The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-04-14
NUMBER 80.
of frightening things up he made them
glOOmier. He took some of the CHEEKY

of Frightening things up he made them
gloomier. He took some of the CHEEKY
chink out of Mother fuckers stocking
every time he came, and Mr. Tucker
seemed none the better for it, but lay
with his face to the wall for hours to-
gether, and wouldn't read any book in
the Bible but Job; and Tommy's three
little brothers went on eating just the
same as when milk was plenty and
times were good.
The music in Mother fuckers stock
ing got away down to the toe; and one
morning, when Mr.. Tucker had no ap-
petite for any thing, and Tommy's three
little brothers had an appetite for
everything, even their mothers poor
share of what was left, Tommy saw the
shadow of big wolf called Hunger
prowling around the door-sill, and out
he ran and down the road, frightened,
and sobbing as if his heart would break.
He thought nothing of the poor shiver-
ing brutes that were left to his care, or
thought they might as well all starve
together. Luck was against them;
there was no use irving any more;
when, all at once, over in the middle
of the road, he saw through his blind
ing tears something round and shining
1t wasn't gold piece, nor one Of sill
yer, but he plunged through a snow
bank and over ditch to get it. He dug
It out of chunk of ice, and cut his
hands and tore his finger-nails: and his
honest little face took the keen and
hungry exultation of a miners just
then. though it was neither silver nor
gold, but an old battered-out horseshoe.
For all the music in Mother fuckers
stocking hadn't helped his fathers leg,
but Tommy had heard say that horse
shoe honestly found was the best bit of
luck to stumble on in the world.
He warmed the cold bit of metal
against his heart, and ran home with it
as fast as he could, never stopping until
he reached his fathers bed.
"Cheer up, Popr' he cried. ''See!
Everything'1 come right now. I've
found q horseshoe"
Poor Mr.. Tucker turned to look at it
with sickly sort of smile, but the hope
that illuminated his boys face lent
feeble glow to his own.
"Heaven bless the boyr' he said.
"rm very weak, suppose. But hang
it up where can see it. :"
Mother Tucker fastened it to a beam
over the foot of the bed. having the
good cry over it she'd been longing for.
and out Tommy ran to see the live
stock.
He rubbed that horse into such q
glow that before he left him the wheeze
in his windpipe wasn't worth mention
ing, and he held his head and legs up
in the style of Mr.. Cresus' steed; then
he fed the COW, and drove the hens
around to the manure heap. where
they could keep warm in the steaming
side next the sun; and while he was
hard at work he heard terrible racket
up the road, and he thought it must be
Mr.. Cresus himself shouting and
screaming for dear life, while his
charger was flying along on the wings
of the wind. Tommy dropped his
pitchfork. and got there just in time to
feel the hot breath from the runaway s
nostrils, and make spring for the
bride. They all went plunging along
together a bit, then came to a stand
still, trembling all over, all of them.
What was Tommy's delight to find that
instead of Mr.. Crnsus. it was only their
horse. and puffed like grampus.
"Wel done, sonny" he said. l
might have been in a worse plight than
your father, if it hadn't been for you.
My horse never cut up such a tantrum
before"
Tommy knew what it was; it was the
horseshoe. Something had to be done
to soften the doctors heart. Tommy
plucked up courage to beg of him to
take no more music from his mother s
stocking, seeing it was away down to
the Toe.
"Why, no, sonny" said the doctor;
"rll take none out, but pn put some
in.'
After that scare with the horse, moth
ing would do but Tommy must 60
around with the doctor to take care OF
it, and the doctor made a bargain with
Tommy that paid him handsomely for
three or four hours every day.
When Tommy reached home that
night he found his father propped up
in bed making supper off of new-laid
eggs. His father said it was driving the
hens round on the sunny side of the
farm, but Tommy stuck to it that it was
the horseshoe. After that it was like
the house that Jack built. The hens
began to lay; Pop began to eat and get
we'll, and read the Psalms instead OF
Job; the cow had pretty cali, and be-
gan to give lots of milk; the winter be-
gan to break; and the doctor began
} telling the Tucker family of noble
way Oh SQudCCluS Out VcS1 tunS UCes'
their way all to nothing. and how there
was lots of land out there considerably
better than the sunken lots, and how,
} instead of watching one lazy horse, thai
J wouldn't run away without there was s
, providence in it, Tommy might have {
whole drove of chargers like Mr.. Cres
, us, and Mr.. Tucker might raise mill
ions of bushels of golden grain. and h
shouldn't wonder if Tommy would bt
: President yet, and his three little broth
ers feeding away at public crib tha
never gives out.
: Tommy says it's all the horseshoe
but the doctors made sum of it IL
} this way:
PxP4P.
| Pluck multiplied by Perseverance
:. equals Prosperity. The doctor says tn
example is to be followed in q genera
sort of way, but principally by stoppin,
> runaway horse when there's an oil
, coward of doctor behind him.-Mrs
{ Frank Mccarthy, in Harper's Hossrs'
: People.
A Voice Lost and Found.