Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1877-01-25

has grown bold, and day before yes
terday stole five hundred dollars from
nv private desk. Had he been starv.
ing, had he even been helping you |
night have again forgiven him, but
he took the money to gamble with
and lost it III at cards in one night
| had him watched, that fact proven,
and then had him arrested.
The white, desparlng face wts htt-
ed and the fatering voice asked
And you will prosecute hin? ?
There was no answer, and soon the
low, sweet voice, strained by agony
of pleading, said:
j do not come to IA k justice, but
mercy, My brother is very young
not yet twenty-five, and he may re,
form after this fright, | have tried
to save him by sisters love and
PRAYER, but there We're stronger lrl1I
pnces amongst his associates outside
bis home, and he went asst av. J
came to-day, hoping yon won'd re
lease him If PAID the money.
You + ! understood, .rdon me
that YOU taught music lor your own
support.
''i'nat is true. could not pay the
money at once or in one large 'nlC
bul every mouth | could save a lit,
tie.
Monroe Farnlev wondered at him
self, feeling the thrill OF delight that
h,Id him at the Thought of the tre
Guenl mr4tiu-s hl~ acceptance OF TIN"
pror sllion would involve. A soiI
pung OF his face encouraged Genevra
who continued
NV class Of scholars is amongst
poor people who cannot pay high
prices, but if Won trust Inc | WIZ
bring lie money as fast as | can save
it,.
And your brother. Where will he
20 =?
Before this trouble, said Geneva.
we had ii letter trom my mother :
brother IN Kansas, oIterlrg to pay all
my brother ; eNpenScS, II he would
iNn hlm aud help 20 carry on lArS+
larn there. OuL Of the way OF all
city temptations. | hoped--
The very thing,
The kindly, cordial tone broke
through Genrvra W"IIaces forced
cAImncSs, and the tears rolled down
her cheek, aS she said, talntly:
'You will let him go?'
Yes. lie is my old friends son,
and will not prosecute him If 20"
Ni!I ASSUME tle debt.
For he conId not let her 90 alto,
sether lrom him. He W. Il man
nearing fifty aud never before had his
pulse 4uckeaed to the sound of a
man ) voice, the sight OF L woman :
face.
Understand me-, he said, present
I. "; i release your brother Henry
0pon the sole condition that he goes
direct to Kansas He is weak and he
feels hIs inability TO resist temptA-
ton
Henry Wallace eagerly accepted
the condition Of his release, and left
for Kansas with solemn promises OF
reform and future good conduct. And
his sister every month crossed the
threshold of Monroe Fnrnley' office
with thr sum that, by most rigid self.
denial, she had saved from her hard
earnings. He noted with Il dreary
pain that she grew paler, thlnner,an'j
~hAbbler at every interview, and the
money see n"d to fairly blister hi>
fingers as lie counted it out.
Bat when he thought 10 tell her tC
come no more his courage failed hlm
A year rolled away, aud the rev.
from Aansas was encouraging. Henry
| Wallace was becoming Il Stea''v, hard
work., Z farmer, bur DIS YET had NJ
control Of money. But Monroe Farm
icy had spoken to some OF ms many
laiv frienus and they had eAerle'
themselves to find sci GLARS for lienev
ra. Her class increased SteudIly, an'
amongst the NeAlthler pe"pI" WHO are
able to pay her far better prices tna'
those she had been obtaining.
The payments to Monroe Farnle!
became large: though h- noticed thai
Genevra dress " IS still Of the cheap
est description, though neatly llad"
There was sill nearly two hundred
dollars left OF tie debt when new
came fl o,n Kansas Of Henry Wallace )
death.
Monroe Farnley read the announce
ment with il sinki 6 heart. No" she
would come no more He knew in
that fear how he loved Genevra Wal
lace and he tpl' all the agony Of hop :
less love. She was so oyoung, so beau
tifuI, so talented and yet so genll y
modest, he felt there could be no ope
Of her loving man oil enough tc
have been her lead fathers intimate
friend.
And vet it sadlenAd him beyond
expression to think of seeing her nc
more for 10 their many interviews they
had strayed bevond business topics
havnnl the intpre-t each felt tor the