The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1856-02-20
OUT OF woaK.
rY sYLyANus copp. JR.

four days have been % every book bindery IN
The cily, and moi BIZ Of work can | ge.'
Bul have yon tried any hing else =
Wha, else can ryr
Why, anything that ynn can do
Yes, I've ,red other things ! have been 10
more than dnzen Of my friends. and off red 10
help them Il they would hire me-
And whai did you mean 10 do for them Z
offered either 10 po-i their accounts, make
nut bills, nr attend 10 The counter
Mrs. S,ans ood smiled as her husband thus
spoke
~ hat makes you smile p he asked.
.'fo ,h,nk yon shonld have imagined lha, YOU
would fiud wo,k in such place. But how is
Mark Leeds 2
lie Is worse off than an
H0w so
liz has nothing in his house 10 eal'
A shudder rrppl over his w,ie's frame now.
.Why dn you lremhle, wife 2
.Bprause when we shall have eacn nur hrpak-
iasi TO- morrow morning We slal! have nohing.
What CRED pe,er Sianaond, half starting
from his chir. Do you mean iiia,!'
Il do
But nmr lnnr
All gone. | baked lie lsst Ibis afternoon
Bu, We have porl. 2
You ale The last tins noon.'
Then We must slarve = groaned The s,rickea
man, starting across The room.
Peter Sianwond was book hinder hv trade.
and had now BEEN gu, OF employment about a
month. lie was one Of those who generally
calculated 10 keep abnn, square ailh The world.
who consider themselves particularly fortunate
il they keep oui Of debl. He WAS now lhiry
.ears Of age. and had three children TO provide
inr. besidcs himself and wife, aid this. iogeihe
vii, house rem. was draugh, npcn hls purse.
even when ~otk was plenty, but noa-ihere
was nnihng.
VI ,ria.' said he. stopping and gazing hi.
wife IN the face. I'VE must s,afve. have uo
single penny 10 The world
But dn not despair. Peter. Tiv again To-
morrow iar work. You may find something
70 do. Anyihlng lfal Is Lnnesi IS hunora ablr.
Should ynn make bul a shilling day, We Should
not siarye.
BIT our house renl
Trust 10 me for that. Tie landlord shall
mol turn Us OF. II yon will engage 10 ini
.omerhing 10 do, VII see that we have house
r,nm.'
IN make one more iral,' uttered PIER. des.
pai1ngy.
Bur yon must 9" prepared 10 do anything
thing reasonable. Maria.
What dn you cali reasonable ?
Why-anylhing decent
I he vile ieil inclined 10 smile. hni The matter
was too serious for that. and cloud p.sseh over
h face. Size knew her hu.band's Disposition,
sni she felt sure lie would frd no work. She
knew that he wonld look fnr some kind of aotk
which weRid moi lower HIM IN The sorlal scale.
as b. had once or twiee expressed il. How.
ever. she knew II would be of no use 10 say
anylhing 10 him nov, and she lei lhe matter
pass.
Oh the following morning. the last ba Of fno,!
IN the touse was.pul npnn The table. SlsnwnUd
cnnld hardly realize iaal he WAS pennlless and
without iaod. Fr yesrs he had been gay.
ii,onei,iiess, aud fortunate. makiag the mo.t ni
The present, forgetting The p,s', and ieaung line
lulure 10 take care ni i!seli. YET the truth was
naked and ricar; and when he leit tie house
he .aid. something must be .ione.'
No sooner had the husband gene, Than Mrs
Stana ond pnt on her bonnet aud shawl. llei
eldest child was gid seven years Old, aud hPi
ynnngrsl fur. She asked her nexi lner neiIh.
bnr IL shr would take care ol hcr children uni
nopn. These chIldlen were snown To be gnnd
and quiei, and they were taken cheerialy. fhrr
Mis-. SianuOod lackeil np her muse aud wrnl
away. She returned 81 n0nn, bringing sone
dlnncr inr her ch,ldIen. and ihrn wen away ;.
gam. Sae came home ~ Tie evening hrinrt
her husband, carrying heavy baskti upon hei
arm.
Y We'll. Peter shc asked. ater her husband
had entered AND sat down, what lurk I
Nnhing naihngr lie g.nan"d. mad,
oat 10 get dinner lrdtll AZ old chum. hul c0ult
lind 30 work
y And where have yon lnok.d. tn.diy =
'O-rsrry WHERE. I've teen Io a hundred
places. hui lt'- tie samr slufy 10 every tlars
li.sn aling bulnne titrnal no--ni--aul I'm slrk
aud Tired oI IT,.
What have you Offered u d,!'
'why. even 1Foiso fr IS 10 offer 10 siisn'
4 Lquor sinrr dawn town.
y I'hp Wii, smiled.
Ndw what shall VI d. = uttered peirr
spssmodicsily.
! WHY. We will cal supper ir.i, and talk IL,
matter nser.'
supper. Have yon goi any.
T Ys--pleny of
lIui y.u told me you had none
7 Neither had We this morning. hnl I've aeei
after wnik 10 diy, aud luuna snme.
\ .Ynul Yon been afitt work \ uttered ih
hush md 10 surprise.
/ Yes.'
.RM how where-whst y
WHY, iir.i went 10 Ms. Snow's. knew
her girl wss sick, aii hoped she nigh, hav
work o b. dnne. went IL Ter and nld he, NJ
slnfy. AM she set me al work al onrs ioina lie
washing. She gave me 'cod 10 bring hume .
my children. AID paid nc three sblllnes whel
! e,a ,lltough'
What, ou been oul washing fnr our hutch
rt's vile = sad Peter, looking ysry much sur