The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1883-05-31
His Termination.

1t lay there Just within reach, the pref
ty ghttering thing, dropped cafelessly
on the velvet lining of the jewelers.
winGow-tray, just as it bad fallen from
the case when some hasty hand had
moved it, and the man standing outside
knew that he could slipin and snatch it.
unnoticed, at almost any moment when
the door opened; and what . beautiful
thing it would be for his Janey to wear
on her dainty white neck.
His Janey. The jewels in their vel
vet cases faded out of sight, the gold
| neck-chain with its engraved heart
| shaped locket, vanished. and there stood
| before him little slender child, with
| the light of Heaven in her eyes, with
| soft, falling locks of bright hair, with
| pale lips, and the weary, wasted look
which suffering brings oyershadowing
| herllke the clouding of an angels wings
All. an angel! And he wanted the gold
| en-, glittering bauble for her-he wouid
sell his soul that his child might have
the paltry, perishahle thing.
lie went on his way then. grimy, un-
washed-a laboring man who had no
work to do-nothing to live on but
| promises and the little his good wife
could earn by days labor when she
could leave Janey, the sick child. He
went home to the one poor room they
occupied, and was cautioned not to wake
the little one. She was very sick-the
doctor had beer there, and said it was n
crisis, she must be kept very quiet The
man strobe to the bed and looked at her,
his one wee lamb There she lay, sunk
deep in the poor pillow scarcely alive.
CpaTnaix brAa hi NJ he, ,i,n, J., l.. \
sunken, her small hands crossed on her
bosom. Should she wake she would
ask with the pretty caprice of babyhooH
what ''pappie'' had brought her. and
he had not earned a penny that whole
week.
When the supper of bread and tea
was eaten he said he would 90 out and
take stroll while his wife cleared up
the dishes, and he took his hat and
walked down the street in the direction
OF the jewelers. store. He half hoped
that it would be closed, but il was not.
lie looked in the window; the gold
chain lay there vet. Some purchaser
nurried IN, leaving the door open. He
did not think OF Janey; he did not think
at ALL. The only thing he knew was
that he was walking away, and clasped
in the palm of his grimy, closed hand
was the bauble he had coveted. II was
the first fruits of dishoGor that hand had
ever clasped,
''Stop thief, Stop thief!' He ran
when ne beard that cry, not in the di-
rector of home, but towards the river:
no sped on with the words ringing a
Knell in his ears. Then he found that
be was not followed; they must have
lost track of him, or-it couldn't be that
they meant him; his sin had not surely
found him out so soon. He turned and
went home,
There all was confusion-lights, hur-
rying feet. and clergyman coming out
with bowed head. What did it all
mean? lie went in and saw his wife
crying, and strange woman regarding
her with mpassi0n-Janey- my
God-Janey was dead! lie had made
himself a thief for nothing.
Hugh, Hugh, wake up! WHAT'S the
matter, man? Here's Mr., Gardiner
waiting to see you; he wants to engage
you for reg lar work, and Janey's bet
ther; out of danger. the docthor saws.
Wake up, man--what ails Ve?n
Sure enough, what did all him? He
jumped out of his chair like n lunatic
and hrgged Janey to his breast as if he
would never let her go-aad I'm sure
it 5 wonder it didn't kill her-and then
ne lifted his eyes to Heaven, THE Lord
be praised" he said: ''it was only q
uream,''
''He must have been dreaming the
child was dead said his wife; ''he al
ways has bad dreams when he sleeps
after supper that way"
But he had dreamed that he was dead
himself-morally dead in trespasses and
sin-which would have separated him
forever from little Janey. He had been
tempted, but he had not fallen. ..
oh. never from thy tempted heart
Let thine integrity depart"