The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1881-04-21

'"''S'"otory' ior sue no ido iu re-
ply to my questioning look.
In spite Of his tlireadbare apparel,
ne looked 8, thoroughly respectable
thit was bali ashamed uf the mos
ton that felt compelled to put
II suppose You have reference
SIR 7"
No all are dead who might
speak for pe il they could. You
will have tn ttio ms on tri,t"
looked ut Margio again, who
giving inc another nod. said
Perhaps the gentIen,n will m n
tiJn what 10 fs,lI ,blJ Dp,R'
The ranger Iii 50. n ln,:
Il am poor and ciunot pay one
penny more"
The sum named, though not large,
was more thtu ", were iutoi linytJ
asli ~ | told him.
The oil man frownel and shook
his head.
"rhee shouldn't have told me
that. Tvs half u in,nd t, give tn -
40 more."
Then counting ont uppn the t,blo
the amount he had stated, he pushed
it toward uo adding
my uamo is Thomas. I'll be
here tomorrow morning with all my
traps
The traps mantione consisted of
an old.fashionei bair-trnuk and a
large chest, the litter being mainly
filed with books We we're not long
in finding ont that onr ledger was
very odd, th nigh his ol'liiies were
IT tho most innocent aud harmless
nature. He asked mo to snbstitnte
u patchwork qnilt for tho white
connterp,ne on his bel. m | spen,
Il Whole day ran naging auction
rooms to fad some old.fashioned
chintz tn take the place of tho pref
" muslin curtains ou which / hal
spent 80 much time unl labor
had taken rocker for him from th,
sitting-room. hut. spying, ono day
an ol |, 'atlr-p)itIa,l cltt
til u h.i balunye to ny gan lf.sh-
or, ho ashe | the to exchange with
hiT. which | Was very. gl,l to dp.
Not long after. chest of drawers,
that was my granilather's fuuna IL
way b,ck TO the old place. together
With the li'int, brass man el mir
r,r that always hung over it so
that, ut las, the room looSel vsry
much as it did before wo re-arrang
ed it with SO much care and Ia
d or.
John anl 1 hal quite laugh ovr
or il. bat, 80 long as it snited tho
present. occupant, we l,l not mind,
aud it seemed to suit him complete-
ly. He speut much Of his time
reading. Noone callel t. $40 him,
or wrote to him, tn Iu.h hs reIeive |
quantities Of papers aud m,gu-
zines.
Ii was Margie that first suggested
that we invite him to take ten with
us one day when We had some uu-
usual delicacy -eiriy .stra a~berries. I
think.
ale must be very lonely, poor
man !" said my gentleShearted sis
ter. perhaps he doseu't have
enough to eat. lie spoke about be-.
ing poor you know"
After this he dropped in OCCASION
ally, bringing some new magazine
or paper, aud reading to us as we sat
at work. Finally. it became an es-
tablished custom with him to take
tea with us twice, mud sometimes
three times n week frequently in.
viting himself thuugh we always
knew when he was coming by the
advent of the market by with
liberal supply OF provisions, all OF
the best qnality.
This troubled AIargie's tender
conscience, and she reconstructed
with him one day.
1T is wrong" he sail, with a
graceful shake Of the head. I'm
poor mao aud ought to be more
prudent"
But he continued ON the same
way. and we finally got 30 nsed to
his od diities Of speech and action as
{ think little Of them.
He aud John were apparently on
the best Of terms, aud yet he wa
always 6nding fault vita him To
me.