The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-07-30

scramble the best way she can, with the loss
perhaps OF little dignity and OF more 5epu.ss, s,
at least IN the locality where her so,id se1ol en
gavo out and her precious paper eoI,o o nVs nssro
an omnibus conductor D sovereign 1or tnIee-
,Senny fare: who gives the village grocer zen.
nonnd note for sbilhngs worth OF sugar;
and who, when she cores ~ 70 L1nuon 'os .
DAVIS shopping and has got her last parcHl
made up and ready to be put INTO neI SsO uet.o 70
nav For it-wlth shoranan whose faith In nu,
man nature is by 90 means nYely' auo
Uso. onjv iast week was bitten bY
.,.dv swind.er of uudenable manners ana
annearance, md not very unhke heissu.
She has been knoSu, too, to 90 INTO COL.
fectoners, and after having mace an an has iaft
her puree in the pocket OF her other dress at
home. and that she has not a asi1pence apoue
her Ia fact there is not an eQulvo ;ai posnIoh
i'm which forgetfUlne5s, want oa metnou, t:aS msas
of foresight, and all the oth6r charac cIeIisSiss @
which make up scram6hng 10 enc soan oonS at some
time or other. But no experience teacnes ner,
thescramblsrshe has been; the scramDier sue
,u;Il die. and to the last Wfll tumble throu2n
her ifs' all her ends flying, and deprecaung
excuses ON her lips. .,,;,
,ScramblArs are notoriously great III ulaA.u&
promises, and as notor,oa. for not performing
hat they promtse. KIndtearted as they are
IN eent raj, and willing to do their friends se..
ypce-polnp out OF their way indeed 10 pioner
,klDdnesses quite beyond your e4pecIa1ous
and the range OF their duties towards you, anu
always undertaking works OF supereIogd
which in fact lead to more than III tpelr @ nJl ~.
nromise on which you have based your dear
est hopes. Or, II they do not forget 1t, thev
find it ie crowded out OF time by multitude
of engagements and prior promises, OF az OF
which they were lnnoeently oohvlous H2ep
they offered to do your business 80 frankly.
about 1t now at once, and get 1t out
of hand without delay. The oath and
til. Offer which you took to Ibs as sure as
the best cham cable you will fnd on tina!
10 be only rope Of sand that could not bipd
so much as bunch Of tow together. still less
hol the anch ,r Of life; and many heart
sick with hope deferred, and with the disap'
pointmeut which might have been go easily
prevented, has been hall broken now from the
anguish that has followed on the fail-
ure of the klnd-hearted scrambler to per.
form the promise voluntarily made, End
the service freely offered aid earnestly
pressed on reluctant acceptor. This is
the tragic side Of the scrambler's career, the
shadow thrown by almost every one OF the
Glass. For al the MINOR delinquencies OF hur-
nv aud un .unctuslity IN sueial affairs it is not
difficult to find full and ample forgive ness; but
when It comes to untrustworthines in grsver
matters, then the ecrsmbler becomes ascourge
anstead Of only an Inc )nvenloDce. The only
safe way Of dealing with the CLASS Is to take
them when VIC can get hold OF them, aud to
accept them for what they are worth; but not
to rely on them, and not to attempt aoy NOR
ticlpg Of oLe's ef7sirs with their promises.
They are the froth nd foam of society, pretty
aud pleasant enough in the sunlight, as they
splash and splutter about the rocks. but they
are not the deep waters which bear the burden
Of our ships, AMI by which the life OF the
world is maintained.