Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1852-06-18

ana Mary Hung ner arms ABOUT ms neck, an
told him how willing she was to work for him
and how forlorn she would be without him. ON,
desired that she might never hear any more o
such wicked wishes. Still she had an ardent de
sire to give him the fowl and the ale he had long
ed for, for the next Saturdays dinner, but alas
she could not compass it.
But on the very Sunday, the one that succeed
ed these little events, Leah Leet appeared witt
a smart new bonnet and gown at a tea party civ
en- by Mr.. Benjamin to three or four of his in
innate friends. He was in the habit of giving
such small inexpensive entertainments, and he
made it point to invite Leah partly because he
wished to keep her out of other society, lest she'd
get married and leave him-a thing he much
deprecated on all accounts. She was accustom
to his business, he was accustomed to her, anC
above all, she was honest.
| But there are various kinds Of honesty. Mary
Gleggs was of the pure sort; it was such as
nature and her mother had instilled into her; il
was the honesty of high principle. But Leah
was honest because she had been taught that
honesty is the best policy Us she had her living
to earn, it was extremely necessary that she
should be guided by the axiom, or she nigh.
come to poverty and want bread like others she
saw, who lost good situations from failing in this
particular.
Now, after ALL this is but sandy foundation
Tor honesty, because person who is not actuated
by higher motive. will naturally have no OBJ
lection 10 little speculation in safe way-that
Is, when they think there is no possible chance
: OF being found out. In short, such honesty is
but counterfeit and like all counterfeits it will
not stand the wear and tear of the genuine arti-
Gle. Such, however, was Leah's who had been
bred up by wordy-wise teachers, who neither
tanUbt mo- L.;
J OF Mr.. Benlamin's method of seeking what two
thousand years ago Diogenes thought it worth
while to look for with lantern, she considered
that the guinea brough, back by Mary was
waif, which might be appropriated without the
smallest danger of being called TO account for it,
| 1t had probably, she thought, been dropped into
the meal tub by some careless customer, who
knew not how he had lost it; and even if were
her masters, he must also be quite ignorant of
the accident that had placed it where ii was found
Inc girl was stranger In the shop: she had
never been there till the day before, and mioht
never be there again and if she were. it was not
! likely she would speak to Mr.. Benjamin. So
there could be no risk as far as she could see ::
and the money Just came apropoS to purchase
some new attire that the change of season rem
dered desirable.
Many OF US now alive can remember the be-
ginning OF what is called the sanitary movement
. previous to which era, as nothing was said about
the wretched dwellings of the poor, nobody thot
OF them, nor were the i'll consequences of their
dirty, crowded rooms, and bad ventilation at all
appreciated.
At length the idea struck somebody who wrote
pamphlet about it, which the public did not
read; bat as the author sent it to the newspaper
editors, they borrowed the hint and took up the
subject the Of, oh 4
penetrated to the London mind Now, amongst
the sources of wealth possessed by Mr. Bena-
mn' were great many houses, which, by having
money at his command, he had bought up cheap
IRON those who could not afford to wait and
many OF these were situated in squaid neighbor-
hoods, and were inhabited by miseraby poor peo-
pie bn as these people did not fall under his eye,
he had never thought of them-he had only tho't
OF their rents, which he received with more or
less regularity through the hands of his agent
The sums due, however, were often deficient.
tor sometimes the tenants were unable to nav
them, because they were so sick they could no,
WORK and sometimes they died, leaving nothing
oehlnd them to seize FOR their debts Mr. Ben
!amln had looked upon this evil as irremediable :;
but when he heard of the sanitary movement, it
occurred to him, that if he did something towards
rendering his property more eligible and whole
Il
tenants, and that greater certainty of payment,
together with little higher rent, would rcmune
rate him tor the expense of cleaning and repsirs.
The idea being agreeable to his love of gair and
his henevolence, he summoned his builder, and
proposed that he should accompany him over
these tenements, in order that they might agree
as to what should be done, and calculate the out
lay and the house inhabited by Glegg and his
daughter, happened to be one of them, the old
gentleman, III the natural couase of events, found
himself paying an unexpected visit to the uncon-
scious subject of his last experiment.; for the
last it was, and so it was likely to remain though
three months had elapsed since he made il; but
its i'll success had discouraged him. There was
something about Mary that so evidently distin-
gulshed her from his usual customers she look
ed so innocent, so modest. und Wlthal, so pretty
that he thought if he failed with her, he was not
likely to succeed with any body else.
WHO lives in the attics ?" he inquired of Mr. |
darker, the builder, as they were ascending the
stairs.
There's a widow and her daughter and SON.
in-law, with three children in the back room"
answered Mr.. Harker. 81 believe the women
go out charring, and the man is brick-layer.-
In the front there's man called Glegg and his
daughter | fancy they re people that have been
better off at some time of their lives. He has
been tradesman--a cooper, he tells me but
things went badly with him, and since he came
here his wife died of the fever, and he's been so
weakly ever since he had it, that he can earn no.
hing. Ills daughter lives by her needle
Mary was out; she had gone to take home
some work, in hopes of getting immediate pay
ment tor it. A couple of shilHngs would pro-
cure them coal and food and they were much
in need of both. John was sitting by Il scanty
fire, with his daughters shawl over his Shout |
ders, looking wan, wasted, and desponding,
Mr.. Benjamin, the landlord; Mr. Glegg,"
said Harker
John knew they owed little rent, and was
afraid they had come to demand it. "pm sorry |
my daughters ont, gentlemen" he said. "Will |
you be pleased to take chair ?"
Mr. Benjamin is going round his property"
said HarFer. :" He is proposing TO make few
repairs, and do little painting and Whitewash-
ing to make the rooms more airy and comforta-
bic"
THAT will be a good thing, sir" answered
very good thing for | believe 1t is /
the closeness of the place that makes Us country J
folks i'll when we come to London, I'm sure |
I've never had days health since I've lived
here"
You've been very unlucky, indeed Mr.. |.
Glegg," said Harker. " But you know, if We
lay ont money, we shall look for return. We
must raise your rent"
All, sir, suppose so,' answered John with
sigh; and how we're to pay il, don't know. |
II could only get well. | shouldn't mind for
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