Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1893-07-24


place. He wasn't strong enough,
said. and that I was feared his lie;
wasn't jest right yit, and severa
other objections, but he declared h
was all right and able to do as mucl
as the next man, and would work 70
81 a day. SEEM as how I was calker
latin onto payin' $3.50 day, why,
jest clinehed the bargin, and he's tt
begin to-horrow"
i SO Timothy Smith worked week af
ter week, from sunrise to sunset, ane
Mr.. Dobson congratulated himself
time and again that he had secured g
man who cold accomplish so much
for so little.
zone dollar day amt nothin' in
conparison to the work he does" ne
was continually saying to his wife.
''Why, he works like horse"
GA dollar day amt much, Jehiel, y
she once replied, ''fer such large
family as Timothy has. I don't be-
lieve they see a piece of fresh meat
MORN once durin' the whole week"
''That's often enough" commented
her husband, helping himself to a
third piece of steak, "poor folks
oughtn't to expect no more"
"Poor, unfortunit' Timothy" sigh
ed Mrs. Dobson, and her husband
shook his head solemnly, and echoed
the sentiment.
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 fingered the crisp bills in
his wallet upon that occasion, and re-
fectively 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.
Otis accordin' to the bargain, 'mut
tered Mr.. Dobson; ssit's all he asked,
and it would be settin' bad example
to pay more, accordin' to my no
tions.' 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 at church. Meeting had
h u, e.
tered and took her place beside him,
for the chores had been heavy, and
the vegetables had to be prepared for |
dinner. It was with a weary sigh |
that she hurriedly made her toilet,
casting, as she did so, longing eye
upon the comfortable lounge, half in
clined to seek the needed repose and !
forego the church altogether.
'But Jehiel wouldn't like it," she
thought, and after all she might find a
grain of comfort in the sermon, so in
her fashioned bonnet and shawl
the pale little woman took her place
beside her husband that memorable
Sabbath morning.
The minister arose, and Mr.. Dobson
fixed himself as comfortably as the
uncushioned pew would permit, with
an eye to possible nap should the
sermon prove dull and uninteresting.
'sThat both he that soweth and he
that reapeth may rejoice together"
Mr.. Dobson settled the spectacles
upon his nose and surveyed the speak
er.
GA good text" he resolved in his
mind, "and very appropriate to the
season." remembering with much sat
isfaction his well-fi barn and other
fruits of his reaping.
But as the sermon proceeded, Mr..
Dobson grew restless and his eyes
furtively sought his wife's face. There
were no signs of rejoicing there, and
as she turned her patient eyes to his,
he noted for the first time that ex-
preston of WEAKNESS and sad resig-
nation. He was aroused from the un-
pleasant study into which he fell by
the earnest voice of the speaker
''The laborer is worthy of his hire"
linen followed burning WORDS In Wnlcn
he denounced the So called followers
of Christ, men base enough to take
advantage of brothers. necessities,
reaping where another had sown, ac-
cepting the best of brain or muscle,
giving but pittance, sometimes moth
ing in return. Timothy's face, as it
looked when he received his last
weeks wages, arose before Mr.. Dob
son and made him uneasy.
"He that is unjust in the least is I'M