The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-08-19

inc luls evening, anu let rs Talk over
matters, and to morrow thou shalt return
with me; and | tell thee It will be worth
a ten pouRd note to thee, and more, II
thou dost not 90 to see that young
woman. am not going to tell thee how
1t will be worth so much money, but | do
tell theeithat 1t Is so, and II thou takest
my word thou wilt find 1t so too.
That night the good Quaker kept Amos
at his lodgings, and talked with him over
his affairs, and over his faults, which were
surely amongst the most important Of
those affairs.
" Now, will start thee" said the good
man, "only on one condition, and that is,
that thou wilt promise never to go to see
thy Mary until thou canst give her good
account OF thyself and thy cOnCerns-or,
at any rate, OF thy industry and Efforts
one such as thy conscience can approve
Of"
These seemed very hard lines for poor
Amos, Still he agreed tG them, for his
Rl00 was slipping last away.
On the following day good Joshua
Helps went to the Hollington carrier, the
successor Of AmOs's father, and then and
there made m agreement with him that
the young man should have the place
originally offered to him. Mr.. Joshua him.
self advanced what was necessary, on the
condition that II was repaid to him in due
seasou.
Very many struggles had Amos with
himself as he, for the first time, put on his
carriers clothes and prepared to start with
the team, but he overcome them all.
Honor, gratitude, the hope Of getting
Mary Crust and Of shortening the dreadful
time during which he could not sec her,
all spurred him on to do the thing which
was right.
Two long years had passed away, and
now Amos had fairly and honestly set
himself to work. Tho long road Journeys,
the "all weatlers,' which he had to
meet, the old carriers exactness in every
thing-to a farthins in money, to a
minute in time-all helped to make him q
business man
At last the happy days came near. The
old carrier sent for Amos one morning, and
told him no 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. lIl'a
And now when Amos began to reflect
seriously on the past, and see where lle
stood nj the present, lie felt that he had
earned the right to sec Mary, and could
give her by word ofmouLh good account
Of himself; but first he felt he ought to
consult bis friend Mr.. Joshua Helps.
"And now" said Mr.. Joshua, "canst
thou pay me back what ] have advanced
for thee, for whilst thou art in debt there
is nothing thou canst can thine own :"
"Aye, here Il Is" said Amos, pulling
ont great leathern purse, and counting
the money out in guineas on tho table. 81
brought Il, for | could not answer Mary II
she asked inc if | owed anything"
"Then go and see thy Mary" said the
Quaker; "and when thou eOmest 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 o reason of his own. lie
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, spendtllrift hands.
SO Mr. Joshua bought up the business
of the IEOllington carrier, and also the
stage which dashed past dreamy Amos
with the four gallant grays, and lie made
fine business Of them all.
Amos Dyke now changed the wagon for
the coach, and drove the grays many q
time himself. lie never drank. aud never
lreamed-at least by day. lie worked
like an honest man and at last, by Gods
blessing commenced new year himself
the proprietor ofthe whole concern. One
thought often came into the mind Of Amos
and his wife, and that was, how delight
fol It would be to purchase the old mill
As time wore on thisalso was accomplish.
cd, and Amos Dyke and his wife had the
pleasure of seeing two of their own soas
prospering in 1t.