The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-07-25
his eyes and asked me fer the place. He

wasn't strong enough, l said, and that
l was afeared his leg wasn't jest right
yit, and several other objections, but
he declared he was all right and able 10
do as much as the next man, and would
work for one dollar day. Seein' as
how l was calkerlatin' onto payin' one
dollar and half day. why, I Jest
clinched the bargain, and he's to begin
tomorrow"
So Timothy Smith worked week after
week, from sunrise to sunset. and Mr.
Dobson congratulated himself time and
again that he had secured man who
could accomplish so much for so little.
Zone dollar a day amt nothin' in
comparison to the work he does he
was continually saying to his wife.
"Why, he works like horse"
"A dollar day amt much, Jehiel,"
she once replied, ''for sech a large
family as Timothy has ] don't believe
they see a. piece of fresh meat more'n
once durin' the whole week"
That's often enough" commented
her husband, helping himself the third
time to a piece of steak; poor folks
oughtn't to expect no more"
Poor. unfortunit Timothy" sighed
Mrs. Dobson, and her husband shook
his head solemnly, and echoed the senti-
ment.
Now the harvest had been gathered,
and SO one Saturday night Timothy
Smith received his last six dollars for
his hard weeks labor. Mr.. Dobson
nervously ine the crisp bills in his
wallet upon that occasion. and refiec-
lively withdrew double the amount.
The light of hope CLEANED in limo
thy's eyes for second, but died out
Immediately, for Mr.. Dobson's hesita-
ton was soon over. The wallet was
replaced and Timothy turned away
with the usual pittance.
Its accordin' to the bargain" NUT
tered Mr.. Dobson; Its all he asked,
and it would be settin' a bad example
to pay more, accordin' to my notions. "
Still he was not his usual cheerful self
at supper that night, and something in
his wife's eyes made him fancy she was
internally repeating: ''To him that
hath shall be given" etc.
The next morning found him In his
usual pew al church
Meeting had begun, however before
his wife entered and took her place be-
side him. for the chores had been
heavy, and the vegetables had to be
pre- pared for dinner 1t was with a
weary sigh that she hurriedly made
her toilet, casting, as she did so,
longing eye upon the comfortable
lounge, half inclined TO seek the need
ed repose and forego the church alto
gether.
But Jehiel wouldn't like it." she
thought, and after all she might find
grain of comfort in the sermon, SO in
her oldfashioned bonnet and shawl the
pale little woman took her place beside
her husband that memora bic Sabbath
The minister arose, and Mr.. Dobson
fixed himself as comforta bly, as the un-
pew would permit, with an
eye possibly to nap should the sermon
prove dull and uninteresting.
That both he that soweth and he
that reapeth may rejoice together"
Mr.. Dobson settled the spectacles
lpon his nose and surveyed the
speaker.
"A good text" he resolved in his
mind, "and very appropriate to the sea-
;on, remembering with much satisfac-
ion his well filed barn and other /
fruits of his reaping.
But as the sermon proceeded, Mr.. .
Dobson grew restless and his eyes ,
sought his wife's face. There /
we're no signs of rejoicing there, and, as
he turned her patient eyes to his, he /
noted for the first time that expression /
If WEAKNESS and sad resignation.
He was aroused from the unpleasant /
study into which ne fell by the earnest .
-oice of the speaker.
The laborer is worthy Of his hire" +"
Then followed burning words IN which