Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1860-02-23

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Except yoursclf,-yourself, old fellow.
said Richard, moved, in spite Of his ligh
nature. He grnsped his brothers. hand. III
a noble thing to do; but have you consider
ed how 1t will affect your futuret You, will
neither fortune nor profess ion, ,-how do yo,
propose TO lvel And your marriage. ..-th,
Beauchanps will never consent to Rosa be-
coming the wife OF a-a'--
Not beggar, Richard Everett said
smiling, 'if that was the word you hesitatet
abou,; no, shall be no beggar. have
plans for my own futnre;--you shall know
OF ,hem, Our marriage will. OF course, bt
delsyeI. must work, to win home ant
position for my wife, He paused, d,-looker
up bravely, ,-'lt is no harder fate than fall.
to most men. And for Rosa,-true love
true woman as she is, she helps me, she en-
couroges me in all do and purpose
Captain Gray shrugged his shoulders
1.-TWO mad young people' he thought to
himself They never think of ofconsequences
and it's Of no use warning them | suppose.
No. 1t would have been useless to warn
or advise Everett agains, doing this thing
which he held to be simply his duty. And
II was the characteristic of our Visionary
that, when he saw duty SO placed before
him, he knew no other course than straight
ly to pursue it, looking neither to the rigbI
hand nor to the left. unprevented by OBJ
stacles, and fearless OF consequences.
So in this case. His brother advised o
tenporsing course,--to mortgage the estate
for instance, and pay moiety Of the debts
1t was surely all that could be expected
from q man who had not actually incurred
them. Ard then he might still be the
nominal owner of Hazlewood, The Oh,
still marry Rosa. -....
while, IL you do as you propose argued
the Captain, '(and you know, of course, old
fellow, fully appreciate your noble and
honorable feeling in the matter you ruin
your own hopes; and can't see that a fell
low is called upon to do that, as a point oi
fina! duty. What are you to do! that's I,he
thing. 1t ism, as though y'u had anything
to fall hack upon, by love! It's a case OF
beggaring yoursell'--
Instead of beggaring other people, Ev.
erett said. mo. Richard,--l cannot see
either the justice or the wisdom of wha,
you propose. will not cast the burden on
other shoulders. AS my fathers represen.
tatve, l must abide the penalty OF his mis-
take, and only. cannot rest while oul
name is as the catchwotd of ruin and misery
to thousands around us, less able 10 bea,
both, perhaps, :han ], who am young and
strong, ,--able to work both with head ant
hands ---.- .-.--.-.-. -.-.-----
But think of Rosa!' said his BROTHER
How do you get over haR Isn't her hap
piness worth some consideration
1T has been my thought, night and day
ever since,' Everett said. In low voice. i
has came between me and what felt to bt
the Right, more than once. You don't know
whut that thought has been, or you woult
no. challenge it against me now .....
We'll. well only want you to look OF
all sides OF what you are about TO do, ant
to count The cost beforehand
Everett, smiled quietly. As if 'the cost
were not already counted, felt, and suffered
in that deep heart of his! Buthe said no
thing.
'ln the next place, what do you propos,
10 do!' pursued his brother. 'Will you en-
ter professionl Can't say you're mucI
adapted for lawyer; and perhaps YOU'RE
too tender hearted for doctor, either. Blu
| remember, as boy, you always;said yo,
should like to be clergyman. And, b!
love! when one comes TO think of it, you'v,
n good deal of the cut of tire village prizes
ON hot do, hat
i 'No,hing. have other plans.' And Ev
erett proceeded briefly to tell him these. =
He had heard from Charles Barclay, nov
high in The confidence Of one OF the lead
ing mercantile firms of Montreal; an
through him, he had obtained the offer of al
appointment in the same house
Richard Gray listened 10 all this, witt
i'll concealed amusement twitching the cor
nets OF his mouth. He thought the idea O
Fl his brothers. turning man .of business on
OF the richest he had ever heard. .i ,.a
with your hard he ID and shrewd notions
should say you were likely to make a sen
salion in the mercantile world he observed
'It's hopeful scheme, altogether. oh
. hang it's proceeding from sarcasm to re
monstrance, 'thut'll never do, Everett!-
You'll be getting into some precious scrap
or other. You're not the fellow for mel
n chants Office, trust me. Now something
4 the way of government appointment
much more like it. A pleasant, poetic,
, sort of sinecure,--there are lots of them I
!. be had. You just trunde down for an hor
n or two every day, write letters, or poem
or whatever you like, with the official st'
: toner, and receive your salary quarterly
a You cant do any mischief in place lik
- that. Now that's the sort of thing for yo
d --if one could get hold of some of thos
fellows in power. 'Wbyr Frightening viii
a the sudden flash OF an idea, 'lhere are ii
= Beauchamps themselves! They've legio
! Of influential relatives. Couldn't they z,
: you into snug berth! Oh, the Devilr-
RI for Everelt's look was not to be mistaken
}. If you bring your high-hown ideas Of d
:. nifty and independence into this plan, pra
tical question o. substance, it's all up wi
q you. Do you mean 10 tell me that y,
n seriously think OF this Canada schemep
m Everett assen.ed. s.#H
te Have you informed Lady Beauchamp
= | vour ntent ion of becouinU mercha n,