The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1863-11-20

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Z. fortune. and retired from business when, a
he said himself, his constitution wa. as SOUND
o ss that Of the father OF all the bells, Grea
Tom of Lincoln. He still retained til,
punctillious habits which he had ac1uiret
: from an early and very careful discharge o
all the maxims laid down in "Poor Rich
o ards code OF moral and social economy
got up at seven, break tasted at nine, reaC
= the Lloyds and exchange columns in news
papers to eleven, maintained all his ole
: friendships, and returned to dinner at four
supped at eight, and went TO bed at the las
stroke Of eleven. His nephew Arthur
was physician. profession which is more
fruitful OF heroes than any other in the world
> They face the most infectious OF death
breathing disease. and invade with modest
vaor the vilest haunts Of poverty that even
cholera lords it over. They fall, and no
monumental marble tells how or where; vet
they are followed to the bench by noble de.
voted men, men whose years have been
spent in study and the requirement Of knowl-
edge; and SO they go on in their silent yet
glorious crusade against the i'll to which man
is heir. without dreaming of the need OF
fame. In one Of his visits to the house OF
poor widow, he had discovered. in the
only support Of the decayed gentlew oman
and her family. an old and esteemed school
companion of his own. James Jones W AS a
promising scholar. and youth Of gener-
Gus feelings. but necessity is too captious
regarding the primal pre- requisites Of bread
and butter to pay much attention to mental
capacity and the ASPIRATIONS Of genius. SO
that sher he Quilted the university. at The
death of his father, he wore his last surtout
out as light porter in large paper warehouse.
1t was to this young man that, at his neph-
ew's solicitation, uncle Ben had given let
ter of recommendation, and this letter, not
having been presented when the pune
tillious old citizen had called to personally
support his prayer, had produced the fore
going disquisition on punctuaiity.
"Letter, SIR" said Mary. as she presented
q sealed missve TO Arthur. with curtesy
and then left the room.
"Who can this be from?' said the young
man. as he hastily broke the seal. "Ah
uncle" said the physician. feelingly. "this
is from poor Jones! He informs me that he
was spprehended for small debt. which
he owed to an inexorable creditor, Just
when passing along to the Jacksoss with
your note and a happy heart. Well. there
is many a slip between the cup and the lip"
'Debt!' said the old merchant. hastily,
young and already in debt! Well. how l
nave prevented the commission on my part
u crime l would have introduced spend
thrift, and perhaps a gambler. into the
house OF Jackson Brothers, but for this
luoky nCCffuas...
"You were not wont t. be SO uncharita-
BILE, uncle" said his nephew. softly; may
not this debt have been contracted at some
period Of distress?"
'.Bah, distress!" said the old merchant.
"when | was q lad l lived on half
a crown week; took dinner like Whit
.ineton, who was Lord Mayor of London.
On a doorstep; and, being . member of the
a abstinence society, always had my tea at a
pump. never owed q shilling?"
when We make ourselves the scale by
which we weigh out to others our allowance
Of charity, it may be less kind than PARTIAL
said the young man. sm'iingiy. lie was
dependent Of his uncle Ben. and he was nos
afraid to be candid TO him; and as uncle Ben
was really far from being unkind, and GER
tainly was as favorable to csndor Of opinion
as to punctuality. the uncle and the nephew
got along pretty considerably to each others
and none the worse LOT niue
occasional titfs.
On the morrow, Arthur Elmar was early
gone on some professional business, and as
BENJAMIN Bell Esq, had nothing particular
to engage him. he called upon Jackson
Brothers. moralzed little on the degene-
racy of human nature, and the difficulty OF
Judging men even after a long life of obser-
walton, and finally took his leave. congrat-
l,,iup himself and the senior partner of that
extensive concern upon their reciprocity OF
opinion regarding human nature. Uncle
Ben trudged aiong. however. mussing and
mut,erins to himself now and again. and
thinking of this young Jones in spite OF all
his endeavors 10 the contrary. Uncle ben
had been lett to fight his way through the
world when young; but if he had 10 one TO
back him or push him along, he had no one
to drag him back. 1t is comparatively easy
TO push ones self through a crowd. when
your coat, tightly buitoned. covers all incum-
berances; but everybody knows who has tried
it that it is no Joke to take some five or SIX
iependent with you. Ben's hat covered all
that he repaired to care about as the head
Of his family, and when he took his dinner
daily he had performed the most important
proyisional service to his house hold, So that
his mind had become as individual as bis
body. and owned very few relations IN all
the broad w orld Of symps,hies. AS the old
merchant walked along, however, the rain
began to ps,ter. and then it began to fall
rather heavily. aud then it came down IN
drops, that put the rssistive power OF the
crown of uncle Ben's S hat to the test, and thea
whipped into his face. and sPorted on his
shoulder. until he took refuge in an entry
which led to some humble dwellings. and
there he internally lectured himself on the
necessity of carrying an umbrellas. As he
stood and looked upon the large aqueous
} drops that were falling with loud smacks
upon the pavement. and rebounding IN a
. thousand PARTICLES. his ear was suddenly At
, trac,ed by the sound OF voices. and step
ping farther on into the doorway. thought
that one of the speakers tones were famil
|. lar TO him.
.Mr. Jones had been unfortunate in busi'
ness. I believe" said a voice, which wa:
attuned to the soft and gentle cadencs
, Of humanity. and which uncle Ben At once
recognized as his uepew Arthur's.
"Hs died in bankruptcy" replied the