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

Juhl and Mary were in the same q a
~chOoll and they often studied IN the sam,
class tlgether in the evening, and after tho
lcss9ntwas learned they engaged Mrs May
nard ln some game or entered into q con
ycrsat,on, ana as Mrs Maynard received ;
liberia, education, She always eudcayorcd t
impress their young minds VITA important
TRUTHS and combine amusement with in
structpn
Afj3r Mary bad left on that memorable
cvcni',- when thc conversation bad turned
upon shc teacher explanation OF The differ
"nce in social position in this life, John
said-t
Mother how was it tha. you were LETT
NY fa5her ia such terrible state Of poy-
erty
IS would rather not say anything about
that 4ow, john replied bis mother
4" hen you are older and understand
thc w.ty- Of the world better, | will try AMI
explain i t. YOU"
lfcasc 90 now, mother cnireated
John " ! think | know more Of the ways
of the world than you give ne credit for,
aud should very much ike to know how
U happened that you became w reduced.
\ we Iiyc III poor, tumble-down house,
with tnly few chairs and table in the
room,l and without a BIT of carpet on the
floor, like Mrs Malone, and yet you are so
differ mt from her and from poor people
-r., 4 H. H. 81 ----sst =, l-,N-- L-s - 4
that 1ou arc obliged 70 live like them"
" Why, John, what do you think makes
tie difference :"
7 That is what have been Try ing to find
out. Il seems to me sou look and talk and
act ike Mrs. Strong and Mrs. Stanheld,
and Il cannot help thinking that you were
orrd as well of in the world as they are;
and II DO want to know 50 much how it is
that We ar, now so poor and destitute.
Swell, John, since ou have expended
% rhuch thought upon the subject, J will
tcll iyou Your father was a prosperous
merchant in the dry goods business, and, as
you, say, We lived like Mrs. Strong and
NIr4 Stanhcld. In the same street in
whdh we lived, Monmouth & Co. were do
ind an extensive business as importers.
I SUCH persons often want accommodation
tha4 is, they want to make a purchase which
promises 70 We a good paying investment,
buS have not the money by them. They
thGn call u On some friend to lend them the
money or become their security that It shall
be paid at such a timc-that Is this friend
si,hs a paper signifying that he will pay
whatever sum is named in the paper when
IL becomes due, and if the purchaser i un-
Al$e TO pay when It does become due, the
friend who put bis name on TIE paper Is
compelled by law to pay the amount. Mon
mJuth K Co wanted to make a purchase O.
rs Kind. and not having the money, thcy
agphcd To your father He considered teen
p:ompt, upright, prudent men, who would
nat enter into anything rashly, and n
teourht there would not he the least DANCE
"a endorsing their paper M any amount. H
tkerofore put his name down fol al! he wa
n North Il was not month after tins trans
;a.tion before some Of their ships were o~
, ,ea, their building ana all that was IN
gas CONSUMED with tire, and their ca>hie
fan Of with All Of the available funds The
Ecrc broken up entirely and the result wa
!, 81 at your father bad TO pay the note be ha
1igncd and thai took nearly every dollar b
/. owned The loss Of BIZ property aiiecte
i, lm so much thai Il brought On brain iever
if which heuni, aud since ais death y
e, uay. hal {. live as We could But ny b.
,- ,rOwn- last be vsii -oOu he nan, an
with the help of -3cb au education a. \
!can obtain la The district school with III
,a.-.-tancc. hr will by able to provide mol
.c.mio.tally both for himself and me-"
That | will. mother, and YOU may
.urg shall never -ign a paper tui anybod
THAT would be likely to lake the means
living out Of my hands"
hope, my son, you never will"
Mother, do you not feel like hlamir
father for doing it, If be had not done
. neither you nor I would have suffered
:: much.
+" L was the custom, AZ i y now, II
son, III business cirrlcs. our father HI
! 10 IDEA he Vas condcmnrng ~ Ia lite
7 pnvertl, or Ne would have cut his hand
- before doing oucn thing.
But, mother, the result is the same,
matter what his intentions were"
. This, my son. is the most terrible 0
y, zeal have yet had 70 pass ! have wit
held tine knowledge Of your father, iailu
,3. from YOU as long as could, because | v
II. afraid that when YOU were Old enough
II. think, you would be inclined % blame h
4, for losing bis property il the way be dId a
cOnsiynIug YOU tU poverty.
aat .sNcver fear, mother ne thought be '
s" doing right, and We will not blame n
..o, The knowledge Of that transaction will
,cs me GOOD, for if | ever DO become rlcb-'
mean 70 some time-I will never prom
to pay for another person any more tina
can afford to give away"
OK " / hope, my dear boy, you will alW
keep that resolution 1t will save 70
great deal Of trouble and perplexity." i"