The Planters' banner. [volume] (Franklin, Attakapas Co., Lou.) 1849-1872, 1869-02-27
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.,-ORT. OF WORK. :,

Il ~ - uo uSes MuE1ds 1svO vOtttcdPVeTy
ii where.p 4sf r .<4<-eis =, 1s.sas III, f. -
:. Bot iyop ara; not going to- give ,up
: "Give It up7 How can rbeip It! With,
fonr days I have been toifevery' beoI
y bindeIy inthe city, and not q. bit of. .wuri
; can get -s.1 ... ...,..A
4 = Bnt have you tried anything else !"
u What else can try ?" -'
why anything that you can do" s.
Yes, I've tried other things. hare
d been to- more than dexen;of my friends
and offered tc7help them if they would hire
II me" f7i" iE'3!s'f's fr's
i '.And what did you mean to do fs4
4 them!" - .if.s -. .s..t,i sa. ii,
i Fl offered 20 post their accounts, make
out bills. or attend at the COUNTER
Mrs. Stanwood smiled as her husband
| thus spoke 'Nssa hs.flaa 81 e - 81 3saa dgbEa
What makee you smile o. he asked 4va.
/ 4" think you should have imagined that
you wanld find work in such places. But
how is Marx Leeds =" "..'''1@ 4
:. H.x so r. 3l'r,si, adl Q. ~
r" He has nothing in his house to eat.
Hwas shndder that crept overt the wife's
| frame now.
why dc you tremble. wife p
"Because when We shall have e,ter o,,.
breakfast to- morrow morsing. We shall have
| nothing" -s4.3ts, - ~. -
- What !" cried Peter Stanwood. balfl
starting from bis chair. Do you meal, that !,'
lido" s.'si .,,' 20 : ~,'1 - |
"But our -four Z" is,ii4-a.,i a,.s - /
IAN gone. baked the last this after-
noon.''
:" But we have pork"
" Yau'afe tke1skt this noon.rjsi Ill.
ihen we must starve!' groaned the
stficken man starting acEs,sS the rso,a. .s...
Peter ssanhuo"d was book k-binder bys traf|e
and had m'ss' hees out "f rmployueai over >,
manfii.ee He witss of thnse who psnrralI,
calculate to keep about. square wit1t ~,
world. and who consider themselves particu
larry t"rtunat- If they keep out IT ldeht. HI.
wHs new thirty wears ofage, and had been
married eight years. He had three ctillr.u
:" provide fer. besides himself and wife. and /,
tins together with house rent. was n heayy Il
drnught upon his purse even when wort E.
was plenty. W. uows-there. was nothing.
Mara" ne said. stopping and gazing ;,
ais wife in the face. we must starve. hav. :.
rot q single penny in th. wor d., ..
But do not despair. Peter. 'Prv again f.,
o. -u"rn'w for work You may find SOM,
hing to do. Anything that is houest viii !.
't b"norable. Should you make but shil- Z
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s"Baf our ha,.se reat =, .,s8 - ..,.s..g Ii.
Trust me for that. Tho landlord shall
OF t"rn US ont. IT you will engage to find
'"'e weik 10 do' II see that We have hous.. fn
'"m - lt4ats ie. ss,,i..;ts. vl5
I'll make one more trial.. uttered P..,.r
'slnifinsiy. $ as4E Z sssis.ssa,fs, ..It
= Hut you must 60 prepared to do any :,
ings Eas ~ asss- is,@tstsss. L.
Anything reasonable. Mar;a.v 4 r.
"!sut what do yeu Call reasonable p, wi
Why-anything dec4ft.'' t...i; .,,.is.,. ~.
The wife felt aIsloss inclined 10 smile. hu,
matier was fse serious fpr that, and ~
'ud passed ov..r]nr face. She knew I...r o.,
soas'a. disposition, aud she felt sure th4, -.
uid lss0ki about for some sort Of work ,,r.
ich would mn k'wtr him in the secial scaI~ an,
h- had3"nc or twice FL pressed it. Howl
RI. she knew il would be no use to saw ,vh
thing to him now. aud she let the matter 80,
On the folhw;ng morning the last hit of 10,
d N the house was put upon the table. ,E.
inwo.d could hardly. realize that i,e-w was ,
n,'ilrss- aud wisl.o", faod.s For wears, he 4
I been gay. thoagbtl-ss aud f,rtsnat-. J .
king the most 1T the present. fosg~tting i. 4;
.,f W. 49, -. snr '"' u's .i"9k s'o1 'n' VIII,
- III
l when he, left the house he said,i Some. :,
ng must ba don--''s.,si ss,sa 1..sfa.l s.f a'
NJ so"n~r had thr. hushard gone than ,'a ~.
81 Stanweod put. on her hunn~tl and ..,
'wl. Herieldest child was a Girl sever
,rs nd. and her yoangest four. Shi. ask+d + =
'n@xt door peighh.ir if she ws,ul.i TAX. - :
= Of her children until anoon These
Idren were 'knovn,tO be- good and oui.t. III
they were taken ci,~erfuAy. - TbeD Mrs ~ ~
nw~ed .tocked up her hbusel aud went 49,.
sy.i She retrrned at neon bringing some :.
lIer for her children, and then went: aNay III
in. She got hOme in the evening btfor. :.
husband. carrying heavy basket Oh ..
ARM -,s. ffssl. -sssf..ssgf =; !, ,.s.,f=.:
! Well Peter." she asked, after her hus- !.
d had entered and sat down. :. What -.
Nr..,,,,.. M .,.,,;.. =. !. ....a !, . for ,
= cus y s4acr a'"ne, eSs ~ m OLD thus
Aud where hiv~ you looked 4o-tlay u, -,
Oh evsrywhere.- Il have. ibeem ia, a. !.
aredt Iaac~s. hut ia's the same ia every 1
r.. Ii il tofhing but one .f~r,lal !. No |,
NOn I'm tired and sick Of it," "
Bot tiwhat sort Of xork have you offered ~.
N!'t sa1 = -. sd !gsfss = .ssst rs-ss.g, r "r
Why. even went SO far a. fs sffer tol -
! in . Iiqaor stsssedown town. .sss ~.
he wife smiled. ,,4.ss sSssz.s.s /,
INV what shall We do IT, altered Peter. pave pave
medically. st,@s s. -.ss. II. .,,s.g s', ~,
Why. se''li eat supper frstf ssd then s,'. = n",
the mstter uvers''.8 So "a siS,.s. r'""'
ssppvr! Have Jon got any +. ...s..s.. ssas. cause
But VI. a. "a ne vo. had nm. I, a''' = him I
,s'ss. rruasy snd IES6nd. some." day