THE TIMKJ NEW BLOOMFIELD, PA., AUGUST 2, 1881.
THE HIDDEN MONEY.
IT vm the thlr.J of May, a brilliant
Bprlng tlay, with tbe JunquilU and
tlalTotlllg all In Mossom, the great white
peonies, bursting llk balls of snow
through their green calyxes, and the
grass on the upland pastures as toft arid
dellcately-tluted as velvet; aud even
poor Mrs. Crofton, wearied and over
worked though she was, felt something
of the sweet Kprlng Influences pass Into
her soul, as she stood on the door sill,
buttering a bake-pan for the Baturday
loaf of ralHln-cake. .
"It's u lovely day 1" said Mrs. Crofton.
"And somehow the smell o' them daffy,
downdlllles reminds me of when I was a
girl. Dear, dearl how time flies, t6 be
sure I But there's a touch of chill in the
air, all the same ; and I doubt if it's safe
for Uncle Malachl to hit out much
longer.
Aud she went, bake-pan and all,
uround the corner of the house, to the
paved space In front of the south wing,
where, In a wooden arm-chair, sat a lit
tle old man, yellow-faced and wrlukled,
with one sided wig pulled over his left
eye, a patch-work covered pillow at his
back, and a woolen blanket wrapped
around him.
"You'd better let me wheel you in,
Uncle Malachl, said she listlessly. It's
getting sorto' chilly, as the sun shifts
around to the other side of the house;
and you've been out here a good hour."
"I wou't go in !" said Uncle Malachl,
pettishly. '-It's pleasant here, aud I'm
peaceable aud content. It's the strangest
thing I ever saw that people can't be
satislied to let me alone. Miles Lai kins'
son was by here not ten minutes ago,
chattering and crackling about the
weather. What business of his is the
weather V Aud why the old cat can't he
let me alone ? Does he s'pose I don't
know he's after the little bit of money I
may leave? Bah I" with a movement
of disgust. "I can tell 'em all they won't
get a cent of It!"
Mrs. Crofton 's dim eyes lighted up
with a gleam of excitement.
"Uncle Malach," said she, "how
much money have you got, anyhow?"
The old man screwed up his with
ered features, like an attenuated mon
key. ' " Ah-h-h!" said he ; "don't you wish
you knew ? But you don't know. No,
nor you won't ! P'raps it's fifty cents
p'raps it's fifty dollars. Anyhow it's
nobody's business but mine. Nettie
will have It. I shall tell Nettle where
it Is, some day. But not yet no, no,
not yet 1"
""Won't you let me wheel your chair
In, Uncle Malachi ?" persisted Mrs.
Crofton.
"No," snarled the old man. "I
won't !"
Mrs. Crofton was quite used to this
sort of rebull", and took no notice of it;
she only went back to her kitchen, with
a Bigh.
Ten years ago, she and her husband
had given up their homestead to come
and take care of Uncle Malachl Miller,
who was supposed then to be dying of
old age.
" Whatever I have will be yours when
I'm gone," said the old man ; " and it
wou't be long it wou't belong!"
But Uncle Maiachl's words proved
incorrect. The years passed by. Mrs.
Crotton wore herself out in taking care
of him ; Mr. Crofton grew bent aud old
trying to grind a living out of the stony
Melds aud melancholy swamps of the
Miller farm; and Nettle, the tall, bloom
ing daughter, attempted to eke out the
family funds by her slender salary as a
school teacher; and Uncle Malachl eat
on the old stone pavement iuthesuu
thine, muttering to himself, aud seem
ing to take no heed of the outer world.
When Mr. Crofton came In to get his
dinner he went for Uucle Malachi.
"He's been settin' out there long
enough," said he ; " he's a dreadful trial,
but we musn't let him get the rheuma
tiz." But when they went together to the
6uuny stone-paved yard, the old man
Mat there, quite dead, with his glazed
eyes stareing straight before him and
his jaw dropped oil his breast.
"Dead, eh ?" the neighbors comment
ed in chorus. " Well, I s'pose you'll
come into the property now, Mrs. Crof-
ton?"
"I suppose we should," said Mrs.
Crofton ieebly ; " only, nobody knows
where It Is."
It was true. The wrinkle, little, old
human magpie had kept his secret to
the last, and his niece and her daughter
were as poor as ever.
"Never mind, mother," said Nettle,
bravely. " We've done our duty, aud
that's all that can be expected of any of
os."
