San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-09-10
A SAFE DEPOSIT.
By REV. E. EVERETT HALE, D. D.
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pun III tiL StrstIlu' fAlJeT Lne VI IuSSc
failures she had no chance. AS she came
home in the afternoon from an early arch
cry party she found a note from her father
saying tnat he was called TO New York.
his was followed by a telegram from New
. ork saying he was called to London. And
50 poor Edith WAS left TO her own newly
ACQUIRED skill in managing her own bust
ness for the next six weeks.
What soon became very clear was that
she must have money. Indeed this is
something which generally becomes clear
to most people in modern society. Edith
Iirst made the mistake which many other
people maze Of thinking that it will do
.,a:' god % say aloud, II must have some
!rgrcy" ~, said this to the looking glass
"a re rs she dressed herself. But no money
caila from that As to housekeeping and
;:a-cs there was no trouble. The house
keeper had been supplied. But for herself
UG:th knew there would be trouble very
soon.
Size at cnce put herself on short allow
ance. She did not go into a shop. She
passed the most attractive book stores say
iac, Lead US not into temptation" She
wet on foot if she could not ride in her
own carriage, by which l mean she never
took the peoples carriage-the street car.
she was even mean enough to put nickel
into the contribution box at church, sit
ting in tie very pew where the deacon was
.!2-ara ere Of y five dollar bill. Bat then
T.. "a made ;n account of this, and sol
emmy no; scd herself for every nickel she
"a on til" altar to place a ten dollar bill
w&rG--sle hid it. Dear child, she knew
iAr difference between little turtle doves
&:.l ;;2od large lambs. These economies
... Kept up steadily. But economies do
i,.5 create money.
And !. seemed rs if never were the I'M
yH"2Ct@.. expenses so terrible Then came
:! IL! :or annual costs at the cemetery
whi1A Ter father had forgotten. Edith
lsroA.,t!y paid that Then came her an
MAIL subscription at the She!tering Arms,
h~r assessment at the Ladies' Relief and
tie Swing Wor!cn's Friend The same
%tt,r;:2ca came a man from the Oklahoma
:Iyc school, livery young lady of her ac-
qu;;utanCe had subscribed $40. DR.. With
ugS0OOn aad recommended it, and Edith
hN,w thar shc WIS c%pected to Subscribe.
Ln:.Iess appeals we're made, indeed, from
Ouc ard another similar charity. And as
climax tIv Is; q July came aaG all her
Quarterly Oils. Tho footing was terrible.
Aal sc wish So little in her pocket, and.
il ,...tc was any virtue in arithmetic, not
80 IL tl.e NHye"iy bank.
i.LtA, OF tie .! OF July, did what you
OF ! void have done. She ordered her
COZ nd babe James take her to the
AZ, ;:,!r sSain. It was just possible that
tie tni0r, mis1t have changed themselves
p2CH again
The wamieYS knew her and told her it
VS. IL u.r@s.:Gt AO.ning, as it vas. But it
sgeIuei, to Edith that they looked on her
with All inYuiring air, as if they wondered
That she mad dared to come. Still she
oraacJ herself to her duty. She gave the
:uy,,.:y &.:...,:er and she produced her key,
IT which tn holt Gew back at the right
moment, juat &s it does in the Forty
rnIaycs" She carried the tin box Oat to
lie cry same cell she had occupied before.
she felt rs if SIZE were nun in convent.
She opened the box and-therc was moth
ing there. Then she waited a little-poor
e.ild: this Was to deceive the warders.
Then she lac!:ed the box and carried it
back She dared not look them in the
fac as they babe her good day, but she felt
in every bone that they disapprOvet of her
and even scornel her. Sadly and doubt
iUi'y she "|"'e James Jake neF io'ile' anu
ne "lH 50. ~,
An 1"e'' HII TtosSei her III Lile 'et. me Ie
oohds SAe n"a III place oi heIS were ho'
neE'. NO, b"I U,iey 'ooh VL,e pace Vi he n
Now us she couit not CUT OH Ler , own cOu-
%"2S ana deIosit taeIl III the "aVeFtey
bank as nc" Lt'A"f ""i Taught her' nlI@NC
lot she honesty c':' Of JhGse coupons an"
''eposH t-1il, replacing Ineh "heA Ihe
moment cane ~ her own:
1t Is quite clear, ue3r reFIer' 10 an IN
St.UCtei conscience Ike yours ana mine