Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1896-04-17
THE LESSON He LEARNED.

THE LESSON He LEARNED.
pm going to pat a stop to this
sort of thlngr said Mr.. McElroy
III don't, | shall certainly come
to the poOrhOuse. | haven't saved
money all these years to rain 1t
down on peoples heads IA II 1t was
hallstones. NJ, belinda, | haven't
got FIVE dollars to spare, Your
bonnet is quite good enough to
wear for a month longer. Every
body else has got thelrs9 Well, II
everybody else is fools, that amt
no reason that you should be. Six
dollars for q subscription 10 bel1
buy the new minister's furniturei
Not if | know It, james.
When | came to Bloodvlile
bought my own furnitnre, and
there's no reason that new minis
ter shouldn't DO the same thing.
The procer's book? | never stw
anything like the way onr house
keeping bulls runs upl It'nd be a
dpa! che per, so far as l can SEE.
to 20 to New York and board at
the Windsor Hotel than to 1--we
here, unless you and Sarah can
manage a little more economic 'lIy'
Matthew. And as for thoSe sing
ing lessons that Llcy wants to
take, you may tell her ne"
Lucy thought-' meekly began
Matthew Starring.
But his uncle interrupted hin
curtly:
"You may tell her no. And thai
ends tie question?
John McElroy was a man wh'
/ had in the local dialect, saved
/ lot of money Bling a great dea
too economical to marry, he had
invited a lame nephew, Matthev
Starring. 10 come with his faml'.
auG keep house IN the old re-
homestead, AMI thereafter tool
cred t to himself tor supporting al
the Starliugs, although Mat'he'
tolled diligently at his trade G
shoemaking, and James, the eldes
son, managed the farm with ski
AID success, while Mrs. StaIlin
and her two daughters, Lucy an
belinda, were the model dairy
women aud best managers of th
vicinity.
In an evil hour MattheT StaTlih
had borrowed a thOus nd dollar
from Uucle John, 10 pay of an ol'
debt.
He had kept up tho intere'
pretty regularly, but it would hay
been about as easy for him to pa
of the national debt as to dl
, charge an obligation of a thOusan
dollars; and IN this way Uncle N
! ElrOy cOntTlyed to keep hi
ground down into the very dust.
Had it not been for this thOnsaD'
. dollar debt, the Startling famil
would have crept out from unde
, the harrow of Uncle johns tOngu
D and temper long ago.
e II don't seem as IT we con
S stand IT. said Mrs. Starlir
e plaintively.
= 4 dent care how much he scol'
me- said ID linda, 'bu5 he has u
business to tyrannize so dreadful
=, over poor mother
t IF | could only raise none
n enough to take a quarters singiI
!. lessons. | could earn a hundr'
L dollars a year in the church choT
| said Lucy.
d 1W sad James, laughO
That's a big word, Loo, for such
little one. IT Uncle John won
only let NE plant a crop OF toDa
60 up in the south field, 1 am su
| could raise twice as much mOnt
=, as the turnipi will bring a. 3
" Uncle John sticks TO old tradition
aul that little it stands IN Il
way. l only wisn that the faI
Is was miDeF
)t The Housekeeping book was p
D. tlcularly aggravating that mo
ing, and Mrs. Starring had sbe(
:. few quiet tears before the int
view was over.
. Il hate whining wOmen, 81
Mr.. McEIroy, 'and hate extra
ss CANT onesp
Il try to do the best can,' 81