The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1879-10-04
POOR MR.. DALE.
BY f. B. W.


"Dear Mr.. Dale is a model man he has
given me hundred dollars-fity for our
home charities and fifty for foreign mis-
sions."
"The splendid, generous creature Would
there were more like him in this mercenary
world" were some of the exclamations
which greeted the announcement of one of
the ladies gathered in Mrs. Green's parlor
to discuss the best methods of serving the
Lord at home and abroad and any incidental
subjects that might be suggested.
"How much did Mrs. Dale give you 2"
asked the President of the Society for the
Promotion of Pety at Home.
"Not one penny" was the energetic ans
wer, favored with an emphasis by no means
complimentary to Mrs. Dale.
"You might have spared yourself the
trouble of calling On her." exclaimed the
Secretary of the Society for the Distribution
of Bibles and Tracts among the Heather.
"She will not give a cent to charitable as
sociations, nor would she permit her hus,
band to if she could help it. Poor Mr.. Dale
do feel sorry for him. 1t must be dread
ful for man of such noble, generous i'm
pulses to be tied to such cold, unsympa-
thetic woman"
"IIe don't look happy, and don't won
der at it," chimed in the President of the
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Children. Il went to her for a donation
last week, and she refused me in vehem-
ent-indeed in an unlady-lke manner
and when told her of the handsome sum
given by her husband she said: That mus
suffice for theiamily.' told her it was custom
ary for husbands and wives to make seperat'
subscriptions; that saved regularly from
my monthly allowances for personal eXpen
ditures, so that might always have some
thing for our contribution boxes, and
pointed my words with an emphasis that
was not lost on her, for her face flushed tc
her very temples, and when the color died
away she was paler than before"
al am glad you had the courage to tall
so freely TO her." exclaimed an energetic
member of Dorcas society, "I meyer car
do it 4; she has usually such a high anC
mighty air about her-so different from hel
husband whose every word and action show
he finds his greatest pleasure in serving anC
giving to the Lord"
al had an unpleasant experience with
her last week." said the hostess, Mrs. Green
"though l wouldn't have said word i W,
had not drifted upon the subject, for you al
know never talk about my neighbors.
went TO see her and found her patching
elothesfor her children ,andI asked her to Civ
them to me when she had finished them
as they would just fit some poor children il
my district, and she answered rather curtly
thought that she needed them for her owl
children. Then l felt it my duty to tel
her what would ensue from her love of ac
cumulation of worldly treasures-how tn
Blessed Book pronounced it the root Of al
evil then exhorted her to come to tn
societies she had ceased to attend-to com
under the soltening influence of the spirit q
charity which ever brooded over u.s."
Beautiful How you were favored
What did she say to that2" came quickly il
, different keys from different auditors.
"she flushed up all of sudden, just q
Sister Brown told, and then-I would ne
, like TO say she smiled satirically, for
would be accusing her of saorilege, seein
we were talking of sacred subjects, but if W
had been talking after the profane manne
5 of the world, which is, / fear, her lavorit
conversational would say she smiled sat
REALLY as she answered: Il think preie
/ st. Pauls definition Of charity to yours
The horrid creature Poor, dear NJ
Dale. No wonder he looks at times as if
0 carried the world upon his shoulders. Wh'
| different life he might have led. What
different man he might have been with
p soft hearted and more sympathetic wife
softly murinured a sympathetic spinster.
Marjorie Dale sat alone in her sittir
! Iooh "aNSu'hS uSi Shliulou pia1lhb ~ u
pretty yard, and their clear laughter mae
sweet music in her ears, yet, when she hs
ceased watching them and picked up Il
work which had fallen upon her lap, q
anxious look troubled the depths of Il
clear brown eyes, and the expression whic
had been called "cold' and "unsympathe
ic" erept upon her face. Clearly there W
a nothing in Mauore's visible surroundin
TO produce this effect. The room was pre-
tily and tastefully furnished, the childr
5, playing on the green grass were healthy al
~ handsome, and, what was yet more gratei
to the mothers heart, affectionate, for O
Al had just left his play and rushed into I
room aud covered her face with boyiI