The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1890-04-17

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what child might DO to put his feet on his
furry coat to keep 'er warm. Do you know,
Jacob, ono thing that strikes mo right curl.
Gus in oil your iine new things ard new
ways o. livin'i'
"No, father" said Jacob. "Wha,l"
"Why, that the things that seem to cost
the most money, and that You city folks
seem to keer for the most, dir the things
that air the strdightcSt to get and do"
"Straighestr questioned Jac4h
"Ycs, straightest, easiest; at least they
seem so to me-" SAID Uncle Aaron. "Why,
that talk you gave the other d.;y in court,
that they all clGpped SO! Why, lad, it was
the only thing you could have said. 1t would
have been strange for you to have said any
different, wouldn't It'll"
Jacob nodded and smiled, and Uncle
Aaron went on: ''rhat's what mean; that
the things wo sees to do the easiest-what
10 in US to do-is the right thing for US.
And then arter it is done, every one sees 10
Is good, ye know. Now, about this ere
room, Jacob Something's air right and
something's air wrong. Imean in the fixin's,
lad; and hov noticed that the right things
are what WAS easy to do, and the other
things that were 4 heap moro trouble they
don't suit no one now they are DONE"
"Oh, father! fathcr!' said Jacob, rising
unexpectedly aud pacing the floor; "you
should have been in my place; you should
have had a chance!n
"Chance for what, lada Money! I do
not want it. never have-that is not what
l have keered for"
"What do you care forl" said jacob.
"Me. What do l keer for! I don't know
how to tell ye, lad. / know don't keer for
money-for that only means so many loads
OF hemlock bark taken to the 'tannin'.'
But it seems to me, lad, as If there must be
some other use for what's in us-some other
use. I'm no scollard; can't cay what
feels, my boy, but when l heered you the
other day in court, peadin' for that poor
woman, and saw the tears runnin' down
the peoples cheeks, felt as II / was a
livin' them" and Uncle Aaron rose and put
his hand on Jacobs shoulder.
"You give me new courage, father" said
Jacob; "but it's hard to live on without her
my wife"
81 know, lad. Don't ever think forget
it, doesn't" There are some that help
US; even although they can not take our
burden from us, they seem to share the
weight Of it.
Jacob, strong man that he was, felt steal
ing over him the same sense Of comfort
that he had felt as q child in Uncle Aarons
arms He felt siren gthened and uplifted,
| better able to face the long, dreary outlook
| oflonely days to come.
"Father," he said, at last, "you make me
feel like q man aRain-like soldier that
has heard the ringing cheer of his Captain
to charge the foe. And would indeed be q
co ward If fell back now."
"My lad" said Uncle Aaron, with his
tender, loving smile, "you never have been
acoward-and you never will be''
CHAPTER VI =
There are few so stepped in wrong-doine
as to be comfortably stupefed Ros, has
never quite forgotten for one short half
hour her deserted child and husband Uncle
Aaron's beseeching words have come back
to her ears again and again, and she feels
strange, regretful pity whenever sho
thinks of him.
Fifteen years have passed away since she
has seen him, and on this particular day as
she is walking through the town of Ron
dout he is in her mind. She is with her
theatrical company, and whether 1t is owing
to the fact that she is so near to the mount
aims or not, she has been thinking Of Uncle
Aaron all the morning. Suddenly hand
is laid upon her shoulder, and voice SAYS
huskily: "Beant this Rose9"
"Yes-why, it's your she exclams, gaz.
ing at Uncle Aaron in surprise. Hc stands
there in the sunlight, his beard and hair
very white, his gray eyes flashing with ex-
citement, his breath coming fast. "Ah--
how do you doa" she says; ''are you wellin
"Yes, thankee," stammers Uncle Aaron.
~ was just thinking of you," goes ON
Rose, coolly, looking very beautiful, with
the CLINT OF the sun upon her yellow hair;
"do you often come into town9 I thought
you seldom left the mountains"
~ coined down on Matthew's business.
He's my other son, yer know--has q farm.
live with him sence mother died. How
do ye know-how is Jacob" said the old
man, eagerly.
"Jacobp do not know. Ihave not seen
him." slowly, "since last saw you"
The calmness OF this statement rather
shakes the good old man for a moment;
then, his eyes flashing more than ever, no
answers $50 long as thati Why, wee
Alice is nigh on to eighteen years old"
"Yes," assented Rose, calmly, "she must
be- Is she like met Is she pretty, do you
knowi"
"Woman woman |" broke in Uncle Aaron,
shave ye no heart at all? And you have
not seen her in all these yearsl Tell me,
have ye never wanted to see her and yer