The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1867-04-06

world can sometimes prove as poor pas i...s .eg
rs the most fashionable young gentleman agoinr
hut 10 return 20 Mark When he had settled
his accounts at night, he took from pigeon hole
in his desk, the little book aforcnAmed, and
entered as follows ''To one real wake up sl0, %
which being done, hc locked hi desk, aud
returned once more 10 Mrs. Mcridcn.
Days flew on, aud the shop Of Mark became
very popular, aud still from time To time he was
assailcd by the kind Of temptation We have
described. Now Il was MARK, my dear fellow
do join u IA n trip TO G---'s and now
Gone, my old boy let US have a spree "a, F--'s;'
now IL was the club, now an oyster supper
but Mark was inyincihlc, and still ~ unc and
another gaily rcCOunted the history Of the scenc,
he silently committed the amount Of tie rxisnscs
10 the little book Yet Mark was no, cynical ~
unsocal
His refusals. though 80 firm. wrfr invariably
good-natured, aud though be could hpi be- drawn
abroad. yet b. was uuquesiionally open handel
aud free IN his own house No housc had 20
warm welc0mc-nO dinner table could H. mote
bountful or more freely open tot the h,houi oi all
gentlemen Of thc dining-out ordcr--uo tea table
presented more uncXcepiouahlc toast sni no
evening lounge wns more ctts, hnlne ike nnl
cheerful. than on tine warm sofia in ii. .nug
parlor of Mark MrFi4en They also ..,vr even.
ug iAriics, where al was DrlliAAi. Lss;c... and
well ordered aud in fine, Notwithstanding his
shor, rufniue'. Mark was sci down ~ - fine o;.n
handed fellow after all.
At the cnd Of the year, Mark east ui his account
in the little book, and was nj ghtily hsiuuishci
at IL, for with all his ideas Of the power ~ mum.
bers he had no idea that the iwos. iv,s tens
and ones which. on greater or smaller occasions.
had found their way into his columns. woG,d
amount gp 10 sum So considerable Nnsk
looked about him--ihe wuri was goins wrli-
his business machinery mOyin: in exact touch
aud iiuic-hs house. where was ,hcri. pr ;iiet
Isul.a. -.
drawing cOinfur; Had he lus: ans urr. in
pleasure the pas; year Mark 'huu.ht nu: and
therefore, as he walked homcwar,! hc .-ppcd
into a bookseller : aud ordered somr hpu.s Of
superb engmyings for Mrs MeFiien, and spoke
10 "a gardner TO send some ccsan; Towering
exoucs for which he had heard her express an
admiration some evenings before.
That same evening came 10 Ben Sanford! ~
be expressed il, in the yery depths % uJi.o
for young gentlemen whose worldly matters
invariably 20 wrong end foremost will sonrtiu,c.
be found IA that condition. huwcytt Nshrtaui
my be their siocS Of animal spirits
Pray, Ben. what i the matter sad Mafk
kindly. rs Ben stretched himself A. ir;r'. in na
armchair grOaning aujibly.
oh a bHi-ious attack. aarA '--s aAA,t..
bills. tailor bills, boarding house b e.. u
ior New Year presents hang "m al
Mark was silen; for = few moment. l'r
continued "Confound u. MARK WIN; uir Us.
Of living. ia iclloH j. 10 tc 80 cuEscily ,uos
Here you, Mark, bora % Tie same town With the
aad Younger than ! am by son.t TWO Years you
have a house as snug and COS, aid ,l,u,ortahl,
as a inau need ask-a wife Lac au Angc. peace
and plenty hy the bashcl. and all come oin.ying
a good run of luck n the mOlpy iu All Zen
kicked his slippers against 'ie aai.a-pn most
encrgciicaly
~ hat has become o: Em,!, i'--- t-a,i
Mark after pause.
with all sweetness and patience Wa,i.- III.
such a scapeggaee as can give her q hutlr and
husband. ! wish 10 ny soul, fur be. ~,kc
could afford 10 .ci married, and have 4otre -.
my own besides. tn tell 10. trath .in 'r ! of
THE rambling scTamhline. "s' ~ 'r .itow
.lip shod life
Why don't you get n.aFricl 's,i EArA
Why don l. 20 %, sgte Is, 3d. ..n-
bills for fuel, and ms board bills flr a... .n'
and my shoe bills for bread and Ln''ei acy
Would you recommend poo. girl 20 ir. '.c.
Mark, all things considered .a:l Ben h.,'e,,y.
Mark reflected while "a ,.iru,c l.i 'hci.
drew GU; his book-hi- little tool o. Ni.,n re
have Leiorc alluded
Just luok at ihi. account Ben. s.iI u,
j know yon hate figures bat just .a' aac,
Ben glanced at il ,mpatcnils laughed wlrL
he rad over the first two or three iivms hui bis
face heightened ne Irorcvt!v1 aad MAR.
detected a sort oi whistle OF as'unisAT,at he
read the sum total
Well, Mark, he cAelaimrl 'wh., D.. yyFy
odd, eenilemanly. cOnsilcFair iyica j. ;his %
yours, To sit behind your curtain 50 c0ully noting
down the cost aud come To of fogF little fFolcs-
really It is mos, eiifyins How much you must
have enjoyed your superior iOrethough' and
discretion and Zen laughed hut not With bis
usual gl,c.
Nay, YOU mistake sal! Naih 4 ..p, ihis
account merely 10 sc what ! had been ia the
habit Of spending myself. and rs you and have
always been hand and glove in everything Il
answers equally well for YOU i: WAS only yes
ierday that summea up the account, and assure
you the result surprised mysslf aud now, Ben,
tia sum here Sc, down. and ~ much more as you
please, is freely at your disposal to clear oil old
scores for the year provided you vii! accept
with it this iiItle book as a New Years Gift. aad
use 1t one twelve month as have done and il .
al the end OF that time, you asr not ready o.
introduce me 10 Mrs. Sanford aui much mis;a-
ken.
Ben graspcd his friend hani hu, ps, then
the entrance Of Mrs Mcridrn pre-, cnicd his reply
Mark, however, saw with satisfaction tina; be put
the book carefully in his Goa, lo,k kc, aud but
toned !, up with the air OF n man who is buiiOn-
ing up new resolution.
When they parted for the nishi Mark said
with a smile
In the case of 'bal-ious attacks, you knoW
where TO send for medicine
Ben answered only with ferven, shake oi the
hand, for his throat was too full COR him To ans
wer.
Mark Me.idens book answered the purpose
admirably. In less than two years Ben Sanford
was the most popular lawyer ia -, and as
steady householder as yoa might wish to see
and, In conclusion, we will ask our lady readers
their opinion on one point, and IL is this
n .Nrs. M,rifen had bssH iropgaH vho mir
stood rhai u called "ea,ehiRg beau b,iv than
securing hHsbaHd-IF SHE had NEVER cuRLED HEa
HAIR ExcErT ToR COMPANY, AND THOUGHT II DEG-
RADIATION TO KNOW now TO KErr House coNroR-
TABLE, WOULD ALL THESE THINGS HArE HAPPENED