Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1870-12-15

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ea@ How can 1, without money? 1 must
| have a little TO start with ''se 10 torht Oo
! Put, yourself in as capital, and use
| your musclesG They ares big and strong,
| enough, am sure. Such weights as athey
tell me you balance atthe' gymnasium
and break stones!" sih Sea :. q
I" You talk just like a womanl They
think men cam do; everything. What do
! you suppose could earn breaking stones ?"
e" Your selfrespect, if nothing more,
7 You are of no use to anybody now: Your
funcle and aunt don't need you; they have
their own children I have no doubt they:
| hkeito have you with them, and will give
| you what you need; bat you should qbei
ashamed to dawdle through life DEPENDENT
on Q, rich mans bounty"
] &" I don't feel that II is dependence
am one of the family, and we all live hap;
! PLY together, anGn have everything in the
world we want And, more than all that,
/ uncle wants you to- come and live there,
| too. There is plenty for all, he says. 1t
is a large house, and there are 50 many ser
wants they can't find enough to do, and a
| great deal coming in all the time that would
! be wasted if we were not there"
ed"And you think wotld let you take me
| to such q home as that" 10
b., Why noe p II will be'a. happy and lux
urious home, and they all want you; and
you know howd want youg my dearest"
| - Will never 90 Jner6 WIN you, bor-i
nard, neveElsiI would rather die r. - -
q You use strong language, Jessiea-" 90, ,
And feel strongly. l would rather
live in a log cabin, on bread and milk, than
with ahusband who would be willing to
lead such q life as you do, ! should be SO
The sleepy look went out of Bernard's
eyes, in moment, and a bright light
flashed into them Is that the reason
you would never consent to make me hap
py, Jessica? Oh, why did you not tell me
/ this before ?''Hits slr I m ssTh gm ~ il
az have not told it now. You dragged
me into the discussion; and | was only ear
rying out your supposition." as-
I a'.'sI will go to work tomorrow, if you
will only promise to love me-"
Il thought you could not do it without
money"
%Just give me as an incentive the hope
of one day, calling you mine. / can do
anything for the sake of your love-" 'S-
First you could not do it without
money; and now, you cannot do it without
i love. Do it for the sake of your manhood,
Bernard If you are true to yourself and
work your way to a manly independence
you viii win the heart lofasome. good
woman; but it may not. be mine-some-
body better, perhaps. oh, you need not
say anything; there are better women than
am in the world. / may be married to
somebody else by that time, for we cannot
say what may happen. Indeed, 1 think it
is quite likely a-.t otff in iH'
"Jessica, you viii not be so cruel as to
make me do this thing without the least
hope of reward ?" ~ ~
II don't make you do it |; it is your
| awakened selfrespect And you will. find
your reward in the work, and in the indie
pendence it will giNe you. /" ~,
y, And you will let me go away without
shadow of hope. Il cansdo nothing with
out your love- -. s...l s.--=....-f
"tet it alone, then" said Jessica, CON
-temptuously. -" It lis nothing to me i
have only spoken, for your own good, and
! have but one thing more to say: never,
from this moment, say to me one word of
love until you can offer inle something of
you7, Oso1. The log cabin is enough, but it
must be your own. Mind, I don't say I
| Will listen to you then it is probable
will not. But, in the meantime, loveimust
not be named between ypu and mel s.-.
1t is clear she does not love me, and she
might as well have said so without insult
ing me with all that taiHi7 Such were
Bernard's thoughts. after iJessiea had, left
him, and he stood idly kicking pebbles into
the river. ;" She said some pretty stinging
things That is the way she thinks of me-
is il :? b. / would be fool to give up all /
have and work like a common laborer
She is always as busy as bee herself, and
have thought how nice 1t would be to
take her from her home, where she does SO
much, to a place where she would have to
do nothing at all And her 1adyship
does not like it; she gives herself too.
many airss'5 II si .sa0ifsij9-G9il i
5is7 b -51 is7 nqOeq oaii sal il
Three miles below the oldBfarin-housei
stood the busy town of Perkinsville. The
sluggish waters of the rivers crept into it
nod a or0rf
was constant activity from mDrning till
night. y Among the towering 1 ware
houses a little -one-roomed, wooden
building had impudentIy qthrust itself
and, faunted a rusty1red r stove4pipe
into the air, winter and summer. 1t was
whispered about town that there was more
business doEein this dingy little Office than
in two or three of the big warehouses, +
On a hot summer afternoon, two. days
after the talk under the pollard willows, a
man sat IN this room son a wooden arm
chair, tilted back at comfortable angle,
while his feet rested on the battered stove,
apparently doing nothing, but really alb
sorbed in laying plans for the success of an
enterprise in which he had lately embarked
He was an elderly, ntlemanly looking
man, with a careless manner, but wonder
fully keenlook in his blue eyes. He had just
brought his calculations to a satisfactory
conclusion when a shadow fell across the
open doorway, which shadow was imme-
diateiy followed, by the appearance of Ber-
nard Eeyburn. q a. 70
. "Good afternoon, Mr.. Daryl" "sEgg;3
GOOD day, Ieybun! I should as soon
have thought of seeing the Prince of Wales
here as you. But come in and take a seat
Not very elegant quarters. t-osr ra.-5
II know your time is valuable, Mr.: Oar,
sryl," said Bernard, land in order to trespass
upon it as little as possible, will state my
business at once, for there is nobeby in
Perkinsville can tell me what I want to
know as well as you." tN q $50 $
"All right. Niih oSEgH.5 .y9HG1
81 want work. Can you tell me where
to find it?"
'Any money to invest st?'------
mot aycentp% IA os,t,--- ss1,..A =,
'tThen you have not the ghost Of a
chance. Dozens of young gentlemen now
N i told her te, thought Bernard: qaIt's
of no use!'u f-aQd aZi5 = aeuoG
5"old man hasn't gone up has = hes" ff'
= q Vybo9 Nv uncle ,, OH no. hut I cannot