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read TIE Bible OpeaEEg - random
ne started 70 read, = nez suddenly la
eyes fell upon the full text, The eyez
OF the LORD are Il every p---ce. behold
lng the eva and ne good
lie CLOSED TIE book @sth = bang and
lzio i On the table, then be took up q
stGboy pencil On Which Hannah had
lcneWed great Eings while figuring up
cream, butter and esg money, most Of
which Hiram had taken from her on
one pre-eXt o. another. and ali had
gone into the strong box
tie drew an old circular envelope
which had coIne izst night IN the mall,
toward him, and began some rapid
figuring. When be finished his
figures looked Ake this
arm slo,9DO-yO
Money IN Bank --... ..-. 10000
Money IN Boa -------- $1,000
Total -----.- - 81 5000
Below theSe figures he had written:
I-3 Of S21y 800 -$7,I3s.sa
Laying this envelope down tie ;. -
70 bed, and a. ten O'Clock his wife tap
toed 70 the bedside and laid her hand
on his head He opened his eyes, and
then 70 her intense surprise he reach
ed up, pulled her down TO him, and
with resOunding smack on her cheek
he said:
Maria, we are going 70 buy 1900
worth Of bonds, and you are gong 20
have new dress, and me 3 new suit-
How does that suit yOug"
Hiram Trewitt, are you out Of
your head"
NO Ms'am. I've been 60 mean I've
been sitting up with myself nights,
and now I've turned over = new leaf,
and the eyes Of the Lord xin behold .
new Hiram Trewitt after this. and /
hope one so decent b. won't need 70
st up with himself.
This was al the explanation he
ever gave her. but 10 Next Todd he
told the whole story, and he tod Maria
just as he told me
Newt says the strong box Is q
thing Cf the past, and Hiram and his
&lfe 20 70 the bank just like other
folks new.
Sure il i Hiram could not even xzit
Tor volunteer day, but with Maria
went a. once 70 the bank and arranged
10 take out 1900 worth o. binds, for
which he would pay one-h2lf q the
cash On September 2Sth
The bankers we're about as badly
cazed as Was poor Maria, who went
about with him in q sort Of frightened
ecstasy ~ his generosity. and a fear
that il would not last