The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1860-10-11

the driver, repeatadit, and from him
4 got the explanation of the term. borg
I could not get back to the kitchen tt
work again after my voyage, So
looked diligently for some employment
An advertisement in paper for L
printers boy caught my eye, and / APP
piled and was received. Here / was
quite happy; / made myself favorite
in the office, and fortunately succeeded
p in learning the business. so that my
services would cammand a fair remune
J. ration. 5gG 1g3Ila5 stf tfElo l Us
\ AT twenty one married Susan Rus
tsett, the daughter of my employer. /
am thus briefsin recording this, because
by no alchemy what ever could con.
vert the old fashioned matter of fact
liking for eachoter and subse quent
union into anything like romance
The whole might be compressed into
"a single sentence. Lei liked her and
married her when found she liked me.
My description of our new home will
be quite as brief. We took two rooms,
furnished them comfortably, and Susan
kept them shining the year round. If
everlI enjoyed true, real, unremitted
\ happiness, without care or anxiety, or
fear for the future, it was in those
days. What peace we enjoyed ! our
two eldest. children were born here; and
\ then our limits seemed too small but
it was real pain to Doth of us to move
from the long abode which had been
the scene of SO many calm and peaceful
hours. ue1f 1ab4s a#1 i9 Ei5gaa
We removed to- a cottage in the
suburbs of Bostonl;not those miniature
cities which now rise up beside the
veritable Trimountain, but small and
obscure village, since risen to the size
and Importance it deserves. About the
time that we removed and were quietly
settled, very important law case was
in the docket, and when it came on we
were very busy printing the reports of
the trial as it progressed. / became.
Immensely absorbed in it not so much
from sympathy with the parties con-
cerned as from a feeling that were I
acquainted with the technicalities of
the law, | could seize upon the very
many points of Importance which I
believed the prisoners overlooked altos
gether This idea grew stronger upon
my mind. had access to law books
which were in my employers sanctum,
and lpored over them sometimes all
night long. o. fo auon sa5 s5 ~ at8
MIR. Russell had been bred to the
law, but had relinquished his profession
for that of an editor, some years before
the birth of myawife. Il frankly stated
to him my wishes in regard to fitting
myself for the bar. ulai h5w9lf tGlt
He first laughed at me, then seriously
tried to dissuade me from attempting it.
Opposition only strengthened my pur-
pose, and L entered the office of an
eminent lawyer, who overlooked my
deficiencies In some respects, in consid-
Grafton, as he was pleased to term it, of
the talent and acumen which myreplies
to his questions displayed.
L now wrote for the journal [ had
been accustomed to print, and with such
secresy that Mr.. Russell did not find
out who his new contributor was. He
would often wonder, in my presence,
who it could be, and ascribed to him a
degree of talent and brilliancy of ex.
preston as / had hardly hoped to
deserve. lie often, too, imputed my
articles to --- and -, then the
two leading writer's of the day, and ex-
pressed his opinion that they would
not remain incog. a great while. The
tiattery pleased me, but did not show
any vanity to lead me into betraying
myself Through third party re-
ceived larger compensation for my
labors, certainly than / should have
done had my wise father in-law had the
least suspicion who his correspondent
was. f....
| studied hard, and had at length the
inexpressible satisfaction Of being adj
mitted to the Suffolk bar; I took an
office with another young law yer, in or
der to reduce our expenses, and ] wait
ed anxiouslY for the brief period what
should be offered.
Poor Susan My heart aches at the
remembrance Of certain privations to
which, with angel sweetness, she sub
mitted at this period, in order that
might appear respectable. My contri-
buttons to various literary journals
barely gave us the means ofsustenance,
and | had so nearly offended Mr.. Bus
sett by sighting his advance, that did
not dare to apply to him for any assist
ance.
One day, in passing from ou1
suburban residence to the city, | met
) my old landlady, Mrs. Jones. She
looked at me hard, and returned it
There was no mistaking that good,
|. honest countenance and expressive
form, even when dressed as it was, in
the deepest mourning. A widows am
pie veil hung over the back other head.
and nearly swept the street. The recog.
milton was mutual, and the old lady's
raptures at finding me were almost toe
strong for out door exhibition. She
told me of poor Jones' death of their
removing to the country when the old
house in Howard street was torn down
"And now" she said, 81 am alone in
the world"
"Come and live with me % were my
first words. "You gave me home
when l was lone child"
stopped, for the thought passed
back upon me that / was poor, and
unable even to maintain my own family.
A strange smile fitted over the face OF
my friend, while she enquired of my
situation. I told her, and described my
, wife and children.
81 will go to you, for 1 can help
your wife enough to pay my board. -
| was almost displeased at what ]
had done when [ considered the i'm
mense appetite which l had considerable
ly offered to supply, and which | well
remembered of old. But I chung to my
t bargain, and begged her to come viii