The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1869-03-18

NO. 35.
soy man in Mr.. Walters employment
'tep in to perform dangerous duties fo
which he ha. not contracted? Was i
IN the bond that you should break dow,
your health by waking eli night ant
working all day? Your relations will
the family were business relations aui
'nose !'' required that you should 90 o.
VI "''n your usual duties, no less no more,
Ibis would have been busin.ss-like.
"a0'!ks' snd- had you pursued this
course you would have had two more
lots all paid for before this. So tina,
you are business failure"
one had crossed her arms on the ia.
blo' laid her forehead upon them and
listened in silence. Every word gent
nome and she began to see herself in a
new light. He was IN nerciful and
continued:
"Moreover you injured Mrs. Walters
by besto~ing the favor of services which
could not be repaid. No one has a
r'ght thus to humiliate another by lay
ing him under an obligation that may
be avoided. 1t is an injury which is
generally resented, and where it is it
10 never forgiven. The most marked
instances Of base ingratitude generally
arises from the impulse of narrow souls
70 resent tavors which they are unable
or Unwilling to repay"
"But do you not think it was r;obt
for me to take care of those s;ct cb;,-
dren :" she inquired.
"No, certainly not. Mr.. Walters was
abandantly able to hire as many nurses
as were required. There are women
who depend on this business for liy-
ing, and would be more and the sick
would be better cared for, If it we're not
tor this habit which women have of d.
ing double Or treble duty on all extra
occasions. Women complain of the
harrow sphere of their labors, yet one
class 80 70 premature graves from ex-
cesslve labor, in their efforts it would
appear, to prevent others getting en-
ployment. A woman with work enough
for two in the care of her house and
children, will nevertheless undertake
to make her husbands shirts and vests.
do his mendiog, make her own and
children's clothing, can tie fruits and
perhaps make the carpets for her fami-
lily. Per consequence other women
are deprived of work and wages; she
Is oVerworked and her nervous system
broken down ; she becomes impatient
and shrewish, has no time to amusc or
instruct her children, wearies her hus-
band by impaticnce and ill temper,
simply the result Of fatigue, drives him
to the saloon and them to the street,
and fanoies herself a model wife because
she has done so much she ought not to
have done, and has left undone her du
ty. Ninety-nine hundredths of all the
scolding and fretting which women do,
are the direct results of the work which
they ought not to do. In other words
they want business capacity, and by at
tempting too much fail in ALL"
She raised her head and resting it
on her hand, said thoughtfully:
~ fear that this is all too true, and
yet l cannot see that it is wrong to take
care of the sick. Christ spent bis
whole time going about doing good and
He is our great example,"
He leaned his head so as to support
it by his fore6nger pressed upon the
left temple, and his third touching his
lips; aad clasping and unclasping the
arm Of his chair with the right hand,
looked into the fire with a comico seri-
Gus expression, as he replied:
II think He never succeeded in bus
mess, aud never heard that bis note
was good on Change! There, my dear
young lady, is the woman again. You
ask my advice OF a business matter,
and when my opinion conflicts with
yours and you feel unable to defend
your position, you fly to another and
fancy yourself on the old ground. W.
were not discussing your duties as :
Christian. 1 wish to show you that ir
your course at Mrs. Walters you failed
in not adheriug to your purpose. yor
had dedicated your capital to your fam
lily. That capital consisted in you
skill and labor. You suddenly with
drew it, end threw it pell nell into an
other and totally different invcstmen
without considering whether or not
would pay. If you want to succee
you must lay down a plan Of life an
stick to it. You cannot succeed in bu
iness and be travelling missionary
You cannot win pecuni.ry iudepen'
enoo for yourself and friends and tai
care OF all the sick children you see.
| He rose and walked back and fort
with his right hand grasping his le
wrist on his back, and added With en-
phasis:
~ tell you, Miss Merlyn, you are
business failure; you have been "weig1
ed in the balance and found wanting
and UMene. meno takol, h.. ho.