The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-08-31

You viii not worry any longa--
murmured his mother, slipping ba uear'
round him. arm
But his quick eye had cane,.
signature upon one Of the checks .cr ne
tor Walker he cried, flushing a DOe'
is Clara doing. Oh, dad. We IN, ms
take this money. It would not ba 1 rinSl
nor honorable isn't
"No, boy, [ am glad you think 60
/ is something, however, to have M. II
ones friend, for a real good frian5
is. It was he who brought it in tbon. ue
Clara sent him. But this other r,o1s
will be enough to cover everything 10y
it is all my own"
your own? Where did Won ga+ :.
dad?" ~
"Tut, tut! See what it is to have
city man to deal with. It is nv orn
and fairly earned, and that is enonqba
Dear old dadr' Harold squeezed II.
gnarled hand. And you, mother, yos
have lifted the trouble from nv hear,
I feel another man. You have savas
my honor, my good name. evervthins
I can not owe you more, for l owe von
I everything already"
So while the autumn sunset sbora
ruddiIy through the broad window.
I these three sat together hand in hand
with hearts which were too full ~
/ speak. Suddenly the soft thudding a.
/ tennis balls was heard, and Mrs. Wast
/ macott bounded into view upon tbo
/ lawn with brandished racket and short
| skirts futtering in the breeze. Tho
4 sight came as a relief to their strained
nerves, and they burst all three into
/ hearty fit of laughter.
"She is playing with her nephew"
said Harold at last. "The Walkers
have not come out yet. 1 think that
it would be well if you were to give me
that cheque, mother, and 1 We're to re.
turn it in person"
Certainly, Harold. I think it would
be very nice"
He went in through the garden. Clara
and the Doctor were sitting together in
the dinfng-room. She sprang to her
feet at the sight of him.
ooh. Harold, I have been waiting for
you so impatiently," she cried; q saw
you pass the front windows half an
hour ago. I would have come in if /
dared. Do tell US what has happened"
q have come in to thank You both
How can [ repay you for your kind
ness? Here is your cheque, Doctor
| have not needed it. I find that I can
/ lay my hands on enough to pay my
creditors"
THANK Godn said Clara fervently.
'The sum is less than I thought, and
our resources considerably more. We
have been able to do it with ease"
with easev The Doctors brow
cIouded and his manner grew cold. 81
think. Harold, that you would do better
to take this money of mine, than to use
that which seems to you to be gained
with ease"
THANK you, sir. If I borrowed from
any one it would be from you. But my
father has this very sum, five thousand
pounds, and, as I tell him, owe him
so much that I have no compuncton
about owing him more"
mo conjunction! Surely there are
some sacrifices which son should not
allow his parents to make"
Sacrifices! What do you mean?
us it possible that you do not know
how this money has been obtained?'
II give you my word, Doctor Walker,
that [ have no idea. 1 asked my father
but he refused to tell me-"
81 thought not" said the Doctor the
gloom clearing from his brow. Il was
sure that you were not a man who, TO
clear yourself from a little money diff
Guilty, would sacrifice the happiness Of
your mother and the health of your
father"
Good graciousI what do you mean!
''It is only right that you Should
know That money represents thecom
mutation of your fathers pension. III
has reduced himself to poverty, and IN
tends to go to sea again to earn Nv
ing"
"To sea again! Impossible?
ct is the truth. Charles Westmacol
has told Ida. He vas with him in th'
City when he took his poor pension
about from dealer to dealer trying u
sell it. He succeeded at last, and henc
the money!
''E[e has sold his pension cried Haf
old, with his hands to his face M.
der old dad has sold his pension!
He rushed from the room, and purs
wildly into the presence of his parehV
once more. II can not take it, tather'
he cried Better bankruptcy ina
that Oh, if I had only known you
plant We must have back the pension
oh, mother, mother, how could yo
think me capable of such selftshnesS
Give me the check, dad, and / VIII Sc
this man tonight, for 1 would soone
die like a dog in the ditch than to touc
n DpnnV of this money"