The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1878-05-09

right in the busy season, when every
hour seemed worth a day ut any other
time, he was sick, with NO money To
buy sr,d or the necessary farming i'm
plements or to hire the needed help.
With his mind overwhelmed with dis
cauugement he sat, one evening, IN
tho door way Of his house, and looked
hopolessly On his still unemployed land.
At the same time Mr. rhyson was rid
ing slowly along, having made an un-
usually good trip with his meat and
WAS reviewing in his mind with great
satisfaction the prosperous condition OF
his affairs. As he passed he saw MIR.
Moore sitting there, and noticed that
hs looked very pale and worried. A
feeling II sympathy took strong hold Of
him, and he was tempted 10 stop and
have "A talk with him, but those fields,
waiting 20 be plowed and sown, spoke
to him 80 plainly and reproachiully
that he concluded he would better bow
and 80 along.
I'm sorry for Moore" he said 10
himself that's fact. I'd be glad To
give him lift, bat I've got my own
family 10 look out for. II | had always
given way to my feelings | wonder
where | should be now. Oh. no no
il will never DO. No 20
: But as he drew up u his own house,
! the sight of his broad acres 80 carefully
planted, and the neat, thrifty appearance
/ of all the surroundings, did not give
/ him the feeling Of satisfaction no WAS
/ ENJOYING before he met Mr.. Moore, As
/ he went INTO the kitchen where his w!fe
was getting supper, he said, glancing
I out OF the window at Tom, who was
/ having a grand frolic with his dogs
| 1T does me good 10 see Tom play
I ing. He has had hard winter Of IT,
But I'm glad | let hun go through IT,
T IL has taught him lesson he will never
forget, l guess.
Yes, l think very likely gently
answered his wife ;"but | have thought
many times, father, that Tom was
teaching a more important lesson than
the one he was learning. But come,
supper's ready" She then stepped 20
the door and called Tom, and the sub
iect was not continued. A. Tom came
IN hreathless from play, hls father re-
marked
That's better fun than working
Cloyer's board and carrying It over 20
her, isn't II p
Yes, sir. But I'm afraid il Mr..
Moore doesn't hurry up and plant
Clover Will Toe marching back here IN
spite of me, next fall | wish was
rich man. III bet Ia make things look
different over there in no time
Mr.. Thyson made no reply. but fin
ishei his supper, and went ont into the
yard, where he stood leaning on the
fence. apparently in deep thought As
Bill, his head man on the farm, came
along, be stopped him, and they had a
quiet talk together.
Meantime Mr.. Moore hai gone into
his house, utterly unable TO throw OF
The gloomy thoughts which filed his
mind. He saw no way out Of his diff
culties The faith and hope which had
kept him up TIL now seemed gone. be
went 10 bed early, but did not sleep for
hours. Toward morning, however, he
fell into a deep sleep. His wife quietly
darkened the room and left him. The
sun was several hours high when he
drew aside the curtains % look out.
What sight met his eyes Men were
blowing, narrowing and shouting 10
their horses. Part Of the ground was
already prepared for planting and there,
Ia the barn doorway. sat Tom and Bes-
sic, cutting potatoes and chattering ike
blackhiris.
"What does il mean, motherl What
does it mean ?" said he, as he opened
the kitchen door.
at means, father, that the dawn has
come. Twas very dark, you know
last night. Those are Mr.. Thyson's
men -
Thyson's men / Thyson's men
WHY / don't understand.
We'll, nor /, and the men say that
they don't know what has come over
him either. But he told Bill to take
men and horses, and come over here and
plant whatever you wanted, and he'd
provide the seed: and they are working
like beavers, tell you.
The next afternoon, when the horn
was blown, Mr.. Moore was waiting at
/ his gate. As the wagon came along,
Mr.. Thyson saw him, and didn't feel AZ
all hike just bowling and passing ON.
| No he felt like stopping, shaking hands
and getting ont to see how his men were
doing.
4 "God bless you, sir, said Mr.. Moore.
"You have given me the best medicine
t I've had. / believe it's going 20 save
my life. l don't know how 20 thank
you, but know feel like new man. y
$50 do /, friend Moore. SO do l.
But don't thank me. It's all Toms do
ing. l thought was teaching him q
great lesson, but, bless you he was
teaching me greater one, all the time.
Well, the Lord has great surprises in
store for us, sometimes, hasen't He 2
And, with a fervent shake of the hand,
Mr.. Thysor got back into his wagon
and drove home.
From that time, Mr.. Moore's health
steadily improved, and from that time
also, Mr.. Thyson was another man. 1t
was the beginning, but not the end, OF
his kind deeds.
A few years later, when Tom and
Bessie commenced housekeeping on
their own account, and Clover lowed
contentedly in her new home, Tom re-
marked. with merry laugh
"You see, father, was longer head
ed than you thought Twas all in the
family after all. ="