The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-07-31

Soule W pay TeAt anu hCnCOllDB OUT.
as the rent all paid n | asked.
tIIe hesitated, and then said, "No, sir
and that's one thing as troubles me, fo
the collector says if It amt paid soon, ou
we gocs.n
"Glow much Is there owing ~
Wits two months Almost" he answered
! Hanging down bis head.
"a months rent was due when you wert
thrown out of work. | said. "Do yOl
owe anything else 7"
"Well, there's where 1t Is, sir. VIZ
might ha' gone on for bit longer, but last
week they at the shop told my missus thai
they couldn't go on no longer unless sht
paid Somcthing.n
SIS that much n
"Well, sir it's gOodlsh bit, must al
low"
"'This is serious matter, John. Wher
trader uses other pcople'smoney % spec
ulate with, loses it and pays nincp!nee III
the pound, you workingnCn are very FREE
with your comments; and when noble.
man outruns the constable you take him
TO pieces pretty sharply, don't 'au n
u can't deny it, sir"
"Well, what Is wrong with a hundred
thousand pounds is wrong with few
pounds, You haus aOi ben hOatst, Jola."
lie started and looked really angry, and
his lace flushed Indignantly. STAY |
said, "and hear me, II, instead Of two
montks' rent for a small tenement, you
owed 1t for a mansion in Belgrayia and II,
instead Of bill at the shop, you owed
thousands for tho maintenance Of an ex-
pensive establishment and for luxuries,
and had no means Of paying, because you
had already spent all your income, would
that be honest ~
~ can't say as 1t would, sir.o
"Well, it's clear as day tlat you have
been living beyond your income, somehow
or other or else where's the money gone
TOT Aud so you are net only In difficulty
because you are out Of work, but because
you are in debt too. Its clear Il hasn't
been sending your children to school has
ruined you. There are onlynthree Of them
old enough to go, and sixpencO week iol
them can't make man poor that earns
thirty shillings week. How much dc
you spend in beer, joint"
"I'm not drinking man, SIR, as you
knows, though / amt a teetotaler. A
man must have something to work upon
leastways, must"
ii won't dispute that point with you
now,n replied, for knew that to do so
would be 10 lose the hold had, by at.
tempting too much. "But come, how
much, about7n
lie looked ashamed now, aud said,
swell, for the matter Of that, | might do
with less, don't doubt.n
"rwO pihts day, pcrhaps7'
"Yes, that is when I'm in work.
"Threo sometimes, and au extra one, OF
glass Of gin and water on Saturday night,
perhaps ~ l said.
swell, won't deny It."
"Six Or seven shlllings week then,
when you're in work2"
"You like spree now and then, don't
you, John2 And now and then trip on
Sunday down to Greenwich or Rich
mond 7 Or to Brightonand back for three
shilliDgs I"
"a man must get out bit sometimes p
he replied doggedly "and the missis aad
children, too"
"Right," replied; "by all means. But
a man shouldn't drive carriage and pair
when he can only afford donkey.cart.
Now, come, how much do you spend when
You go out for one Of these trips on u Sun
day ~
| helped him to make the calculation,
and it came to this, that il couldn't well
be less than four or live shillings, at the
cheapest; and, Of course, to Brighton and
back good deal more. lie confessed to
having once spent pound in this way.
Johns eyes began to be opened.
HAnd you go pretty often, in the Sum.
lner time, don't YOUR
swell, we do so pretty often, sir, and
don't say IT'S right at all times but there,
all the while there's money in the pocket,
sir, It will gov
SNOW, john" | said, ~ am not going 10
send you away with good advice-Jaw'
you'd call II, pcrhaps-an1 nothing else.
! have a small fund at my disposal for de-
serving cases." Il thought he looked a lit
tic confused ut the word deserving), "and
/ shall give you something out Of 1t for
present necessity. Make the best use Of
Il you can, and I'll sec you again soon.
I've sent something down to your house
for the children and my wife will call and
see yours soon. Goodbye, john"
went to his house day or two after
this, and found him at home, sitting des-
pOndingly by the crate, in which was q
mere handful Of fire, though It was cold,
raw day. The room was almost bare oil
furniture, and had a poverty-Stricken look.
"Well, john" | said, chow is III Any
work in prospectp
mo, sir, nothing; and the governors,
lclstwayS the foreman, told me this morn.
ing It warn't likely there would be, not
for some time to come. Things, he said,
was rs bad as they could be; so many ol
these banks and companies had gone to
mash.a
"Do you uow why John7n asked.
"Well, not to say exactly, sir"
"Raising money on false pretenses and
spending II before they had got lt,n ! said
"They have been going too fast, John
steam full on, and not caring whether the
fire was clear or no; and dnow they've run
into another train, and there's an awful
smash and one train comes after anothei
and makes It worse, and they can't do any
thing to prevent it." M
"lt's great shame, sir, rs 80 many
should suffer, thought
"You love your children, john" said.
lie looked at me and tried to speak, buI
could not. 1t was no use his trying t
hide II and at last he fairly sobbed,
"Now, John,n said, We must try AMI
rub through these bad times as best W,
can, and I'll do what can to help you