Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1883-10-25

added. Then | Kicked over his work
bench and said, ''No more work fol
you, old pappy, for am rich. have
wife; | have baby--a boy baby,
named after you-and you are tC
take the cars-iirst ass-to.morrow
or tho day aftcrward, and cotne post.
haste out of the old country to Cal.
ifornia, so that your grandchid shall
sit on your knee, and you shall teach
him to be honest and pious, and tc
love you." "And may not make bin
a good shoemakcr?" he asked. But
you 60 too fast. Let me think sver it.
You ask me TO leave this old
Luxembourg, whore l was born.
should never see again tho grav,
where your mother, my good wife, has
slept for these last thirty odd years.
don't know. am very old. should
10 in tho way. love my trade. Dc
they wear shoes in California? May
cobbIo thercP ] assure you, though
the og-bristles bother mo Just little
at times, and my hammer moves Just d
trille slower, still | can turn out very
decent job. | wonder if | cannot bcal
you now, como let us try.h
TO please the old man, took up Q
bit of work and commenced on it
"Jt is well done" said father nd
miringly. 81 see you have not for,
gotten my lessons. Perhaps that onc
stitch there is not quitc-quito rs even
as it should be- MY remarks dom
worry you? STILL" and he held in hi.
shaky hands the old boot near his eye,
sit will pass muster"
At last tho blessed old man con.
sentcd TO go with me. Next day We
had feast in tho village. All the old
cronies were invited, the cooper, the
matchmaker, the butcher, the drover,
the tailor, and tho tax collector. The
Cure gave the party his blessing. Oh,
what II good time We hadl The old
man was radiant. | was introduced
to every one as IN. ----, the Ameri.
can shoemaker, who had learned his
trade in the Luxembourg" We kept
il up all that afternoon and late into
the evening. 1t was feast such rs
that sleepy old town will remember for
many n day. Just occasionally no.
ticGd that the old man weakened when
some ancient chum took him by the
hand to bid him good bye. "Thcn
would say; dear daddy, it's your
grandchild that claims you. How do
you expect that ho will ever be n good
shoemaker without your teaching
him" That was an all.powcrful
argument. The blessed old man made
the trip with me across the ocean with.
out much fatigue. How glad my wife
was to see her husband and father,
and as to the baby, he went at once
into his grAndpapa's arms.
Of course, father was too old 10
work, but still ho insisted on having
his bench. AS he grew fecbler the
stitches became more uneven, and we
were often alarmed about the awl,
which might have prickod him. He
lived, though, happily with us for some
years, He grew more unsteady day
by day au wandered little, but still
he would spend an hour or two every
day ut his bench. He made goat
harness for the little boy and quito a
number of pretty things in leather.
One day | heard him in his room
tapping away on his lap-stone with
more than ordinary vigor. Then |
listened to him. He said: "a good
job; very good job. Capital, though
| ought not TO praise myself. There
never was but ono man who could
equal me, and that is my dear, dear
son; and his son, my grandson, shall
also be u lirst.clasS shoemaker, if the
good God, whose name he blessed,
only lets mo live Il little, n very little
longer" ." And then heard the rattle
of II hammer as if it had dropped on
tho floor, and went into his room,
and the dear Old man had passed
quietly away, with n last prayer on
his lips. There are no shocmakers
nowadays like in the old time.-New
IOrb Times.