rial and labor cannot be obtained without I 
money." 
Before returning home Luke bought son:4) 
delicacies fora Sunday dinner, a weekly liters r 
paper, and liis wife’s religious magazine. Be¬ 
sides, he gave ten cents t.u a little beggar girl, 
who hold out a hand, blue with the cold, jrom 
under the shreds of a tattered shawl. When 
he Anally reached home his pocket-book felt 
considerably lighter, but hia conscience was 
clear. Of the trifle oyer two dollars which lie 
had left he laid aside two dollars to deposit In 
t he savings bank, where there was already unite 
a respectable sum to his credit. 
Meanwhile the various divisions of his ten- 
dollar greenback, now scattered about in dif¬ 
ferent. bands, began to chuckle. They said, 
with one voice:—“This is what l like. I'll see 
something of the world, and In all probability 
do some good," 
Let ua see how it was. The three dollars and 
forty cents which he had left at Hkkttlk’s 
grocery went to help make up the quarterly 
rent which Hkettlk owed, ami which was due 
that very tilght. He paid It to Mr. Bai.com, the 
owner ol the building, who, in turn, promptly 
handed It over to some workman who had been 
making repairs. It so happened that a portion 
of It went to a carpenter who had a sick child, 
and who was thus enablad to purchase some 
needed delicacies, thereby, perhaps, saving the 
child’s life. A dollar ami a half of it went to 
a. hod-carrier, who Immediately took It and 
bought of SkeTTLB sundry small packages of 
sugar, cotree, Hour, etc. y KETTLE took this same 
dollar and a half and gave it to his wife, who 
wished to pay a woman for doing some little 
Jobs of cleaning and scrubbing. Now, this 
woman was the hod-carrier's wife ; and <> this 
dollar and a half of Luke's greenback went 
first, to Skittle, then to the hod-carrier, then 
back to Skwttlk again, then to Ills wife, and 
then to the hod-carrier's wife. It is not pre¬ 
sumable that It lay long idle In her hands. 
Curious, wasn't it. ? 
And the tw o dollars and ton cents that wont 
to the butcher V Why, t his was paid to the boy 
who tended shop, who handed it. to his mother, 
who In turn paid it to Carpenter B.vilky for 
Borne repairs done on her little cottage. BA ri.K.v 
settled up his coal bill, the coal merchant paid 
one of hia teamsters, the teamster walked 
straight t.u the butcher-shop and paid for his 
week’s meat, and the butcher put the money 
with another pile and paid it to a fartnor for a 
good, fat cow. And what did the farmer do ? 
Why, h* went and bought a wngon at the fae- 
" Thank ye, sir, thank ye," exclaimed old 
Garland, while his wife looked up over her 
spectacles from a pair of socks which she was 
darning. “Yes, sir, that’s right. Much ob- 
leedged 1" 
“ Not at all. It belongs to you." 
“Yes, yes. You’re right. But it ain't, all of 
them as looks at it In that way." 
“Is that so?” 
“ Yes ; there’s lota "f little debtsstaudiu’ out 
that! can’t collect; and there’s Squire Clinch, 
in particular, as had ten cord of wood in his 
yard, which I took the snwin’ of. 1 jest finished 
the job yesterday, and of course asked for itiy 
pay. But. lie allowed that he'd been doin' me a 
great favor ingivin’ mo such a hi -» job, and said 
I’d have to wait, a week or two, as fie was hard 
up." 
“ Squire Clinch too hard up to pay for his 
wood-sawing! That sounds like a joke." 
“ ’Tain't much of a joke for me, Tor l need the 
money, I had to borrow three dollars of John 
Bra»y the other day, to buy some coal with, 
and bo ought to be paid. But I had only enough 
to get a little flour with to-night, and I was 
wonderin' how I’d put. JOHN off. Howaumever, 
I'll give him this dollar, and perhaps ho will 
wait for the rest. I was going to get a pair of 
new boots, too. Tlicso old things let moat too 
much cold In when a man stands still all day 
sawln' ■wood. But I'll have to wait till Squire 
Clinch Isn’t so hard up 1" 
“ Squire Clinch doesn’t acton the right prin¬ 
ciple," said Luke, turning to go. “ I hope ha 
will pay you before long. Good night." 
“ Good night, and many thanks to you." 
On his way homo Luke saw a light across the 
way in the village printing office. Ho crossed 
the street and entered. 
“Good eveuing, Mr. Quill," he said, “my 
l ime for your paper is just out, I believe, and 1 
wish to pay for another six months ahead." 
“Ah, thank you, Lijle; I wish all my sub¬ 
scribers acted on your plan. 
