The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1853-06-08

'lme,-how, think you, could you get even
the necessary articles Of food and clothes {?
Is not that enough, added to the disgrace
wlIicl, must necessarily follow such Il IL
mon But stiP, f you persist in this fool
Ishness, you must look To some one else
TOR help III your need. for would never
aid you the value OF fartling, should
see You starving for the want of somcthin"
To eat"
You know not his proposals." replied
Eva he does not wish me to marry him
until he Is la comfortable circumstances.
His business yields linn handsome rofit
now, and should there be no change in
the market, lc vii S,"u Lc, not rich, but
comfortably off; and aS To his bcinr so
poor as you would male it appear, can
only say tina; YOU have been misiuforlncd.
Tor he is, to my certain knowledge, worth
II part Of his stock in trade. | DO not
wish l." dis"hcy YOU in the first thing, hut.
us have sail tcturc, nS long as there is
II" argument hnt that "f his poverty,
shall continue to receive his visiLs--if not
here. II, some Of my ,rir,rlS."
Very WE'LL" sail her father, "do as
You lllr, hut r"mcm.hcr what have tod
ym. l shall not real single word
nave sail. II ISL sep that never should
have IhoL@!'t YOU wVull have taken"
lh'iS "n""d the conversation between
Eva inl her fail cr. We mly rs we'll
here give the reader Il rief account of
W'liinm WryIarnI, rs VIC have already
seen that l'c Is the general subject Of con
vcrsatiun ut the hous" of Henry Nelson.
William Weylaui WAS the only child
OF poor hut respectable parents, They
Wei" English by biuh. auG ia four or i've
Years after their marriage, they emiyratcd
I" this county, bringing with them their
only boy, then ;Ih"ut two wears cd. On
Their arrival IN this county, they lived in
easy circumstances, au.l at the nyr of
fourteen, NIIiinm, hciI. al an active turn,
went INTO u stuic a> rrrauI boy. After
staying there about two y'arS, he WAS OF
tcrct cnlucc in another store us Tx
keeper, bu: as lis cnpryrr did not wish
10 loose him he offered him the same
chance with good salary. William
gladly accepted the "il"r; he applied him,
sell rarii:>S.y Ia his ;n>k, AMI in few
weeks was master nf his business. Ills
father in tlc meantime working NJ his
trade, !cunl ample means tnr supporting
himself and lite, and told William !Ic
might du with his salary aS ls.,t he saw
Iit, knowing that it would hc well taken
care of
We will pass over The events Which oc-
currcd during tie next five years, am,l we
now find William in his own store. lIav
ing lived considerably within his means.
he managed 10 save II handsome little
sum, and his .mrl"y"r, >criu. his activity,
"ilrrcd Ia assist him in commencing hu.i.
mrsS, which he did, and We now iind him
d"inya business which yi"ls him hand
some profit.
Let us look in AT Mr. Nelson's moment.
anI sec how things y" there. We find
Mr.. Nelson in his library. nu>iou>lv look
'ng over s"mr plp"r>. We can cxp xplain it
al hc has l"sta large amount Of money,
which lie had lr,i>icl with finn whom
every one called go"l for amy nmount.-
i cy were doing large wholesale huSi-
ness IN dry goods, nnd their store was I'LL
cd Ia the attic with every kind nf goods
suitable for the Inil trade. At the time
We see him lo"kiEg over these papers, hc
is trying tn iud some document which
was given him f"r security, Lut it is 10
where to lc found.
rs We stated above, the store WAS filIc,l
{" It's utmost capacity, when one night -
lire WIS discovered in some cotton goods
which they tried IN vain To cxtingriish.---
II made such rapid progress that not u
thing could bc saved, an.l all tlat was
l"it was n heap al ashes. where day be
fore had stool thousands and thousands
oi dollars worth of goods. Cnluckily for
Mr.. Ncls, u, hc was the greatest loser Of
them all. there lcimg 10 insurance OF the
goods Through neglect, they let their
policy run ont, and tat very night their
store took fire and WAS consumed, with a.!
it, contents
Mr.. Nelson is very rrlr man, but il
makes him feel poor, rs ii does all men
when they lose considerable sum, allow
ing il is not going To maze the least i'm.
preston nn their immense wealth.
Eva Nelson is no longer the pride Of the
house, but Ada is considered by Mr.. Me-
son rs the star Of fashion, and OH her iJ
lavsIcd all wealth can procure. He is as
proud of his Ada MS lie once was of Eva !;
her society is courtcd by all the fhslIinna-
bIe part of the city, but Eva is seldom in
quired for except concerning her health,
orsome trifling inquiry Of the kiui. Hen
~ Wilson is still frequent visitor at Mr.
Nelson's house, and although Ada still
says that she loves one man no better than
another, yetyou could see that If sllc was
going Ia marry, it would lie Henry that
she would prefer to all others. But she
knows not his feelings on this subject; he
is really, aud II she would secure l,is hand,
islie should do il now.
Henry Wilson was born in New Or
leans. His father was wealthy broker
he had been brought up in idlencss, aud
knew Daugbt else but tn drink and gam.
blc. The former he conl6. do exceedingly
well, but that hc was an cxpcr, gambler.
is setting tlirgs rather higher than they
will bear lie knew how 70 play, bas
was NOT cunning enough to detect the do
ccfftE.l which s,,aa kftct, t,r6rffo<,,g xt.... :.