The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1871-07-13

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'tpr0jjopty J0t THE dogtl Q1 |iL!H (!Qq
cousin, my Inc ono t1{ojl WAS eiIlil|1!
| We werc1 to be aYnQpvlG d: ( ilo y pAdiy "
coiiCoaled iollS "a Ill's olaaa, Z
;Wben the y an hr0 0tIllco oIllept |sp slTl!flf y
toh hin had la0 tlio ct!Pof az 2
:;5 SficSSS Sbcr ii is Z th6s soaly pcr-
! ion VIA has diecov volcd that twliting
l 40r; soIi}e y tllinH ID turn up" is not d
Ivurv CON genial occupation; but Alice
lcounseled patience, and. knowing
thnt matters nllIstH eventually come
|righk & Il waited with tho largest
amount OF that commodity which !
|lCould muster,
Ono day, III my romblcs after the
\ I"something," ! styollcd into Hard
ing's chambcrs. Strange to say the
}piano deserted, andlcwas seated
alta table writing ;at least q pen was
lin his hand, and ink before him, but
his occupation consisted iii devour-
ing the formerv ndrubbing lis hair
the wrong way. i Immediately, and
correctly, guessed that he was sclv-
ling aarithinetical problem, q branch
of his education which I1ncw had
never agreed with him.
How's B" l inquired.
| Hasn't been out for some time,
and is consequently suffering from
I the confinement. "Look here, old
| fellow, Just add up these things,
lwillyou? It's aufully rum, the more
! I add 'cm up the more they come
different. Right lis it?Thcn it'll do
| Itmust answer, don't you see R"
Your language is vague" said
u don't know whether II will do,
and I don't sec neither does the
document 1 have just examined as
sist my perception Decoration post
| ling, salaries--what docs it mean
who's to be decorated, and what's to
lbc posted =
You know that theatre they have
Ebccnbuilling at the corner Of York
street? Behold in me its lessee
Montgomery tells me lie is certain ho
could mako itpay and ! want an in
Iyestmcnt for that money which drop
lped iii aboutIa ycarago. Montgomerys
name will only appear, but find tic
nccdful, Don't toll me that | am q
| fool, orthat | had better think before
III do anything SO stupid, or that
shall burn my fingers because yo.iI
remarks will simply rilc without
convincing me. That ass McTavisl
drought his thick head in here just
llnow, and shook it till | thought ii
would come oil when IL told him
4 IIo says, {" A Wilflil man must cen
gang his ain gait.H I'llncvcr have
that fellow in here again till he has
| learned to speak English"
Y" I'm sure ! wish you every sue
[ccss.v
"" I'm sure you, do; old fellow land
/ have something 10 say to You Oh
1.-THE subject. You used always to be
talking Of going on the stage-youl
expression, isn't IL? You have some
Idea of acting, but amateurs and
professionals arc birds of different
Feathers. With training / think
something might be made of you
but the Nell Gwynnc will DO crack
house and we can't have. the raw ma
terial cooking itself into shape on
our stage. SO this is whatI suggest
You know Delmerc? He used to be
at Princes. Well, he has been smit
i ten with u desire for management
land has got together some sort Of,
company, and they so about tht
4 south coast watcring-places, staying
Eabout two months in each. They
open at Sllorcyillc next week and i
you like to go down to him and leari
something Of the business, ifho think
you'll do, yol. shall have q birth q
the Nell Gwync."
/" Yon'rc very good, but my pco
4 plc-"
4 J" Wouldn't like it. No, don't sup
pose they would but why don
1 your pcoplcd do something for you Il
prevent the necessity? What's thl
use of all that money to your cousin
who treated you awful badly abou
the. Hurst property, which ought t
! be yours now-he does not spend
tithc Of his income? You'll have fiv,
pounds q week if you'lldo for us ;and
before you throwsitup, think of tha
. little girl who thinks such a deuicet
deal of you. With that addition t,
Your income, YOU can marry at once
The idea struck me some day az