In Uncle Malachi'a old leather strap
ped memorandum-book there was only
a yellow bit of paper, on which was
marked the figure " 8."
" Uouiuu t we make Borne sort ot a
clue out of that?" said young Doctor
s Drew, the village of Esculapius, who
was to marry pretty Nettie, when they
had scraped together money enough to
keep them out of the poor-house.
" No," said Mrs. Croftou, shaking her
head. " Three was always Uncle Mala
clil's favorite number. lie put oft all
business until the third day of the
month If he wanted special good luck ;
he was born on the 3d. of January,
and-"
" Aud he died ou the 8d of May,"
said Doctor Drew. " Well, it is rather
a curious coincidence. , However you
had belter keep this old memorandum,
Mrs. Crofton ; It can do no harm ; aud
now we'll go to business."
It was the day after Uncle Malnchl's
funeral, and Doctor Drew had come to
prescribe for Mrs. Crofton 's periodical
attack of ague.
" It's very strange," said the young
medical mau. " There must be bad
drainage somewhere. We can't attrib
ute It all to the old swamp in the mead
ow." " There's no fault about the drainage
that I know of," said Mrs. Crofton, in
the drawling, listless tone that had be
come habitual to her of late.
" Mother," said Nettie, " perhaps
the sunken well."
Doctor Drew pricked up his ears.
" What sunken well ?" said he.
" There was an old well close to
It's
the
house," said Mrs. Crofton. "It never
was much used, and it was dry most of
the year. Bo, when they built on the
south wing, the Just paved It over and
dug a new one by the garden wall.
That's the very stone pavement where
Uucle Malachl used to take so much
comfort 111 the sunshine, poor old man I"
"Ah '."said the doctor. "It's very
possible, then, that we may be able to
account for this malarial all'ectlon.
Have you a crowbar about the prem
ises?" " You ain't going to uuebver the old
well ?" said Zebedee Crofton, who wrap
ped in blankets, was enduring his regu
lar "chill."
" Yes, I am," said Doctor Drew.
Out they all three went Doctor Drew,
Mrs. Croflou and Nettie. Neighbor
Larkens was summoned to assist with
the crowbar.
"I declare I" said Mrs. Crofton; it
does 'most seem as if Uncle Malachi
would rise out of his grave to prevent
us. lie was dreadful partial to this
spot!" .
" Well, it can't be of any more use to
him now," said Nettie.
" Hello 1" said Doctor Drew ; "there
are nine paving stones, aren't there?"
" Three each way," Baid neighbor
Larkens ; "aud the old well was direct
ly under the center stun. Land o'
Goshen ! I recollect coverln' It up as
well as if it were yesterday 1"
"Three times three," said Doctor
Drew. " Perhaps that accounts for the
old gentleman's partiality to it."
Nettie started.
" I never though of (hat !" she said.
" Heave yo ! " sang Neighbor Larkens
who had sailed on a Greenland whaler
once ; and impelled by the strong arms
of the two men, the central stone came
up, revealing the black and hollow
mouth of the disused well.
"Pah!" said Doctor Drew; there's
enough bad air aud foul gas here to in
fect a regiment!"
" There's something else here," quiet
ly added Nettie, who had stooped to
look down. " A leather bag, suspended
from a spike driven in between the
stones." )
Neighbor Larkens who was long in
the arms made a dive at it.
" Land o' liberty!" cried he; It's full
o' gold pieces eagles, by George ! Miss
Nettle, I declare for't you've come into
your fortunel" v
It was only five thousand dollars; but
to Nettie Crofton it presented a fortune
indeed. Here, upon the central stone of
the diverging threes, old Uncle Malachl
had kept guard until it was too late to
give any one the clue to his secret.
The old well was filled up and proper
ly drained. Farmer Crofton got rid of
his ague, Nettie and her lover were
married, and although Doctor Drew
was not a superstitious man, be has
ever since owned to a partiality for the
figure "3."
An Extraordinary Occurrence.
THE Louisville Courier-Journal tell
this wonderful stnrv
A most extraordinary natural accident
and one for the discussion of physician
came to light a few days ago, In which
a needle taken into the foot of a lady
nine years ago worked out of the thigh
of her third child, a baby of one year.
The lady in question Is the wife of Mr
Harry Isaacs the clgarmaker, who
lives on Market street.near Wenzel. At
the time of the accident Mrs. Isaacs was
unmarrieu auu wag men Miss Pauline
Coblens. The needle was encountered
in a carpet, penetrating her foot at full
length. A pnysician was called in tin
mediately, but the needle could not be
found, although it was known to be in
the foot. She suffered great pain, and
for four months was unable to leave her
bed. During that period three physl
clans made frequent attempts to extract
the needle, aud the knife was used ex
tenslvely ; however without success.
