The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1877-08-29

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had gone, Jonas really looked Ut his
check book. Fer at least TWO mia
ntes be contemplated drawing large
check, aud telling his wife he bad
been teasing her.s But be could not
biting himself to doit
After while his wife looked into
the room with her old bonnet on aud
her old shawl about her shoulders,
and said:
Jonas, | am going to spend the
day with my sisier-in-law, but | shall
be home before dinner-time."
IL hope You will enjoy yourself,
my dear !" said Jonas. lie saw her
eyes were heavy with weeping, and
he looked away ashamed of him
self.
Then he betook himself to his office,
where be ground out his money, and
during the day be compromised with
himself. He would do no extrava-
CANT thing ; but when ne went home
he would give his wife what was
necessary. After all, as be said TO
himself. it would have been better to
do it. He had grieved her and she
was the only thing be loved on
earth.
He went bone earlier than usual
that evening, to make what anne nds
his soul would consent to and as he
walked briskly along. being light |
upon his fee. yet-for who ever
heard of miser growing tat ?-he
thought be would never again bring
tears to those good, kind eyes. New
er, never again and then-What
was that crowd People were CON-
ing that way, looking backward as
they came. Men, boys, women, lit
tie children-all the rifraff that aeci-
dent, or quarrel, or an arrest, will
collect in the city of New York. And
now be was In the midst of the
throng, anu close to four policemen,
who, with set faces. marched in time,
bearing between them stretcher on
which lay human form. 1t was
covered-eovered with shawl Jo-
mas looked. Oh, heaven be knew
the pattern of that shawl Cnly a
few hours before its dingy palm
leaves of yellow brown, its faded
fringe, its shabby brown centre, had
been spread out before him. 1t was
his wife's shawl,
Stop. stopl stop" be cried. "Let
me see her let me see her,"
'Do you know her ?" asked a po-
liceman.
Let me see her face !" said Jonas,
growing so faint that kindly man
hard by supported him by the arm.
You'd not know her face. A tel
graph pole fell on her. It's crushed
all out of shape said the policeman.
But shawls are alike. Keep up ,
your courage. | do not think this is ;
any relation of yours. She's too .
shabby Luck at her shoes. See ,
his is her bonnet You don't know ,
.nat gn
He held up bonnet 1t was crush /;
ID, aud soaked with blood but Jo- :,
1as knew 1.-THE streaked ribbon, ,
md flower among other flowers ,,
,ad lost its petals He had fingered |,
I as il lay On the table beside him.
Yes, know it - be cried. "lt's /,
Sara, It's my wife,
Tten be pulled away the shawl :
rom the crushed face, and tainted :
outright. just as his senses left him /;
he heard some one say: =
His wife . Why, thought she )
vas beggar !" .
And another answered Like !;
nougb-they call him a miser. /
now in. His name is Jonas :
Pray"
They carried the poor woman
lone TO Jonas Pray's old house .
Ielping him TO follow as be became :
himself. She was laid upon her bed, !
nd there was q coroner's inquest. !,
Tneu women prepared her body for =
among themselves of :.
be shame it was that she, rich
nan's wife, should be so clad Then
here was pause. and be might be
lone with her il be would.
Before the time came be had cab
allied, and be went out 10 il. lie Il
rss driven to large dry goods es- q
ablishment, where be asked to see {,
be manager, and was shown TO bis ID
flee. The manager found him there &,
"a pale, miserable object, trembling q
I'D faint. as one in deep illness. He a
as shabby. too. el
He has come to beg.p thought The e
and his "Wnat can do for q
ou !'' was curt p
Bot Jonas cared nothing for any e
ne's manner now He answered u
adly: p
Il wan: to buy shawl" cl
"A salesman will attend TO you, a
r !" said The manager lo
mol" said Jonas-'I am to i'll, "
20 broken To talk to salesman. 1 "
An trust you. want tie costIiest O
hawl you have N
"a madman!" thought the mana st
er. Our cos,liest shawl is FIVE a
,ousand dollars" be said, repressing ii
smile. b.
''usve it pu, up for me- said Jo- "
az. fo
'.Cerisinly mad.r said he mana tr
er to himself. &c,
But Jonas bad drawn a check from gi
IS breast. and with q trembling d,