The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1855-11-07

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On6 Oayy as Af; Lawson, merchant tailor,
stoods at. his cutting beard, poorly dressed
womana entered his shop and approaching
him. asked, with some embarrassment and
simidisy, if he had any work to give out 80
what can you do?' asked the tailor, lock-
lag rather scldly upon his visitor. sT' w3 q
q Il can make pantaloons.an and yesss," /" replied
the girl. =. frss... se,.@.ssF. syfs. fsss-s.,-. y
slave you ever worked for o merchant
tailor?' 80
9 ayes. sir, / Rave worked for Mr.. Wrighta
alas he nothing for you to do9' o a6
'fNo; not just now, He has regular hands,
who always get the preference"
s.Did your work suit him"'
: ''Ede never found fault with it.'' = sa2
"Where do you liye@ aaa4 adi s2al
ain Cherry street, at No. ss.sssse ss0g
.Mr. Lawson stood and unused for short
time. 'sI have avest here" he at length said, j,
taking small bundle from the shelf, (which
want by to4mcsroW evening at the latest E
you think you can do it very neatly, and have
it done in time, you can take it." ssT #
s'It shall be done in time" said the young
woman reaching out eagerly for the bundle.
~And remember, shall expect it made well.
If like your work will give you more"
II willtry toplease yoeap returned the young
girl. r sfsas sss s..na.,re..a az, ssT
''To morrow evening recotlect."
HYes sir; will have it done." fabf a1
The girl turned and went quickly eray.
In back room, in the third story fan old
house in Cherry street, was the home of the
Door sewing girl. AS she entered, she said in
Ia cheerful voice TO her sick sister, 'Mary, /
have got work; it is vest, and must have it
done by tomorrow evening"" ok sdT
sCan You finish it in time g' eAquired the
invalid in feeble voice. ......-.
Oh, yes; easily"
Itproyed to be white MarseilIes. AS soon
as the invalid sister ssw this she said, Il am
afraid you will not be able to- get it done in
time, Ellen. You are not very fast with the
needle, and besides, you are very far from
being WELL" ' AatA f-4s
dDon't fear in the least, Mary; win do al
engaged to do" s31Jlaa3 s5i 81 4 fsa
It was after dark the next night when Ellen
finished the garment. She was weary and
faint, having taken no food since morning. The
want Of every thing, and particularly for her
self and sister, made seventy five cents, the
sum which she expected to receive for making
the garment, a treassre in her imagination.
She hurried off with the vest the moment it
was finished, saying to her sister, II will be
back as soon as possible, and bring you some
cordial and something for our supper and
breakfast" As A''A
"Here it is half past eight O'Clock, and the
vest is not yet in,p said Mr.. Lawson, in fret
full tone. 81 had my doubts about the girl
when gave it to her. But 2he looked so poor
and seemed so earnest about the work, that
II was weak enough to lntrust her with the
garment" At this moment Ellen came and
laid the vest ON the counter, where Mr.. Law
Ghn ,afh or
did he. Taking the vest, he unfolded it in a
manner which plainly showed him not to be IN
la very placid frame of mind. e* Aala "
"Goodness. he calculated, turning over the
garment, and looking at the girl. She shrunlS
back from the counter and looked frightened.
''Well, this is pretty job for one to bring
in! said the tailor in an excited tone of voice;
"a pretty lob indeedn' at the same time tossing
the vest away from him in angry contempt,
and walking off to another part of the store
Ellen remained at the counter. At length
he said to her. "You need not stand there, Miss,
thinking l am going to pay you for running a
Job. 1t is bad enough to lose my material and
Icustomer. In justice you should pay me for
the vest; but there is no hope f that; SO take
yourself off, and never let me s. o; ;-es on you
again. ,gIsz,ds i ,Fese4
raised her hand to her forehead, and bursting
into tears, walked slowly away. assl Cd Is 8
After Ellen had gone, Mr.. Lawson returned
to the front part of the store, and taking up
the vest brought it back to where an elderly
| man was sitting, and holding it towards him,
said by way of apology for the part he had ta-
ken in the little scene, "Thati is beautiful arti-
1cle for a gentleman to wear, isn's it?'' The
man made no reply, and the tailor, after a
PAUSE. added, II refused to pay her as mat
i ter of principle She knew she could not make
the garment when she took itaway. She will
Ibe more careful how she tries TO impose herself
5lupon customer tailors as good vest maker"
i HPerhaps," said the elderly gentleman in a
] lmild way, necessity drove her to undertake
la lob that required greater skill than she pos
Isessed. She certainly looked very poor"
at was because she appeared sopoor and
miserable that l was weak enough to place the
lyest in her hands, replied Mr. Lawson in {
lass severe tone of voice. "But it was an i'm
lposition for her to ask for work she did no1
: know how to make" .--.-~
0Mr. Lawson said the old gentleman, VIII
: Twas known as pious and good man, w
g sslshonld not blame with too much severity th'
IS 1person who, in extreme want, undertakes 7
> lnerform niece of work for which she lack
= the skin. The fact that young girl, like tn
: one who was just here is willing, in her extrem
poverty, to labor instead of sinking into vic
: land idieness, shows her to possess true yirtu
and integrity of character;i and that we shoul
'- be willing to encourage, even at some sacrifct
$. Work is slack now, as you are aware and theI
lis but little doubt that she had been to man
= places seeking employment before she came t
: YOU. 1t may be that she and others are dt
=. pendent upon the receipt of the money tha
e was expected to be paid for making the YES
at you hold in your hand. The expression,