Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1848-05-03

1I9 Yes. They saysthe old fellow has laid
4 up something quite handso me; and as Ade.
Ilaide is his only child, she will Of course
get it all.
81 was not aware of that.
s. ut S all SO, believe. $ S.
After this, young Baker was exceedingly
attentive to Miss Leonard and made per-
Iceptible inroads upon her heart He even
went so far as to visit pretty regularly at
her. house, and was medifating an.avoWal
lof his attachment when his father said g
him one da 81.
sstsh hat yoape lady syas saw with
you on the street 5esteTda y sftern6on!
+ ssHer name is Leonard . -
esThe daughter ef old Leonard in -
street?'
."Yes, sir.'' e.
Mr.. Baker looked grave, and shook -his
head. &
'sDo you know any thing about herr"
asked the son. :.
"Nothing about her, but know that her
father il going to the dogs as fast as ever a
man went
"Indeed! thought he was very well
Eoff.'
"Oh, MOI! I've been looking to see his
shop shut up, or to hear of his being sold
out by the sheriff, every day, for these two
years."
"Miss Leonard is very lovely girl.''
| ssshes the daughter of poor, vulgar me-
chanic. If you see any thing lovely in
that, Henry, you have strange taste.''
sThere is no gainsaying Adelaide's per.
sonal attractions replied the son, "but il
her father, is in the condition you allege
that settles the matter as far as she and
are concerned. l am glad you introduced
the subject, for l might have committed
myself, and, when top late, discovered my
error a ss ssa..s-s Z -s.
| "And sad error it would have been
Henry. In any future matter Of this kind
hope you will be perfectly frank with me-
have much more accurate. knowledge oi
the condition and standing of people than
you canpossibly have @
=. The son promised to do as his father
wished. From that time the visits to Miss
Leonard were discontinued, and his atten.
tions to her, when they met in society, be.
came coldly formal. The sweet young girl
whose feelings had really been interested
felt the change, and was, for time, unhap-
py; but in few months she recovered her
self, and was again. as bright and cheerful as
usual.
Time went steadily on, sweeping down
one and setting up another, and still old
Leonard did mt go to the dogs, much to the
surprise cf Baker, who could not imagine
| I-,, @ba oboD Ga,k L Ie,l ho1,a
ter after having drove away his best Gus.
toners, as he must long since have done, il
all were treated as he had been. But he
was satisfied of one thing, at least, and thai
was, that the mechanic must be miserably
poor, as he, in fact, described to me, accord.
ing to his idea of the matter.
One day, about year after this timely
caution to his son in regard to Miss Leon.
ard, Baker happened to pass along stree
where he had not been for some months
Just oppositc large, new and beautiful
house, to which the painters were giving
their last touches, he met friend. A.
they paused, Baker said
'sThats an elegant house. 1t has beer
built since I>was in this neighborhocd.
Yes, it is very fine house, and l sup:
pose did mt cost less than ten thousand dol
lars" aF
'"No, should think not. Who built it
do you know?'
eyes. It was built by Leonard"
'By whom?'' Baker looked surprised
.By old Leonard. You know him. !"
"Impossible! He's not able to build {
house like that.'' s.t
"Oh, yes he is, and half dozen more
like it, if necessary"
"Leonard?''
"Certainly. Why, he's worth, at least
seventy thousand dollars
). "You must be in error.''
j "No. His daughter is to be married mex
month to an excellent young man, and thi
house has been built, and is to be handsome
/ lyfurnished, as marriage present.
"Incredible! thought he was going, o.
had gone, to the dogs long ago.
"Ieonardr' The friend could not helE
laughing aloud. 'He go to the dogs! He ;.
the last one to go to the dogs. Oh, mol
There isn't a man in his trade who doe.
so good business, as little show as ht
makes. Gocd work, good prices and pune
tualitg, are the cardinal virtues Of his es.
l ia blishment, and make all substantial
How in the world could you have taken UP
such notion?''
.5 81 don't know, but such has been my
impression for a long time,' replied Baker
who felt exceedingly cut down on account
of the mistake he had made, and particu:
larly so in view of the elegant house and
seventy thousand dollars which might all
have belonged to his son, in time, if he had
not fallen into such an egregious error about
old Leonard. III #s5 3
Most persons are apt to make mistakes
of this kind, and imagine that because from
some slight offence they have Withdrawn
their custom from a man, that he must be
necessarily goirg to the dogs. Probably in
the matter sf stopping subscriptions to news
papers and periodicals, people are more
prone to sall into this error than In any
thing else. A man gets offended about
something-perhaps, thro' some error OF
the clerk, his bill is sent to him after it has
been paid; or, through the neglect of car
rier, or the 'purloining propensities OF news
vending lads, his paper fails few times