The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1862-11-15
My Uncle's Cashier.

/ = ~ N''N 6Ns JNu Nh0Sl RO Will U
very small allowance indeed, and you
must work hard for fellowship of some
W H''2)S1sd )H@ nothing, as you
know that beyond a provision for your
mother and the unmarried girls, | Shall
leave nothing behind me when | 90. II
you do go to college, you will enter a cir.
Gle, the entering of which will multiply
ten-fold your chances Of success in after
life; it will give you position in society
of which nothing but bad conduct on
your part can deprive ysu, and will nut
you in the fair road to become what |
should like to see you-a scholar and a
1gehtewAN. M, on the other hand, you
accept your uncleS @g91 '-'~> |92'.' -. i.
far larger allowance, as salary, than can
give you under any circumstances, the
chance Of succeeding him in a very good
business, and soon becoming a man OF
some importance in the commercial world.
| need say no more, you must choose for
yourself; ] shall want your answer to-
morrow, in time to post; go and think
it over. Don't say anything to your sis.
ters, or they'll persuade you to go to Pa.
lis, for the chance of visiting you there. "
Such was my fathers address, to rne at
the age Of seventeen. II was a difficult
question to decide Oxford or paris?-
Still did decide, and next day announced
tlat decision.
i should prefer going to college, father,
at all events
Glad to hear it. my boy, though the
other course would have been the cheap.
er for me; still am glad to hear it, |
can't do much for you, but in sending you
to college ] can do more than can in any
other way. If there's anything in YOU, it
will come out there; if not, you will not
be Spoilt for ether things afterwards, 50
I God speed you. my boy
To college, therefore, ! went, with only
one more word Of advice from my father
. As | left the gate in the hired chaisc for
the station, he said:
God bless you, my boy; if you mean
t" lie anything, don't hear midnight
strike too cltrn.
Three years passed and was get
ting on, As my mother used to tell her
iicndN; and il few months more | had
hopes Of getting something worth hav-
ing, in the shape ot my degree with hon.
or>. and a fellowship. Alas Nv hopes
were vain. had hardly returned 10 col
";c at the end of my third long vacation
Nh1n received "A telegram announcing
nav fathers illness, aud reached home too
lat" to see him again alive. Ny cnlI,g gr
irca'E> were 0vrr-I had not ,cnnv IN
T., worll-I must work for all | WAS to
tavr
Nv unclc row Nrotc to ne t" te;.elt
his former offer. lj"l fully accepted it,
a"d IN month after my fathers dcr'il |
vas ia Pari>.
Ny u"clc'> house WAS in one Of the
,,nniI streets lying between the hu,.
NNira',g auI il4 RHc Morimait: ;.>'
r"rla "f the B,ur>c. 1t Wa, a may hc
>urp">,i i'"m It's situation, anr Old
rambling place. with the banking o!'icy>
IN o3c SHE OF the court yard, aml the
-ll,ucc oh the ether. he suit oi
thrrc i,9uj>, co,nmuliiratcl by swing
,,,p'~; iI ia" fIrtlI->t >nt my unclc, the
ucNt Ma> the rilf cashiers OF C'cr X :.
anil lii" thiri, the office proper. \
ylui.trl stretched along the whole length
ot the r. ,'n, and "n t.t top oi IT," c"nn-
~ Ia" Il !l:', >t'"ns, wire Gu1r "i,h
t;p ,r iH',: >atl ciI mar urc .i"gS,
thirI-., Nhlt.l tie n.i,,r MAS PASSED
I aud papers were taken. Behind th,>
! guard Vas 10 1T as third cashier or
| c,pik. My uuc'v'> business Vas that of
"A Lan|g', III! di.cpuutrr, an2 money len
dor; ami t. .lad.c by the rate at which
h" lived, he must for some Years have
r!nploytd Il We V large amount Of capital,
or must have lent this money, at q little
mu'c than five per cent. interest.
Ny uuc!c having shown me the offices,
took me ovc- to the house.
MY daughter, Mr. Warlcs-Victor-
inc. my dear, Mr.. Wardes-a nephew Of
miue.
looked at my cousin once and again
She was worth looking at-a most slnSu-
I lar mixture Of races was visible IN her
! face. She had high, broad, thoughtful,
German forchead-a mans rather than a
grl's-a delicate chin and mouth, with
! the small teeth So Characteristic Of the
more highly organized French nature,
! and eyes unni>ttkaby English, in the
clear bridged outline Of the one, and the
opcn, fearless gaze Of the others. She
Was n curi,>ity-a new Thing and de-
tcrlnined To >tHdy Nirtorine, NV cousin.
'Yon must dine with us, at six O'Clock.
Who're did you sleep last night:
/ AT the u, dfurd.'
You'd better brig your trunks here;
vonr room i ready
/ Really, had no i,ea that | was to
! live here
! Where else, my boy, where else p
Paris is, not cheap place for young men;
yuu'll live here cheaper than anywhere
J else; more comfurtably, perhaps, ii you
and Xi.:torine don't quGSs<} =
This was more than had hoped for, t
find myself domiciled in my uncle'S houSc.
| thought he had done much in renewing
his offer after my previous refusal, but
this overcamc me.
I'm really very grateful to you for all
your kindness
An right, my lad, all right. See and
get your things here, or you'll be too late
for dinner.
At dinner | was introduced to tn"
chief clerk. or rather, the manager Of MY
uncle's business. Once or twice | NJ
ticed his eyes fix themselves upon me
in way that gave me the idea ot hi
measuring me- | felt annoyed at this
and showed it little, perhaps IN tnc
tone of nv voice as answered hi in'
qureS as to the practices of English com
merce.
%! said my uncle, he knows moth
ing about the matter, Monsieur Nernay.
ASK him to rccite to you chorus from
the 'Antigone,' and he'll repeat half the
book but Of commerce-of banking
he knows nothing
We shall be able to teach him our
system in few years, il he shall stay so
long with US
Hell stay longer than I shall, dare
say, NJ. Vernay.' --.
iLet me hope not, NJ. Wardes, you are
a Young man yet-quite young man.