Telegram-herald., 1890-07-22

psrssr IN lie hone made r4ek Il never
seen nv ga mother waste her tine
thSt ~sy Nov. Nhy is's different
they hsd oagh teE resa politics ana TIE
news but wl4uea- psh2-"
HIS wife said nothing. lest she should
saw 10 nueh. hut wasa Ehe dishes
were washed. she followed Patty CD
iato ths g4rEet bedroom. where she haa
gone u cry, sad lay DOM beside her,
drawing the patchwork quilt about
them both ~Doat fret Patty" sAe
whispered. I'm going % send Yea 70
school
You ezn't ma" whispered Patty
u shall" said the mother You
know the tall clock that pa lsft me. It's
ninety years old. can sell II The
lady that boarded al Dewey's last sum
mer, the tail one in the sort Of dingy-
green clothes, she offered nae a hundred
dollars for il. Write 70 me whenever
YOU are willing 70 sell IL sac said I'm
going 70 do it, ana rli send you 70 the
pay-sehOol on the bill Ihere!-znd /
feel I've a right 10 DO Il Thero-R h2t-
ever your pa may tbiRk. There"
.'Oh, ma. ma cried Patty. frightened
by her meek mothers sudden exhibition
OF spirit do you dare, aud its where
the squire's daughters go aud tae min
ister's girls On ma and they learn
French and drawing. Oh, MAJ But you
love the old clock. Don't do il for nse,
doa't sell il for my sakel"
u do il for myself. child" said Mar
tha, rising and putting her hair straight
and settling her collar. Now you 20 TO
sleep You shall have rye and Indian
doughnuts for breakfast, and your pa
shan't scold you"
He never did. What his wife SAID to
him she only knew. but be made no OBJ
lection 70 the sale of the clock. aud
Patty went 10 school. The mother did
without her help and all the pot-cheese
money went to keep her prettily clad,
but every enc said how muSh better
Mrs. Budd looked than she used. She
grew young again IN her ambitions for
Patty, and somehow the girl was kept
at school until she graduated with hon
ors. 'As well educated" thought her
mother. "as most boys"
Meanwhile, Farmer Budd saved and
scrimped only TO make the too frequent
mistake of money-loving people al last.
The fever for speculation seized him, and
he lost in week tho gains it had taken
half life TO accumulate. Nothing was
left; even the old farm must go. And
despair seized him. He fell i'll, and
after weeks of delirium, awoke one day
To remembrance OF the actual state Of
things.
His wife nursed him tonderly. and
he was kinder to her than he had ever
been before.
Its most a pity I'm gettin' well.
Martha" be said. 'l've been such a
fool. ! dunno what / can do now but
day labor, I'm sure, and while had IL |
never spent any thing on you l feel
sort o. different now. feel as IL L
wished had it again; I'd let you do as
you liked. It's gone now, and no good
to anybody. Well have to quit this
homo even. You've got right to reflect
on me, Martha. So has Patty"
''But we won't, pa" said his wife.
"We feel you've the most to bear, and
we've got little good news for you
Patty has got a place to teach in tho
academy. She knows mathematics and
languages and music. She's we'll edu-
Gated every way. And, pa, she'll havo
a thousand year. just think of that
q thousand dollars year"
''Whatr cried Mr.. Budd. mot our
Patty, for teachin'?'
"Yes, pa, said Mrs Budd, "and s he
reckons she can buy back the farm. she's
going to try, and they've allowed her-I
don't know how it's fixed, but we
needn't go-and you just get strong, pa,
and we II begin again, and may be bet
ter"
Poor Mr.. Budd turned his face over
on the pillow and kept silence for
awhile. Then he aid:
ma, IL all that comes Of gal
being eddicated, I've been even more Of
an old idiot than thought l was. Why
i kin take hold now and try. l was
thinl1in' twas tho poor-house or tho
graveyard now, and / amt been mono
too good to Patty, but viii be, see II I
won't, after this. Why she's as good as
q SON."
Mr.. Budd recovered rapidly after this,
and 1t was not many years before the
farm was bought back again. But 1t
was Patty's doing. As he told every
one; ''Patty's eddication did it and
her mother gave her that"
Educate tho girls" be was heard 70
say at late meeting Of his townsmen.
81 don't say do il at the same schools
with the boys. but lot 'om learn as
much as they can. Give them tho same
advantages. Them that haven't ability
won't learn. Them that have win
Give EN- a chance
you've changed your mind since
heard you talk last" said an old ac-
auaintance "You used to say girls
hadn't even ought to learn to read"
More fool l." said Mr. Budd. Wasn't
I. NAP I've had good reason TO alter my
opinion. don't know a better edu-
Gated girl than mr. Patty. nor one that
is more what a woman ought 70 be; not
a bit sot up or strong-minded Eh,
map"
''She's splendid girl. II do say it.
said the happy-looking matron on his
arm: and we've all got reason 70 bless
her education Mary Kyle Dallas. IN
=. Y. Ledger.
The hand that rocks the cradle Is he