Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1872-10-18
DODGEYIELE, WISCONSIN, FRIDAY,

Mr.. Joshua ''remain here quietly with
me this evening, and let us talk over mat
ters, and tomorrow thou shalt return with
me; and tell thee it will be worth a ten
pound note to thee, and more if thou dost
not see that young woman. I am not
going to tell thee ho wEit will be worth 50
much money, butI do tell thee that it is
so, and if thou takest my word. thou wilt
| find it so, too. p
That nj ght the good Quaker kept Amos
at his lodgings, and talked with him over
his faults, which were surely amongst the
most important of these affairs s-
"Now will start thee, " said the good
man, "on1y on.one condition, and that is,
that thou wilt never go to- see thy Mary
until thou canst give her a good ac-
count of thysef and thy concerns--or,
at any rate, ofthy Industry and Efforts
one such as thy conscience can approve
! Of a
These seemed very hard lines for poor
Amos. Still he agreed to them, for his
| e100 was slipping fast away. On the
| following daygood Joshua Helps went to
the Hollington carrier, the successor of
Amos's father, and then end there made
an agreement with him that the young
man should have the place originally
offered to him, Mr.. Joshua himself adj
vanced what was necessary, on the con-
dition that it was repaid to him ia due
season. Very many struggles had Amos
with Himself as he, for the first time, put
on his carriers clothes and prepared-te
start with the team, but he overcame
them all. Honor, gratitude, the hope of
| getting Mary Crust and Of shortening the
dreadful time during which he could not
see her, all spurred him on to the thing
| which was right. Two long years had
| passed away, and now Amos had fairly
and honestly set himself to work. The
long road journeys, the "all weathers," !"
which he had to meet, the old carriers
exactnessy in everything-to a. farthin!gg
in money, to. "a minute in time-all
helped to make him a business man.
At last the happy days came near. The
carrier sent for Amos one morning, and
told him he was beginning to feel too old
to go to the London stage any more; that
he was about to give the journey up to
him. And now when Amos began to re-
fleet seriously on thespast, and see where
he stood at the present, he felt that he
had earned the right to see Mary, and
could give her by word of mouth good
account, of himself; but, first he felt he
ought to consult his friend, Mr. Joshua
Helps. '9'-' 'S} }~}.''~ 1'A '1.. 'io- o--<--. 10
"And now," said Mr.. Joshua, "canst
thou pay me back what have advanced
for thee, for whilst thou are in debt there
is nothing thou canst call thine own?"
AYE, here it is" said Amos, pulling out
great leatbern purse, and counting the
money out in guineas on the table, 81
brought it, for | could not answer Mary
if she asked me if l owed anything"
G''Then go and see, thy Mary" said the
Quaker, "and when thou comest back,
come and tell me how she is, and how
much she has saved"
Folks may wonder what the Quaker
wanted to know about Mary's savings
for, but he had reason Of his own. He
meant Amos now to marry Mary, and he
meant to help them, too, but he would
not put his money where it would not be
safe - into idle, dreamy, spendthrltt
hands. So Mr.. Joshua bought up the
business of the Hollington carrier, and
also the stage which dashed past dreamy
Amos with the four gallant grays, and he
made a fine business of them all. Amos
Dyke now changed the wagon for the
coach, and drove the grays many a
time himself. He never drank, and
never, dreamed at least by day. He
worked like an honest man; and at last,
by Gods blessing, conlmenceda new year
himself the proprietor of the whole con-
Germ. One thought came into the mind
of Amos and his wife, and that was, how.
delightful it would be to purchase the old
mill AS time wore on this also was ac-
complished, and Amos Dyke and his wife
had the pleasure of seeing two of their
own sons prospering in it. .,,..i