The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-12-29
rho yyheel OF For4uxsc---k True story
x,u,n, t,,o Concord Monitor.


| IN a certain day in 1853 d young man
whose noticeable points were fashionabte
coat nantaIoons with wide checks, ana
largs watch chain. at the end of which di'n'
cIcd n seal. walked into large hardware
Store In Boston and asked for employment
Mr.. Peter Butler, one Of the propnctors, IN
CURED If he had ever worked at that ousl-
ness. He bsd not. What had ne Decn
| doiuyY STUDYING law at Cambridge. Whcrt
did be belong9 His friends lived III MARY
Innd.
The firm were not in need Of help, and the
services of the applicant were c'Iily ae,
clined. On the following day he ADDRESSED
| a note to MIR. Butler, saying that he fcarea ne
had not made himself fully understood, ana
would call again on the morrow 10 eApi'ill
| further. At the second interview nc sala ne
had graduated ut Harvard University, anu
commenced reading law; that ne iaa DC
come acquainted with young lady IN AN
bridge whom he proposed TO marry tite us
father had written to him forbiddlng MN 10
wed northern girl on penalty Of utter dis
Inheritance and Punishment from home. be
;ntended to keep faith with his betrothed,
and as he must paddle his own canoe In tu-
turc, he was looking for employment. MI.
Butler engaged him at 800 year, anu gave
him certain duties to perform.
Next morning the young man, WHOSE
name, we may as well say, was Johh iaesi,
walked in from Cambridge, with his dinner
packed in tin pail, and went stoutlf 10
work. He kept steadily at this Tor year,
doing all be was told to do, and more DC
sides: for his coprades, of whom there were i,
more than sixty, finding him able ana Wiz
inc, set him all the mental tasks OF the cstaD,
lishInent, until the proprletors dlscofcfeu
and stopped the imposition:
At the end Of the year Johns salary was
increased 500, and he named an carry gay
for his wedding. When that day came MI.
Butler gave him new suit OK clotnes lile
presents everybody he takes liking 10 WIN
\ tip-top suit once in while, and holiday.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Paca went to i've Win
the brides Ether and mother, and John con-
tinucd to walk in to his business, tin pau III
hand. Among all the merchants ana trades
men who rode in from Old Cambridge 10 the
banks and countng-rooms OF Boston, tilere
was not one whose heart was lighter or nap
pier than that OF John Paca--a clerk at S3oo
a wear. He was always on hand when inc
warehouse was opened, and stuck by untll II
was closed. During the second year OF his SER
vice he received letter from his sisters, who
were at school In Brooklyn, asking him TO get
leave to make them short visit. lie did SO
and returned to his duties. Not long ALTER
ward another letter came. His father wanted
him to come home for few days and bring
his wife along with him. Mr.. Butler fur
nished the necessary funds for a comfortable
TIP to the old house and back again. During
their stay in Maryland the young people won
the love of the old folks, il, indeed, they had
ever forfeited it; for John had not long been
back at the store in Boston when his father
desired him to take charge of one of his plan
tations. He should have living OIL it, one
year besides, and two saddle
horses. and his wife should have carriage
and pair. His employers hurried him away
and babe him Godspeed.
At the death of his father John fell heir to
an immense estate. Every year he writes to
Peter Butler, whom he justly thinks one of
the best men in Boston, to come out and join
him in fox hunt.