The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1904-09-29

L
| do not chide me! You know not what
have suffered-what hours Of agony
have passed-and you know how cold
my heart is now. Oh. my wife, would
to God I had listened to you!'
"Ah" calmly whispered the faithful
wife, as she drew her hand across her
husbands heated brow. Mourn no:
for what is lost. I will not chide you,
1t is hard thus for you to lose your
scanty earnings, but there might be-
many worse calamities than that. Cour"
age, James; we will soon forget it,"
And Mr.. Rowse will foreclose tic
mortgage. You will be homeless" !"
murmured young Lanning in broken
accents.
mo; will see that all is safe in thas
quarter" added Hannah.
At that moment the baby awoke, cnG.
the gentle mother was called to car"
for it. On the next day, at noon, Han"
nah I.anning gave her husband q re-
ceipt for S15 from Mr.. Rowse.
"Eere," said she, interest fs paid
Now let us forget all that has passed.
and commence again"
bat how-what has paid this"
asked James, gazing first upon the re-
ceipt and then upon his wife.
| "Never mind
"Ah, but must mind. Tell me. Han
nah.''
well. have sold NY god watch.'
"Sold itr'
"But can buy it back aSain. The
| man Will not part with il, if 1 want it
But l don't want it. James, till we are
able. Perhaps I shall never want it.
You must not chide lie, for never did
I derive one icta OF the pleasure from
It's possession tLat nov. feel. IN the
result Of its disposal
James LaInon ciasred his wife 70 h'a
bosom, and he murlnuced i prayer, ar1
in that prayer there was pledge.
=
Two years passed away. and during
that time James Lanning lost not Sill
gle day from his work. He was as
punctual as the sun, and the result
was as sure.
It was late on Saturday evening
when he came home. After supper, lie
drew a paper from his pocket. and laid
it upon the table.
"There. Hannah said he, wtile
noble pride beamed in every feature,
"there is my mortgage. I've paid it,
every cent. This house is ours; it is
our own house. I've bought it with
dollars, every one of which has been
honestly earned by the sweat OF my
brow. I am happy now"
Hannah Lanning saw that her hus'
band had opened his arms, and she sat
down upon his knee AM laid her head
upon his shoulder.
ooh. blessed momertv' she muir
INJURED.
Eyes. it is g blessed moment,' re-
sponded her husband. DO you remem-
Der, Hannah, the hour Of bitterness
that we saw two years ago?'
The wife shuldered, but made no
reply.
"Ah," continued the young man, Il
have never forgotten that bitter lesson;
and even now I tremble when l think
how fatally I was deceived by the
tempter that has lured so many thou
sands to destruction"
"But it's horror is lost in this happy
moment said Hannah, looking up
with a smile.
sIts terror may be lost" resumed
James, 'sbut its lesson must never be
forgotten. All, the Turing lottery ticket
has a dark side-a side which few see
until they feel it,
care not all it's sides dark" softly
asked the wife. eff there is any bright
ness about it, it is only the glare of the
fata! ignis fatuus. which can only
lead the wayward traveller into danger
and disquiet.'
"You are right, my dear wife. You
were right at first. A.h," he continued,
as he drew the faithful being more
closely to his bosom, ''if husbands
would oftener obey the tender dictates
of the loving wife, there would be far
less misery in the world than there is
now."-Waverley Magazine.