Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1845-12-12

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ness that could not be mistaken.
For a moment the widow paused, but the
sight of her children conquered the rising
emotion of pride.
Il have nothing but a little corn meal in
the house, and have no money
A tear glistened in the strangers eye-her
breast heaved with a strong emotion. Then
again all was still.
81 will pay you for this dress beforehand,
then; and as | want it done very nice, | will
pay you a dollar for making it. Can | have
it day after tomorrow"
Certainly, ma'am, tomorrow evening; if
you want it,
Thu dollar was paid down, and the angel
of mercy departed. More than one heart was
made glad that morning.
Now let us pay a visit to Mrs. T
After the widow had departed, a lady ac-
quaintance dropped in, who made no profess
sion Of religion, aud who was somewhat fond
of dress. Among other subjects of conversa-
ton, the neatness Of the work on the coarse
shirts was talked over, and the lady learned
the residence of the seamstress, and also that
she was very poor. After her departure, Mr..
T-came in from the shop, when the
following dialogue took place:
"Well, wife, how did Mrs.--do her
workl'
"Very well indeed; but what do you think!
she wanted me to pay her a part of the price
of making four shirts"
"Is it possible! That's just the way these
poor people always do. They spend a quar-
ter as fast as it is earned, and so never get
any thing ahead. You did not give it to
herl"
"No, indeed! I told her to wait until il.
amounted to five dollars, and then it would
do her some good"
"And whit did she say to that!"
ooh, nothing, only she pretended to look
very melancholy, as though she were in a
starving condition. But | understand all
these things.
"Trick and hypocrisy and whining always
seem to 90 with poverty. Was that the gaudy
butterfly, Mrs. L.-who Just went outl"
eyes; / do think | have never known a
more wo~rldiy-nindod person than Mrs. L.
in my life. All she thinks about is dress and
company. She never seems to reflect that
she has IA soul TO save"
s'Or to be lost, which it certainly will be
if she does not lay aside the vanities of this
world. | suppose she never said a prayer
in her life."
'Not she; if you were to talk to her Of
praying, she would smile in your face"
"A sad condition, indeed! How the world
lieth in the wicked one. The prince of this
world hath many children, and she is one of
them"
And yet,' continued the wife, she seems
utterly insensible to her sad condition, and al
ways changes the subject when 1 mention it
to her.
sOf course. And she will go on thus,
hardening her heart and stifening her neck,
uutil she falls into the gulf of eternal ruin.
1t is sad to think on"
BY eating the bread of carefullness, by
grinding the poor, and by over-working his
apprentices, Mr.. To-. gradually became the
owner of property. OF course he made a
hard landlord. He owned two or three stores,
which were every now and then changing
tcnants-for few could stand his grinding in
Justice.
One of these stores had been vacant for
some time, when a young man, just going
into business, and who knew nothing of his
character, rented il for three hundred and ff.
ty dollars per annum. That was the highest
limit he had set himself in his close %calcula-
ton of profit. He was a poor, but enterprls-
ing young man, and had been assisted into
business by a few coniding and firm friends.
Not a single alteration or repair would
T------ put upon the house. After going
to about two hundred dollars expense in fit
lllB up Vic otuity tllG JOuuS man bpNlCu III
business. At the end of the first year, he
found that his profits had been very fair; buI
there were many remnants and pieces of UNI
saleable goods on hand which had been
paid for. These curtailed his active capt.
tai. Cheerful in prospect Of his next years
business, and resolved to use even more ac-
tivity and economy, he put his last quarters
rent in his pocket, and called on MIR. To-,
After the money had been taken, and the re-
cipt given, MIR. T------ inquired after his
business; the young man SPOKE of it as In
creasing, and said that he had done as wei
as he had expected.
"You have no thought of moving, | sup
pose?'
'Oh, no; the stand is a good one, and
pleases me-
"Ahem! Ahem! I've been thinking, fol
some time that your rent was too low. A
good stand like yours is worth a good dea
more money!"
Three hundred and fifty is as much as
can afford to pay, and as much as any of my
neighborS pay
"Your neighbors pay too little, then.
must have four hundred and fifty dollars 70
my store for the next year."
-Four hundred and ffty!' exclaimed thu
! young man, : / cannot afford 10 pay that. Be
sides, it is worth no more than ] now pay.
"Thero ere many who can and will pay
) four hundred and ffty-I must get the mos
profitable tenants l can"
But l have been to at least two hundtet
! dollars EXPENSE
t That is your own lookout, young man, no
; mine."
SO it is, and l was a fool to mention it
! see that ! am yet a learner here
Mr.. T------ only smiled.