Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1842-09-13
Industry and IdIeness.
BY T. S. ARTHUR
No. 1.-THE MARRIED SISTERS.

hundred in a year is not much"
"True, Henry Thorne Nor is the single drop
of water that first finds its way through the dyke
much; and yet the first drop but makes room for
small stream to follow, and then comes flood
No. no, Henry, cannot go with you to-day and
If you will be governed by a friends advice, YOU
will not neglect your work for the fancied plea
sures of a sporting party"
Cali work and no play makes Jack dull boy
We were not made to be devng forever with
tools in close rooms. The fresh free air is good
for us Come William, you will feel better for
little recreation. You look pale from confne-
ment. Come; | cannot 90 without YOU"
Henry Thome" said his friend William
Moreland, with an air more serious than that at
first assumed, "let me in turn urge you to stay"
at is In vain, William" his friend said, inter-
rupting him.
81 trust not, Henry. Surely, my early friend
and companion is not deafto reason"
"No, not to right reason"
"Well, listen to me. AS | s1id at first it is not
the loss of single day, though even that lost is
serious waste of time, that now take into con-
slderaton. 1t is the danger of forming a habit of
ideness. 1t is mistake that dav of idle plea
sure recreaes the mind and body, and makes us
return to our regular and necessary employments
with renewed delight My own experience is,
that day thus spent causes us to resume our Ia
bors with reluctance, and makes irksome what be-
fore was pleasant Is it not your own?'
swell, do mt know; can't altogether say
that tits; indeed, never thought about it."
aHenry, the worst of all KINKS of deception is
seltdeception. Don't, let,me begof ycu, attempt
to deceive yourself in matter SO important Lam
sure you have experimental this reluctance to arl
saittf q DAY pieasufG IL IS an universal Spsfi-
ence And now jhptysea opthis subject, l will
add, tbat haRe observed in You an increasing
desire TO get away from work You make many
excuses es and they seem to you to be good ones.
Can you tell me how many days YOU have been
out of the shop in the last three months ?"
"No, cannot" was the reply, made in tone
indicating slight degree of irritation
"Well, can, Henry"
"How many is it, thcn2"
"Ten days.
"Never."
at is true, for kept the count"
Indeed then, you are mistaken was only
ON, cunning three times, and fishing twice."
"And that makes five times But don't YOU
remember the day you were made sick by ia
tigue?"
eyes, true, but that is only six"
"And the day you went up the mountain with
the paryF
dyes"
"And the twice you staid away because it storm
edW
"But, William that has nothing to do with the
matter If it stormed so violently that couldn't
come to the shop that surely is not to be set down
to the account ofpleasure taking"
"And yet, Henry, l was here, and so were all
workman but yourself If there had not been in
your mind reluctance to coming to the shop,
am sure the storm would not have kept YOU. |
am plain with you, because am your friend and
you know it. Now, it is this increasing reluc-
lance on your part, that alarms me- Do not, then
add fuel 10 flame that, if thus nourished will
consume you"
"But, William"
"Don't make excuses, Henry. Think of the
aggregate of ten lost days You can earn dol
Tor and half day easily, and do earn it when
ever you work steadily, Ten days in three months
is fifteen dollaas All last winter, YOU know. Ell
len went without cloak, because YOU could not
afford 10 buy one for her; now the money that YOU
could have earned in the time wasted in the last
three months, would have bought her very com
Portable one-nnd YOU know that it is Octo beI
now, and winter will soon be again upon us
Sixty dollars year buys great many comforts
for poor man."
Henry Thorne remained silent for some mo
ments. He felt the force of William Morcland'.
reasoning; but his own inclnations were stropge
than his friends arguments He wanted to go witt
two or three companions cunning, and even tn
vision OF his young wife shrinking in the keel
winter wind, was not sufficient to conquer this dc
size.
81 will go this once, William" he said at length
with long inspiration; Sand then will Quit il
| see and acknowledge the force of what YOU saw
I never viewed the matter so seriously before" =
"ThiS once may confirm habit now too strono
ly fixed" urged his companion "Stop now
while your mind is nationally convinced that il i
wrong to waste your time, when it is so muc
needed for the sake of making comfortable an
happy one who loves you and has cast her l.
IN life with yours Think ofEllen and then be
man"
"Come, Harry l' said loud cheerful voice
the shop door; eve are waiting for you"
cay ay" responded Henry Thorne. "Goc
morning, William l am pledged for today. B
after this, will swear offF And so saying,
hurried away.
Henry Thorne and William Moreland VIC