The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-05-30

l" I'm almost too busy to tell you,s re- piled the landlord, but if 1t is pressing 1 will reckon it up."
 "lt is pressing. and shall be very thankful. if you will let me know al once what it is" returned the poor woman, who was indeed wan and pale. and al- most justified the title of " skeleton" which Mrs. Rewitt had given her.
 The landlord went through the chalks twice, and finally announced that Jerry was indebted to him to the amount of two pounds seventeen shillings and four pence half penny JerTy's wife received the announcement with a look of quiet diSmay, thanked the landlord and left the house
 "I suppose she is thinking of making an tfffoTt so pay i; oss," said M:. Re=:,., addressing his better half, "and hope she will but fancy it will be little too much for her.n
 For whole week nothing was seen or heard of Jerry but at the end of that time his wife appeared and put down five shillings on the counter.
 Twill you please take that of the amount, sir" she said, and give me receiptp
 This was done with a gracious smile. and Jerry's wife departed. Mir. Rewitt announced his having hit the righ, nail on the head. The wife of the cobbler was making an effort to clear of her hus- baBd's debt.
 At the end of another week second five shillings was paid, and then harvest came on-uulv harvest to the agri- NIyltt l1 at Nhnk kM gathers in clothes, and whatever neces- saries his harvest money will enable him to procure. All the little tradesmen in the village were busy, and even Jerry Sas reported to De ful!handed. But he did not come near The Dram Arms" for drink.
 On the thi: d week Jerry's wife brought ten shillings, and on the fourth fifteen, to the great joy and satisfaction of Mir. Rewitt, whose ioy however, was alloyed by the fear that he had lost a good GUS toner. He resolved to look up Jerry as soon as another instalment of his account was paid.
 Nothing was brought for fortnight, and the landlord congratulated himself upon not having hastily sought out his absent customer, who stIll owed him over a pound; but the appearance of Jefry's wife with the balance had the effect of making him think otherwise There was no display in putting down the money-it was quietly done but the happy light in the woman's eyes, as she took the receipt, spoke more than mere words or actions.
 "i have 6eea hasty with Jerry," said Mp Dn.,sfk ,.,hn, an4thar 0la had elapsed without Terry appearing !; "and he promised to pay at harvest time and he did it; but have offended him, and The Green Goose has caught his custom"
 "Gc and see him." suggested his wife.
 intend to do so. Here, give me our Toms boots; they want patch on the side, and it will be an excuse for my dropping in upon him."
 "That isn't much of job for him, sec ing that you give George Stevens the best of the work" said Mrs. Rewitt.
 "Stevens works better than Jerry" re- piled her husband "you can always trust him to do his work when it is prom isei, but Jerry keeps the things for weeks together"
 "That's true but I've got pair of boots that want new fronts, and can wait week or two. Take them"
 "I'll take both," said Richard Rewitt i; "aothing like batting your hook while you are al out it."
 Armed for the re-conquest of Jerry, the landlord set forth ln the morning that being a slack time when he could be easily spared from home. Outside were couple of loafers, with no money and no credit, who touched their hats to him Mir. Rewitt favored them with nod of lofty indifference.
 Jerry's cottage was in the middle of the village, standing back about fifty feet from the road and although it's inside poverty had been we'll known, the out side, thanks to his wife, looked quite as well as its neighbors. Therefore Mir. Rewitt was not in the least surprised to see it look bright and gay on that beau tiful autumn morning.
 As he approached the door, he heard the sound of Jerry's hammer upon the lapstone, and, to his utter amazement, the voice of Jerry enrolling a cheerful ditty, as unlike the cracked efforts he used occasionally to come with in the tap room as the song of the raven. Rais- ing the latch. the landlord of "The Dram Arms peeped in.
 Good morning, Jerry" he said.
 "Ah is that you, Mir. Rewi,t r' replied Jerry, looking up. Come in."
 Jerry looked wondrous clean, and had even been shaved that very morning. His blue shirt looked clean, too, and he actually had a collar on. MT. Rewitt was so overcome by the change that he stood still with the boots under his arm, forgetting that they formed part of his mission.
 "You must feel very well, Jery," he said at last.
 "Never felt better In my life," said Jerry. "I wish, sir, 1 could say the same of you. You look whitish."
 "I've-I've got bit of a cold, ;" replied the other, and I've been shut up good deal with business lately. Trades been