Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-05-15
THE MAN THAT ~
X MARRIED MARY.

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no children, had only himself to sup
port now that Mary was gone, and yet
he saved and screwed ut every point
which brought him into disrepute o,
Cheriton. The char.woman who clean
cd bis house told thrilling tales Of q
tin boz, securely locked, which had IL
abode under Peters chest Of drawers
and into this box the Imagination Of
Cheriton Transferred all the saving,
which Peter 20 carefully boarded.
One day tho rector's eldest son, Jack
now at Oxford, rushed into his fathers
study, crying:
II say, dad, what DO you Think The
man that married Mary has been rob
bed Of all his savinss."
The rector pushed up his spectaclei
and gaxed benlgnly at Jack from un
der them.
Dear me, dear me, what Q sac
thingr' he murmursd. 'How much
money has been stelenr'
Nobody knows. But the tin box on,
Of his bedroom has gone and the pool
man 10 demented."
mo wonder" said the kind old rect
or.
THE thief evidently climbed through
the window while Dunn was out q
the door was locked"
did he take anything besides the
tin box3" asked the rector.
mo-" answered Jack. "for the very
good reason that there was nothing
else inside the house worth the car
riage. There must be . pretty DO,
Of money In that box, dad; for never q
pipe In the whole village bursts with
out the man that married Mary being
well paid for msnding II, and hs IL 70
munerated for bis pew.opening du
ties, too; and yet he hardly has enough
to eat I hear, and there 10 nothing Ii
his house worth Q half.crown piece
The savings In that old tin box mus,
tot up to . pretty sum-"
Dear me, dear mel II 10 very sad
Jack, my boy, when tho love Of money
thus takes hold Of Q man-very sad
Indeed"
"well, the old boy IL punished for l,
now, anyway" said Jack, with the un
tempered Justice Of the very youns
and inexperienced. "and I am glad Of
It,"
I'm not" sighed the rector. n sup
pose punishmcnts do good, but am al
ways sorry when there u o necessity
for them. II poor Mary had livct
Dunn would never have got into these
mean ways; she was such q bright
pretty, superior girl"
Which remark showed that the dis
pcpsations Of providence arc wiscI
after all than the reasoning Of the
most charitable old rcctors.
Later on In the day Jack Levet,
caught sight Of Q dark object lying
In ditch. He pulled It out and found
1t to BIO tin box, with the lock pried
open. In It there was nothing but Q
packet Of letters In Mary Dunn's pref
ty old.fashl0ned writing and some fad
cd roses, brown and crisp with age
The former he was too much Of gen.
tleman to read. but he concluded they
were love letters, a. they were address.
ed to Peter Dunn. but 40 there was no
money In the boz he conjectured that
the thief had taken what was valu.
able and thrown the rubbish away. 30
he took It straight to Dunn. with many
condolences.
II have found this box Of yours In a
ditch. Dunn" he said. "but I fear oil
tho valuables have been taken out Of
It."
Peter seized tho box and examined
it, contents.
mo. It's all right. Master Jack" he
cried with excitement; "ifteeu letters
and ten roses and not one missing. O,
how can thank you enough, sir. for
restoring them to met shall never
forget your kindness % long 40 I liver
Jack looked pushed. but wasn't
there anything else In tho bog" he
asked.
mo. sir; this 10 oil. and II ID all I
have on earth that 10 Of any value to
me. Fifteen letters that my Mary
wrote to me while We were counting,
and ten roses that she gave me at DIFF.
ferent times. And to think that they
are all safe, and not one missing! !
shall never cease to bless you. Master
Jack. for what you have done for me
this day-never."
II thought there must have been
money In the box. you seemed In such
way about It."
BLESS you. cir, I shouldn't have
made all that fuss II II had only been
money. But, you see, these letters are
all that have left Of my Mary, and
read them over and over acain. She
was a rare scholar. my Mary was"
"And 20 pretty. too" said Jack, kind.
".
LAY, Master Jack, she was that; and
the sweetest way with her. Why. I
could tell you the history Of each Of
them ten roses. and where we were
and what she said when she
gave It to me; only should feel some.
how % Mary mightn't like II. But
say her dear words over and over to
myself. and never forget them. though
i would seem irreverent-like to repeat
hem to another person, even to one
If the quality like yourself"
"Of course. Of COURSE" said Jack
hastily, feeling q queer. uncomfortable
Jump In bis throat; and then they went
IN to talk Of other things. SO the man
hat married Mary was comforted, aud
he hiding.place Of his savings remain.
I'd a mvaterv.