reflection that would remove
the pang; the other memory was upper
most.
/ Noah Bremen had passed the allotted
age of man, being over three score years
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 gold he had
boarded; but as his hair became more
white and spare, and the years grew
more heavily upon him, he thought
more reflected more The sweet smile
Iof his dead wife was doing its mission
now, and the pure love Of his gentle
child was continual remembrance to
Thin that there we're better hearts than
his own.
AT length the miser rose and passed
out Of the room be would have left the
hut, but as he reached the little entry
way he heard Voice from the garret -
II was his child's; he crept up the rick
lety stairs and looked through crack in
1.-THE door. He saw Agnes upon her
knees; tears were rolling down her
Icheeks, and her hands. we're claspsd To-
ward Heaven. and she prayed: q ~
I'D, Sca oe gooo 20 my l@'nel' anu
make bis heart warm ana peaceiui!-
Make me 70 love him with an ienaerness'
enable me to do we'll and truly the duty
/ pledged to my ssinted mother. ] prom
Used her / would love and care for him
always; Falner IN aeasen' neip me- On
help me J!
The old man crept down stairs and
out Of doors, ara LOT 2 aNnole nouf Walk
ed among the trees. ne tnougns again
g! MS vlle, again o. MS cn'ia' ana tnen
OF MS gold. ana tnis was moi sne nls,
time ne had walked alone thores He dld
not himself Know now ereas vas 1he 70
naence MS CHIC was e4eruns over nun
Agnes-pure, ,good, oeautilul Agnes
wept long and pltterly ~ .ner httle gar.
RET; ana wnen sne became CAIN anu nel
lcneeks dry, sne came ooMn anu gov nel
supper eut sne was no. sne smalng
nsppy oeins .uas nsu n'sseu aoousi 'us
scanty oosru ne.ssolo.e -.
q lev osys ai'el .n's,as Noan DlsmsL
sPprSscnsu n's oo' s, Gn1 u.as, y
ns.sa so'css 'ioM ~. ".sa naarss ~ psepv. anr
..;n % ~ sa~ ss Ws,.s, - i s ADAM r;.h 81,
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