The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1884-02-27

Mowatt,s eyes as she sat looking at
the crisp bill neatly folded into the
letter. 1t was not only ten dollar
greenback-it represented health,
and strength, and ease tor joshua
it seemed to open to her the gates of
escape from all the petty tortures of
this poverty stricken life. e.h.- ,f
"Why have I never thought of it
before p she questioned herself.
She made haste to prepare the
carameIs, the dainty cream bars, the
walnuts enclosed in a crystal gar
ment of translucent sweetness, and
with them she inelosed letter beg
ging Mrs. Germyn to open an
agency for her with one of the
prominent confectioners in New
York. And then she ordered a bar
rel of sugar, all manner of dainties
and flavor, and went up to the gar
ret to crack all the butternuts and
hickorynuts which were left over
from the last aatumn's store.
a"To be sure, it is only an expert
ment," she thought. "But / hope
T. believe-it may succeed. The
doctor says Joshua will not be strong
enough to get out of doors until
spring. Our expenses are eontinu-
ally draining us, and there is moth
ing coming in, Oh, it must succeed"
1t did succeed Mrs. Mowatt's
delicate home made confections, In
pretty hand-painted boxes, tied with
colored ribbons, became the fashion.
Everybody asked for them, every
body bought them. Boss was oblig-
ed to hire assistants, and transfer
her working quarters to the old un-
used wing OF the house. Money
came in with promptness and a
steady flow which seemed to the
| young wife almost a GOlconda.
There was no lack now of good
old port wine, refreshing fruit,
strengthening food for the invalid.
The farmhouse was painted anew,
needfnl machinery was ordered for
farm purposes, new furniture came
in, and Bess even indulged in the
to her unheard Of luxury of black
4 SlllA sQIGbS. I'd. s.#a .. .#H' .4
"Bess, you are good fairy" said
Joshua exultantly. "A regular en-
chantross," ssu e+
But one day Bess came in with a
sober. face.
"What's the matter?" said Josh
ua. "Has our new bank failed? Is
the maple candy scorched? Or has
the kitten tumbled into the boiling
kettle of chocolate ?"
@Oh, Joshua, don't jest" said Bess.
at is your motherl She has in
vested everything in the new rail
road that was to be cut through
Walton's Pass, and it is failure. A
gigantic swindlel The sstockhold-
ers are men Of straw, the president
has gone to,Japan, and all who have
invested in the concern are ruined
totally I" .-- Ez7. r7fvs - 1ar
Joshua grew pale. #t"r
"What are we to do?" said he.
"There is but one thing to do"
Bess answered. eve must go to
her. We must bring her here. Our
home must henceforward be her
home" -re..
"Bess, cried Joshua, in husky
voice, "you are an angef!"~
"She is your mother, Joshua, "
said Bess, gently. "And being yours,
she is also mine." IH
Mrs. Mowatt, half stunned by the
suddenness of the blow which had
robbed her of her all, scarcely knew
where she was when she found her-
, selfsitting in the big armchair by
the fire in the farmhouse parlor,
with her hand in Joshua's, while
! Bess tenderly removed her bonnet
and shawl E a.u ati' rHf
, a"But l have no right to be here,
she said piteously. 81 refused to
} recognize your wife-I have with
, held frsm you your birthright, and
! squandered it away. Why don't
t they take me where / belong-to
/ the poorhouse ?"afta as'F aI
"Mother, don't talk so,p pleaded
| Joshua. aHere's where you belong,
now and henceforward. Here, by
our hearthstone.f
} "You are my mother now, "softly
} whispered Bess, and the touch of her
z soft lips on the old woman's witheri
| ed cheek loosened the gates of tears
) which wash away all bitterness and
f pain. aaslags saiaj. AaHe hol@ 2
| "And you, she sobbed, "are my
: daughters" a.tsat ,s~aH 81 a.i
/ And thereafter the three were
] blissfullys happy together, even
though the new railroad shares were
so much waste paper. sai'
Joshua managed the farm, Bess
! kept up. the fancy confectionery
Z branch of the business, and Mrs.
MOwatt the elder delighted in the
} housekeeping.
But she looks at Bess, and says,
: with tears In her eyes ~
'tWhat would have become of us,
darling, if it wasn't for you and
your candy?"
i SID never marry girl named
Ann,s' said a sober young man