Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1857-06-05
".Why didn't YOU tellme ofitbefore?'

to wait beyond thetfirst of January.
"We have been extravagant, Will
liam.','
II am afraid, we,haye,"
/" How. much do you owe Spike q
Thirty dollars.
:" Ny stars 4 Thirty dollars 90
i" Yes; such bills count fast."
eve ought not to owe him a cent. We
ought notto ride at all, thoug h l enjoy
riding very much,
so do T; and Spike was always will
ing to trust me-
Spike kept livery stable in the viii
lage, and was generally willing to run up
long bills with those whom there was any
chance of getting his pay.
Il am sorry u
az had no idea the bill was so much
till he sent it in about three weeks ago" :"
"We must stop riding"
It will be hard to do so. After get
done at the Office, it is SO pleasant to drive
half dozen miles but / didn't think l
had ridden 50 much"
/" Perhaps he will watt
"No he said be would not"
"What shall be done %
Il don't know"
Can't you borrow some money ?"
Perhaps [ can"
Won't Mr.. Mason lend you some p
He has been very kind to you and seems
to be much interested in you"
Il shouldn't like to ask him.
Why not q
I should have to expose my affairs to
him.
I'm tell you what will do
What?
I will write to aunt Hannah. You
know how fond she is OF me. | will ask
her to lend mo hundred dollars. She is
rich, and perhaps she will give it to me-
William did not like to have her do so.
but the perils in his path finally induced
him to consent. On the strength of the
letter. he could put Spike off for week
or two.
There was something to hopo for at
least, and William ate his breakfast. and
felt much easier. He did not consider
that borrowing the money to pay the debt
was only transferring not concealing it
But he looked only to the present. If-he
could escape his importunate creditors
LuI5 Illu6 ITO ulu uOt rear lOI CuC IuLut6'
It was quarter Of eight by the clock,
and he waslrequired to be in the Office as
soon as the porter opened the gate.
Mr. Mason was the agent of the Bragg
Corporation, and man Of large heart
and excellent feelings. He was not a
little eccentric in some Of these ways
He had views and opinions of his his own,
he did his own thinking and perhaps
this is what made him seem odd to some
people.
He. had found William Taylor in a
store tying up bundles for twenty dollars
month. He had taken fancy to him,
and knowing him to be prompt and cor
rect accountant, industrious and attentive
ter. he had given him his present situation.
William had been married about a year
then. and was the father. of a little boy.
Three hundred dollars looked like great
wages to William. So he :ook better
house. put few articles Of new furniture
into it, opened account with the butcher,
the grocer, the baker, and the proprietor
of the livery stable.
On his present salary. he made up his
mind that he could live very handsomely;
and once or twice week he took Helen
out to ride.
He was entirely devoted to her, and she
enjoyed a riding SO much that it never oc-
CURED to him to count the cost.
Mr.. Mason,sa careful man, and feeling
deep interest in him, did count the cost,
and made up his mind that William was
little too fast. His suspicion was con-
tirmed by the livery keeper. who came
one day to inquire if the corporation
owed William anything. Others asked
the same question, They did not say
much, but enough for Mason to under
stand that this protege was in debt.
Only few Of The employees on the
corporation were paid quarterly. On the
first day Of January, as Mr.. Mason went
to the factory Just before eight o'clock, he
saw the deputy sheriff attending at the
gate. He was waiting there, probably so
that he could rush in and servo his writ
upon-th the corporation. before the emplo-
yees were paid. -7 .zr
Mr.. Mason thought Of William when
he saw the sheriff SO he went into the
office; opened the safe took out some
money and with the pay roll under his
arm, left the place.
Just as our hero was putting on his
hat to go out. Mr.. Mason entered the lit
tie Parlor.
Here. William. is seventy Eve dollars
your quarters salary. Write your name
on the pay roll. /" said Mr.: Mason.
Yes, sir, but -
Never mind sign your name..''
Whatdoes this mean sir / hope
Nothing Of the sort. There; that
will do. Pleasant morning, Mrs. Tay.
! lcr.''