The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1871-03-02
The Family Circle.
Dayton and Company.

Dayton and. company.
"Dimes and dollars, Dollars and dimes,
An empty Poekets.the wo st OF crimes. -
eWestern, y said Mr.. Dayton to
one-of his clerks, as they were alone
in the spacious counting room
which was attached to the large
store Of which Mr.. d. was proprie-
| tor, "give me leave to say that 1 do
not think your dress is sufficiently
genteel to appear in a fashionable
store A deep flush sufused the
facel6f the young man, despite his
endesyors fofrepress.it, altear glis-
tened in his full black eye. sDid I
not know your salary was sufficient
to procure better habilirhents, I
would increase il.
MY salary is amply large, sir"
replied Weston with a mortified air,
but With that proud independenee
offeeiing (which even poverty had
not-Been able to dfvest him. d
~Oblige me, then. by changing
your apparel in future, You are
wanted in the store.n
Weston turned and left his en-
ployer. How 7 do detest these par
simonious fellows" ~
Mr.. Dayton was q man of great
wealth. he vas awfdowerandha
one child, a daughter, who was the
pride ofhis declining years. She
was as good as an angel, sand as
beautiful shewas good e. She was
simple in her tasteand appearance,
Such was Laura Daytonwhen Wes-
ton May first became an inmate Of
her fathers house, and what Won
der that he soon learned to love her
with a deep and ardent afectionl
Though their tongues never gave
iutterance to what their hearts felt,
yet the language of their eyes were
not to be mistaken. Weston was
the soul of honor, and although he
perceived this with pleasure, yet he
saw that he must conquer the pas
sion that gIowed in his heart.
II must not win her heart" he
said to himself; 81 am penniless,
and her father would never consent
to our union" Thus he reasoned,
and thus lie manfully subdued what
he considered an ill-fated passion.
Laura had many suffers and some
of them worthy of her, but she re-
fused them al with gentle but de
cisive firmness.
Her father was in the decline of
life and wished to see her happily
settled ere he departed this world.
It was not long before he surmised
that young Weston was the cause of
her indifference to others. The
pleasure which mantled her face
when their eyes met served to con
vince the old gentleman they took
more than common interest in each
other. He forebore to make any
remark on the subject and was not
so disploased at the thought as Wes-
ton imagined lie would be.
Weston May had not been three
years in his employ. Mr.. Dayton
knew nothing ofhis family, but his
strict integrity, good merals and
pleasing manner conspired to make
him esteemed. Heplaced unbound
eel confidence in him and was very
proud Of him. lie wished him to
dress as. we'll as others, and often
wondered at the scantiness of his
wardrobe; for although Weston
dressed Sftll The most seFull,ious
regard to ncatness, his clothes were
almost Fhleadbafes while Mr.. Dag
tom thopght itI proceeded from 4.
niggardly disposition, and hccord-
ingly he. addressed him on the sub
ject as before stated.
Soon after this conversation Mr..
Dayton left home en- business. As
he was riding throughlaprsttysvil1 I
Iage De alighfed at theaopr 81 acS !
tage ana aqiested a dris of gTs ter,
The mistress, with an easy polite
ness which told him she hadnot al
ways been the humble cottager, in
vited him to enter. He complied,
and aseeR Epovertgand Resthess
met his gaze which he, had never
before witnessed. The furniture,
CONSISTING bfaothhlg anore taah was
actually necessary, was So clean and
neat that it cast an air Of comfort
all around. A venerable old man
sat in the window with his staff in
his hand. His clothes were old, SO
| patched that they seemed a eoun-
terpart of Joseph's coat Of many
colOrs. AfEaH
"This is your father, Ipresume, y
said he, addressing her.
ut Is. sir.
"He seems quite aged.