“ Don't, they V” aaked Lure. 
"No, Indeed. You would be surprised if I 
should mention the names of some of our most 
wealthy men who owe for from two to live 
yours back." 
“ Well, I hope that won’t ever be said of me. 
The rich ones, I suppose, think such small sums 
make no small difference." 
“ Thoro’s where they are mistaken," replied 
Mr. Quill. “ The life of trade is in theso small 
sums. And a poor man’s dollar is worth more 
than a rich man’s promise, any time, for mate- 
tory that had paid the ten-dbllar bill to Luke 
PHESTON over Its black walnut desk. 
And the dollar that, went l<> old Garland? 
He did as lie had told LUKE ho should—paid it 
to John Brady as part of the borrowed sum. 
John Brady said ho had neod of the whole 
amount, butwoUld get along the best lie could. 
Of the dollar, llfty cents went for provisions, 
and the other fifty to a poor old cobbler for 
mending Johnny's shoes. This had to be ex¬ 
pended at. the hardware store to replace a 
broken awl, and the hardware dealer paid it to 
ahoy for shoveling the snow off his sidewalk, 
The boy ran home in exultation to his rheu¬ 
matic mother to Inform tier of his good luck. 
Behold a bride, profusely dressed. 
Gems on her bosom, in her hair. 
Her form by wreathing flowers caressed, 
Her brow unmarked by thought or care. 
Bewildering music, gtfts untold. 
Announce the consummated vow— 
Ah ! ne’er again, or young or old. 
Will she he beautiful ns now. 
A happy wife with glowing eyes, 
And riper tint on lip and cheek, 
Deep in the sweetest mysteries 
That life may hold nnd love bespenk. 
Her growing children ’round her cling, 
Content supreme reigns on her hr. iw. 
Her minstrels touch the olden string— 
She ne'er was beautiful as now. 
A widow, with prone, empty bands. 
Shorn of her wealth and treasure all, 
With lifted eyes she calmly stands 
Beside the silver-fringed pall 
That holds her dear und early dead. 
Unhindered sunbeams cross the sod. 
Prophrtle radtnnco crowns her head. 
With praying lips and patient brow 
The waiting earth draws nearer God ; 
She ne’er was beautiful ns now. 
[ 3 /iriam Earl. 
TWO GREENBACKS 
honest deht.s. That greenback's life was a very 
monotonous one. If It had bad a tonguo to 
speak, it would have lifted up its voice in loud 
protest at being penned up in such a lonely 
place, and begged to be allowed 
to see something of the world 
Instead of being doomed to the 
dreary, useless life It was lead¬ 
ing. 
Greenback No, 2 was a crea¬ 
ture of more fortuitous circum¬ 
stances. It was not. so crisp 
and clean as the one that was 
kept in confinement, but its 
scars were honorable ones, won 
In a life of activity and hard 
service. We first behold it pass¬ 
ing over the black walnut desk 
of a large manufacturing estab¬ 
lishment, Into the hands of an 
honest-looking man, with soil¬ 
ed clothes and a dust-begrim¬ 
ed face, I'or convenience sake 
we will give the man a name— 
we will call him Luke Pres¬ 
ton— though that Is a matter 
of little consequence as regards 
the adventures ef his green¬ 
back. The first thing lie did 
was to call at S kettle's gro¬ 
cery, on his way home, and pay 
his week's bill. This amounted 
to three dollars ami forty cents, 
and handing over his ten dollar 
greenback, he received six dol¬ 
lars and sixty cents in change. 
Further along tie stopped at 
the meat market and settled 
up, paying out two dollars and 
ten cents, having then iemairi- 
ing four dollars and fifty cents. 
With these two debts off from 
his mind, he went home and 
sat down to a good supper 
which one of the best of wives 
had prepared for him. 
“Lucv, did old Garland saw 
that wood this afternoon?” he 
asked. 
“ Yes,” was his wife's reply. 
“Theu I’ll go around and pa> 
him after supper.” 
“ It is so cold and stormy to¬ 
night, I wouldn’t go out. He 
can probably just as well wait 
until some time when you hap¬ 
pen to see him." 
“ No,” was Luke’s reply. “He 
has earned the money, and may 
want it. It would be too bad 
to keen it from him. All he has 
comes from little jobs like this, 
you know." 
And after the meal was finish¬ 
ed Luke made his way through 
a driving snow storm to the 
home of old Garland. 
“ Good evening, Mr. Gar¬ 
land. I thought I would step 
around and pay you for sawing 
that wood, It’s a dollar, I be¬ 
lieve,” 
