The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-06-06
HITTY THORNE'S DUTY.


owe might mortgage the place" said
Miss II ,tty, sighing.
te' /" And retire. to the almshouse, eh 2"
returned her sister.
=" Rnt what alternative is open to usH
shoiI wa allow Tom to come to griet?"
or HTon, ,ichlv deserves all the grief that
w;,, fail IN bis share. Door fellow. Such
y aohemsr, Exnected to make fortune
Car ns all for.soih, that we might aaunt
IN on, W. veIvets, drive our span, and fare
aunntuously eyery dav One dollar for
IA apd two for himself. reckon. What
sbonId such boy know about ppeculs-
,ion9 It's the old story over and over.
Snecu,alipe with other peoples money Is
a Et,Ie ;nd;screet, 10 say the least,
.honId have chosen sackcloth and ashes
rather than yelyets won by such means.
~Cer,ainly, But now that Tom is
;nvoIyed nothing but money will extrl>
cate him. There's my watch the heir
Inom from Grandma Pentecost; there
are fftv diamonds bedded In the case, il
M Ihsre' = one"
oRose diamonds, every spark Of
rhomT1
'De ,DNot to mention the pearls and enl-
aralds y
mIInuhIe.s and split pearls, | dare.
.orn
'"I' Won pye W discouraging, Libby |
We mu.t have the money. don't sup.
,,ova " tbat the watch would bring tenth
=, a, tbo ann hnt It would hello. Dear |
dso,i there's Hannah do Rothschild with
twn r,ilI;ons nt income, while YOU and
can't raise five thousand dollars though
it shonld break our hearts. Not even TO
ssva an old and honorable name from
. o"rt aa",o"r, m and a foolish Young fellow
from ruin. Alas! alas !"
"Yeu know, Hitty, it might have beer
T. different" suggested Libby, her eye
. wandering toward the old fashioned
p square mansion crowning the hill within
. sight, with its fringe et elms and splc,,
e orchards beyond You might hay
q had enough and to spare, Hitty ;enoug
: to keep Tom out OF temptation"
g "And it was temptation to poor Iol
no doubt" returned Htty, ignoring tn
jllsui.n, seeing 20 much money lyln
u idle, and such chance for doubling
q, over and over, as he fondly believed"
S. Pshaw. A Thorne had no busine
as to bo tempted. Was our grandtath'
I.) temuted at the time Of the embarg
e" when he could have had false pape
o, o, made out, as everybody was doing. az
e " saved his fortune, and left us all ind
M M pendentY If we mortgage the place,
he wont bring Bve thousand dollars; al
ne who could we call upon to take u
he mortgage, and what should we do ate
al, ward - live in tent gypsy styleg o
ne Hitty, if only YOU had mt been SO hea
Iio strong about Searle, all this would ha
Of been spared us
of n Don,t sneak of it, Libby; 1t hun
tor MN s,nl How could know what wou
nd hn in Boot - and Miss Hitty, pacing t
o1' in,e M rom with head bent, paused at t
,ns ats ,W onasmon, and saw the sunset reddeni
the "non searIe Hill. and touching I
re. ,n;Udov names into iewelry. The twen
w ~oa,s ot hanniness which might hs
on fallen to her share up yonder prov
G Gtbs twsntv wear, Of silent endurance mere
ort Che lad watched the seasons as Ii
.... @ nassod aver the Hill with an inter
the pinh;oh sba had hoped would die, /
the which hsd on!y strengthened with
cen cen years--the lovely dallying OF the sspri
der time. the summers overflow Of bIot
ilne the splendor that autumn wears,
der whi,s v magnifcence borrowed from v
fter ter. II, twenty years ago, Hitty
ned. loved low Apson Searle well enough to
lmb for him. if need be, she had loved ii
the Tom well enough 10 rehounce haPPi'
san, s and children ana love 10. h's san,
,Vn pVs. to live on through tne DATED nIpe
. feHi eil to her arms a forlorn and helpless
spn ! pnL vearold b.by, without iather or mot