The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-11-28
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| Judge. so saabas 81 ~
My uncle, In the long practice of
his profession, made good deal of
money; and in the early parth of his
career. when he had a family about
his savings. Of later years, when sue
cessive bereavements had left him
only one daughter. Ada. to care for. he
thought less and less of money, He
gave very generously to the poor, not
only through public institutions, but
by many secret charity, where his
right hand knew not of his left hand S
bounty. Many a Christmas board
smoked appetizingly, which but for
his open hand, would have been bare.
Many crate, in many cottage, on
many a Winters night burnt with a
rudy glare, which, but for him, would
have been black and cold. And. be-
yond this, be spent literally upon his
house and daughter. His house was
noted far away for the perfect taste
and elegance of its equipment From
attic to cellar it was his pride to have
everything as complete and as good as
money could make it.
You will have quite enough, my
girl, when / have spent all can in
this way" he would say, to.make
the men run after you.
As for Ada herself, his trouble was
that money was not able 10 buy any
thing quite good enough for her. Her
little pheaton and her pair of grays
was the prettiest turnout in that
Riding; but it was not nearly good
enough. So of her iewelry. her
dresses, her piano, her harp, her love
birds in their gilded cage, her wonder
full Pomeranian, Nelly " (Which took
the first prize at the dog show year by
year, as a matter of course); al, these
were good, were indeed, of the very
best, but were not good enough, he
said-not half good enough.
Well, it happened just at that time
that a favorable chance presented
itself for me to enter into partner
ship, with my present partners, so I
solo out my shares in the bank and
found employment for my money in
business; doing so, | confess, not
without many regrets, at Withdrawing
from so hourishing concern. and
many misgivings as TO whether [
should ever again have from my saw
ings so comfortable an addition to
my small income as | had had till
then.
These regrets ceased, and were ex
changed for profound thankfulness,
when, a year ago, the new manager
absconded, and it was found that he
had committed the bank to liabilities
which rendered it perfectly insolvent
and involved the ruin Of nearly every
shareholder in it.
But my delight at my own escape
was sadly tempered by regret that my
good old uncle was fatally involved in
the great catastrophe.
The bank being on, the principle of
unlimited liability, of course those
shareholders who had money had to
make good the deficiencies of the
poorer proprietors, and Thomas
Enoch's wealth was but as a drop in
the bucket of the overwhelming COM
mitments OF the bank.
For q while It was hoped-as it al-
ways IS hoped on such occasions-that
the concern would be wound up with
out calling on the shareholders to
contribute more than the capital they
had already paid up AND
But a few months proved the
greundlessness of such a hope, and
such of the shareholders eas were
more abundantly endowed with pru-
dence than honesty. anticipated the
calls of the official Equidators by le-
wanting, and leaving those to bear the.
burden Of de bt whose sense of honor
refused to allow them to follow such
examples.
My uncle stood it out to the last.
surrendered everything he possessed
to the creditors, and saw himself ut
terly bankrupt in all but his integ
rity. l p t IN y
This visit of mine to Deddington,
in fact, was to enable Ito beepresi
ent at the sale Of all his household
effects and to buy in again at the
auction, for his use and Ada's, such
things as | could not see taken from
them so'long as it was in my pooTpoEer
to prevent it. But, unhappi Y, it was
but little that / could do, my means
being much more limited than my
e.ftwas Ada 3who1opened the door
for me. She was cheerful, and re-
signed to her altered lot, thinking in
deed only Of her father, as he seemed
to think only of her. - al
She had plans-of her own, chief of
which was that plan of all well edu-
Gated. needy ladies-to takethe situa-
ton of a goyerness. As for her
father, she knew not. and he knew
not, what was to be done; but they
did not doubt that some friendly
door would open to him, and
He that doth the ravens feed,
Yea, providentially caters for the sparrow, |
Be comfort to his age"