The Newtown bee., 1894-11-30

journey. With plenty of coverlets we made up bed under the wagon, where l we three slept soundly. This was my
 first .campingSopt. The, next day the
 hogs bfanf Ss(a tol bsine1 1dfi3 3en, aand
 during lHe khbie joufnSy {tkree w9eks) I they gave no trouble, except the neces- sity of watching them, when the wagon started, to sec that none. were. under. .the wheeis.,sia oL- last4ass5- Y i-si " l We'were. very tired when we. finally arrived at our homo in Alto. The. log house was Ia new. one. with, one. room downstairs and an attic which contained a bunk fer us beysss This bunk wac made of four oak slabs, and was wide enough so that four of us could lie cross- wise and sleep very comfortably. The roof was made ofoaky ssshakesa Ana in the winter ths snow MouhSofeA sift in and nearly bury us.
 It was Thanksgiving morning in 1850. We had [. lived in Al Alto. three <, years. Father was away from. home,4 ahd we were expecting his return every day. :He had been absent in northern Illinois try ing to get work at days wages to keep his family alive. There was little to be ob- tained even for sm9neY, which, we Aid not possess. wa hsd eats6 bthe hak pf our frozen turnips; the cows had dried up for lack of proper feed and neglect of milking. bad ppt the, strength to milk, and mother could hot go to the hu for pt 0f Cho console, hsslE; hhsslE; Ihnpgsy children by assuring | them that the Lord would surely hear her prayers, and that father would cer- tainly come that day. or. some relief from, far-off neighbors, who must know our needy conditions, IN y4heati best broken I was starving, but cared little for n.y. selfif the sufferings of poor mot1er" and l the children could only'sbe, relieved. |. There had been school nat what was known as Carpenters scffooihouse, ,aa log structure two miles west of7sus.i The teacher was an eccentric young Seotch-f man, who wore blue, froek;eqqat with two rows of brass buttons. He seemed to know nothing about managing tchil dren. He had bad luck, and the few pupils pevflsdIm4da is saqnpeemfortabl ble for him by throwing pepper on the stove aapd IS suchslikeu sschool7beY zann9yapees that he disappeared all of sudden, and none of the settlers knew what shad s bscenea of him. Nples 3 of -Four family had attended school, owing to our scaady alothing,and,wanto of. shoes. This morning, asI sFrayed away from the house into the thicket hear by, be- cause could not possiBB bearto listen poor mothers prayer for relief that it seemed impossible to expect, suddenly stood facels6 lace *fthsthe seheolmastef. I was so frightened, thatt dared patsrun, 1 had heard that he had been turned away from the school. He bowed to me and spbks,very gently E Hoknbf sfetsHss my lad" he said, II could not harm any one. Is your father at home?" No, sir, eis down south working ''Is your mother at, home?" he kindly inquired. Yes, sir will you come in, the ,hogss ?" I asked. He 4teppedl nedrefi to Img, as I shrank from him. "Do not fear, my lad
 I am not going to harm you. I am told that your mother andaan ofayour family are needy. l have a little money and can accommodate you"
 "Please come apd see, n,other," said. MT Sailes wdked with he to1the hoasA and stepped inside: Atsthe, door he re- moved his hat and stood perfectly silent. "Mother,'' said I, ''this is MT Sailes, the schoolmaster." The young tnians fAta was crimson. He fairly trembled as he said: Mum, I hear you are needy. I have e'somei spare cash and hoone to4 be- towiitup6h!l l." F' weuld" gladly make a loan to your husband until wahti 1t. ef knowatlfat he is an honesss nfafh1e' nfafh1e'' a''i' ."
 ''Yod' ate' very kind sfr,,'" replied ny mother. "Won't you sit down."
 ''ThaSpk S yop,, ma'amj; ny9p, will let the had 90 with hd to FairWateF Ca new town that had had Just just started twei and,a miles fro from ngss, gs, where store. ,had, been opeqnhefaF2., we sSs Ssapi RglAg, Iso some relief st once" s.a.. f I started with him. It was a chilly November morningun LWAs thin1y elaa, , and shivered from cold. Before we had gone very far he took off his coat, saying he @as clad t6o @afh|iy f6f walking, and asked me if had any objections to carry ing the coat for him,a II might thlaw it overi my shoulders, aapd it would make me warm iulniu,. ,iIlAoh ,ss 5aaTt Twas absolutely too ignorant to under stand that he was making an excuse for giving me his coat. He wore red flan- nel shirt under his coat, and no. waist coat. Inotieedl lalso thai he wore shbes with no stockinks. MI 4eA 4
 Just before we reached the new store he put on his coat, and we walked into the place. It waaals9aIl board shanty, with counter and shelees, and a stock oflgeneral merchandise was being open ed. MT sailes, asked sha proprietor, George soula il eKbuid k6ve him at once. Soule replied that most of the goods were yet nnpacked. ,a "sCan,t Ilaso sist in unpacking?" he asked, and of came his coat. He opened barrel of flour and secured bag and filled it; then box of. dried codfish was opened and d number of fish tied in a bund4e, with pound of tea, some coffee, salt, four pounds of crackers q remember the four pbdhds because the package was so large and bulky1, and g large. piece of, saltpork. These were hurriedly, got to-. igether. The fish, tea, and crackers were loaded into my arms. MT SaiIes should cred the flour and the salt pork, and we started. IL. was all could do to carry