The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1860-04-26

what sort Of . compromise Something new
again ,"
That We shall live genteelly twice as long as
Mr.. Carlton does-will that do p
Certainly it will-for 1t Is twice as much as
l ask -
e But there Is another condition.
" What is that? not = Veto | hope?'
30. no-merely 4 condition
Well, let u hear it
That Is. that if Nj. Carlton doesn't run has
race in the course Of twelve months, we Will en-
ter the lists with him. ana run too.
No. Move want 70 enter the lists now"
Then YOU cannot enter them at all-but if
you will wait till the twelye months are past,
| will then get You = carriage, and It's cOncom-
itants-repair and refurnish the old house, and
live in stvle To the utmost Of your wishes. To
this condition YOU must consent, or be willing To
live, a. we have done, in the same good old
way"
'tSince we must, then we must, for there Is no
appeal from Your decision, Of course, for women
never have a voice in anything
From this time the old gentleman heard no
more from his wife. or his daughters, about the
matter. but he saw that they were evidently
watching the CARTONS from day 10 day, and long
ing TO have the twelve months slip by-tor they
knew that he would be aS good a. his word, and,
If 80, that happy times awaited them.
Six Of the months passed away as the first had
begun-Nr. Carlton drove a powerful business
lived in great stvle-encouragCd custom from
every quarter-sold on credit 70 any and every
one-gave splendid parties-countenanced the
young beaux in their attentions 10 has daughters.
and solicited popularity ON every hand and Sc
cured it-but when his notes became due, he
didn't meet them
Alas-for this one mistake-this slightest OBJ
stacle 10 success. This little dead weight caused
the scale To turn against him-againsthi him fatally.
The drama ceaSed-the curtain fell Those same
merchants in the great city, when they heard how
he was dashing out, and what "a swell he was
cutting'-thOse same friends Of his, who had so
encouraged him 10 60 into the country and make
his fortune. now came upon him with their notes
like an avalanche, and swept him away into bank
ruptcy-as il We're, in Il mOment-in the twink
ling OF an eye!
One morning. as Mrs Benton and her daugh-
tiers were looking out of the window, in the d.
rection of Mr.. Cartons store, they saw Mr.. Ben
ton stopping before the store. and looking at II
apparently with an unusual degree of interest.
What can that mean? said Mrs. Benton.
- Surely something must have happened, other
wise Mr.. Benton wouldn't linger there so there
must be a death in the family-and Grape at the
door -
Something more than that, mother, said one
of the daughters . father wouldn't stop for that
so long"
What can it be, then - said she g surely,
l can't imagine"
So Mrs. Benton waited for her husband to come
along and explain.
Well, Mr.. Benton" said she, :" what is the
matter at Mr.. Carlton's?"
Nothing very remarkable - said he; " the
store is closed, that is all"
50 1t is! and where is Mr.. Carlton ?"
Gone"
Gone where %
Where | expected him to GO"
80 But do tell"
Into bankruptcy :"
:" lie has who would have thought of it,"
WHO would have thought of anything else ?
He had nothing to start with, and nothing to go
on with, and nothing to keep up with, except
other peoples money whilst that lasted, he
lived, and dashed, and swelled-but when they
saw that he wasn't fit to be trusted, they with
drew their support, and he fell to the ground.
Z" And now, my dear, shall we initiate him, or
shall we live on our own? We can live on other
people if we wish-we have credit enOugh-we
can 90 and buy goods enough-we can buy car
riages and horses-repair and retit houses-give
large parties and live in great style-all this we
can dO-for a time-then We shall 90 by the
board What think you? Is it best to live on
our own, and be contented with it, or to live on
others and become bankrupts and vagabonds ?"
Mrs. Benton made no reply, farther than to
say. Husband breakfast is ready-we have
been waiting for you half an hour The daugh-
tiers didn't come to the table that morning
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