The Dickinson press., 1883-06-30
BARNEY'S PATIENCE.
by N. DAGMAR MAR1AGER.

Vi sparkling VIII when thee days work
was done. There never ccAld be enough
praise Of him; he wa te:fmed "the cock
OF the walk" a "hail fellow vel, met"
Indispensable as Companion. a lady's
man, a fine dancer, End numerous o,hor
things at the ment ion of which a smile
OF satisfaction sprf ,ad we his handsome
lace in acknow) edgement of the com-
pliment.
IN his earlIl youth Barney was "his
fathers boy" but his mother, who
was sloln' sring in a neglected grave, lie
cou!u c' al to mind only when an oppor-
'un!'y offered itself for making some
re.' ID in her life the butt of a joke.
=" 4th him twas come day, go day; his
4ature carved a leadership in some cap
'scity; he loved dattery as he loved to
Hatter; why's, wherefores, and possible
I consequences we're not to be considered;
he ~uh yield to the temptations of the
J hout; tomorrow would take care of it.
self.
Atthe age of twenty-eight Barney was
. married man. His wife, a delicate lit
tile woman. had been an orphan from
her childhood. At the time other chris
tening her parents had held a sharp ar
1 gument as to whether the infant should
be called Prudence or Patience, and
though her mother, woman-like, had
the last word, her father conquered, and
she was named Patience Trodweighty.
A kindly, but ignorant neighboring fam
lily had taken her home at her parents
death. They were all poor, and nothing
rf no n 10fk E@- L-.A Al.--S
people, poor though they were, had
given her some education, and Patience
mad a fine n OF duty.
When she was l6, only n year prior
to the opening of our story, the old PEG.
pie persuaded her to marry the dashing
Barney, then on a short visit in the
country, and who was smitten bv her
beauty Of face and form. He would set
tie himself down and behave himself
when he had a wife they said, and Pa
tience, with childlike obedience, in
gratitude for past kindness, and reluc-
tnnt to displease her benefactors, who
had a flock of children of their " to
support, yielded to the plan and acorn
Barney had worked rather steadily in
the meantime, lever with late hours and
dissipation. They lived in a small, one
med tenement, and boarded two
cks away at the cheapest restaurant,
lille he labored to get out of debt.
Then they might start housekeeping on
cheap scale, and gradually build up
bme comforts, Patience thought, while
ghe added her little mite by knitting
naoi shawls, which were sold at a store
commission.
We're only these troublesome debts
FINISHED, instead of making daily
roo|, Aouo10~~0r< kLo- A. l-.--H
would be a comparatively easy matter.
With bitter sighs and lonely tears she
longed for the day when her cage should
measure more than ten feet square;
hen she should have two windows, and
10 longer be compelled to look atthe tin
patches on the neighbours dilapidated
roofs, when she could afford a book or
hay to read, and eat three times a day
skIhe felt SO disposed. In view Of that
~loVfed-for time, had it been approach
LinG ever so slowly, she could haye kept
, q brave heat; but to see it reced-
made her concern for the future diff
eeult to hide in The presence of her jo-
vial and care-free husband.
What had she done to be thus tried?
aythe childish wife of II asked herself de
VI ,parrow's fall not pity her in the time of
Reed? The faith she had boon taught
in Providence as a sender Of relief to
the disheartened at the eleventh hour
he felt, in spite OF her efforts to support
was slowly dwindling and dying with
n her.
There were her reflections as Patience
daily working by the dark little win
r. The chill of November weather
hbed her fingers. She hoped the
xt trife money realized from her
lawls might be spent in procuring
Eood for warming the room, and
rner once more in use.
why didn't ye come to work this
brnin' Barney?" said q fellow work
Ito MIR. McFlaherty, coming from
pn on a bleak, snowy day in
Der. "Why, what ails ye, ye are
|9ngratulate nae, Fatty. I've got an
There is 9 boy up home-nice as
please. Now l want to know what
You say to that, old fellow?"
'That's way up! You're fixed up in
BUSINESS, now, Barney I'd like to see
him, 20 I would; but 1 don't suppose
!, p there. But it's time 1 was back to
~ work. You'll be down tonight and
'1give the boys a shake, won't you, Bar.
kney? You know we've got to have a
Iko1 Ger to the health of Master Nc
~ Il set up the drinks, Fatty, rest easy
IN that. ] never went back on my
friends yet, did l? That boy'll cost me
Jump 500, but that's all right. Tell the
boys to prepare for q jamboree at Bar
ney's expense. Go long, Fatty"
The third day dawned upon the little
stranger, and sent its accustomed dim
light into the window and into Patience's
room. The last candle had fickered out
early in the night; the infant had cried
for nourishment and other attention
which its mother was unable to give.
lat 3 the doctor came, a cross old man of
30, who evidently knew his case was an
Improbable one. Inside the door he
kbesitated q moment in contemplating
the contents of the scanty quarters, and
then with ill-conccaled %displeasure burst
forth:
"No fire yet! didn't 1 say distinctly
that q fire must be made Immediately
and kept going in this weather? There!
Well, ifthere don't lie my note of direc-
lions in the identical place l dropped it
twenty-four hours ago. Well, we'll, that's
encouraginRl"