The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1886-09-24
A CONSCIENCE STILL

So George Burtons had bit of
GOOD uck," said Martha Hale. W.
heard Of 1t up at the foundry. Two
nundre and fifty dollars from that old
aunt MS who died last week. Well
get fair start q"
80 Scores, indeed p said Mrs. Hale.
Iwh2. with her daughter Magcte was
ousied about the supper Wby the
frs, thing Mrs. Burton did was to o.
and buy baby wagon. Probably hF7u
want one for herself next" she a ,ded
with laugh. Think Of her setting up
with baby wagoL."
=" The ba0y's sickly. mother" said
maggie an o zig for little Nellie
70 carry N her arms. I've often card
mrs Bur;on wishing for a wagon for the
baby"
g they're as delighted as II the money
were wv 'Ity times as much continued
her other -" 1t isn't much to be proud
of-two hundred az, fifty dollars.
Wei only wish I had half as
much, said Martin with a sigh. "We're
owing tw months rent now. and " at
made DO Nn a the furnaces won't go
lar, to ay Hothing of the unpaid grocrr's
Dill. l mink q orge il In good iucR."
Ihey had always been g cd nei hbors,
the Il, nd Buttons. The Two men
worked at me same iron mills, and were
ofte" happened tiiat work was slack.
even at standstill, and Then those
VINO we're turae of had to be idle or
look II q Job a. ne furnaces. some
thirty miles up the r. lroad.
B IN Hale and b. ton had j-st re-
turned from re of these expedit ons-
the att to claim the " good uck that
Laa befaIlen Eim, a d the former to
rep ne that no such luck ever came to
himself
Ab 1T a wee after this Mar Hale,
on is way no ue from work, owe took
GeorEe Burto p, W o had paused out lie
the window of one of those Ii. stor
wher- almost every Thing can be
bought
He was looking at a girls jacket Of
dark cloth neatly trimmed.
hi ng Of buyii G your wife a
diamond riny, George2" said Martin,
stop G beside him.
% Not ) ct a hile," he replied good
hurno-ed Il was looking at that
Ii tie affair nod ing towards the
jacket. and think I W ould like to
bu il for Ki ", if 1t isn't too dear. 1
knoq she needs something warm for
Wint T. and to-mOr ow's her birt day
"Su, pose you go in and ask the price2"
The two step ed INTO he store where
Burt n b ~ he JACKIE.
'' You're spendin your fortune pretty
freely, Gsorl e." remarked Hale.
VIII, yes In this instanc but you
see + tvs seventeen to-. oTrow, a. q
gi Is like to be nicely iresse d. Be- ides,
I've ca ed off my little BITS, ard is
fit dollars that's left goes into he
bHrk TO moro
The D.. eswoman, anH ious o ge "a
muc a poss b., out OF her u~lOner,
produced some WOODEN socks, and Bur
ton examining hem, laid his pocket
book on cou. ter WI, re t "Ha $ Zee =
lily cOvere y he g DDS.
Concludi. OF to u chase the ocks,
he OK up the parcel coHti ing tn b.
Jack L a,-d nv t.-ough o. is
money, left tn shop
AI.Ttin Hale ok Burton pocket
book from und-r the go s, uu eva y
the saIeswoman, no had turned to O.
place the things OF tn shelf
i will give HIM title scare, "
he tn ught The lesson won't .urt
him"
Wen Burton reached his own d or
and pa sed to wisu mis- comVanlou go -
night, the Ia ter ra sed his n to his
breus pocket But suddenly a X
thought whisp red to tim. Burton had
no misse the IN, ney; Blu on would
rever Inspect him. a q while 20 p 81
tated, his eoupanion had 80 into the
/ h,u-e ...d closed he o,Or.
II gi e i t him tom or~ow- es,
certainly tomorrow, aid u til .
himself nd explain hat it " bike.
HcwiII seo that none OF III" money 3
u ssiug."
But next morning. when a one, he
/ opened the pocket-book just to hat
! the money was there all s fc.
lie counted ig out-exactly fly dol
/ lars. With hat Gu g. uld c.ea~
/ off his score, and pay the owing ret ;
and it happened tiaj just At his
/ tim Mart Hale was more in need {
hnA hoo -
/ life He mad mad but little the past
/ summer. nd Winter was coming with
its anifold nee IS.
The loss f his money seemed turn
/ lng-point o George Bur ton S good
! luck" Mkt day his hildren ere take
! with the measles, and q doctor had to be
/ cal ed in.
mother C me upon him, and It last he
.-. ed hi dismissal (. ON the iron
Hok ere there were, the " boss
/ ! laimed, NOR workmen employ cd than
we're ueeess ary.
he same fate befell Martha Hale,
and as he wa ked gloomilv no ewaId
he thought OF the fif V dollars lying n
I he secret place wherehe had hidden the
. pocket book. Neve, once az in had ne
/ ooked at and OF a da had pa sed
I at he had not hrunk from re hought
/ of it and from the sense OF his OWL
. gull and yet, Y sirang" Il consio-
, tency, he cou d not tr1ng himself part
with n money.
Il haunting dread of poverty and wan
mut hi TO keep 1t, and eople who
noticed t ne was changed, Tn { h,
/ mad become nervous anu moro~e, at
tributed Il 10 poverty and deprivat'ons
Geor.e Burton wondered that his oil
neighbor Stunned him, and NJ rtin'
wi grew anxious and haIa- -sed in wi
Messing her husbands changed tempe
he who had hi herto been always kin,
and consideiate to her and the children
One evening Martin took tn
pocket book from Its hiding place an
opened 1t.
There were a few small bils in 1t