The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1844-09-06

not pleasant TO his feelings, TO be going from
shop TO shop, seeking work, aud so lac quir
dong so. Many hours we're spent in read.
lug, but many more in wandering uimess.
y about, waiting until business should re.
yIyc.
"lts dreadful dull, was lis Oft repeated
re nafk, to fellow woikmen, who, like him.
sell, could find nothing better TO do than
walking about the streets Occasionally
he would fall in with llaiker who, some
how or other, managed never to be Idle
over day or two Ut time. He kept al
ways in the way of employment, because
be vas anxious to obtain It, and IN conse-
quence picked up meny itIle jobs tbai ould
otherwise have been missed.
:" | don't know how II u.s." ~ lson would
sometimes say 10 him, {" that you manage
always 10 keep al something. can't M, Ell
with any thing 10 DO. Aud I'm sure | an
as willing to work as you are
" gu don't keep all the while irving, as
| do, suppose. These arc times when
work has TO be locked up. # doesn't come
after people as il did year ago"
W ,lSon dido, relish plain talk Ike the,
because II r tl~cied upon him unfavorobly.
lie evuced hts true feelings in his reply
lhai was not spoken IN calm, mid tone.
he effect, however, vas 10 cause him TO
90 among The shops on The next day, when
he was fortunate enough TO secure Job
that lasted few weeks.
- Y ihtnu Itkn tr,-t,, - ,c,,, Ill H.
kcr 10 him seuteniiously, the Vt tine they
net. II possesses wonderful virtue"
( Bot, even with trying, llafker found, Of
ter while, that he coull not get enough to
do 10 meet the wants of his family. Times
seemed TO grew harder. lis mind, con
stanIly active, and constantly seeking aher
the means OF earning money, devised many
-cheues, and was aided Ly many susges.
/ lions awakened therein, tina, would never
have presented themselves, had not his will
been constantly stimulating his thoughts
The result OF almost every day was TO
him, an illustration Of his layori'e adaGe-
where there is a will there IS way. He
knew that the will was creative, mud made
to itself the means for gaining us ends
|. vas the consciousness oil this that gave
him coufage 10 hope even in the hour Of
deepest darkness.
Some time had elapsed since he was
I thrown out Of regular employment, and
even he had been made to fear often amid
his bard struggles At length, try MS he
would, he could 6ad nothing to do.
Ole morning, after having been idle for
week, he found himself with only single
dollar left, and no kind of prospect in re.
gard 10 work. For the first time lie could
no, relish his food. For the first ,iue his
confidence lofsook hlm, and, instead Of
cheerful words for tho ear Of his wife, he
was silent, depressed and thoughtful. To
see her husband, always before, IN every
Z Try ing situation, so assured and cheerful,
thus distressed about their prospects, at
once dashed the spirit Of Lucy to the
earth. When she did venture 10 speak IN
her husbands presence, her voice was
/ tremulous, when she looked him IN the
I face, he could see that her eyes were jus,
ready TO run over with tears. lie could
not bear this. II caused him the most
poignant affection Of mind Early after
f, the scarcey.iasted morning meal, he wen,
cut with kind Of desperate determination
10 get something to do at all hazltds.
/ There il, ;herc must be work Tor him
/ TINT IS willing to DO It, somewhere" lac
said halt aloud, as lie strobe awny from his
door.
Ile had not gone far When he met bis
old fellow workman, Wilson. The latter
looked quite conten,ed. Since his last job,
he had made few feeble eIJus to &c,
something to do, but, falling of success,
was now contented to eat his bread quietly
and wait patiently until times grew better.
( The statement from every one he met, that
\ business was worse than ever aud that !,
was no use to look for work satisfied his
lniud.
"Ah, good morning, ilarker," he snid,
with something OF triumph IN his voice.
4" even your will cau'l always hud way, II
seems. So you arc idle still y
Yes have not been ab.c 10 get my
thing to do for week"
"An3 won't for week to cotne-pef.
haps E year"
an &c, something to do before this
day is over" was the selfdesperaie reply.
CAT street sweeping, then"
"Very well. Lot II be street sweeping
or any other honest calling that ! can find.
\ Work must and will have"
:" want work es much as any one, but |
am not quite prepared cor street sweeping,
saw,~S wood or turning carmau."
II yor bad a wife aud three or four
children 10 care for, you NIGH, be thankful
for the chance Of tueng penny in either
of the occupations you AYE namcd.'
&" Bot bavn't, thank ior'u,an
I" have, then; and am wiling - worl,
at any honest calling
By this time the friends, ~ho had heer
walk ing down Washington street, had near
~ reached the Battery. Hnrker paused a
corner Of street, and said be vas going
10 cross 10 tho other side Of Broadway, un'
look about among the stores IN Pearl ant
'tsther business streets, 10 nee Il lie could no
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