South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1892-08-05

ehouSn. nave added lt I'D, and
it amounts TO two dollars
That is not possible, l said hot
ly, Il have never borrowed more
than FIVE or ten cents at a time.
DO you accuse me of saying what
Is not true 2 he ans wercd angrily.
Everything is written down on this
piece OF paper. Examine it for
yourself | added up the long
column Of fives, tens and fifteens,
and found, to my dismay, that the
account was correct. What was
to do? WAS very angry with Har-
ry, aud 10 ask favots of him was
dreadful to me, but ! was in his
power, and there he stood looking
ut me in cold, hard way, and I
knew that | owed him every cent
upon that paper, and l had but
three cents in my pocket to pay
him with.
"Well," he said insolently, are
you GOING to pay me. or will You
prove that was right when said
that you were cheat on the play
ground? Harry l cried, and the
hot blood rushed to my face, you
know that | am not cheat, and
you know, too, that l cannot settle
this bill just now. You shall have
every cent of my allowance until it
is paid, but you will have to watt
Il won't watt he answered an
gtily. You must pay me to-mor-
row. | want to buy a pair of skates
and father will not give them to me.
| viii come in the morning, and il
You do not have the money ready
for me l will put it in the hands of
the constable and, turning on his
heel, he left me to my misery.
And misery it was, sure enough.
| remem beFed to have heard some
thing about law that conld put
people who owed money into Jail,
but whether it was the law now |
did not know. l scarcely knew
which | feared most, father or the
constable, for father would be very
hard on such fault as mine. I
could sec just how his honest eyes
would look at me.
CAS- | sat, with my face buried in
my hands my little sister came up
to me. What is the matter, Amos
she asked /?
1T was a relief to c5nfess, so |
told her the whole story, and then
new thought presented ITSELF
ANNIE / SAID, your money box is
full, won't you lend me the two
dollars, will pay you every cent
back, indeed / will
Father was TO put it in bank for
me- she replied, but maybe he
will forget it. Yes, take it, Amos,
and pay that bad boy, and have no
more to do with him.
so the next day when Harry
called, | handed him the money.
lie looked surprised and disappoin-
ted. too, l thought, but he made no
comment, and | felt that my trou-
bles were over, A few days after
wards, however, my father said to
my sister one morning, Il am 90
ingto the bank to-day, get me your
money and / will deposit it for you.'
Il do not think i care for you to
take it to-day she faltered, and
her face grew very red and so did
mine.
'Eather looked from one to the
other of us, suspiciously. 'Fhere
is something wrong here,' he said,
what is the matter ?
"The fact is, father l replied,
Il had to borrow it the other day,
but will pay it back
you BORROWED YOUR SISTERS
MONEY y cried the father, and
every word fell like blow. fWhat
does this mean, sir p
Il HADto do it father I cried,
desperately. ooh do not look at
me in that way, and l will tell you
the whole story And so l did.
and father listened with an expires
sion on bis face that / had never
seen there before.
What did he do to you p cried
Arthur Grey, excltedlY, Did he
thrash you p
lie did indeed, and. although it
is sixty years ago, / can feel that
thrashing IN my bones to-day, but
} took it like q man, for somehow
it seemed to even things up. The
thing that hurt the most was to
Gee my father, when be had finish
ed with me, sit down and sob like a
baby over the thought that he had
a son that could act in such a scoun-
drelly way as to borrow money that
no knew he had no means OF pay
ing, and then take his little sister
savings to cover up his wrong-do-
ings. / tell you those tears fell
like hot lead on my heart. And
80, boys, that was the way learn
ed my lesson, and from that dav
to this / have never borrowed red
cent fiom anybody, and / HAVE
confined my wants tc my means,
and like the honest blacksmith, 4
can look the whole world in the
face, for ! owe not any man.
Now he continued, that was
the bad hole i got into. How ma.
ny Of you will keep out Of it,
From the Parish Visitor.
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