The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-05-13

Somebody missed her,
somsSosa sSS@sseody kissed hls her. .,., -.
Somebody faced up the battles dl "5fi Of life, '
Strong Tor her sake. who was mother and wife.
Somebody lies with a tTess of her hair
Light on his heart where the death shadows are;
60aEaDs 6Somsa6ody z. waiis als ior r. her. ss.
Giving del sht for despair. i -
Only woman neverlnore poor
-'s-e' ~ 'l'e SNOW - 'l'e oion1e cnurcn oo0r
TOM c0RMTHWAIT,C lIInK
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MI. CornthWalt returned sadly to his
nome In the upper portion OF the city
iaee one SATURDAY evening, 1nwardly
olasins s ms luck. as ne was Pieased 10
.olni ~. ne Was fortunately the posses
%. oi goou, cheeriul little w11e, VINO
eLleu Dy every means IN ner power to
smootn the many obstacles from her
nusDanos pain, ana when Toms luck
was especially down on him, would by
neL owl sunny example lnfuse fresh
sPiLiS Inoo nlm, ana start MIN out Tor
nem s.Iuggie WIN lie, Iuiiy lnVlgorated.
II any one nao asked Iom what his
means OF gaming livelihood were, 1T
would nave puzzled him to have told.
be himself had said that he believed he
nao done everything under the sun,
except, possibly, work in water factory.
ne always went into every undertaking
WIN = zeai tnat. Knew no abatement
loI somesImes as long az two weeks to-
getne,' ana lnen sometnlng or other
Mouid come up Wnlch looked TO him as
tnougn there were millions IN 1t, /" and
tnS araor Would IortnWlth De transfer
req 70 tne new scneme, and the former
one pe put Denina him TO JOIN the long
array CT the ghosts OF those which had
Preceoeo IL.
1om was q thorough good fellow IN
every regard-at least so his friends all
salu-and every one who knew Tom was
MS friend No one ever said hard
Moro ABOUT him; new acquaintance,
a!ter the second or third meeting, called
MN iom, ana ne seemed hurt II any one
au0lesSeo 0 MIN as Mr.. CornthWalt.
" llle par ticuiar evening IN question,
1on was grieViousiy disappointeo. he
uau LOT the past lew Gays been endeaV-
Otng 70 nno purchaser Tor sheep
Tancn OF Iour sections OF land on the
Drazos hiVer, IN Texas, with the promise
VI large commission IN the event OF
sls usuAiination OF tne sale. Tom
acq uai1.ances were legion, but among
sueM a.. ne Iouno not one VINO was en-
.nusias.ic on .ne SUBJECT OF sheep-rals-
lng, pgt ne dld accidentally hear OF q
man VINO mad some idea OF entering up.
on = 5nat inoustry, ana MIN ne sought.
lom painted the ranch In the most
g,oTing coioIs, assured the prospective
Moo.gIoweI llat tne grazing was luxu'
lious ene Wnoie year round, and there
Mes no reSessley Ior sneos In winter, the
Pr.ce OF LABOR was merely nominal, q
railroad nad oeen surveyed through the
sousneast corner OF the southern section,
anu 70 sum up IN lew words, 1t was
aimoss = crlmlnal act 70 allow the op'
~ PuienaSe sucI -, Paraoise
ior sneep 70 escape him. The gentle
man seemed as eager to purchase as Tom
was 70 sen, ana nardiy made an efforl
70 reduce tne terms from the original
ngures at which Tom had offered it. In
TACT, II was Just what he was looking for
ana ne would have purchased it at once
OF a1ser Ehe examination OF the title had
been LII maae, were i nos I lor lne tact tha' q a
ne Was waiung 70 near from anotnel
party, VINO was about buying from him
lalge .arm IN lhe interior OF the state
or not quite concluded, and would be sc
10 certainty on Saturday next, and he
Deggeo 1om almost plteousiy to offer II
TO no one else before that time. Tom
was In ecstacies, and looked upon the
close oi Ia = bargain as q foregone conclu
SOL. he was radiant as he went home
that night, and he and Bessie sat dowr
and expended large share of the com
M MISSION on the spot-ln their minds
lney put Gown q new parlor carpet
ana put tne snaoDy parlor carpet in the
Kitchen had new dining.room chairs
5essle nag 2 new black silk and Tom
NE tne cneIu9. an entire new suit O
ciotning, lpcluolng boots and hat, ant
Ine Two children were arrayed gor
ge0usiy.
Inc iateful Saturday arrived, ant
LON, Win neaTt eiate, went to NEE
the eager purchaser, but found in hi
stead a short note saying that he hat
been called to Chicago on business, an,
would not be able to return before tn
lapse ct month, and as the sale of hi
farm had not as yet been completed, b
felt that he had no right to keep an,
otner purchaser for the sheep ranch
VINO might arise, out of that property.
foor Tom as he said afterward, b
nearly tainted away and stepped in it.
And that is why Tom was berating hi
luck on the Saturday night in question
be knew that Bessie would sympathiz
and condole with him, but that woul
not buy carpets and clothing, and 81
the coal bin, and all the rest of il
6esae,s lace was at the window, and bt
lore Iom could get his latch-key out @
his pocket the door was opened, and