Litchfield enquirer., 1863-10-29
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,1:..2 a22l.l. -xad -ssiiL. |~ + ym'fisci Mencaant's Test. yale4a9 r st!lihk al n,'4afsai.litbao aola maa rhss taken | <iptp. his hsalts sssd YasealffM..5fonY on si 97s H sWhy, ,thstsea,l ysu .IIean,r RAiiIipt? noi,rnc p '0h'y thatzheiwas talkipxrerg earasstly, with MILO glethorps asI Io wsatw ipto n his tapw4jasi
 now, ,lanti as they ce~sed -xerS drsqtlN tpn ny
 ertrasncs.'iItp"k the li5nssy oflwnitpg .pptfsjds the 1door till fiiG consersaton was, ,Eesaped and
 hsnrd lenousIli io satisfy slps that OslsthaEn
 hss nephewa who. is, Aasat ta take spaEr III
 plaes.7a9 3ii" fr9msrnaas ST tuai -7llr7na s'hr | '9Wiist dilyeu eyfrheay 2I'.!, lo y-,..alri [, l Merely sentence from each. NO Oeleth'gp
 sniAI asb; you think my nephsw qXill hyve tpfe
 difficulty in filling 'ahe nphee4 ofs your Laad Sclers, ahi Bsale treplied,1 None whatever ;
 the other clerk, llRhilHP Meldln,a has been ia < yestablishhieutsa long, time, Isndii can give him alsittls ibsight intob ,rLasiaess afaHa # 1needIba 'noIdl net wait tog hsear, maoHs, bpt itlatislenougA. Itbigkf'4, edr r,Y4us o, issI v. -tse 1t woaidIseeins cad Richard, in si tone iof deep despondency. .iliAhs,I oJ yGG -s4hisassn is the gid man to dischaFge dsl aT you and eaqaIly stra it were me n99w IshouJ ld
 Aspdd bnt, be has all along sfp sesp- ed to taiAk So much ef you, But it's iust lilks him always dopg something % opt d of tss the com pm; mqpaiWay- syyfJ1 san.1bn Ii hnB o4bilni4,s7,
 Richard Wilkins was too sick sc,l at heart to 2 reply.a He turned to bis desk and m mende4yorsed H to cenaeatntes his swaassisrng gag thoughts Jppop
 bis work, but ia gaiaa The pen dHoppssd ,from n, his f9gess, as,p apd leaning his head on his hand
 he gayei full scope to his sorroyfnl and indg ! nant 1.r feelings. When the tYo gentlemen. emerged from on Mr Be4leis private room, hs started like one guilty of 2, secret crime, and snsetS;hing the per, py3tended te be all absorb
 ed in bis duties. His Hurried manher,. so tdlf- ferent from his usual qiiet composure. was nC
 ticed by his ehiployer, wlio drew his own coh, clasions sahetetfbm.t Mr. ogle,horpaswas2 re- tarning to his home in Baitimorsl Hisfrientf aecompaniedhin to the steamboat, and ioat hisi retaraing, 'cle.el 7 observed bis two 'cistks?as he sauntered back and'fosth through the store. Phllipisu 'eountenancs indicated notIing anu'' suat ssbut Hchard's, ,e,hough he.had partially regaiIedihisl custemary campusare, could nut present a slight Aeslaney ey and constsaiati when replying to NJ. Beale'sr casual remarks. 1"jlem Several days after Mf.t BaieIBfodght Rich 4 aed'a letter to seal and dstjosit in the post'of fcsI as he went to dinaera oqAt the s;imhs me he senti Phillip toa uegi,boring store on 'basi. ness,tsich weul,i dethih hnt some httle time !; he thenreturped to thissprivnte'r room tLeftto himself, Richard, gazst on the 'supefscrRtion of the letter long and earnestly. D. 0sieiherp
 Dsq, iB,ltfnorel.' the wor,is iseeuied BufhetliH! toaiis br1si,f. What would he not give tokhuw, ,hecohssnts ofttat ietter'Y Doubtless l. rela' ted to the nephew who was to'suptaant him.
 Richssd hesitated, turfiing the letter eser aul lover.e dIsihyt fine could, might lie nat glance
 into a r" iltn@ashet sealed, he would not be- tray confidence by doing so-most ofthe b:siJ ness letters were given him to. o.aaswen and cer
 ,aimy to n6siixing ione wouhl he reveal the con
 tents. whasssct, they, might be. Thesereaee- itioas oveEean,e his strong areppgnance to the 'aes;,siah f tregblieg hand hes opehsdl the letter and read .inu : DEAR SIR: Iwish your nephew to. arrive,if possible, by Tuesday, the 18th. as on that day young Wilkins year will be expired, and it is desirable that his successors should be on the spot to enter immediately on his duties. .,.i,d Truly yours, J. ,BEALE
 l. Four years ago, he murmgred bitterly, aye, fonr years next Tuesday, entered thi: store. Not once since has .he, had occasion to repr,ve
 mo for the slightest neglect or oversight stern and exacting us he is, have given him no c.fise for complaint and this is the end this
 is my reward. I am, to. be discharged to make, room for one of his lriend's eonneeIiops,, l a;n
 thankiul lopeheio this letter. now'I can pre- pare for his trehcheiy. gro saad ,G''i;e4fi' at!i bIWithh aeal@pess ihpt surprised himself, the lelsrksealsd the leters and sdropped isin the post as'I'he nhad" beeg1 directed.l' 0nlhfs w.iy
 back to his employment, he called at the coun- u,s ting rooms of u merchant. who,o as one of Mir. Beaie's asadAiutapess he well Enesws.s Rich ard wished toimske inquiries intan indirect
 way for Ii situation, but while he was striving
 to form some qtestiol tO this end, the gentle
 man came to his relief by asking if he knew
 yayoung man in need sot Ia situation; whom lie could recommend to him, as lie had ,sIv vacancy fir clerk. Richard eagerly offered himself.
 y,eartis was surprised that he should wssi.sl. Wis.
 t2 leave his old place, but gladly acceptel him
 having lonss isdmired the integrity and strict
 application of thefy young man whose praises he
 had frequently heard from Mr. Beale. The
 seaHy salary was nan,sd; itwas one hundfed
 dollars more than Richard was now receiving
 and having engaged ,os enter on his duties in
 his new place on the following Tuesdayshe wens
 with alight hears to his old employment t IHe
 did not mention his intention to Mir. Beale,
 and So the week passed without MY: Curtis
 visiting the store. He hoped that Ii e had not
 met ais employer. for Richard M bad M Hish that
 the hitter shouldnos hear bow his treacberotis
 scheme had bcen7d defeated, till the lust mo 4EgE