The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-10-13

when he saw that his wife had guessed
the truth. IAN, all has gone for lot
terry tickets. The demon tempter lursd
me; he held up glittering gold In hia
hand. but he gave me none OF 1t. Oh
do not chide mel You know not what
l have suffered-what hours OF agony
have passed-and you know how
cold Is my heart now. oh, my wife.
would to God l had listened to your
ABR calmly whispered the faithful
wife. as abe drew her hand across her
husbands heated brow. Mourn not
for what Is lost will not chide you.
1t Is hard thus for you to lose your
scanty earnings. but there might be
many calamities worse than that Cour-
age. James; we will soon forget it."
| And Mr.. Rowse will foreclose the
mortgage. You will be homeless"
murmured young tanning In broken
accents.
mo: l will see that all is sofe In
that quarter" added Hannah.
At that moment the baby awoke.
and the gentle mother was called to
care for 1t. On the next day. at noon.
Hannah tanning gave her husband q
receipt for fifteen dollars from Mr..
Rowse.
Here" said abe, Interest II paid.
Now let Us forget all that has passed.
and commence again"
But how-what has paid thisr'
asked James, gazing first upon the 10
ceipt and then upon his wife.
Never mind"
"Ah. but l must mind Tell me.
Hannah"
well. have sold my gold watch"
sold itr'
But l can buy II back again. The
man will not part with II. IL want It
But l don't want II, James, till we are
able. Perhaps l shall never want It.
You must not chIde me. for never did
derive one iota of the pleasure from
its possession that l now feel In the
result Of its disposal"
James tanning clasped his wife to
his bosom. and he murmured a prayer,
and In that prayer there was a pledge.
Two years passed away. and during
that time James tanning lost not
single day from his work He was
as punctual as the sun. and the result
was as sure
II was late ON Saturday evening I
when he came home. After supper he
rev a paper from his pocket. and laid
{ upon the table
There. Hannah" said he. while a
ioble pride beamed In every feature, !
there Is my mortgage I've paid 1t
very cent This house Is ours: II IL :,
ur own house. I've bought II with
ollars. every one OF which has been c
onestly earned by the sweat OF my
row. l am happy now"
Hannah tanning saw that her hus b
and had opened his arms, and she sat Il
own upon his knee and laid her head x
pom his shoulder. LIN
"Oh. blessed momentr' she muir &c
lured IN
Yes, 1t IL blessed moment" re- vi
bonded her hsuband- DO you re- III
lember. Hannah, the hour of bitter b,
ess that we saw two years ago ie
The wife ahuddered, but made no re w
". pr
"Ah," continued the young man. II of
ave never forgotten that bitter les or
IN: and even now I tremble when de
link how fatally l was deceived BY I'm
lie tempter that has lured 70 many FOL
to destruction" pa
But its horror Is lost In this happy 10,
oment-" said Hannah. looking up ca
it'll a smile. 40,
Its terror may be lost" resumed IN
ines, "but Its lesson must never be NJ
rgotten- All. the Turing lottery ticket we
Is a dark side-a side which few see tee
It'll they feel IT," or,
And are not all Its sides dark p res
fly asked the wife. "If there is any rul
lSntness ABOUT IL. II Is only the glars eff
the fatal ignis fatuus which can tyr
ly lead the maynard traveller into we
niger and disquiet-" mo
You are right, my dear wife. You ira
re right at nrsr An ne connn- str,
d, as he drew the faithful being ton
IRE closely to his bosom. IF hus- sur
nds would oftener obey the tender ia 4,
'tates Of the loving wife. there would he
far less misery In the world than tho
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