The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1878-10-02

age will never land him again on
earthly shore. Who can weigh the grie1
OF the patient, suffering, toiling mothe.
before she could bear the thought OF
parting with these tiny little shoes, In.
to which baby feet had scarcely found
their Waya i7
While [ was looking over these articles
q young man came into the shop with
something under his arm He called the
pawnbroker aside, and then pulled out
from beneath his coat violin. The two
then entered into a discussion as to it's
value. TO prove the worth he claimed
tor it the young man played several ia
mlllar strains, and then as if overcome
at the thought Of parting from 1t, he sud-
denly stopped playing and without a
word farther Of argument took what was
offered him, and after exacting a prom
use that it would be kept safely for him,
quickly left.
Is" our business prospers best when
times are dullest,n said I.
y cant sell my goods in a dull time
any better than anyone else," replied the
pawn broker.
But you make the most from the I'm
redeemed articles left with your
No. 1t is only once in while that
anything very valuable is forfeited
turned to go out when the pawn
broker, thinking perhaps to make an
other sale, called me back. He went in
TO the little room at the rear of the shop,
and, unlocking a small safe, took from It
a box and brought it out, SAYING:
| r II ry,1x r..
this, the business might pay
Opening the box he took from it Jew
el case in which lay beautiful pin and
ear rings, each formed of delicate chains
OF gold linked together by a coronet of
large pearls, which was crowned with a
lustrous sparkling diamond.
"But it will be redeemed, won't it9" T
asked.
The pawnbroker chuckled low to him
self, and shook his head, and feasted his
eyes upon his treasure.
There is no danger Of that" he replied
at last, and, taking one of the jewels in
his hand, ne held it in a ray of sunshine
which crept into his dingy shop.
4; Are you quite sure the owner won't
call for it?''
"She is Dead" he answered again,
chuckling softly as he treasured himself
that his treasures would never be re-
deemed.
eff should purchase them should
be afraid the friends might claim them
some time, said I, anxious to find out
their history.
The pawnbroker took from the bottom
OF the box a card on which was written
IN delicate feminine hand the name of
ayoung actress whose grace and beauty
had filled one of the theaters of this city
With her admirers, less than year ago.
These beautiful jewels had then flashed
and sparkled in the bright foot-ights as
she danced and tripped smilingIy over
the stage. But what change is thisi
The little old pawnbroker was the only
witness of this the second
scene in the poor girls life. The curtain
rises on the third and last
scene in the morgue of an Eastern city.
All in one short year, -
AS pass out Of the pawn shop the
gilt lettering on the window of
Forfeited pledges always on handn
has taken another meaning to me. Z
has grown broader, and deeper, and sad
der, in Its Significance Could the pawn
broker but gather all the forfeited and
broken promises Of the world, into his
pawn-shop, how much brighter and hap
pier this world of ours would be.-Ch:ca-
90 Stoied1rd. ~