The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1882-02-02
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L. ! ,portly, comfortable sort Of a
/ hah in a >>chocolate-brewn: over
| coat opened the gate of Parson
R"we's cottage one sharp, cold
morning when u heavy snow lay
aReh tae gsouRd. 9zC:3e7G.
| II was Squire Glover, one of
the pillars of the church, and he
was coming TO- consult his pastor
concerning some church matter.
just, as he was about rapping at
| the door it opened, and Willie
! Rowe came out. ... ..o.. -. :
iJust walk right I'M. squire, and
sit down, says Willie. 20 Pail be
in Directly =. :..'." @~- 4 :
- Away he. be, + ran, ~ and the squire
Esstepped7insz and tsat,down in the
l1ittle pafior, waiting the appear
anee: of obis pastor.i,...o" al .'sra'
| t''s s~Pfesently%' b" heard stops and
voices 10. the adjoining room, and
Then q sBfds: :yo.ce SAID d::>s.o :s'..r.. -
Pa, just look at my sboe..-;lt's
fatf ripped 49,. " -, .s., . , b. ..:...
| ~ think lit is,, Laura answered
the parsons tones Let me see
perhaps-no, it rs too worn to be
mended again '..r';'. .:. - : :.
pa-aWell,s pa please. Id Like to
b t have q new pair: > Woq't$oons get
Pa ! efi1 i1f66 TOR rSileel?' Sileel?' '@S.f- l osH~S~ !
fs%EAs soon is pa Can, he surely
wall, ,rdauglNer,' saidsLife fati,es, IN
saad. torres '<t'Be good and nwai1 a
! little, Laura =: t.. ID. .-.-,-, - .
! have waited ever so long
said Laura, 'aud Willie's shoes are,
worse than mine, and he hasn't
fgot9 any nitteng, either: -'''7s Il
'Eadra; fiterrapteGaa voice
(which the squire knew was Mrs.
t.Ro~e's,strun and feed your chick
eps,2 and don't worry papa now
|, = TIE: child ran out, and The par
SOB: = never dreaming. whoa~.as in
the next: room, hearing. every
word through, the crack of the
door, said: ':"' '' ',,..'.. .-,'', '' >, =
They can't worry: nue. more
! than T am y!e9rr:iiesld5 d. Mary II don't
say much, but feel all our needs
not for .,m:ysolfu but for you, and
the children 1t made my heart
ache, "a a little while ago, TO hear
Willie ask if we could never have
meat for breakfast any more, and
know that there wasn't pound
! of meat in the house :.
! Nor a6y sugar, either,y and
{ hardly any -four, and not a'dime
in the purse, John, but for al! that
| we won't starve,' said the Iittle
woman's cheery voice. Have
you lost your faith, Jehu?'
No, Mary, / hope not came
Sthe answer. 'But it does seem
hard, when my salary is SO small
it can't be paid, 50 we could have
8 few comforts at least. Some
times l think must give up here,
and try somewhere else.''7 r.
+ Soh, no, 10, John y pleaded the
/ wife. .Nqtf !Sess anyway. We've
| got such a pleasant home here,
and ouf psopls are So So kind, don't
| give up yet. Let's try on a little
longer, and: maybe help ,wAl
come, ,...,.., .,.... - ............
We'll, l don't know from whence,
Mary; I'm sorry TO say SO, but I've
lost heart lately, till I'm really
not fit to preach. If tue Lord
ffdon't hslp Us, and that Soon. ]
don't know. who Wilt Their
fthere' was g sound of a~man's ris
ing, and Squire Glover: feeling as il
he didn't want to see bis pastor
iIjpse. no~,3 up asnd2 stippetout be
fgs&RsEson Roae. ip.
And when the good squire go'
safely out Of the gate his face wa:
Fred, and be was pptHdg bRbreath
We'll! yell God bless my
soul ? he painted, a.. he trotted on
Here's = pretty state Of things
No meat no money, no shoes
y mhn ENnA. hlcce rnr cnr,i I'll;