The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1886-06-09
DAISY DuTToN.s DEBT.
How It Was Incurred, and the Lesson II
,i lt-.a. "a Taught. A.E.e

How 1t was Incurred, and the Lesson Il
! lt-. GA II Taught. Aag.g
Daisy Dutton was great favorite in
school. She was always ready to help
q friend, whether 1t was to find an OBJ
scure town, in the heart of Russia, on
the map, which is so certain to hide
the obscure places, to lend her history
to the girl who had left hers at home,
to assist a;pcrplexsd a; STUDENT with q
difficult problem Of atankled sentence,
or to straighten out a misunderstand-
ing; for Daisy was born helper and
peacemaker. y. ~ n,rt sesA.ls go '''
All the older girls paid her the sort
of respect which younger girls enjry re-
ceiving from their ssniorsy They never
snubbed her, never lowered their tones
or suspended their conversation at her
approach; they treated her, in fact, as
though she was one Of their own set.
The little girls, on, the other hand.
adored her. She always had time to
talk to them, to comfort them If they
were in trouble, to tell them q story, or
to be leader in their little plays. a7N
OF the girls about Daisy's own age,
she was their acknowledged queen.
They considered her the prettiest,
sweetest, best girl IN the world. Her
teachers shared this opinion; for they
could rely ON Daisy's honor, on her
faithfulness and her punctuality. She
never disappointed one Of them, and
while not especially brilliant, She did
good work in all her classes.
Perhaps the greatest charm about
Daisy Dutton was her unfailing good
nature. She was a perfect sunbeam.
Always happy, never moping, she car
ried charm in her laughing eyes and
her merry mouth; and, as her father
said, it made you CHEEKY just to hear
her glad good-morning.
For some weeks, at the time my
story begins, change had been OBJ
served IN Daisy. She was not like
herself at all. Her mother noticed her
heavy eyes and tagging Ssteps. and
thought she must be studying too hard.
The girls could not understand why
she Stunned their company, and liked
to be alone. Fanny Mott, who was
her most intimate friend, vainly tried
to discover what secret was weighing
IT sTo,,iI tL;nL Do;sv door vo,
wonld % to,i rosi,, % sha ss;i coax;ngl. @ .
w'' wou'T :on MS | ss'u, "Agy;
awov u W oor | h.;syi % S;x % waots % a~o
sha hod bean ths ,hann;est or, 9n
Thommsoru;IIa w;tbomt . festher's :
u,a;aht of osrs om hsr heart. and nov
thof heort uas l;La n stona ior haav;.
nass r""s "'''-' " - -->o
Daisv,s mother had ALWAYS given her
n monthly allowance which had been
annie for ali her reouirements. She
was exnected to keen An account o1
her exnenditnres. which her mother
looked over and counted up. saw that
the rece;nts and expenses balanced.
and then signed with her name. After
this Dr. Dntton looked at it. and near.
" always dropped into his daughter's
hand shining gold-piece as a reward
of merit for having been so good "a lit
tie woman of business. The only rule
on which DIR. and Mrs, Button insisted
was that Daisv should never incur q
debt.
y But in an evil hour, Daisy set her affec-
tions ON a certain rosewood desk, II
stood in the stationer's window, carved,
polished. satin-lined. filed with dainty
treasures Of note-paper. and provided
With every ,reouisite for,elerant core.
snondancs lG6aisv lwass ve1v fNbd q,
having besu tifai ihings I'M he way Of
stationerv. She was fastidious aboui
her pens. her paper. her ENVELOPES.
For two veSfS SEleast she hidsV0i med
for : .desk, ma this onS WsE n that
hrr heart could vvfsh. gsNE
ut would ~ ro harm" +" tbouoht
Do;sv ..;ust to staa In and looL sf h
,n"r. cicSe,v Perhars n wTSsid he
noss;b,e to.ssve mn Tor II :" Daisv on
IT, ;nstont hegor 10 th;nk whof she
"n,,,1 @ ~ a. 18th n;,t how sha m,rht add sd
%.. ." eSs Sr. Ts. ~" roS.,nnod 81 shs
1919 :" ns. h."a o'o " wv "A '>
? Wi Wien +Sa po,,ta sa,asma an vho tnev
Dr ns,tton;s ds,,vbtsr Nv suhtI said
a.. t,.e ,,-;oo ~ tfs Jask wos s.orlv tar
Ina,.s. SaI ~. :, ~ "a ohssss;m I In tS. I Sou
Sa,l ns tha eaoer S.ss Fam % msrke % ed tha, %
.hnro " -as No mad :" nov fnr T. ~ a,
IA ors t;me ~ ths .sxf tRrso ronrth,
s"cn,d x. Wight he '.ot sorT H. bo,ns
for herS Da;sv wss ter,nteH
Il 1ChiIdre., II = tempation be- resisted
NJ nnca = ia easily mt n aiuht. I'm
admit it to your mind. thinf over it,
excnse to Yourself oomefhinp which
Won know to wrong and YOU arc
ycrv likelv tn do that vhieh Won will
bitterly reeret, The oniv wav to he
safn r. to resist the very firt Thought
n evil When the clerk pressed 6er
TO take the desk then, and to pay, Il