Miss Coblens was quite fleshy before the
accldeut, but fell off greatly from her
long confinement. At length she was
able to get about with tbe aid or crutch
es, but she continued to gutter from the
needle. The palu decreased gradually
from the time she was able to get
about aud she regained her former
fleshiness. Finally she felt the needle
only at periods when there was a change
In the weather. The movement of the
the needle seemed to be upwards, and
the pain was not stationary, but moved
with the needle. About five years ago
Bhe was married to Mr. Harry Isaacs.
Three children are the fruit of that
union, the youngest of which Is a boy
named Arthur, w ho Is about a year old.
The pain which troubled the mother
left her even before the birth of
her child, and the total disappear
ance of the pain she was wont to
feel was a subject, of remark aud pleas
ure to her. On Monday a week ago her
baby, who had since Its birth manifested
a kindly disposition, was very restless
and cried unceasingly all night. The
cause of the child's ailment was not
learned uulll tbe following morning,
when In giving it a bath the mother
discovered something black protruding
th rough the skin of the child's thigh.
Bhe caught hold of It, aud was frighten
ed when she found the thing of resist
ing substance. Bhe, however, used a
little force, aud soon extracted the dark
object. Imagine her surprise when she
fouud It was a needle, black aud corrod
ed. The eye broke oft- in her hand
while examining it. The recollection of
the needle which has given her much
pain came vividly before the mother
aud Bhe felt keenly for the child. The
remembrance of her relief from the
pain forced itself upon the mother, and
the connection of the two served as a
:lue as to how the needle came to get
u the child a thigh. The mother says
t would be almost impossible for tlio
child to have taken up the needle with
out her Uncling It out, as the child
would have made it known in piteous
cries, as he did when the needle worked
out.
Queer Titles for Books.
Borne of the old books, in the time of
Oliver Cromwell, had queer titles. The
authors verily believed that there was
something In a name. For instance :"A
Most Delectable, Bwect Nosegay for
God's Baiuts to Smell at," "A Pair of
Bellows to Blow Oil' tbe Dust upon John
Fry;" "The Snuffers of Divine Love;"
Hooks aud Eyes for Believers Breech
es;" "High-heeled Shoes for Dwarfs in
Holiness ;" "Crumbs of Comfort for the
Chickens of the Covenant;" "A Sigh of
Borrow for the Sinners of Bioa, Breathed
Out of a Hole in tbe Wall of an Earthen
Vessel Known Among Men by the
Name of Samuel Fish;" "The Spiritual
Mustard Pot, to Make the Soul 'Sneeze
with Devotion ;" "Salvation's Vantage
Ground, oraLouplng Stand for Heavy
Believers;" "A Shot Aimed at the Dev
il's Headquarters, Through the Tube of
the Cannon of the Covenant;" "A Reap
ing Hook Well-tempered for tbe Stub
born Ears of the Coming Crop, or
Biscuits Baked In the Oven of Charity,
Carefully Conserved for the Chickens of
e Uburcn, Sparrows the Spirit ana
veet Swallows of Salvation;" "Seven
Sobs of a Soul Sorrowing for Bin, or
Seven Penitential Psalms of the Prince
ly Prophet David."
An Old-Time Estimate of the Passenger
Business.
About 1823 the Legislature of Pennsyl
vania began to rouse to a sense of her
rare facilities. Always slow, it deeded
the activity of Maryland aud New York
to rouse her. At last Philadelphia be
gan to move, aud, after much discussion
aud many (doubts, a small appropria
tion was secured from tbe Legislature to
defray tbe expenses of a preliminary
survey, and to organize a Board of Com
missioners of Internal Improvement.
The three gentlemen appointed to begin
this work, in 1823, made a report next
year, I believe, and among other things
stated, so runs the recollection of my in
formant, that they had selected compe
tent agents to count the number of per-
sous passing from Philadelphia to Pitts
burg, west aud east, and east and west,
aud also the number of wagons aud
teams hauling tbe freight over the same
turnpike between the same points, and
that these agents had now performed
their duty at certain prominent places,
and the commissioners felt sure that a
canal between Philadelphia and Pitts
burg would be a success if It was boldly
pushed. The time would come, they
predicted, from the data tney hud gath
ered, when sixty persons a day would
pass to and from J'ittsburg, and when
sixty thousand tons of merchandise a
year would be carried between the cities,
one on the Delaware and the other on
the Ohio, lteports of those early days
show more amusing prophecies and de
tails, and the historian or novelist would
be startled at the ridiculous contrast
between the hope and the fruition, aud
between the seed aud the harvest. We
have lived, not only to see sixty passen-
gers a day passing east and west, but by
all the routes at least as many hundreds,
wniie the tonnage is simply beyond cai
culatlon.
