Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1862-01-04

gagged In them. At such times as this, IL Is not
for US to consider what kind Of work will do,
30 long as it Is honest. Oh, give me the lib.
erty OF my own deserts, and the independ-
right"
But, my wife-onIy think-you carrying
out butchers stuff. Why, would sooner 20
and do 1t myself"
q" If You will CO." said the wife, with a
smile, 1 will stay at homo and take care Of
1t was 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 be promised he would 20 to the butch
er's in the morning.
And Peter Stanwood went upon his new
business. Mr.. Snow greeted him warmly.
praised his faithful wife, and sent him of
with two baskets, one to q Mrs. Smiths and
one to a Mrs. Dixall's And the new Garner
worked all day, and when night came he had
earned ninety-seven cents. It had been a day
OF trials, but no one sneered at him, and all
his aequaintanoes whom he met greeted him
the same as usual. He was far happier now
than he was when at home the night before,
for now he was independent. On the next
day he earned over dollar; and thus he con-
tinued to work for a week, at the end of which
time he had five dollars and seventy -fve cents
In his pocket, besides having paid for all the
food Tor his family, save some pieces of meat
| which Mr.. Snow had given him. Saturday
evening be met Mark Leeds, another binder,
Who was discharged from work with himself.
Leeds looked careworn and rusty.
Glow goes it 7' asked Peter.
Don't ask me, " groaned Mark. my fam.
lily are half-stsrved.h .
i" But can't you find anything to do'"
"Hsve you tried? ?"
:" "Everywher; but It's no use. However,
NJ. tfered me JOB outside of our trade"
"Whst was it ~
"Why he offered to let me do bis hand cart.
lnS' be has just turned off his Niger for
drunkenness, and offered me the place. The
old curmudgeon. By the powers, I had a
great mind to pitch him into the hand cart
and run to the ="
Mark mentioned the name of an Individual
who is supposed ts dwell somewhere in a
warmer region, somewhat warmer than our
tropics.
WELL" said Potter, off I had been in vour
place | should have taken up with the offer. !"
Why" resumed Peter, 81 have been
week"
Mark was incredulous, but his companion
convinced him. and they separated, one going
nome happy and contented, and the other
going away from home to find some sort of ex-
citement In which to drown his own misery.
One day Peter had q basket of provisions To
carry to Mr.. NJ. 1t was his former employer,
and just as he was entering the yard of his
customer, he met him coming out
All, StanwOod, is this you7" asked his old
employer kindly.
Yes, SIR"
"Whst are you mp TO now1"
:" IN butchers boy, SIR"
:" You see I've brought your provisions for
you, sir. I'm a regular butchers boy"
And how long have you been at work
thus?"
This is the tenth day"
I" But don't it come hard?"
"NothiRg Is hard 30 long az IL Is honest. and
will furnish my family bread"
this ?" -
"Sometimes over dollar, and sometimes
not over fifty cents"
"Well, look here, Stanwood, there has been
no less than dozen of my old hands hanging
around my counting room for a fortnight,
whining for work. They are stout, able men
for them. Last Saturday I took pity on Leeds
and offered him the job of doing my hand
Il cartiDg. told him would give him a dollar
| and quarter day, but he turned ND his
nose and asked me not to insult him. And
yet he owned that his family was suffering
L but you come 70 my place Tomorrow morning
and you shall have something to do, if it ID
only to hold my bench; honor you for your
manly independence"
Peter grasped the old mans hand with q
Joyous, grateful grip, and blessed him fer.
| yently. That night he gave Mr.. Snow notice
that be must quit, and on the following morn.
ing be went to the bindery. For two days be
had little to do, but on the third day heavy
| Job came in, and Peter Stanvoed had stead
II n han Al
for he had learned tN o things; first, what 9
noble wife be had; and second, how much
resource for good he held within his own en-.
| ergies.
Our simple picture has two points to its
moral One is-no man oan be lowered By
any kind Of honest labor. The seoond-while
you are enjoying the fruits of the present, for.
get not to provide for the future; for no man
10 90 secure but that the day may come when
he will want the squanderings Of the past