Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1872-11-21


one lens there which man would give
years Of his life for the chance of u.s.
ing"
"Was the professorship offered to
your" -
ayes. The most absurd MISTAKE |!
The trustees wrote to me making the
proposition, and OF course accepted
1t was Just after closed my school. i
put my letter in this pocket. No, /
did not neglect to send it, but when I
did l forgot to put a stamp on 1t. 1t
was too bad, too bad 20 growing serious.
''They waited until their patience gave
out, and then Boehm, German from
Bonn, was pushed in by his friends. A
month afterward my letter came out of
our village post-office, quite clean and
fresh.n t'-..ss sax
''Ehe salary was large, Isuppose ?"
"Yes. But one can make money
anywhere. But such a lens"
"When will your furniture be here,
Susy? said Melicent to break the awk-
ward pause. s..z
Ben and his wife glanced at each
other and laughed. "Ilo tell the truth,
We have none,n said Susy, "Ren being
out Of work Of any sort for so long
you understand. IT'S all gone some
how" IL
'Oh! We'll soon bring few traps to-
gether," said Ben, rising from the ta-
bic, "Weil, boys, I am delighted to be
with you once more. Eve been anx-
ious to and out what you think of Dar-
wins last step, eh?" T..
was obliged to leave home the next
morning for a couple of days, and,
when returned, the Piileys were es-
tabli5hedi in No. 500. -. l.,s.s... .
''.'We will drop in and look at them"
said Saul who had come to the depot to
meet me. When we reached the door,
the vigorous sound of a violin met us.
The floors were carpetless. The furni-
| ture consisted Of half a dozen chairs,
tables and iron bedsteads. But the
windows were flung wide open to adj
nit the balny evening air. And the
children in their winter clothes tumbled
over each other in and out, while Ben
fiddled, and his wife, soft and sweet us
May rose, sat placidly beside him.
every day with your Pontefract's
Woods" said Ben, after the iirst wei;
come was over. "Stified (? Not a bit oi
/ lls L uClC .
in the very pressure of human life
fabout you. It's a stfmulai1t...i Why,
at home you know how FUSED TO creep
| out Of work and be of tothe woods hall
the time. I could not help it, Lathr0p,
Nature had her grip on me: But here,
when a thousand or more of Us men sci
off to our labor IN the morning, fee
quite as though i were marching in an
army. Z keep step with humanity, eil %
/ 'sWhat about the work when yeT
reach the ofhce?" q 'ii ".''fs' fsil :,
''Oh that's mere bagatelle, % indiffer
emily. 'sPienty of time for study. I've
found treatise of Van Schurz by the
way, in the Philadelphia library, thai
I've wanted for years" go 80 . I'll.
.i'"What do you think ?" said Sau
anxiousIy, after we had gone out
l'ha As did at first. It WIS mistake. {"
tiThey would have starved if 7 haG
not brought him here a'i''
/ e'Better for man to starve than tO
attempt any other work than his own
There is so much force wasted. Either
the man or the work ends in ruin"
"Very good in theory But what a.
bout the starving wife and children.
Besides,r continued Saul, when ht
found had nothing to say, 'sthe chic
\ of Ben's department tells me that the
iHwork is, as he says, aimere bagatelle Il
him. Pilley is no dreaming book worn
/ after all, but a man Of sound ability anC
large grasp of thought" - 81
/ said no more, having certainly M
rightto interfere. But the belief wa
4 an old one with me that every master
workman in the world is fitted by Got
/ for an especial task, and quits it at hi:
/ peril for any consideration of cOmfOrt
or even life. Looking back at BEN:
/ story through the horror that darkened
it, the belief has deepened intoa super
stitiOn. 5,. .i.lis i -
l had no opportunity of noting how
/ he performed his duties until a month
or two later, when / went one day out
| to suburban station on the road Il
meet Melicent, who, with the baby,
had been down in Maryland for q
week. She had telegraphed me to ex-
pect her on the $40 P. II. express train
from Baltimore, and / went out an
hour before. / found Ben pacing up
] and down the little platform, with
no other duty in life apparently but to
drink in the beauty Of the indistinct
landscape asleep in the mellow Septem.
Der night. - ~.
"Yes, this is my post now,n after
wringing my hand heartily. 81 was
sent out ten days ago-a kind OF pro-
motion, believe. There's more re-
sponsibility involved. Come in and
look at my snuggery," ," watching my
surprise with b0yish delight. The neat
little Office was frightened by vines
and flowers in the windows; some fine
drawings were on the walls and rare
books on the desk. The violin lay neal
his hand. .
siPlenty OF time for study. A man Is
drawn to hisreal work by q sort off grav-
itation, eh? One can't sell all of ones
| birthright for tie mess Of pottage. But
what brings you here at night?" ..
| 1 told him Mel was coming, and
could not help being gratlfied by his
pleasure. He was grateful, Affection
ate fellow, and Melicent's little kind
ness to them had made him very fond
of her. ......... ...........-.t-...e
so soon. Pontefract's Woods has seem
ed dull and lifeless without her, espeei-
ally to Susy. On the $40 express, Ell
That's one of the heaviest trains usually,
Break off some flowers, Lathrop, and
have them ready for your wife, while ]
Here Sam in. to a colored boy loung.
ing on the grass, "fun OF to the village
for some ice cream. Fly, you rascal
She'll be thirsty with the heat and
dust,n turning to me, -
This was all years ago, but i often
waken still at nights when the cold
sweat of terror on my face, from dream
ing that I am standing again on the
dimly-lighted platform breaking the
fragrant syrlnga punches from the
bush. and watching Ben with an
amused pleasure as he bustled to and
| fro. .....,.s.
"Have you a carriage ?" coming up to
me at the moment the telegraph oper-
ator put dispatch In his hand.
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