The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1870-10-30
JUVENILE COLUMN.
A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS

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i. what they had better do for a living, am
o what would satisfy their desires.
Fred Oring was handsome, with fai
hair, which chung roundhis forehead in a ca
resslng way, which madehis face look like
pletsy picture. But his eyes told secre
were neither blue nor brown. but of a coli
mand. Oh" 0oA-eo"
, ne stabbed the knife into the pine sticl
s %a.n precision and irmness that Gu,
t ttean and clear. Whatever he said, OF
Int ti' OF 1eit' sent no tremor to his hand
u1 me young man opposite had talked
nI sen into glow, and his flushed cheeks
ana unsteady hand showed him to be as
excltabe as Fred was cool.
tes, SIR, "\Fred said, cutting the head
UI Ihe wooden man he had been carving,
| lars" 'Ao"e"no ooi-
~ would not care for SO much" Ned
barclay answered, "but I would like to
com iete my education, and be an active,
s aselni man about a ten thousand sort of a
,ss ne added, with a laugh, as if that
was more than he expected.
| We'll, you will be all you desire, and
more too," Fred said, signing as he spoke.
LOU are one of the easy kind. that peo-
Pc carry on their shoulders, and make an
,uoi OF. AS for me, am possessed with
s che IGnon OF unrest and ambition, and l
s snnat nave to fight, every step. But mark
means or foul" ~ '
Don't say that-at least, don't think
you could ever improve yourself or your
fortunes by foul means! !" Ned cried, look
ing up earnestly into his friends face; "let
Mnag VIII cORe, will be an honest man
ior tell you clean conscience is a for,
tune to US all"
=, FRED split the wooden man in two and
Threw it away. You see me shut the
blade OF this Knife, don't youq Wen, that's
the way will dispose Of my scruples. if
1hey stand between me and success.n
me young men rose, they we're to part
mere, and then. perhaps, never to meet
again; Oring was bound to the great city,
10 seek the fortune he coveted. Barclay
was soon to leave for the West. They had
oeen intimate friends, and, as they extend
ca 90 .helr hands, the tears started to the eyes
OF the latter.
Don't be a baby, Ned" Fred said,
carelessly. Let me hear from YOU some-
times. Good-by."
Barclay gazed after Oring, as if eager to |
say something more.
n m ITS no use," he muttered to himself |
DC thrown away on him. Nothing but
poverty will keep his heart right"
freq Oring strobe away with a momen-
tary pang, for he liked Ned as well as he |
could like any one, and he knew that he |
was ioVed In return, with an almost woman
~ sentiment. lnvoluntarily he looked
oaek, and, as he did SO, Ned waved an |
adieu, and pointed heavenward as if in
wing him to meet him there,
Inc city is crnel ordeal to such as Fred |
orlng. Impatient of restraint, eager to
money, easily duped where the
Pro mig; was father to his wish, he began
ny believing every thing he saw, and ended
ny . d11ssbelieving al truths, whether moral
He found no difficulty in procuring an
eligible situation. His fine address and
ser possession rendered him an attractive
'alesmsD, and, at the end OF the year, he
vas promoted, with increased salary. I'm
fortunately, he considered it necessary to
Apend every dollar of his income. His
labits Were all expensive. He boarded :
and dressed as no young
nan need dress to be respected.
Then, too, he had thoughtless and /
tshlonable friends, who took pleasure in
TENDED balls and became a member of
Tub and what he did not spend himself
'as disposed of by the vampires that often a
eset young men in cities.
AL nrst, MIR. Oring was satisfied with the
leasuraole excitement of being a fast I
Dung man; but his expenses increased
eyond his income, and in a few wears, al n
Tough his salary had been largely increas-
d, he found himself hopelessiy involved.
once or twice, as years flew by, he had s
card OF Ned Barclays success-had heard
I'M alluded to as rising young lawyer S
ut west, but he was by no means pre-
AIRED to read in the morning paper. among
le prominent arrivals, that the Hon. Mr..
arclay was en- route for Washington, from G
lie State That had done itself honor in
Getting him to represent it.
MIR. Oring, dressed in faultless attire, q
fought it desirable to renew the acauaint-
ice of such a rising power, and sauntered
the Fifth Avenue, where he found his L.
lend of former days, surrounded by dis -
Dguished gentlemen. I(
The interview cordial, but brief y
I'd Orlng sauntered home again, with
of the truth haunting him that,
ter all, it is brains that makes the man. =,
81 suppose Barclay is rich 2" Oring asked o
a mutual acquaintance, when they were
eaking of his unexpected rise in the
,rld.
50 Well, that depends upon ones idea of
lat constitutes wealth. He's rich in the -, !,
spect of the community !; and he's rich in -
ing able to respect himself. I should not
afraid to undertake to raise any number
thousands of dollars if Barclay would
IN my papers. / had as lief have his
I'D as another mans bond.
But he's made something, suppose" d
6 o, yes; fifty thousand or So" 4t
dr. Oring reflected and, as he thought
subject over, caught sight of himself in Ty
mirror opposite, with his unexception-
Q toilet, and somehow he felt like
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