The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1866-12-13
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quote 30 keep Tim ip gloves aud
eolognswatep," aud Cor the rest he
aeemea vastly contcutcd with his old
laaxim, ''the world owes mo aliving, u
forgettine that thewoyld can some
ZINES be as pobt q paymas.er as. the
most fashionable young gentleman
going. . odi io iaiam1 aaq1 a
Ba, to return 10 Mark when he
had settled his accounts a, night, he
tpck from pigeon hole in his desk
the little book aioronamed, and eu.
tered is follows; "To one real wake
up. $40, which being done, hSloek.
Isd his desk and returned once more
% Mrs. Meriden. gri ~ dsi5. ,...
Days flew ou, and tho shop of
Mark be, ame exceedingly popular,
and stiil from time 10 time he was as
ssiled by the kipd Of temptation we
Ibavc described. Now il was, MARX,
my Dear fellow, do join US in trip
no G--44l-S;" and hvw, TOome, my
lold boy. let's have "a spree u,
F---7-7-'s;" now il was the club,
NOW il was.an oyster supper~-pot
Mark was iuviteible, and still as ono
aud abothet gaily recouned the his
tory Of the sccpe, be silently commit
ted the amount Of the expense 70 the
little book. Yet Mark was not cyn-
icaIor uusocial.1 His refusals, though
- 6tm.. were invariably good naturs
Cd, aud though he could not be drawn
abroad, he wasipaqnestiopably open
handed and free in his own home,7T-r
No house had 80 warm wolcome,-7
no dinner table could be more boun-
ltiful or more freely open for the ben
c6t of all gentlemen Of tho dining
out order--no tea table presented
moro unoxceptionablo toast, and no
evening lounge was more easy, home
like and cheerful than on the warm
sofas in the snug parlOr of Mark
Meriden. They also gave evening
parties, where all was brilliant, taste,
ful aud wel-ordered; and, In fne,
Notwithstanding his short .cOmings,
Mark was set down as a ine. opens
handed fellow, after all.
L AT the ond of tho year Mark cast
/ up his account in the little book, aud
WAS nightly astouished at il, for
with rall his ideas Of the power of
numbers, he had no idea that the
ltwos, fyes, tens aud ones which, on
greater or smaller occasions. had
found their way into its columns,
would amount up to sum so copsid
cradle. Mark looked about him.
the world was going well-his busi-
ness mochiuery moved in exact, touch
and time-rhis house, where was there
prettier one2 Where a place more
lreplete with homo.drawing comforts
Aud had he lost anything in pleasure
thelast ycat2 Mark thoughtnot there
fore, as he walked homoward, he
lstoppcd into a booksellers and order
ed some books of superb engraving
for Mrs, Meriden, and spoke toa gar
dencr to send soms elegant flowers
aud cxctics, for which he had heard
her express an admiration some even
lings before. "
That same evening came in Ben
Sanford, as he expressed it, ain the
very depths Of iudigqiY for young
gentlemen. whose worldly matters in
yariabiy 60 wrong end foremost will
sometimes be found in that condition
however exuberant may be theii
stock of animal spirits.
spray Ben. what is tho matterT
said Mark, kindly, as Ben STRETCHED
1 himself at length in an larm-chair
and groaned audibly. Ea,, I'm
"0h. a Jitl-ious attack, Mark
shoemakors bills, tailors bills, board
ling house bills--all in for New Year,
presents, hang 'em ALL
! Mark was silont for few moments
aud Ben continued "Confound it
Mark, what's the use Of living, if
fellow is to be SO cursodly poor
Here you, Mark, born in the sam'
town with mo, and younger than
am by some two years: you have I
house as snug and cosy and comforta
bic as a man need ask-a wife like al
angel---peaee and plenty by the bush
el, aud all comes of having a goo'
run of luck in the money line an'
Ben kicked his slippers against th
handiron, u
rWhat has become of Emily Pr
asked Mark after pause,
Il "Poor soull' said Ben; there she j
yet, with all sweetness, and patience
waiting till such luckless scapegrac'
as / can give her home and hus-
baud. I wish to my soul, for he
sake, l could afford to get mnrriet
and have home of my own; besides
to tell the truth, l am tired Of thi'
rambling, Scrambling, out-at-the-el
bow, slip-shod lie"
Why don't you get uarrieds" saiV