Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1872-02-03
a Noble Young Man Marries
The Girl he Loved-The
~ Result. VI i

On 4. certain day in 1853, & young
MAN. whose uoticeable points Were
fss,,iunai,le coat, pantaIoos,s, with wide.
.hecks and a large watch chain, at
nh end III which dang1ed . seal, walk
sJ4ufs, a large hardware stjie in Bss-
ton and saSzal fUr pmployrnesst.
Mr.. Peter Butler, one of the propri
.,ors. manfred il he had ever worked
NJ tho bIsihdss. He had not. What
had NJ been ioingl S.mlying law at
Cambridge. Where did he heiong !!
His friends lived in Marylahd. Tue
Arm were not in need of iipIp, and the
services of the applicant were civaliy
declined. ..,yf..tsf
On the following day he addressed
a note 70 Mr.. Butler, saving that he
had feared h. hal not pl:rle. himself
fulIy unde stood, and wvpid gall a2ai |.
on the morrow to expl;,m turther. Al
yhe second interview he saul h.. h "a
Irradnated ut Harvard University, and
commenced recalling Ian that he had
become acquainted With young lady
in Cambridge, whom he I,ruio>esi T.
marry that his father had written t.
him, f0rridslipg bin to we'd q NORTH,
ern gill on penalty OF utter dIsiIileri
lance and banishmei.t from home.
He intended. however ~ keep his
fajtls with Ills betIothe,l; and ;is Ne
mist paddle bis"wn canoe hls future,
he WAS looking for employment. Slr
Butler engaged him al S40U u year,
and gave him certa ilsiiitiest to perform.
Next norning the yoni,g man, who's.
name We MAY rs well SAY WAS John
Paca, walked III iron, Cambridge with
his dinner racket in n tim pail and
went stoutlyto work. He kept stead
" at this for a year, doing al ne WAS
told 10 do, and more besides; for his
comrades, of WHOM there were mere
than sixty finding him able aud will
ing, set him at all the mental tasks Of
the establishments, until the prmfietoss
discovered and stopped the Imposition.
Attic end Of the year Johns salary
was Increased 800, and lie named ian
early day for his wedding. When that
day came Mr.. Butler gave him new
snit of clothes (he prpscntseyerybody
he takes Hiking to with tip-top suit
once in whilr1 aud holiday. Mr..
and Mrs. tohn Paca went to live with
the brides father and mother, and
John continued to walk to his bust.
ness, tin pail in hand. Among al, the
merchants aud tra,lcsmen who role in
from old Cambridge 70 the lhashs and
counting rooms Of Boston, there WAS
none whose heart was lighter and hap
pier than that of John Paca, "a clplk of
e50O a year. He was always of, hand
when the Warehouse was opened, and
stuck by ituntil it was closed. Dur
ing second year OF his service be- re
ceived q letter from his sisters, who
were at school in Brooklyn, asking him
IN get leave to make them a short
visit. He did 80, and returned to his
duties. -s..fg A
Not long afterward another letter
came. His father wanted him ~ come
home for few daysand bring his wife
sloue with him. Nj. Butler furnished
the Necessary funds for com o. table
trip 10 tho old home and back again.
During their STAY in Maryland the
Young compile won the love of the old
folks, if indeed they hal ever forfeited
it, for John had hot long been back 10
the store in Boston WHEN his father lie
sred him to take charge of one 0i his
plantations. He should have living
OF il, one thousand a yearbesisles, and
two sa,ldle-horses, and his wife 81 ould
have carriage aud pair HIS en-
ployrrs hurried him away anil babe
him God speed. At the death Of his
father John fell heir to an immense
estate. Ever, year he wrote to Peter
Butler, whom he justly iliiuks one OF
the hst men in Post n, to come out
and JON lin in fox huat-C ncord
MoxitoH