Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1889-06-12
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! Most peorie talk altogether too much
They criticise others and find fault
with their neighbors- They never can
( keen a secret, either their own or
others. They are always getting INTO
trouble. Wilmot Coudre, IN the PdnSy,
tells about a boy whose one fault was
likely to bring Walter into no end OF
trouble first and last, and, what was
worse, to bring other people INTO trou-
bIe. One does not like to be oohged
TO be always on guard lest some private
affair slip out in the presence OF boy
or girl who will set II flying through
the town Mr.. Taylor sometimes found
his business sadly interfered with IN
I this way.
| One instance will illustrate: A neigh
Dor had a piece of land 10 sell. 1t was
not valuable land, but Mr.. Taylor want
ed il because if any one bought II for Il
building spot il would cut off the view
of the lake from the front piazza, and
Mr.. TAYLOR very indiscreetly remarked
in Walters presence: Il shall buy that
icorner at any price. for 1t Is worth Il
great deal more 10 me than to any one
else"
/ On his way TO school Walter stopped
TO look at what he already counted a
part of the home grounds he was
planting rows of trees and gravel walks,
when the owner came along and enter
ed into conversation. Walter was ready
/ to talk, and desirous TO telling what he
knew, and very early in the conyersa-
ton he said:
Father means to buy this corner"
| Indeed"
"Yes, he says he will have it at any
price, for it is worth a great deal more
to him than to anyone else; 80 he means
to bid on 1t tomorrow"
"Well, we shall give him a chance, !"
said the owner, laughing. And as he
walked on, he secretly thanked Walter
for that bit of information. To Mr..
| Taylor's surprise, he found another
apparently anxious bidder the next day.
and he found himself forced either to
pay an excrbitant price or relinqulsh
the idea of becoming the owner OF the
lot Before he had fully decided to do
the latter, his rival stopped bidding and
the lot was struck off TO him at three
times its real value. This former own
er chuckled over what he called his
good luck" and though Mr.. Taylor
wondered a little, he never knew that
his boys folly in repeating a careless
remark of his own, had cost him SO dear
in giving his unscrupulous neighbor
the opportunity Of taking an unfair adj
vantage.
Another time Walter spoiled sur
prise which his father and mother
meant to give his sister.
You'd better hurry home from
school tonight" he said that morning
a. they neared the academy.
.'Why2" asked Ella
'.Oh, nothing; only It Is my advice 10
get home as quick as You can, and see
what Is going on"
What do you mean?"
You'll find out,'
care we going to have company"
Company Well, yes-I don't know
but 1t might be called company sort /
Of dumb companion-wel, no-you
couldn't call II dumb either"
Walter Tayiorl is II something
iather and mother do not want me to !
1now?"
II don't know how they viii help I,
sour knowing"
Il believe you are letting out a secret, |
md L Will not listen, l should think !
,olks would learn not to tell you any .
secrets"
They didn't tell me. 1 heard man
ell father that 1t had come"
Ella Taylor failed IN her recitations \
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he quarter. Her thoughts were at /
lone, IN the parlor; she knew exactly /
where Il ought TO stand, and wondered .
I they would put II IN the right place.
She tried TO study, but Walters hints,
which were too plain TO be misunder-
TODD, insisted upon crowding them
elves into her mind.
Come in, Ella" her mother called
rom the parlor as Ella was hanging
Ter hat and wraps in the hall. Ella
,beyed the call with flushed cheeks.
She could not feign a surprise which
he did not feel, and she stood embar-
'assed and uncertain what to do for a
then burst into tears.
"Poor child the surprise is too much 1
or her." said her father.
1T isn't that" said Ella; 81 tried to
oe surprised, and 1 couldn't; that is
Why 1 cried"
"Did you know about it?" asked Mr..
Taylor.
s'Yes, sir; Walter told me this morn
ng, and L was so glad could not study :
Il all. D."
Mr.. Taylor turned toward Walter,
Who began to excuse himself.
81 never said a word about pianor' I
'rBut you said enough for me to 4
SutSsY SsAANA L-AAd lIltu uOL 10 ,
Know" she added, turning TO her par
snts, ''but L could not help it. But
don't blame Walter. He didn't think"
II do blame him" said Mr.. Taylor, !
sternly. walter, will you never have !
any regard for other peoples property?
You have no more right to dispose of
others secrets than you have to dispose
Of their money! If you took five dol
lars from my desk you would be n thief. /
But what do you call yourself when /
you take my secrets and use them to .
crafty your love of talking? / some |
times wonder If Won will ever have n !
lesson severe enough to cure You of this
FAULT Now you have spoiled this little
surprise which we had planned, and
given Ella an uneasy day" /
81 am sure did not mean to tell her;
| only wanted to tease her a little"
You wanted to let her know that
you possessed knowledge which she did
not, suppose. Or rather, presume
you simply wanted 10 talk. Nv bov. If
you would learn to regard the secrets
Of others, and also to reserve your own
opinions now and then, you would save /
yourself and your friends much morti-
tication-"
Meantime Ella had dried her tears
and was now ready to try the new
piano, but Walter was too chagrined to
enjoy music, and went up To his own
room, saying within himself, II wonder
If / can never learn to hold my tongue" ."
by thy words shalt thou be justified,
and by thy words shalt thou be coz
just where he had read or learned
those words Walter did not know, but
they came into his mind suddenly. He /
they were in the Bible, but
he thought 1t queer that he should have