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

why, first went to Mrs. Shows.
| knew her girl was sick, and / hoped
she might have work to be done. !
went to her and told her my story, and
she set me at work at once, doing her
washing. She gave me food to bring
home to my children, and paid me
three shilings when l got through"
"What-you been out washing fol
our butchers wife 20 said Peter, look.
ing much surprised. "a ratigsrr
.ssOf course | have, and have earned
thereby enough to keep us, through to-
morrow, at any rate; SO tomorrow you
may come home to dinner" sisie91 2
"But how about the rent ?''no ao'ss.
sob, have seen Mr.. Simson, told
him just how we are situated, and of
fered him my watch as a pledge for the
payment Of the rent within three
months, with the interest on the ar
rearages up to that date. i told him
did the business, you were away hunt
ing up work"
ESQ he's got your gold watch % -
"No, he wouldn't take it. He said
if would become responsible for the
payment he, would be at rest.'' 70,
"Then we've got roof to cover us
and food for to morrow. But what
next? What curse these hard times
are." c.osf, af, fas.5.s y.4 ,...
'.Don't despair, Peter, for we shall
not starve. I've got work enough to
keep us alive" 'ii t-'l' {
"Ah-what is that 20 oa Ut .Goi
-"Why, Mr.. Snow engaged me to
carry small packages, baskets, bundles,
and SO forth, to his customers. He had
to give up one of his horses"
"What do you mean, Maria ?''
"Just what / say. When Mr.. Snow
came home to dinner, was there, and
asked him if he ever had light articles
which he wished to send around to
customers. Never mind all what was
said He did happen to want just such
work done, though he meant to call
upon the idlers who lounged about the
market. He promised to give me all
the work he could, and Pm to be there
in good season in the morning. ytoH
swell this, is pretty 60. My wife
a butchers boy! You will not do any
such thing" -'D 20 ''oii 100 9 {,
"And why not,?" 1900 a7I.-g'T6f 2a
sBecause-because-" sivo4-
'sSay, because it will lower me in the
social scale" .-..
swell, SO it WILL"
"Then it will be more honorable to
lay still and starve, and see ones chill.
dren starve too, than to earn honest
bread by honest work. / tell you Pc
ter, if, you cannot find work, l must.
We should have been without bread
tonight had l not found work to-day.
You know that all kinds Of light,
agreeable business are seized upon by
those who have particular friends and
engaged to them. At such times as
this, tits not for us to consider what kind
of work we will do, as long as tits hon
est. Oh, give me the liberty of living
upon my own desrets, and the indeeen-
dence to be governed by my own con-
victions of right" s'oH I7f'jo lle 81 Y
G"But my wife-only think-you car-
rying our butchers stuff Why, /
would sooner go do it myself" p mon.
|.If you will CO." said the wife, with
a smile, 81 will stay at home and take
care of the children" uiIoqqg Tr2Toq
ItIwas hard for Peter Stanwood, but
the more he thought upon the matter,
the more he saw the justice and right
of the path into which his wife thus
led him. Before he went to bed he
promised he would GO to the butchers
in the morning. Fl vrEsera.. " IN 5fsd
And Peter Stanwood went upon his
new business. Mr.. Snow greeted him
warmly, praised his faithful wife. and
then sent him off with two baskets, one
to Mrs. Smiths and one to Mrs. Dix
all's. And the new carrier worked all
day, and when night came he had
earned ninety seven cents. It.had been
"a day of trials, but no one sneared at
him, and all his acquaintance whom
he met greeted him the same as usual
He was far happier now than he was
at home the night before, for now he
was independent. si Psas-1i-
On the next day he, earned over .
dollar; and thus he continued to worl
for week, at the end of which time
he had fve-dollars and seventy five
cents in his pocket, besides having paid
for all the food of his family, save
some pieces Of meat which Snow had
given him. Saturday evening he met
Mark Leeds, another, binder, who was
discharged from work with himself.
Leeds looked careworn and rusty.
ssHow goes it," asked Peter. ..-.f
"Don't ask me-" groaned Mark, "my
family are half starving"
ssBut can't you find something tt
do ?" #
Nothing" a
ti"Have you tried 2" a,iauO adI
Everywhere but it's no use. !
have pawned all my clothes save those
1 have on. have been to the bindery
to-day, and what do you suppose he
offered me-" 9a1 uIi" ,,' -e9 i'-
"What was it?'' .a3 nro4f rstta
.r"Why he offered to let me do. hi
and-carting! lie had just turned of
his nigger for drunkenness, and offere,
me his place.! The old curmudgeon
By the powers, l had a great mind t.
pitch him into the hand cart and ruI
him to he-n .ns zigtE