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CARROLLTON OHIO~FRIDAY, AUGUST G, 1871

here. My father has large tracts to be cleared,
you are young and heaIthy-you shall be a far
mer; and if our girls can't give you pies enough
TO make you gruw-ayel and good sUbstantials
too" And so saying, he shook Albert heartily
by the hand and bade him good night. Slowly
Albert walked back. HshearI was swelling with
a crowd Of strange emotions. he had never
dlsobeyed his parents in the smallest lrihe; how
then could he set up his will in opposition to
theirsl Ii was not to be thought of-and be.
sides, he doubted whether he would be allowed
to exercise it, should he tell them his plan, On
the other hand, there was meanness in clandes-
timely leaving them. And the thought Of incur.
ring the bad opinion Of his father was very pain.
ful. All these Considerations sunk, however,
before the prospect Of gaining home for his pa
rents old age, in the tar west; and he ried 10
stiAe bis uneasy feelings BY the brightly colored
anticipation Of youth. His friend, Frank Ash.
land, was the only son Of merchant, who, sew.
eral years before had converted his funds into
western lands, and had become wealthy farm
er. In boyhood, a strict friendship existed be-
tween them, and in their correspondence Franl;
had drawn such Joyous pictures Of coon-fghts
huskings-loggings aud apple cuttings, that all
Mrs. Murray'S lessons on genulity, melted before
the ardor OF her sons wishes TO Join his friend
in his rural engagements. 81 can split a hun.
dred rails day." wroIe Frank to Albert, sand
then hunt till Twelve o'clock at night with a doz
en- of our neghbors' boys, and then come home
and dispatch half dozen of those pumpkin
pies you used TO like so much, and then be up in
The morning before your city boys think Of SUR
ring" This was too glowing picture not &c
ryeI the fancy of the school boy, weared, by
the quiet monolony of the everlasting school
room, and one too, who felt that the muscles o.
his rapidly growing frame, would soon developt
under the genial training Of his friend, whereas
his mother held all wrestling, jumping, throwing
and such innocent amusemenis, exceedingly un.
gentee, if not immoral.
A night of anxious disquietude was followed
BY the scant and formal breakfast. Mrs. Murray
was very nervous and very ireiiul as usual, and
her husband and son of course had 10 bear the
burden Of her infrmres. All! good temper
thou art the gem Of priceless worth in the domes
tic circle. At school Albert, went through the
usual routine Of study, but his head aud hear
were TOO full, and he incurred the reprimand o.
his teacher, and the laugh of his classmates, lol
his inallenon. A laugh is The hardest thing tc
be borne by a school boy, and the indignant blood
rushed to his brow as he muttered, "dunces who
never had a thought beyond to-day;" and he
hurried home. His mamma had gone out to
spend the day, and his father, more ialkatiyC
Than usual, eXpallaed on the comforts he would
enjoy al his new home at the carpenters, repre-
sented how plendruIIy their table would be serv
ed-jesed Albert on his good appetilite, and Fl
naly calculated how many years il would be il
the common course Of events, before he could b
rich man!
"Dear father" said little Harriet, "why Al
bert will be quite an old man before he get.
rich" Albeu's thoughts reverted 10 the farm
but he was silent. Much as he onged to open
his heart TO his father he dared nol--lor he w.
knew he was the victim Of prejudice, and he
dreaded a scene with his mother. He did moi
return 10 school in the afternoon, and very long
did II seem to the restless boy, and when evening
came and he sat around the table for the la5
time, his dark melancholy eyes were heavy with
suppressed tears. He had packed few books
and his clothes in a trunk which he conveyed
himself TO the landing, and then returning, sa
down by his mother. Mrs. Murray was in fine
spirits, and talked of her visit, and advised Al
bert by all means 10 cultivate the acquaintance
of youth, The son Of lady whom she had seer
that day. "He is quite interested for you, my
DEAR" said she, sand when told him Of your pa
pas preposrerous notion of making you me
chanic, he and his mother were quite shocked
His father, you know, is rich merchant anC
who knows but they make take you into hi
counting ROOM"
"Mamma," said Albert, thankfully, "dId
never occur to you that young man who ha
no capital but his own industry, was very silly II
sacrifice health and liberty 10 the drudgery o
the counting housed"
Mrs. Murray looked aghast.
"Whal do you meant"
81 mean, dear mother, that in a country
where Landslide open for the winning, that man
industry were better applied to their acquisition
than 10 lead life like that of my dear father"
"Ther acquisition? lido not understand yor
how could you acquio land without money!
by labor, by simply putting in requsilion th'
strength that man is endowed with"
"AIbert, how you talk! would you be vulga,
labofer Tor hlrc!
"lndeed would, mamma-where is the dit
ference between The powman or axeman and tht
clerk, save in The clolhesl Indeed the adyan
tage is all on the side Of the laborer-"
"Albert, Albert, repeat no more such folly
where could you have learned such vulgar no
tons. | am sure have tried to raise you gen
leely; but it is all your fathers fault, alway
wishing he had been farmer"
Albert sighed, and when they had all retired t
bed, he walked softly down stairs and joined hi
friend, Frank Ashland, and by daybreak the
left the city, where he had been born, for the for
esta Of an untried country.
"Father," said young Ashland, when he arri
we'd at home, "father, have brought you anoth
er SON." and from that hour the two young me-
were treated alike by the old gentleman. Thei
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