St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1860-11-08
anoral Gale.
From The Iowa Monthly School Journal.
THE TWO CLERKS.
BY MRS. CAROLINE A. SOCLE'

"Glory !" exclaimed Henry Day
ton, as he tossed the last piece of
goods upon the shelf, and flung his
yard-stick under the counter, and then
to an impromptu melody he sung
gayly:
"Another Tuesdays work is done,
Another good time has begun"
"Comc, Jimmie, hurry up ~ to
| another young man about his own
age. "A lot Of us boys have hired a
big sleigh, and are going down the
river piecc-say ten, or fifteen, or
twenty miles, and then coming back
as far as " llolt's," where we're going
to stop and have little dance. You'll
join us won't you come, say yes, for
once now, like a good fellow and
he twirlcd his little moustache, and
run his fingers lightly through his
curly locks.
Thank yon, Henry, but I'm en-
gagged this evening"
Engaged, eagogd! I'd like to know
if there was ever an evening when
you weren't engaged Pray, what
do you do with yourself? Is there a
pretty girl in the case ? if there is,
I'll release you, and say nothing"
No pretty girl, and James Sey-
ton smiled, but an old man who ex-
poets me punctuaIIy at half-past sew
en-
An old man ! who is he, pray.
An old man what d. you have to do
with old men, Ia like to know"
Considerable about these times,
seeing that spend four evenings out
Of every week with them"
" The deuce You do, though But
who are they, and what in thunder do
/ you want with thcm.'
Zone is Professor Molineux, of
whom take lessons in French, and
| the other is Professor Blackmau, who
is initiating me into the mysteries of
bookkeeping"
French bookkeeping What
do you want to know anything about
either Of them for? What is the use
Of a poor clerk bothering his brains
about the Parieyrons Of folks over the
ocean, or about single and double ell
try. Tell me if you can"
/" | will, as we walk along, Henry"
and James linked his arm within
that Of his gay companion. al am
not satisfied with being poor clerk
i want to rise little in the world
as | grow older. want to earn me a
competence at least. | want a home
and little something out at interest
to look to if dark days should come.
| have no rich friends to push me. |
have only my head and these two
hands to work with and | mean to
use them. | receive five hundred dol
lars a year now if | understood
book keeping in part only, could get
a Thousand if | understood it thor
oughly and practically, could get
fifteen hundred if understood
French, also, | could get two thousand
Think of that, Henry,-it wouldn't
take me long to save up enough t
get me snug little nest. And then
besides the money, should have the
satisfaction of knowing | had capi
tai in my hcad-one of which no mar
could rob me-"
And for this, You deny yourself
all recreation, Jimmie shut yourself
up like a hermit, and never take bi
of fun"
" You're mistaken, Henry. have
plenty of recreation. | get good
walk three times a day, going to and
from my boarding house. Then | at
tend lecture at the Young Mems In
stitute, every Wednesday evening
and Saturday nights have good time
practicing with the choir of the church
| attend. My lessons never last later
than nine o'clock, which gives me {
good hour for reading before bedtime
And then have the mornings, Henry
and much can be done in them, if yot
are an early riser, which am habit
ually. In the summer | take lone
walk luto the country, aud never fai
to find something to add to my herba
rum or specimen shelf, while in win
ter have grand time with m,
: skates
Bnt your fun. Jimmie. When d
, you have that ?"
"What do you call fun, Henry?"
, "Why, getting together lot of icl