The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1881-11-05

in one respect, and no worse on IN the
other. to my thinking. don't believe |
INN indiscriminates giving"
n ..Nor do I,'':was the quiet rejoinder.
Then there was silence while Deacon
Larrabee filed another pail with snowy
..How many cows have you. dea;
oor pp fEx.sf - u ~
Ten" answered the deacon. With 8
pardonable pride showing itself in voice
and feature; land it's the finest herd
in our county They're grade Jerseys"
.Yes.n returned Mr.. Weston, little
absently. Then, after slight pause
Deacon Larrabee, l overheard the
conversation between you and your
neighbor Gray this morning. relating
to. Mrs. Sperry and her misfortunes.
| Poor lady she does need substantial sym
patty. Cannot you afford tolend 1.-THE
Of your cows to the Lord?" ilss !.
(Which means that / give one OF
them to the widow" uttered the dea-
con, with q wry face. mo- sir; I'm
afraid I can't. She wanted to buy one
the other day, but told her I'd none
! TO snare. II was all owing to careless
ness that she lost her cow, and don't
believe in unfolding improvidence:
i Get to going on that way, and we'd all
be on the town farm before we knew
it.r sfs asb9 a'li q
Ia Mr.. Weston wore . thoughtful
lcountenance, yet . CLEAN OF something
/ like amusement lighted up his eyes
..Will you sell me one Of your cowsP'
he asked. ss.s
d.I--I have no need Of the money
! now.n replied the deacon hesitatingly.
| The minister continued: II heard
you say this morning that you would be
glad to give = good man extra wages TO
help you through your haying, but that
you were afraid it would be difficult TO
4 procure the needful assistance at any
ilprice. VIII you take me, and let me
pay for the COW in that wayg' 's.
LA twinkle. both genial and quizzical,
ldawned in the deacon gray eyes. For
moment he studied the young minis.
ter attentively.- He was not at all
what his neighbors would have denom-
| mated free-handed, yet he had just APP
\ preciation Oft the quality Of benelicence
4 in other peoples Neither was he q
hard man at heart. It was only that
j the prosperity which bad attended his
eycrv undertaking caused him to look
upon the lack Of It in . neighbour AZ
fairs as an entirely unnecessary evil
| one which prudence and fofeth0Hght
might overcome. Now he shook his
y petitioners hand heartily. 9ens
HIt's. bargain said no. ..ssWheu
viii you take the cow off my handsf'
.To-night, il you will lend me YOU
assistance" was the ready response
ssBetter take one of those haven'i
MIXED" said the deacon. with . smile
: land save me that trouble.v .4;ua
ii Accordingly, . little time later. thu
! minister, accompanied by the deacon
lied his recent acquisition down tht
farmhouse lane, and away along thu
tthoroughfare OF the sleepy little ha,mle
Ito. the tiny cottage where dwell Mrs
Sperry aud her brood. There the.
!, | fastened the animal to convenien
! post, raped softly. and departed, will
: the. peaceful consciousness which at
l tends upon worthy deed resting upo'
: one OF them, at least, as mantle.
I II Next morning when the deacon, ho
on shoulder. was leaving his door ar'
for his corn field, he encountered Ms
!. lSperry. Her eyes were red, as witt
. long watching or weeping, and he
{ thin lips trembled with the emotion
Z which she vainly endeayored to con
She nut cut both hands to him
8 sDeacon Larrabee.'' said she, Il hay
|. lcope to thank you and to ask you
& forgiveness Oh, 4 have had such har
6 thoughts Of you!-how cruelty har