Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1882-10-12

notony which his soul abhorred, Turing
him to change of SCENE and adventure.
ard to fortune which should drop into
his hands like mama from Heaven, as
he had always. dreamed it would, waS1iti
strange that for a moment Sim $ spirit
,Wavered2 But he tnrned again TO the
shoemaker and Strengthened himself SO
that he stood almost erect. ss2s'' 80
81" Ii you We got. 2 job fol, me-, calker7
late I'd, better tackle it right away,
Folks seem to think / m .goin', to Il Cali
forny sure jest because I got letter
from an old friend invitin' on me-. But
faint every invite that comes along
that's a man. chance. A man of inter-
leck he discrimernates. - - Is
= Sim and his chance and the return of
.Cynthy Jane We're the subjects Of mines
days wonder in Greenhollow; but Sim
was disappointingly. retieent, and he
kept persistently at work, contrary to
the prediction Of everybody in the town,
and was seldom to be found at his ac-
custoned pastime of ''settin' in the
store.''
u
Cynthys Jane called upon her, and all
pronounced her sin a decline,n and
wondered what would become Of those
poor children left to the care of "that
slliftless Sim Pingree," when she was
gone He was working now,s but he
"couldn't become steady working man
any more than the leopard could change
his spots.'' 4
- But Cynthy Jane seemed to make up
her mind not to 90. Instead of growing
worse with the fall of the. leaves, as
everybody had predicted, she grew bet
ter. The children were well fed and
clothed, and sent to school, and Sim S
humble domain began to take on an air
of thriftiness and comfort. One day
Sim came home with something on his
mind. - :
- "Cynthy Jane,'' he began, shuflling
to and fro in--his most excited manner,
"they're a-sayin' down in the village
you know it comes kind Of material for
Greenhollow folks to talk about other
folks affairs, and they don't mean no
harm by it neither they re a-sayin' that
you and I had better git married. 1
know amt fit for you, Cynthy Jane,
and never was; : but when a woman can
git stiddy days works out of a man that
he never thought was there, why, if she
would bring herself to, be SO accemmor
datin' as to have him, seems as if
'twould be the maxim of him.
"Why, Sim, L believe you've forgiven
me, ''osaid Cynthy Jane, blushing as
brightly as when. she WAS young u.~s.u
= And the upshot of the matter was that
Cynthy Jane and Sim went to see the
1t was about two years afterWard that
Sim sat in the store one evening, with
about the same group that had been
there when his memorable letter from
California had arrived. ;5srsf,aa b.
ssDid you ever hear again from that
friend of yours in Californy that was 60
in. to give you a, chance to make your
fortin, Sim?" said Jim Durgin.. '., s
:, HYes. He made a pile of money, and
then he lost it, and made more. ag'in,
and / don It know jest how it's with him
now,'' said Sim, rather indifferently. q
Z .Them- mimi fellers has their ups
and 1dewns,'' said Uncle Zach, with the
manner of one who knows all about it.
t'Seems as if that must "a been your
chance, Sim, SEEM no other one hahn It
ever come along he added. 13tfi''i II
! ssL don't see as Sim has anything to
complain off, said Elijah Wiswel1, the
store keeper. =, s'Industrious as any man
in Greenhonow and CROWN forehanded
every day, amt you, Sim? / guess
twas Cynthv Jane, comm along in the
stage that day that was Sims chance
"Wen, there is sometimes1a thing
comes along that seems a mans chance
- -
thing that don't seem to be and is. I've
tell when his chance. come," said Sim,
in his old oracular way. !,aa-. ....s...
s'But this of yourn seemed to be a case
of heart more'n interleck, ehj SimY'
said jim Durgin. So Il, 4oTH. - g, 7g.
Sim hung his head sheepishly. d, 80 -.
'"Well, now, there s that chubby-faced
youngster of yourn, mebbe he'H git your
chance :, and hisn, too. Couldn't that
happen accordin' to your theory?'"
asked Uncle Zach, who had never ceased
to puzzle over Sims theory of chances.
ssWell, now, to tell you, the truth, il
he gets as good chance as I have,
won't ask any better for him. said Sim,
still looking little sheepish, but hold
ing his head very straight. bats +ia
And Sims content was as great as il
seemed, in spite of the s'stiddy days
works. though once in while he did
have an attack of 1aziness, when they
became intolerable. But then he went
fishing with Dan Wingate, and brought
home a great quantity of fish. And
Cynthy Jane never scolded.-Sophie IL.
Street, IN Harper's Basar. ,oti 80 4slt J
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