The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-02-03
A ooD-sAwERs STORY.
Ff.e HELLER.

 last summer, eaiiie aP0i :. s.;.:; ss.".iiF wood. Always upon tlie alert to get something new. asked him for 4 story and WAS much taken with the willingness with which he found >ea, and began te entertain me m this wise
 My uncle wts born in the s;ate ef Massachusetts. and had never sister and but one brother Tins brother. whose name w4s Aaron. grew up < sieady. industrious boy. learned the tanner trade. gut muricd. and IT cer;rsc -trt tt;ae amassed Il large iof,uue. Ihs he pro- posed to divide among hs Jhrec sons only upon condition th.t each oi them would ledfn some bu-iness and follow t up faithfully ls he Ead danc Two of the boys agreed to thls plan. and e5s cd thelr portion. ba, the th.fd U di-eiaucd the offer, and insisted upon beng what hc called q gentleman oi !c.sutc. The lels- ure pant al hls eharal ter. | must be said. was rather prominent. iaf he MAS always gong about without any particular am. But the gentleman side MS no, So eas.iy seen, as he never appeared to have will ms hand tof any laas lhA, would Tn re- aliy help himself CT greatly bench, any body else
 = Ills eon,lua: hI.,hiy e<4,peratcd his father. my uncle> brother, Aaron. so much sn :fat he m, e.sly il tite etifassss man oil in lis vii. bu; tof many years he declared that whilc he ircd he should not enter the house. This >tate of th As, greatly af,!le:cd Aaron 7, wife. who was .s kind mother. and loee, 4, her ehItlren alike. She s,reye nigh: and day to con vince her husband that hIs course VA, wrong that there MS d lItcu; ,patk ei good Tn the Lnd dlitul one and the right sort oi treatment would bi.u. i. t0 -1IeR. But my uncles brother WAS set IF his ways, Is hesfe~ at,ier hc grew harsher. and the loss of the greater part ot the property tha, Was leii him added ,o his lll-humor. gn,l t, last hls manner was quite unbeatable Indeed he became subject to tiis of passion that absolutely endangered the ltc oi his wife. N length III one oi his ptfoNN Sms ot rage hls heart was flooded with blood. and he fell dead upon the floor.
 There was grief n the house that day, bu, no heart Was so sore as that of the poor mother. The two obedlcnt sons who were wealthy and settled by this time provided magnificent coffin, came with their families. and sadness marked all faces. The mothers would have been hghtcned little Ii the thnd son had made his appearAnce. But he was not there.
 he dead man was carried te his grave before a long array of carriages. The las; dutes performed in an orderly manner. one becoming his sta ion. and the mother weeping bitterly, leaned upon her two hlldfen for support. while they with doM eyes and slow and meas ured tread. led her away from the ifcsh- ly-turned mold n the direction oi her home.
 El, there was one pee,an in the graVe-s and ihai dal who fingered longer. While the serllees wele .olng on he stood upon the ouisklfts oi tue crowd. and quiet observer might have de tected tear slistenins in h.s eye. but that he turned away whenever the floods began 10 come. and sought some other spot where he could weep unseen.
 = The little property tha, was lei, by my uncles brother was soon divided be tween the two du,iful sons, and the moth CT took up her abode with the eldest. There, in an elcgantlyfurnished room, m stately mansion. she placed her easy-chair and resumed her knitting. and prepared to feel d; home
 After time her grief was healed. and she began to think she could pass her re- maining days in qulct comfor, if she could no, be absolutely happy, The re- membranCe ot her j,.aherlIc,i son, who was her youngest. troubled her maeh. far she had heard not a word in regard to him for years.
 One day the son with when the moth CT had beea lising came into her pres ence. and, after uioi., ,..e,eVdni remarks. proceeded to inform her in a detached. roundabout sort Of NAY. that his cares were becoming grca; and his expenses heavy. That his children. who now num- bered four, had 10 be educated and looked after. and ii she could make i, convenien, 10 go and reside with his brother, who was stlli richer than he was. he thoust ii would be a perfectly asreea- ble arrangement all round, inasmach as said brother had never contributed far thing for her support. and always eyinced. especially when al home, a great atfec- ton for both his parents, particularly h,s mother.
 "The wife of my uncle's brother made 70 reply to these remarks and suggestions bgt in few days took up her easy chair or, rather, i, was taken up for her-and settled herself quietly by the fireside of her second son. If her last home had been splendid. this new one was really magnificent. The richest of carpets were spread upon the floors of her apartments. and costly mirrors hung upon the walls. What was silver in her other home she found to be gold in this. Though she