The new enterprise., 1904-12-22
ONLY A HUSK


-AolS. ON DARCY, yet young
~u- man, had grown TO be
o 5 very hard one, At heart
4 L \ he might have been all
WOW right if his head and his
will had only been rlght;
but. these being wronr, ihe,WAole ma7'
chine was going to'tne bad very fast,
though there wore times whenA the
heart felt something OF Its old truthful
yearnmg Tom had lost his place as
foreman in the great machine shop,
and what money be now earned came
from odd jobs Of tinGcrns which he
was able TO do, here and there, at pri.
vate houses; for Tom was genius as
well as Il mechanic, and when bis
hand was steady enough he could
mend a clock or clean watch, as well
as he could set up and regulate n
steam onglne-and' this latter he could
do better than any other man ever
employed by the Scott Falls Manufac.
turing Company.
One day Tom had Job to mend up
n broken moving machine and reaper,
for which he received 50, and on the
following morning he started out for
his old haunt-the village tavern, He
knew. that his. wife sadly peeded the
money aptl that his two Flittle chil-'
dren We're in absolute suffering from
want Of clothing; and on this morn
ing he held a debate with the better
part of himself; but the Letter part
bad become very weak and shaky, and
the demon Of appetite carried the day,
SO away to the tavern Tom went,
where. for two or three hours, he felt
the eXhlarating, effects of the alcohol
ic draughts, and gfrhdled Inns elf lAaps
by, as he could sing and laugh; but.
as usual, stupefaction followed, and
the man part died out. He drank
while he could stand, and then lay
down in a corner, where his compan-
ions left him,
1t was late at night-almost midnight
when the landlords wife came .igto
the barroom to see what kept her hus,
band up-and she quickly sawl a
Peter" she said, not in a pleasant
mood, why don't you send that mis-.
erable Tom Darcy home? He's been
hanging around here ,ong enough"
Toms stupefactlon was not sound
sleep. The dead coma had left his
brain, and the calling of his name
strung his senses to keen attention.
He had an insane love Of rum. but. he
I did not love the landlord. In. other
years Peter Tindar and himself had
loved and wooed the same sweet mai
den Ellen Goss-and he won her,
iQay ng Peter to take up with the win.
egary woman who had brought him
fhe ayern, and he knew that lately
the 7lpster had gloated over the mis-
tlery ( the woman who had once dis
chrded him.. ..fty -. xssirt
"Why don't you send him holne3T
demanded Mrs Tlndar, with aniInpa
tient stamp Of the foo *
"Hush, Betsy! He's got more money
Let him be, and he'll be sure TO spenC
it before he goes home. I'll have til,
Kernel of the nut, and his wife ma!
have the husky'
With a sniff and q snap Betse!
turned away, and shortly gaft srwala
Tom Darcy lifted himself upon his el
bow.
"Ah. Tom, are you awake"
Eyes"
~Tnen rouse up and have a warn
Plass."
Y 1on got upon his feet and steadie
K himself.
"No, Peter won't drlng any NOR
tonight
1T won't hurt you, Ton--ipst Z
glass" -"
II know It WON'T said Tom. buttoi
ing up his coat by the solitary butto
left. I-know-it-wont."
And with this he went out into th
chill air Of midnight. When he ha
got away from the shadow of the ta'
crn, he stopped ard looked up at I'll
stars, and then he lodked dor'n npo
the earth. " AAal
"Aye,g he muttdssd grihllne "
heel in the gravel, "PeteF Tindar
taking the kernel, and leaving to poc
Ellen the worthless husk-a hus
worse than worthless.-and am he'll
ing him to do Ill am robbing N