SUNDAY READIN3,
Importance of a Right Faith.
The popular adage Is, " Oh, It makes
no difference what a man believes, so he
Is sincere."
Let us tee. A family was poisoned
In Montgomery county last year by eat
ing toad-stools, which they sincerely be
lieved to be mushrooms. Three of them
died.
Did It make no difference?
A man endorses a note for a friend,
whom he sincerely believed to be an
honest man. He was a scoundrel, and
left him to pay the note. Did It make
no difference ?
A traveler takes the train going North
sincerely believing It Is the Southern
train. Will he bring up at the South
all the same ?
If a man believes a certain thing,
while the truth about It is entirely dif
ferent, will his belief mako It all right ?
The truth is, the popular adage is a
lie and a very transparent one at that I
TJ a man is sincere he will take pains to
know the truth. For, where facts are
concerned, all the thinking in the world
will not change them. A toad stool
remains a toad-stool whatever we may
think about It.
A Cheerful Giver.
' I was once attending a missionary
meeting in Scotland," said a minister lu
making an address. " There it is the
custom to take up tbe collection at tbe
door as tbe people go out. A poor
woman, in going out, dropped a sover
eign into tbe basket. The deacon who
held the basket said' I'm sure you can
not afford to 4glve as much as that."
Oh yes, I can," she said. "Do take
It back;" said tbe deacoii. She replied,
" I must give It. I lore to yivc for Je
sus,, sake. Then the deacon said,
"Take it home to night, and if, after
thinking it over, you still wish to give
it, you can send it lu the morning."
"In the morning I was sitting at
breakfast with tbe deacon, when a little
note came from this woman ; but the
note contained two sovereigns. "You
won't take them ?" I s'aid to the deacon.
Of course I shall," said he. " I know
that good woman well. If I send them
back, she will sendour next time.'"
This was indeed " loving to give."
What "Wife" Means.
Bays Buskin: "What do you think
the beautiful word " wife" comes from ?
It is tbe great word In which tbe Eng
lish aud Latin languages conquered tbe
French and Greek. I hope tbe French
will some day get a word for it Instead
offcmnic. But what do you think it
comes from ! The great value of the
Saxon words is that they mean some
thing. Wife means " weaver!" You
must either be house-wives or house,
moths, remember that. In the sense,
you must either weave men's fortunes
aud embroider them, or feed upon and
bring them to decay. Wherever a true
wife comes, home is always around her
The stars may be over her head tbe
glow worm in the night's cold grass
may be the fire at her feet, but home is
where she is, and for a noble woman it
stretches fur around her, better than
houses celled with cedar or painted with
Vermillion shedding its quiet light for
those who else are homeless. This, I
believe, Is tbe woman's true place and
power.
A Little Sermon.
Sometimes I compare the trouble we
have to undergo in the course of a year
to a great bundle of. fagots, far too large
for us to lift. But God does not re
quire us to carry the whole at once. He
mercifully unties the bundles, and gives
us one stick, which we are able to carry
to-day and then another which we are
able to carry to-morrow, and so on
This we might easily manage if we
would only take the burden appointed
lor us each day; but chose to increase
our trouble by carrying yesterday'
stick over again to-day, and adding to
morrow's burden to our load befjre we
are required to bear it.
QT A religion which does not suffice
to govern and control a men will never
sufllce to save him. Tiiat which does
not distinguish ill in from a wicked
world will never distinguish him from a
perishing world.
0"0ccasloii3 of greater adversity best
show bow grett virtue each one hath.
For occasions inake not a man frail, but
show what he Is.
Humbugged Again.
I saw so muoh said about the merits of
Hop Bitters, and my wife who was al
ways doctoring and never well, teased
me so urgently to get her some, I con
cluded to be humbugged again ; and I
am glad I did, for in less than two
months use of tbe Bitters my wife was
cured and she ha remained to for eigh
teen months slixje. I like such hum
bugging. II. if St. Paul. Pioneer
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