The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-08-09

iuR ldst uISul, were We
NO"
We'll. now, to come down to bust.
ness, l know very well they talked
about us and our habit OF borrow.
ing"
Don't believe it."
y do. l know it I've been think.
ing about it all this afternoon. How
could it happen that they'd bring US
so many things the same day? And
think Of 1.-TWO cofee.grinders and
two newspapers"
susan, l begin to believe you"
You'd better. LIS Just as plain
as beads on a string
What can we dO?"
DO? Why. take everything back
as SOU as you get through supper"
But don't We need the things:"
What Of it? Take them all back,
aud say we can buy our own things"
But, Susan, it will cost a good
deal"
Cant help it. We must act in
dependent. Well buy our own things
after this"
why. OF course we can: and il we
can't, We 20 without" said Caleb.
frightening.
That's right. III found up the
coffee with hammer before l Dor
row another grinder"
a new feeling cam I'VE Mr..
Haynes. His manhood seemed to
have returned, and his heart seemed
to lie lightened Of a heavy load.
After supper he hitched his old
mare 10 his wagon, and started Oh
his Journey to return everything that
was brought TO his home in the morn
ing. Harry, the oldest son, rode the
borrowed bay.
The neighbors were dumfounded.
There was not one member who
thought the trick would be found out
before a week. No one had an op.
p~o:tunity TO QueStion him. He merely
announced that ne had come to re-
turn the articles borrowed, and that
he hoped to never get in the misera.
bic habit again.
1t was 9 O'Clock before he returned
home, and by the time the chores
were finished the clock struck 10.
The next morning was a bright one,
and Caleb declared he telt better
than he had for many months.
lit seems so much better to use
your " things" he remarked.
You are right" assented his
wife.
By the time the month had passed
Mr.. Haynes had bought another horse,
subscribed for the weekly paper, and
furnished the house and farm with
the necessary implements and con-.
veniences.
At the next Grange meeting Mr..
and Mrs. Haynes answered promptly
when Jonathan Fuller came to their
names on the roll, and when there
was order and quiet Caleb arose and
said he would like TO say a few words.
The whole audience was silent. They
seemed to think they were in the
presence Of a man whom they had in
jured.
Ladies and gentlemen" began
Caleb, his voice coming with an ef-
tort, Il was not present at the last
meeting, and l am glad Of it. You
have done a great good. ! don't want
anybody to feel bad because he might
have talked about me behind my
back. AM cured of the miserable,
beggarly habit Of borrowing: and that
is enough. | move to speak upon
another subject"
AT the conclusion OF this brief
speech, which vas uttered with a
great deal Of feeling, Mr.. Roynton
stepped forward and pressed Caleb's
hands. Every one in the ROOF fol-
lowed the example II the agile old
man, and HAYNES felt that he was
honOred beyond his merits.t
AT the end Of the unusual perfO NJ
ance ONE n suggested that singing
should lie the mex thing in order.
Not an objection was offered, so jon
athan Fuller hunted around IA while
for his tuning fork and started,
There is Rest for the Weary" in as
high a key as he could maintain
without r%upturing his windpipe.
TO be sure some said ''we-ar.ry'
and others let melodious sounds pass
through their noses, but their hearts
were enraptured, and their souls as
piring above. the scrdid earth. Even
the little black spider came out of
his dark chamber with three other
little spiders and listened ~intently to
the music, and did did not seem half
50 disguised as during the last meet
ing, when they raised such a dust
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