Connecticut western news., 1871-07-21
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 thrown out of york;" I said. HDo you owe anything else p .-. .... .. Well, there's where it is, sir. We might ha' gone on for bit longer. but last week they at the shop told my missus that they couldn't go on no longer unless she paid something" .=- ......-.. r. | "Is that much ?" ..-..- ...-...' | "Well, sir, it's goodish bit, must al- low" ~ '.This is serious matter, John. When ulate with, loses it and pays ninep ,nce in the pound, you workingmcn are very free with your comments; and when noble man outruns the constable you take him to pieces pretty sharply, don't you ?" @
 Il can't deny it, sir" & -..f"
 Well, what is wrong with hundred thousand pounds is wrong with few pounds. You have not been honest, Jobn."'
 He started and looked really angry, and his lace flushed indignantly. Stay" said, 'and hear me. If, instead of two months rent for small tenement, you owed it for mansion in B"lgravia ;,and if, instead of a bill at the shop, you. owed thousands for the 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 ," @' tis sa1 f' =t
 "I can't say as it would, sir.r.s4l Ha3s 1 "Well, it's clear as day that you have been living beyond your income. somehow or other, or else where's the money gone to2 And so you are not only m difficulty because you are out of work, but because you are in debt too. It's clear it hasn't been sending your children to school has ruined you. There are only three of them old enough to go. and sixpence week for them can't make man poor that earns thirty sh;llings week How much do you spend in beer. John p ''' '''' '" 's''5->
 '1'm not drinking man, ST. as you knows, though I ain't teetotaler. A man must have something to work upon; leastways, must.o s.rse. s,..3 9
 Il won't dispute that point with you now," replied, for knew that to do so would be to lose the hold I had, by at tempting too much. "But come, how much, about ?o tt0gr Eet ..g,s.4.y
 He looked ashamed now, and said, "Well, for the matter of that, might do with less, don't doubt D 1' v '' - L.
 1.-Two pints day, perhaps ?'' .i'a -A!.'1'a
 "Yes, that is when Pm in work"
 "Tbree sometimes, and an extra one, or a glass of gin and water on Saturday night, perhaps ?'' I said. s,.,... ....l ..-,.'=..>,...
 "Wcll, won't deny it."
 "Six or seven shIllings a week then, when you're in work % @'1 hssl' eiSs e5s5aa
 ssYou like spree now and then, don't you, John And now and then trip on Sunday down to Greenwich or Rich moRd Or to Brighton and back for three shillings 2n j r aa4os ? @ iT
 "A man must get out bit sometimes" he replied, doggedly "and the missis and children, too"
 Right" I replied ''by all means But 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 Sun day p
 helped him to make the calculation, and it came to this, that it couldn't we'll be less than four or five shillines, at the cheapest; and, of course, to Brighton and back good deal more. He confessed to having once spent pound in this way.
 Johns eyes began to be opened.
 "And you go pretty often, in the Sum- mer time, don't you 2''4 ai'f 595 .-1H5 ...
 ''Well, we do go pretty often, sir, and I don't say it's right at all times but there, all the while there's money in the pocket, sir, it will go."
 "Now, Jobn," said, 'T am not going to send you away with good advice-.jaw' you'd call it, perhaps-and nothing else. have small fund at my disposal for de- serving cases" q thought he looked lit tie confuse at the word deserving, "and shall give you something out of it for present necessity. Make the best use of it you can, and I'll see 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.'' -5+l,
 went to his house cay or two after this, and found him at home, sitting des- Pondingly by the grate, in which was a mere handful of fire. though it was cold, raw day. The room was almost bare of furniture, and had poverty stricken look.
 "Well, John" I said, Chow is it2 Any work in prospect ?'' i7.'aff.sa l -ssirE'a
 'sNo, sir, nothing; and the governors, leastways the foreman, told me this morn ing it Warn't likely there would be, not for some time to come. Things, he said. was as bad as they could be so many of these banks and companies had gone to smash" .--.,t- easy a-;t Ee f....0t a.-
 Do you know why John 2" I asked.
 Well, not to say exactly, sir" ..---.
 Raising money on false pretenses and spending it before they had got it." said. 'sThey have been going too fast, John :; steam full on, and not caring whether the fire was clear or no :; and now they've run into another train, and there's an awful smash and one train comes after another and makes it worse, and they can't do any thing to prevent it" '5A t&'5'
 its a great shame, sir, as so many should suffer, though" fr.eat 4. ..5s : <.
 'sYou love your children, John,'' I said.
 He looked at me and tried to speak, but could not. It was no use his trying to hide it; and at last he fairly sobbed. '@.
 ''Now, John," ] said, we must try and rub through these bad times as best we can, and I'll do what can to help you. But how is it to be for the future With thirty shillings week, you ought to lay by, ought you not ?" '
 'It seems as ought" he replied.
 "Well, now make up your mind to begin as soon as ever you get ahoat again. Or course. you must first Of all pay what you owe have seen the agent who collects your rent, and he will take the back-rent in instalments of two shillings week. A I.int of beer day will about pay that. The shop will do the same, and it may be paid from the same fund.
 Will you undertake to do that as soon as you get into work again ?"
 ''Indeed will, sir, and thank you heart fly. You've behaved most kind to me, sir, and shall never forget it." ....-.. -
 ''l don't wish you to do so, John but I wish you to remember it for your own sake, and turn over new leaf when you once get fair start. Come to my house tomorrow, and there will be paper for you to sign if you approve of it. .sr
 Twelve months passed away, and the dreary Winter came round again, when I had arac.fhas. rz:cif E.c,.,,- Icl,,, Xn4c,r 0H