The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1905-07-28

when he saw nat his wife had guessed
the truth. "All. al has gone for lot
terry tickets. The Asmon tempter lureds
me; he held up gdttering gold In his
hand, but he gave me none Of it oh,
do not chide mel You know not what.
1 have suffered-what hours Of agony
l have passed-and You know how
cold is my heart now. Oh, my wife,
would to God had listened to you"
"Ahr' calmly whispered the faithful
wife, a. she drew her hand across her
husbands heated brow. Mourn not.
for what Il lost will not chide you
It 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; will see that all is sole In,
that quarter" added Hannah.
At that moment the baby awoke.
and the gentle mother was called to.
care for it. On the next day, at noon-
Hannah tanning gave her husband q.
receipt for fifteen dollars from Mr.
Rowse.
Here" said she, interest Is paid
Now let US forget all that has passed.
and commence again."
"But how-what has paid this1'
asked James, gazing first upon the re-
ceipt, and then upon his wife
| Never mind"
"Ah, but I must mind. Tell me-.
Hannah"
"well. have sold my gold watch"
"Sold itI'
"But I can buy it back again. The
man will not part with 1t, II l want It.
But don't want It, James, till we are
able. Perhaps I shall never want It.
You must not chide me, for never did
derive one iota Of the pleasure from.
it, possession that I now feel In the
result Of its disposal"
James tanning clasped his wife to-
his bosom. and he murmured q prayer.
and in that prayer there was pledge
Two years passed away, and during
that time James tanning lost not q
single day from his work. He was.
az punctual as the sun, and the result
was a. sure,
It was late on Saturday evening
when he came home. After supper he
drew a paper from his pocket, and Laid
it upon the table.
There, Hannah" said he. while .
noble pride beamed In every feature,
there is my mortgage. 1--WE 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 and laid her head.
upon his shoulder.
"Oh, blessed momentv she muir
INJURED.
yes, it is a blessed moment" re-
sponded her hsuband. "Do you re-
member, Hannah, the hour Of bitter
ness that we saw two years ago
The wife shuddered, but made no no
ply.
"Ah," continued the young man, ~
have never forgotten that bitter les
son; and even now I tremble when /
think how fatally I was deceived By
the tempter that has lured 70 many
thousands to destruction"
But its horror Is lost tn this happy
moment" said Hannah, looking up
with q smile.
TITS terror may be lost" resumed
James, but its lesson must never be-
forgotten. All, the Turing lottery ticket
has 4 dark .side-a, side which few sea
until they feel It"
"And are not all its sides dark r
softly asked the wife. If there IL any
brightness about 1t, it b only the glare
Of the fatal ignis fatuus which can
only lead the wayward traveller into
danger and disquiet"
you are right my dear wife. You
were right at first Ah," he contin-
ued, a. he drew the faithful beins
more closely TO his bosom, III hus-
bands would oftener obey the tender
dictates Of the loving wife, there would
be far less misery in the world than
there u now."-Waverley Magazine.
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