The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1864-04-30
WHOLE No. $50.

II will do so most gladly z, said salmon
shaking the boys hand. -.''' 3' ga
-''You are very good. We shall begreat-a
| y indebted TO you. When does your school,
commence 9'' ~ @ fsssi.S f.s~
/ CAS- soon, sir, as Tfshall have engaged
sufficient number of pupils.'' .4e
'.Ah |! you have not great 'nunbsF.a
then ?'' = jEedgIbfS - - 'z9f
Il have none," Salmon was obliged to
confess. a3if n ~ s...-, ...f ......,,.
None You surprise mel I have,
seen your advertisement, I hear good things
said of you-why, then, no pupils ga sfon,
81 ana hardly known yet. Allow me to-
countIyour son here my first and have
no doubt but others will soon come in.
"Assurediy Make your compliments
to Mr.. -, my son. I shall interest
myself. Ithink I shall send you somepu,l
pills. In mean time, my son will wait ilas
And with many expressions of good-TiH
the. cheerful Monsieur Bonfils withdrew.
This was gleamspf hope. The door Of
Providence had opened Just crack. 2sr hsd
/ 1t opened no farther. however, No more
pupils came. Salmon waited. Day after
day glided by like sand under his feet He
could not afford even to advertise now. He
was getting fearfuIly IN debt and debtis
always nightmare to generous and up-
right mind. ...sW I-- FL. -s... ,ser-
ANY pupils yet p asked Monsieur Bon
fills, meeting him, one day, in the street.
'Not one p said Salmon, with gloomy
emphasis. s7fa.l 90 ~ 7Ta
''Ah, that is unfortunate i"n biuo9 7s,'''
He expected nothing less than that the
Frenchman would add, ''Then must place
my son elsewhere" But no; be polite was
as ever /; he was charming. ~ ., +5sIoH
You should have had many before now.
l have spoken for you to my friends. But
patience, my dear sir. You will succeed.
In mean time we will watt
And with cordial hand shake, and a
Partisan flourish, he smilingly passed on,
leaving CLEAN of sunshine on the youag
mans path. 5 55si! b1e oral
Now Salmon was one who would never,
if he could help it, abandon an undertaking
in which he had once embarked. But when
convinced that persistence was hopeless,
then, however reluctantly, he would giHe.i it
up. On the present occasion, he twas not
only spending his time and exhausting his
energies in pursuit which grew every day
more and more dubious, but his conscience
was stung with the thought that he was
wEonging Others. Kind as Mrs. Markham
was to him, he did not like to look her in
the face and feel that lie owed her debt
which was always increasing, and which be
knew not how he should ever pay. -Sd01I4
"Why don't you get place in the Be
partment?'' said Williams, that enEiabls
fellow, who had light duties, several hours
each day to himself, and eight hundred
year, ,-u .'' -
"That's more easily said than d6Het''
And Salmon shook his head. G .ss.aoo
"No, it isn't p The fortunate. Williams
sat with his legs upon the table, one foot on
the other, pipe in his mouth, and a book
in his hand, enjoying himself. ''Yo gu have
an uncle in the Senate. Ask him to use Els
influence for you. He can get you q place"
And putting fragrant cloud conplacently
into theair, hereturned to his pleasant read
ing. -.e....-.,..1 u.-...t.,,-.-.,
and walked the street. A sore struggle was
taking place in his breast. Should he give
up the school? Should he 90 and ask this
thing of mis- uncle Oh, for somebody to
whom he could 90 for counsel and isympalhy!
civilians is perhaps right. / may Wait
a year, and not get anotbe: pupil. D. Mean
W ulsO all SyIOdlbS 6AldOOJs 81 \ .uSEQi - new
| pair of boots. LILY washerwoman must be
paid. Why not get "a clerkship as a tenn
porary thing, if nothing more? My uncle
can get it for me, without any trouble to
| himself Itis not Ike asking him, for money"
Yet he dreaded to trouble the Senator
even thus much. Proud and sensitive ma
lures do not like to beg favors, any way
''I'll wait one day longer. Then, if not
orTit epplias I'li To 1Inclo -
! He waited twenty four hours Not pu-
! pill. Then, desperate and discouraged at last.
! Salmon buuoned bis coat, and walked fast
through the streets to his uncls's boarding
house. F@-.J sac -y
It was evening" The Senator was al home.
I 1fHH~n, Saloon ''' fi,nrIni+insls,-z4.tlHov9
do you get on pr IS, ror tcu-7dl baE
"Poorly," said Salmon, sitting dowr,
with his hat on his knee ~. ~ s.ta32
You musthaYe patieneesboy ~ said the
Senator, laying doWna pamphlet opeHeatthe
| page where be was reading when his nephew
came in. HPluck and patieneez4those are
the two oars that pull the boat" 4e,-.
'2"I have patience enough and / don't
think I'm lackingein pluck" replied Sal
mon, coldly. But one thing lack, and am
4 likely TO lack-pupilsm I've only one, and
EIiexpeet every day to lose him. er-.
i "WelI, what can do for you % said the
Senator, pereeiving that his nephew had
come for something.
81 would like to have you get me a place
in the Treasury Department"
y II was minute before Dudley Chase re-
piled. He took up-the pamphlet, rolled it
together, then threw it abruptly upon the
table, - q 5--."a So siqosu
u "Salmon. p ssidshsp hlislsn.i / once got
an appointment for a nephew ofTmine, and
il ruined him. # you want half-a-dOl