The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1870-07-28

All ,afefaSefoLt las = ldtuIt inSotAS oih
the soberest probabilities, and deter
mined to live little even within that
he also provided himself with small
ACCOUNT book, with which he intended
to ike in habits, of very close aac7I
qnaintance, and in, this book, he de-,
signed,to note; down all the savings
consequent upon the reTenchment. of
certain little extras, heretofore alluded
to, in which he had been in, the habit
of pretty, freely ipdnlging himself.i.an
Upon the present occasion it had
cost him something of an, effort to; say,
"no, for Mar Mark w was one ofI our easy
.eeleyer fellows so The enunciation of
this little syllable caused as much
trouble as the ggutterals Of the German
However, when he came in sightleef
his parlor, " indoWs, through which q
bright fire was shining, when he en-.
tered d; a and found the clean glowing,
hearth art the easy, chair bdraMn pp in,
front, and pair of embroidered slipri
pers waiting for -hiaa- quite at their
leisure, and above al, when he read
the quick igIafees of welcome IN a
pair of very bright eyes, Mark forgot
all about BEN Sanford, and all his
bachelor friends add aluremehts- WHAT
soeyer, and thought himself the haps
piest fefiowson earth. ,doo9qs lso1no'
Intervening passed rapidly boy! the
help Of music, reading and a little
small talk of which newly married
people generally have supply, and
the next morning, Mark at early busi--
ness hours entered his store, With as.
steady a hand and as cool coo'5fi. a head as if
there had been ne such thing as
bachelors frofic in existence. emo ih.o
Late in the laftetn oon, Ben Sanford
lounged in inot to ogies few Of the ladies',
and above all to rally Mark on losing
the glorious fun The evening before. =
"Upon my word Mark he began,
ave usthave you put up for Selest-
man, you are becoming SO ancient and
venerable in your iways77hoWeyer you
are to..be excused ,ahei added, "circum-
stances considered, female influence
ahil we'll, lisa fine2 affair, this mar
riage. ."Iifsuohl bsfhHDh 57l' 16 itslA'
-aiBettef try it, Mr. Sanford" said
albright saucy girl, who with her coni.'
panions were standing by while Ben'
was speaking. b9'iisa' lo 17ofe 2sTf
1aAh9 madam, The wherewitha1I %
said Ben, rolling up his eyes with a
tragic expression. tf" If some clever
old fellow would lie SO oBHging asIto
die now sand leave me a few thousand,
then ladies, you should see."h 'ia ssi
"sBut,9 speaking Of money" said
Mark, when the ladies were busy over
some laceslhe had thrown out to the,
counter, q what did -yodr glorious f fun II
cost,you?"s ia3ii. y! 80 9si'ea e-s'2, 90
"Poohl nothing, only ten dollar
bill, nothing in my purse you know I"
Nothing in your purse not an un-
common incident after such occasions" !"
said Marx laughing. p7l'is @ ,,,, . ~
-@Oh, hang It alIioi said Ben,, q too
true fcanI get no ID I remedy for this con
sumption Of the purse, as Old Falstaff
says; however, the world owes me a
living. 50 good morniil - - !.
Ben Sanford Was Just one of that
class Of men and " Women omieen' common & mo re-
port goes, that they 'tssln can do o. anything
they please, and who consider this
point SO we'll established, that they do
not think. it necessary to illustrate it
by doing thing at all. He was q
lawyer of good talents, and he would
haye had an extensive run of business
were he not one Of the class, of people,
never to be found when wanted. His
lazy books and law office saw far less
of him than certain -fashienable places.
of resort, where his handsome person
and varied social accomplishments al.
ways secured to him q welcome reeep-
ton. Ben had some little property
left him by his father, just enough, as.
he used laughingly to quote" to keep
him in gloves and cologne, ,water,Y and
| for, the rest he seemed5yastly content
ed with his old maxim-stt the world
owessme aliving,," forgetting that the
world gomteGlilll sometimes ss pFoYes as. poor a
paymaster as the most fashioaahle
young gentleman going.5b a. q ''7ia !!
| Butto return to Mark. , When he
had settled his accounts at night, he
litogk frQm7a pigeon. hole in his,.desk
the little book before ramedy and en-
] tered as, follows :i]9sf To one real wake
Eupi i$Io," which being done, he locked
| his desk and returned once more to
Mrs, Nh lMsleeridlen: N r,zrusilt so eat..,-i
L Days flew on, and the shop of Marx
became Increasingly popular, and still
from time to time he was assailed. by.
the ikindofAtemptationiwe have aess
| cribed. Now 1t was, ds Mark, my dear
f'feilow, do join us N a trip to, G (" . !"
and again, Come, my old boy let us
Ehave "a spree at Est; now it was
| Ithe elHb, pewlthe oyster supper, but
Marx was illyincible as che op annth.
,Eer: gaily reeounted the history of the
5fscene, she,silenHy committed the iexs
1Epense to his little book Yet Mark
was not cynical Or unsocial. - His re-
4 fusals, Though 50 firm, were inyariaa-
IDLY good -natured, .and though he
could not be drawn abroad yet heswas
athomc.
/ No house had so gwarmvas welcome,
IJap, diRnprtable could ibeImereI hopn.
A tiful or more freely opened ito gentle-
bmen of the dining-ont order. No tea
4 table presented more exceptionable
4 toast, and no evening was moreseasy,
II ilhomaliEa and ch no3.ffil thau- IN tho