The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1871-02-25

It and growing and finding fault with ever
thing, and now | am just as happy as | ca
be-"
T Mrs. Maynard acknowledged the recciI
OF the money from Monmouth Il Co., an
gave them history Of her life since ht
! husbands death They were inexpressibl
shocked at the state to which she had bee
: reduced, and after much consultation upo
! lhe subject, they proposed to her that sh
} should come to New York in the spring
/ an as they we're in need of clerk, sh
should take that position at a salary OF 81
hundred dollars per annum, increasing he
salary as their business increased, and sh
should hold this position until her sol
should have com pleted his education ant
be fitted to take it h4nself
This proposal met with Mrs. Maynard
hearty acceptance, who had too much inde
pendence of spirit to receive tavors withOu
returning All equivalent. Although be
husband had lost his money through Mon
mouth X Co., she knew it was by strictly
business transaction, and that hundred
were placed in ust such position as 81,
I had been without redress, and she felt thai
it was only through the strict integrity anC
Y kindness Of Monmouth Il %. that she had
the means of living put into her hands on
such easy and pleasant terms, and she fell
truly grateful to them and duly appreciated
the feeling of remorseful duty which led
them to do for her all that was in then
power
Accordingly, the next spring Mrs. May
nard and her son went to New York, leav-
ing behind many warm friends who sympa-
thzed with her and were glad Of Ier better
prospects And it takes friend to sym
pathize and be glad with another in the
prospect Of better days and happy turn Of
the " heel Of fortune. Alas for poor human
nature 1t is much easier to weep with
those that weep than it is to rejoice with
those that rejoice.
Mary Bonner had spent 50 many pleas
ant evenings with Mrs. Maynard, bad re-
ccived so much invaluable instruction from
her, and had always found her such an able
adviser, that it seemed almost like losing
her own mother to part with her John
Maynard, too, had been her firm friend and
playmate, always ready TO defend her in
disputes that naturally occur between
schoolmates bis sled and sk ates were at
her disposal, and be was always ready to
assist her when assistance was needed 1t
was hardly possible for boy to show so
much partlallty towards one of the girls
without attracting the attention of the other
scholars, and John was styled Mary's
and to lose her champion was a
sad blow to her. She was somewhat com
iorted by the assurance that they would
both write to her and tell her all about The
great city-how they liked it and how they
spent their time.
"And, Mary dear, said Mrs. Maynard,
when we have comfortable home to which
to invite you, hope your parents will al
low you to come and visit as and see the
lions Of New York"
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the departure Of her friends and
did much towards reconciling her to their
absence Mr.. and Mrs. Bonner had a pro-
found respect and warm admiration for
Mrs Maynard, and they were very sorry
to lose her, but they were Of those who re-
ioiccd with her and could be glad Of her
better prospects, and with many profes
sions Of warm regard and promises Of flu
ture correspondence, they parted.
Upon their arrival in the city they went
to their rooms in a private
boarding house that Mr.. Monmouth had
secured for them, and as these rooms we're
furnished as such rooms usually are, the
walls papered, and a neat carpet on the
floor, they presented to John very pretty
appearance, and be felt after leaving the
miserable home in which they had lived so
long, as if the gates of Paradise had
opened to him.
"How happy we shall be, dear mother, "
he said as he drew a chair up to the well
polished stove GLOW bright and pleasant
it looks. 1t does not seem possible we are
going to live here. | must BE- dreaming.
Pinch me and see if / am really awake"
Just then the supper bell rang and bis
mother said:
eff YOU are dreaming, sit still where
YOU are and dream on, as for me am wide
awake and am going down to supper
80 am |, = replied John, ''the mention
of supper has etfectually aroused me to the
sense of appetite, for | am hungry enough
to do Justice t, a good supper"
"Come then, and let Us see what kind Of
fare they have in New York"
How John enjoyed that supper we will
not attempt 70 describe, nor his great de-
light, as day after day convinced him that
be was removed from abject poverty
In bis first letter to Mary he gave express
sion to this feeling, and it seemed to place
gulf between her and John. He would,
she thought, be like all the rest, inclined
to look down upon her. If he did remen :
ber her at all it would be as an inferior who
was to be patronlzed, not as an equal to be
respected and esteemed. In her answer
to Ills letter she kept all these feelings back
and wrote just as she would have talked
with hun had he still Oeen her school mate
She tormented herself with the idea that be
was getting above her, and would some day
be ashamed to recognize her and own hel
as one of his former friends She sough
for some token Of this in bis letters, bu
she sought in vain. They were frank anC
free, and detailed SO much Of bis life il
New York, that they would have been ex-
tremely interesting, had it not been for th'
torturing thought that be was getting be
yond her, moving in circle which sh
could never enter, and it would not be on
before he would leave her out in the cold
and never bestow thought upon her Poo
girl, she might have saved herself this mis-
cradle torture, for John, boy though ,
was, had woven Mary into all his plans fC
the future
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