Connecticut western news., 1878-07-25

infant mind, and he tended the begging machine, and it seemed as if all were lost between them. Wait The spring sun already mounts the sky, though the wind blows and the snow flies. It was the 18th of February when the young man went to the savings bank and drew out some money. He remembered the days when he had saved these dollars for another purpose, but now it was all over, and he might as well spend the money in another direction. Before night he had purchased two hot-bed sashes, load of stable manure, and 9 few boards. From these he constructed 8 hot-bed, such as he had seen gardeners make for early lettuce. Two days after, he found chance hour when the wind was lulIed, and he opened the hot-bed. The soil was soft and warm, like bit of spring land in the midst of snow. Taking paper from h1s pocket, he began to SOW 8 quantity of seeds. white turnip. "1s '.- ,F'a'. '
 ha Nov, it happened that the yard where he worked was next the street. at the side of the house where he lived with his mother. He was aware, after 8 while, that some one had stopped in the way and was looking over the fence at him. Little caring who it was, he went on with his labor. Presently there was a little oough-a highly suggestive cough, full of curiosity, and dashed with pique. He looked up. It was Patience Lover ing. -L. '#'' .'' ...- .,.., f,...
 '' What are you doing"
 1" Sowing the seeds of good fortune, /" ssld he, gravely. "A 4.sl1
 |" Dear me how interesting! Have you any Of that kind of seed to spare ?'' ,"" No. But you shall have the whole crop ",775~asr. hoa ra. ,', 1..o.-1 .'1 1~ T. ; |" An !'thanks. You are very kind. I hope it will bear some an hundredfold, some two hundredfold. ''''o.~ s,.... ...-.t.
 He P stood up and looked ather, with a new light hndling in his eyes. 1T hope it wi II be a thousandfold, if you will ac- lceptI it." .-.. IA This diiisjoiilnnted lis speech. he uttered with ilf-s1ppressed eagerness, and she ob- served it, and blushed. Nothing more passe between them save few common places, and then she moved on, and he finished h his work with renewed hope and courage 29 y'-lyat .s,.i .sf 5a~.oteHH
 Weeks grew to months, and still he tended the begging machine, and slowly added to his savings in the bank. With all this, he was not patient. He had not Patience, and yet she daily walked before him. Thus was he doubly sorrowful, for he had neither the woman nor the virtue. He cast about in many ways to see whereby he might better himself. Moreover, he read books, and thus, while he knew it not, he grew in mental stature. .,,,- .,..., -,-.,,-ag .Y-.yt. ,s.
 Meanwhile the turnips grew. They sprang up quickly in the gentle heat o1 the frame, and, acting on the advice of g gardener in the neighborhood, and such books on horticulture as he could find, he transplanted the tiny plants to flower. pots. As they grew; he removed them to larger and still larger pots. When the spring came he hired a few rods of ground outside the town, and in June removed the turnips from the pots to, the open ground. He gave each turnip three square feet of space, and he digged about each plant and enriched it to the utmost. The result was as he had expected. In August he had some hundred or more most mighty turnips. The like had never been seen in all the land. Envious passers-by looked over the fence and re. marked that |" them roots would eat bad
 too big and corky, you know" To all of which the young man said not g word. #'' F''' "a ...
 In all this Patience Lowering took nc interest. She could not understand it, and she had belied her name. She had become weary of waiting. Instead oi leaving his begging machine and start. ing out in the world to make his fortune, after the manner of the various knights of whom she had read, he went to thai dull shop every day-and cultivated turnips The truth is, she was blind She saw not the cords of duty which bound the young man to his begging machine, that his widowed mother might live in decent comfort. With the sum mer came her vacation, and she wen away to the sea-shore for little pleasure trip. It was her first journey away from home, and 1t is matter of small wonder that she met and was dazzled by a creature of a seemingly fairer shape He made love to her, and-poor little goose !-she accepted him without ever asking whereby he earned the where withal to be clothed in such gorgeou. apparel. There is trace of the eccen tric in every mind, and the wise virgi1 who counselled her poor lover accepted rich one without a question. She re turned to her native town with diamond ring, and announced that she would teach school but one year more. -
 It,yas admitted on every hand that tn, like of these turnips had never been seer before. A single turnip was suffcien for yA family ofsix for two days-h alf !turnip at d meal. Moreover, they. "at, very well, ; as reported by the editor o the local weekly" The turnips grey to the sere and yellow leaf, and then the, were carefully, gathered and stored in tn
 cellar of Mrs. Emerson's house. u
 Suddenly there appeared in town
 creature new to the experience of tn, sober inhabitants. The younger feminin populace declared it was st.Patienc Lovering's beau.'' So it seemed to tn l cIIltiYator of tIlrnins as he Lcarna hnnn