The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1861-10-10

| Hail an nOur afterwards Joseph
Cooper called for Nathan to accompa-
ny him, but his mission was fruitless.
He urged and urged, but Nathan said
"No.n aei cess
"Never again on any such scrapes,
and advise you to follow my PLAN"
Cooper at length found thatthe youth
was in. earnest, and, with derisive
laugh, he went away. 81 Aah oF-
We need not tell how Nathan spent
the evening, nor how happy he was.
But one thing we will state Very late,
after many very meaningless things had
been talked about, Nathan arrived at a
point where he found courage to ask
Mabel if she thought her father would
ever consent to receive him as SON.
in-law.
"He has spoken with me on the sub
ject," answered the maiden, firmly and
frankly, "and he told me that, if you
made as good man, morally and So
cially, as you had thus far been boy
and youth, he should be happy to see
me your wife"
youth thought more than he spoke !;
and the glistening tears that stood in
his eyes told how deep were his feel
ings. 49,.
On the following morning, Nathan
went early to the shop, happy and bouy
ant. About an hour afterwards, Jo-
seph Cooper made his appearance,
looking sleepy and with a pale face.
"Well, Joe," said Nathan, "what
sort of time did you have last nj ght ?"
"Glorious-glorious," cried Cooper.
"Rum, enough, though, and was fool
enough to drink some." as a.s.
This last clause was spoken in
changed tone.
"Why, I did not know that you ever
drank" said Nathan, with much sur
prise, gae. 4tI u1r sE..
81 don't like to; but had to last
night. They hung on SO that l couldn't
get rid of it,"
"Ab, Joe, you'd better have taken
my advice last night"
"And how long is it since you have
become so nice % asked Cooper with
some irony. -r-
'Only since last evening"" kindly re-
piled Nathan, land even then became
so only from the plain advice and coun-
sci of another"
'But we had some rare sport. Oh,
some-I tell you" And as Cooper
thus spoke, he gave significant wink,
and then went TO his hench Et r-r.
Joseph Cooper was only two-and
twenty, and been an apprentice to Mr..
Clark until his majority, since which
time he had been at work as a journey
man. aa t.t
Nothing more was said on the sub
ject of the last nights scrape until near
the middle of the afternoon. 1t was
near three o'clock, when the deputy
sheriff entered the shop and inquired
for Joseph Cooper. T.a. .e
"Where is "copper"" the officer
asked of Nathan Wilder.
"That's him at the other end of the
shop, sir.''
'Let's see," resumed the visitor,
glancing over the paper he held in his
had "where were you last night ?''
GA home, sir.'
"You didn't go over to the back vii
lage ?" -1-i+t- So
mo sir; I've concluded TO let that
company go without me, hereafter"
"Good. Pm glad of that" uttered
the sheriff, emphatically, and then he
went along to where Cooper was at
work. 2tF 4a'3fia 49,. 1lA5fIa
He spoke with the young man, and
the latter turned pale as death. There
was much evident begging and pray
ing, butin vain. The officer had come
for Joseph Cooper, and he could not
go without him. So Joe washed his
hands and put on his coat and hat, and
then, with trembling step, he accom-.
panied the officer from the shop.
When Nathan went out after his
days work was done, he learned the
whole story. On the night before, q
party of young men had gone over to
the back village and had a carousal at
Billy Mac Wayn's and on their return
had torn down fences, and carried
away barn doors, opened barn-yard,
and let the cattle out, stole water-mel
t Ons, and several other things of like
character. News had been received
there that the party were coming and
) they were watched. They were seer
to do these things. and though it was
l too dark to distinguish their faces a
| the time, yet all who were at MAJ
, Wayne's were known and they hat
, been traced to their mischief. i
That very evening the party. four
: teen in number, were arraigned before
! justice, and the complaint was en-
, tered against them. Poor Cooper
i pleading that he had nothing to d.
with the work and while tears rollet
/ down his cheeks, asserted his limo
e cence.
t "You have been in the same com
: pany before ?" said the justice.
f eyes, sir;" hesitatingly answered
: Cooper. s9 s s
8 "And you have known their charac
/ ter for mischief and disturbance Z!
1 eyes, sir; but - = .y
! 'aNever mind now," interrupted tn
) Judge. "You should have thought o
: this before. No one man in this part,
s would have gone alone and done thi