Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1884-01-03
HE MADE II OUT.


$50 hts vile, pitsously. mrTas all the
war4e for bella so short. YOuF brothers
an lon't never mean IN bolieve that
as'quel meant to cheat you out o. that
$40"
That did he IN, an then 20 snapped
he husband aeroely his square logged
on. in The air as he Or mbed his whiskers
u gard a favorite aoti Of his when he
III particularly pugnae ous.
dis MRcklefresb tuinsd one Of the
loug stockings she was dafniug from heel
70 toe and back sgain before she
RasweTe0
"Didn't mean nothln' husband" she
said softly. "We're all faller m0ttles
Some Of ia ia human Sometimes. He
thought he'd pay ye, | expea' hen be
borrowed IT, Then he eoudu',, thsps |
all"
~ dunnu apything about Couldn't : |
kuOw about didn't" said John |
Msokleiresh do9gedly, still combinG that
psfveTse chin into the air. "This know,
lee got the two hundred, and l hain't
and I'll never"
"Don't John, dear - interposed his
meek little wife
well, bsin' deacon and a."
hChristisn," suggested his wife, ses-
ing h. skipped that hard word.
81 s'pose l can't say l won't forgive
him. But they amt no commands he
tween the leds Of that air BOOK about"
Twenty five cents to pay" said
email, business like voice st che door,
Mrs Mscklefresh turned ii rough brown
envelope over isariully In her hands,
trembling ~ people do at kilograms.
wonder il the telegraph boys ever set
used 10 It.
"Don't be botherin', Alice sAid her
husband pushing her aside, not urgently,
though his words were rough 50 usual
This is what he read when he lad torn
thin outlet ST the eud OF the envelope
"Your brother Samuel disd this morn
ing Come at once
The Western Union telegraph company
has a great deal to answer tor--but then
80 have great many other people.
John Msoklefresh did not swOoD away
on the doorstep, or throw up his hands
with a piercing cry, or any of these
things He mechanically took out
quarter from his loose charge pocket,
careful even in this moment to count the
pennies given in change, shut the door,
handed the dispatch TO his wife, and
walked away to the window. It was only
his heart tainted. This, then, had come
10 the man ha mad said, but moment
ago, he would never--no, no, not that !;
he didn't say thst-Alioe stopped him.
yen know. Besides, he was . deacon aud
s--Christiap. Alice had said so
But then he couldn't forget That was
what b. vas going to say when the door
opone1. The Bible don't ask that. Or
does it, when 1t speaks about God casting
our sins into the depths OF the ses--be-
hind his back--remembering them no
more against us. Forget He had lJnt
his own brother $500 Might have given
it TO him sDd never missed IT, Under his
remorseless eye his great fields stretched
away, white with snOW-wnite Is the
soul God had forgiven, but yellow enough
as knew as the summer Csiue On, yellow
as the gold they would bring 10 his
pocket These few poor, piliul hiilsidea
Of Samual's Why hadn't 10 given il TO
him right out and saved hard ie=lings
There was Johnny (uamed Tor him
wanting to go to college ever since he was
out of pettooats. Suppose lie had given
it to him.
Misery--misery Of remembering IN
kindness, when it is too late And Thea
that cutting letter Had it reached hin
before he died, Or was IL only his poor
stricken brother'a family thst would read
the brief, harsh words
He turned TO his wife, WHO sat hclding
the dreadful envelope, SAD, but doubling
il she would be wise to speak TO him yet
SECT your things on, via ye p he SAID
in voice that sounded cry and harsh
even to himself. ON be round with Ola
Billy to the front door. Wrap uD warn
and take sUapstone. IN have tie
butfAloes. It's mortal cold
She was ready and waiting when Il,
brought Billy around. The hOuae could