Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1847-12-23


you had chance to do so 2 he replied to this.
told him that the past could not be helped now;
all we Wanted was a little chance for the future.
lie did not offer to pay the bill, although l lin
gered in his store for ten or fifteen minutes
In a week called again, and he was in New
York. As soon as he returned, | saw him, but
he said he had no time to attend to it. If we |
only had his bill, which is nearly hundred del
lars, we could buy metal, | could pay Close
ten or fifteen dollars and get him TO wait and
we would feel encouraged to press on more &C
lively than ever but, as it is, we are both
dshearened'
Try and not feel So said I. 1T is very bad
to give way to discouraging thoughts
But how can l help it y he returned, with
some bitterness Parker calls himself a chris
tian, and goes TO church on Sunday with long
pious face-Ive seen him-and yet. in mean.
selfish and malignant spirit, witlhods from me
the few dollars have earned with hard labor,
aud which are all that stand between me and
ruin II | break down in this, my most sincere
and earnest effort to do well, the sin will lie at
his door. Christian indeed =
Don't feel don't think, don't talk in this way
Armour said earnestly. But he replied
'How can help it? 1t is no light thing, de-
pend upon it, thus to break down a man in his
earnest struggle against the power of bad habits
and the disabilities they have entaed upon him.
If fail in this effort shall not in all probabiI-
lty, have the heart to try again. and even if
had, no one would again put any confidence in
me-
These are only your trials, urged. Stand
Iup, braveIy, under them, and you will come out
right. TO give up can only make things worse
But what will do with Close? He will
seize upon our shop and sell it.
offered to go his security for the debt t.
Close, and also loan him ten dollars, to enable
him to go on with his work.
But he felt too much discouraged to work will
spirit. Three days after, was surprised to Sc
him coming out Of tavern. met HIM fac
to face as he did So He colored up and looked
confused and felt my confidence in his sue
cess greatly impaired
HAS Parker settled his bill yet : l asked
mo, and what is more, don't believe he in
tends doing it, he replied in an angry voice.
why do you think so?'
"A young man in his store told me that h
> heard him advise man who has Judgment a
f gainst me for eighty dollars to push me, an
then ask for an order on him
is it possible ? | exclaimed in surprise
! That the story was true soon had proof all
; sufficient to convince me. The holder of tn
claim called this morning to ask if would Civ
him an order on Parker
: What did you say!'
was angry, and told him would see hir
in hotter place than this, first
You we're wrong in that, said
Perhaps was. But was so Gretted that
could not contain myself Johnson, my partner
Is terribly put out about the whole matter, an
blames me for what cannot now help Tn
fact is, feel desperate
But think my young friend said, that yo
are under obligation to me not to give up, bu
to struggle on to the end"
"That the breaking up of our business mus
necessarily involve you in loss is what trouble
e me. AS for myself, feel quite Indifferent wha
! becomes OF me. Every thing is adverse, and
shall 60 to the wall in spite of all that l can de
e found it all in vain to talk to the youn
I man. Unwilling as was to inter fere ia tn
business of others, | still felt it to be my dut
! to call upon Parker, and urge him to act differ
: emily toward the young men. found that tn
man he had advised to ask Armour for an orde
on him, owed him money, and that it was t
secure the debt due to hmselfthat he had pre-
! posed the measure. He was very formal an
distant with me, and quickly closed the nterve
n by saying that the bill would have to be settle
v in that way.
v Without remorse or delay, the shop Of tn
q young men was seized and sold II was bougt
$ by Parker, who employed Johnson to carry o
the business for him Armour, in a momer
n Of anger and dependency, and while under tn
+ effects Of liquor, enlisted in the United State
dragon service for FIVE years. lost, in the e
e fort to help him to do right, about two hundre
dollars; and Parker, in breaking him dow
recovered debt of seventy or eighty dollar
# and got possession of small stereotype ofic,
which has, in the course of seven or eight year.
|. grown into large and profitable establishment
= Five years and more passed, and had cease
II to think as often as at first of the unfortunat
young man had sought to save from himsel
). when, being one day in Parkers Store to buy
v book, noticed poor, degraded looking crei
o ture enter aud pass along through the crowd
customers who stood at the counter He appeal
+ ed to be very much in liquor.
ais Mr.. Parker in 2! heard him ask of
}. clerk. The clerk pointed to the owner of ii
store, who stood in small group of his churc
brethren, with whom he was conversing on ma
d tiers of religion.
Mr. Parker said the man. going up to hr
How do you do sir7 | reckon you don't kno
q me 2
k NO, certainly do not, and what is more,
" not wish to know you.
'Mr. Parker resumed the man, you've @
foundry, and Pm hrst-rate fnsher, and wal
work. Will you give Inc jobP
u Il never employ drinking men in my establis