Show the lent paper john what has become of last weeks paper papery inquired red mrs airs C of her husband surely wife I 1 cannot eil tell ell i 1 was brought from the office I 1 think yes james brought it home on saturday evening but neighbor N and I 1 is wife bell beil being belna here lie he laid it on the table oh N has got the paper I 1 remember now of lending it to him 11 1 I am very sorry for that I 1 think you do very wrong husband in lending h hr papers before we have read them ile he who takes lakes a paper and pays for it is certainly entitled to I 1 the he first perusal of it 2 1 I know it wife but neighbor N dont take a paper and I 1 cant refuse when be he asks to borrow ours dont N take a paper inquired mrs C with surprise no why owhy nott not he is as asi ha he says always very fond of reading 1 yes but lie seemy seems to think himself unable to take one unable he ile is certainly as able as we are ile he pays a much larger tax ax and is almost always bragging cf his superior cattle and hush wife wifel it is very wrong to speak of our neighbors faults behin behind yea their heir backs ha promised to return the paper today to day articie of 1 I hope he will it contains an excellent artcle articie article which I 1 desire very much to read mrs airs C was an excellent lady and probably possessed as liberal feelings as her peace loving husband but she could not believe it to be their duty to furnish a free paper to their more wealthy wealth and covetous neighbors N had formerly taken a paper but thinking it too expensive to the he no small discomfiture discomfit ur e of his wife and little ones be he had ordered its di continuance discontinuance he lie however dearly loved to read and had for a year or more been in the habit of sending little joe on the disagreeable errand of borr borrowing owing old papers from his neighbors mrs C waited patently through the day expecting to see little joe joo coming with tile the paper but the day passed as likewise did the evening and no paper came the next morning after breakfast she was heard to say well dwell john the paper has not been returned yet ah ab indeed I 1 guess neighbor N has either forgotten his promise or is absent from home replied C 1 91 I think she continued we had better send james after it woun it not be best beat wife to wait until afternoon N may return it before that time As cas you think beat best was the reply the they y waited until nearly dark no paper made its appearance james a smart lad of ten vears years was now instructed to proceed to neighbor NIs nys N Is a and get the paper he soon arrived and made known his errand he H was very politely informed that it was lent to R the blacksmith who lived half a mile mils further on james unwilling to return home without it notwithstanding the lateness of the hour continued on to the blacksmiths it was wag qu 0 t dark when ho be arri arrived vedy vedo but lie soon made mada his business known and was informed by mrs R that little sis bais got hold of the paper and tore it up lii ill take the fragments said james who was for having nothing lost the fragments jim exclaimed mr R old donk the pedlar came along here today to day and I 1 sold sem lem em with the rags james somewhat dispirited by his unsuccessful mission and not being very courageous in the dark tda sla rilly beat a hasty hasto retreat for home where in 0 o due duo season he arrived and reported the result of his errand gaw fak ah verv very composedly remarked mr C 1 11 I up poseR asked neighbor N to lend him the paper reaper and he did not like to deny him film we cannot I 1 think accuse either of doing intentional wrong and one paper continued aej he eis els is of little value you yon may argue Ns nis case as you please le ze pled pied mrs C G but rest assured of one thing what is thata that asked neighbor C with evident fear K nothing only neighbor N will not be at the inconvenience of troubling people for old papers in about three weeks after thib thia conversation N was informed by the post master that he hal hai had bad f F T it a pap paper or in n the office Us ile was vas at lii ili this announcement n but bat could noti hink bink who was so very kind as 03 to send bim him a paper after afler many conjectures ho holever however vever lie came lo 10 the con that it was from some bome old friend whom he had bad assisted in former years one year jear had passed tile the paper had continued to come and N was still ignorant from it came but one cue day at a hauling be informed his neighbors of his good fortune and expressed some fears that JIM he fie would have to do without a paper soon no you shant said james C in a loud tone of voice for mother serit sent on two dollars for you last week well done jim I 1 shouted a dozen voices while a simultaneous roar of laughter ran along the line of teamsters N who iad lad had previous to this announcement been remar remarkably kibly cheerful and talkative became suddenly silent while a deep red color the emblem of shame mantled his ills brow this was a good lesson for N early next morning be he went and paid mrs airs C the foun four dollars acknowledged edged his error and was never known afterwards to take less than two weekly papers |