Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1882-02-21

said he. "No thank YOU f,sn'f IL
down. Pm deal toe busy IT ,fhst
But I heard yesterday that SSu fnnf
$50 out Of the savings bsnk.S
Eyes Z did" N ssss
1--WE are taking up su bseristio,, Il
get little Lame Dick Bodley . hrt and
donkey so that he can 60 aroukd ned
ding tin ware" said the doenf. .Its
pretty hard for one afflicted lae he i
70 70 get along, and if you can Ftp Us !
sBut + caE't." interposed MI Dean
the money was an investment. Il dom
| propose to cut 1t up into little bissu
Its deed of charity Mrs Dean
said the good old man, 20 he 5 Iaml
E"I dare say !" said Mrs Dearsa littl,
irritably, but / never pretend u to b,
y charitable character"
The old Doctor went away. lid TIE
next visitor was Helen Hufsi u r0ss
girl Of eighteen.
"Please excuse me for inter luptina
you, Mrs. Dean" she said, buls Larry
johnson was at the bank yt3terday
and he tells me that you drew cit your
Was all creation there ? thou, Fit Mrs
Dean
But she said nothing, only kilt away
until her needles seemed to Rlas lee and
glitter like points of fire
II am trying to get q hoardinS place
at Mrs. Swipes, added Helen, o7loring
so as to be near the district 3school
where l am to teach this spriYk. Bul
Mrs. Swipes requires paymen 3n ad
vance by the month, and pnfor A.nately
we have used up all our slende 8means
In providing my outfit A teac Er, you
know, must be dressed tifcenti, !, com.
lnand the respect of her ;,up:is Eff YOU
will kindly lend me ten dOllarF'
II never lend" said old Nh Dean
curtly.
II will be sure TO pay it up Rhen I
receive my nrst quarters aiary, =
one else to go to.
ITS altogether agaipst nv sprinci
pies. said Mrs. Dean, with hef face az
hard Sas if it had been carvedl out ot
hickory.
Helen crept out. feeling hutniliated
and disappointed beyond 'expre|bion
Mrs. Dean chuckled at l&r own
shrewdness|; but she.hsrdly had time tc
stir up the apples in the saucs Ian be-
fore Mrs. Graham entered wit . little
leather covered n,emorarduTn tIbok and
pencil.
Il am looki' Z for Charitable people
Mrs. Dean" said the Sq,tireSs wife
with a laugh.
''Then you have come TO ths8 wrong
pisce, "said Mrs Dean. frigidlyE
Poor Patrick O'Harry was Killed. to.
Gay in the machinery of fhBIroliing
miil," said Mrs. Graham, ignd}ing hel
neighboI Is response.
"He has left wife and eight children
destitute"
"And whose fault is that said Mrs.
Dean.
"Will you not contribute something
toward relieving their ,,onditioLG" urg-
ed Mrs. Graham, holding the pencil
ready for use."
Certainly not!" have DO money tc
spare"
"But was TODD e
20, yes-about the money that was
drawn out of the savings hank y said
Mrs. Dean. "But intend to keep thai
money for myself"
''He that givetb to the poor lendeth
TO the Lord" softly whispered Mrs
Graham.
"Yes, yes-I knowH" said Mrs. Dean
"but no one interprets the bible liter
ally nowadays"
Mrs. Graham took her departure, &C
knowledging within herself that hel
errand was failure, and Mrs. Dean,
left to herself at last, indaIged in a nap
with the knitting work In her lap-s
h ~, 4 ~ q 81
dollars had iaken to itself legs and was
running away from the crowd of pur-
suers, herself among the number.
When she walked up, reused by the
noise Of tle coal being poured on the
stove, candle wac burning and Mr..
Dean was laughing at her.
why, Betsy" said he, II thought
you were never going to wake again
BLESS me!'' said Mrs. Dean. II
must have been asleep quite awhile
But"-as she started up she saw that
the old wall pocket opposite was empty
-'where ia that old number of the
Clinkerville Clarion ~
"It was last weeks paper" said Mr.
Dean, calmly. I'VE had both of US
read it, SO just took it to kindle the
fire" ?"
You burned 1t up?"
"Yes," said Mr. Dean. "I burned it
up. Why shouldn't L"
For half an hour Mrs. Dean sat ST.
lent and never spoke word. And hel
first utterance was:
"It's the Lords Judgment upon me |"
Mrs Dean was resOlute woman, full
of ch araoter. She went to her table
drawer, took out sheet of writing pa
per and wrote to DIR. Brigdman, in-
closing a dollar toward lame Dick
Bodleys's cart and horse. She sent
another dollar to Mrs. Graham for the
poor little O'Harras, and promised to
donate a barrel of russets, a bushel of
potatoes and some of her husbands
cast off clothes to be cut over for the
children. And she gent tor Helen
Hurst to come and see her.
II can't lend you ten dollars my
dear" said she because haven't got it.
But I'll tell you what / will do. I'll
let you make your home here as long as
you please. There's nice spare room,
and its an eighth of IA mile nearer than
Mrs Swipes to the district school "
ooh! how very good you are" said
Helen. her eyes swimming with
grateful tears
"Good," cried Mrs. Dean. "I'm
lust beginning to see what a selfish gree
dycreature:I've been all my life. But you
are welcome, my dear, and your board
shall not cost you cent"
She opened her parlor, shook out the
curtains, and built q fire in the air tight
wood stove.
"Dean likes the parlor," said she. be-
cause it has such nice south widows,
and don't see why we should't enjoy
it,"
She baked fresh batch of ginger
bread and sent a loaf to old Mrs.
Nudge; che took out q basket of hick-
orynuts for poor little Harry Jones who
vas trying to crack dried-up pig nuts
on the stone by the road side; she re
newed her subscription to the church
charities
"I can't be very liberal" she said ;
''but am determined to do what
can."
"That's right my dear-that's right ~
said her husband. 1--WE shall be pros
peroos never fear. I'm awfully sorry
about burning up our fifty dollar bill
but if it's going to open hour heart Ike
this, it's the best thing that could have
happened to US.
Mrs. Dean was sweeping out the
kitchen. She looked around with a
smile as she moved the wide leaved Ia
BILE which always stood under the wall.
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