The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1861-11-28
Out of Work.

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SIT is no use, Maria, I've tried
everywhere Esw Ysog4re1 peiwoa
But you are not going to give up,
Peter % pr :, -, ~ -
Give up? How can, help it?
Within four days have been to every
book -bindery in the city, and not bit
of work can / obtain.'' ,.5 be-s
n" But have you tried anything else %
"What else can | try?'' eI3 0s,I
s"Why, anything you can do" 3fil3
eyes, I've tried other things. Ihaye
been to more than a dozen of my
friends and offered to help them if they
would hire me-" aTe,,ef -
"And what did you mean to do for
them Pr tega az fe.it 5rerrot .,t..a.
81 offered to post their accounts,
make out their bills, or attend to the
counter" r, os 80. fI,,p 1-s o,,,,. rro
Mrs. Stanwood smiled as her hus-
band thus spoke. -ro la 81 bsz
"What makes you smile ?" he asked.
"To think you should have imagined
that you would find work in such a
place. But how is Mark Leeds ?' sd
''He is worse off than / am ?''
elbow so 90 .,,r. - -sy5f 49,, i
she has nothing to eat.'' Ena6a Er.
A shudder crept over the wife's frame
now. !yr eds athe tsc1 5IycY wsE SAN
"Why do you tremble wife ?" o or
s"Because when we shall have eaten
our breakfast tomorrow morning, we
shall have nothing rgi.Ie+ .yrfara ad.
"What % cried Peter Stanwood, half
starting from his chair. s'Do you
mean that % -a.+ +.E .osor7Ha
81 do."' f o..-, --ef r-,, o+,,,-.-..
''But our -four ?'' .so-.s s5-a.fteC
'All gone. baked the last this af-
ternoon.'' +a9--T ,r7-a a.sdt AL .t.5 a.
''But we have pork sraisssu 1oa
'You ate the last. this noon.". tud
'Then we must starve p groaned the
stricken man, starting ecross the room.
Peter Stanwood was book binder
by trade, and had now been out of en-
ployment over month. He was one
of those who generally calculated to
keep about square with the world, and
who consider themselves fortunate if
they keep out of debt. He was now;
thirty years of age, and had three chill.
dren to provide for, besides himself
and wife, and this together with the
house rent, was a heavy draft upon his
purse, even when work was plenty, but
now there was nothing.
"Maria," said he, gazing his wife in
the face, eve must starve. have not
a single penny in the world" .''A l2i
,q''But do not despair, Peter. Try
again tomorrow for work. You may
find something to do. Anything that
is honest and honorable. Should you
earn but shilling day we should not
starye.' COZ -l1fCl lCH0Ua Z sd3 F.
"But our house ?" ~ 1881 ~
"Trust me for that. The landlord
shall not turn us out. If you will en-
gage to find something to do, will see
that we have our house ROOM"
''I'll make one more trial." uttered
Peter despairingly. lgs .innI-I 9dt 20
-ai"But you must go prepared te do
anything i,sao s4-.sI -e--s,a, 81
Anything reasonable, Maria"
"Why-anything decent % -'1.' 80
The wife felt inclined to smile but
the matter was too serious for that, and
cloud passed over her face. She knew
her husbands disposition, and she felt
sure he would find no work. She knew
he would look for some kind of work
that would not lower him in the social
scale, as he had once or twice expressed
it. However, she knew it would be no
use to speak to him now, and she let
the matter pass.
On the following morning, the last
bit of food was placed on the table.
Stanwood could hardly realize that he
was penniless and without food. For
years he had been gay, thoughtless and
fortunate, making the most of the pres
ent, forgetting the past, and leaving the
future to take care of ITSELF Yet the
truth was naked and clear, and when
he left the house he said, " something
mast be DONE" 81 {. !. .f,o,.r...,. :,
r No sooner had the husband gone out
than, Mrs. Stanwood put on her bonnet
and shawl, He eldest child was girl
seven years old, and her Youngest four.
She asked her next door peighbori il
she. would take care of. her children
until noon. These children. were
known oibe good and quiet, and they
were taken cheerfully. Then Mrs.
Stanwood locked the house and wen,
away. She returned at noon bringing
some dinner for thes children and then
went away again. She came home IN
the evening before her husband, carry
ing a heavy basket upon her arm.
"Well, Peter" she asked, after her
husband had entered and sat down.
|sswhat luck %
ssNothing! nothingr' he groaned'
E'sI have made out to get dinner from
an old chum, but could find no work !!
"And where have you looked to-
day ?"
"Oh-everywhere. 1 have been tc
a hundred places, but it is the same
in every place. It's nothing but one
eternal sno-no!' = I'm sick and tired
ofcit.'' sHl. q5l fsHa5 fsn 80 .aaa
81 even went so far as to offer tc
tend liquor store down town. avoo
The wife smiled.
.t>r -. . II Ill ,,,o do 9r uttered