Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-01-02
A noble Young Man Marriss the
Girl .e AsOSed-The ResuIt.

From the Concord Monitor.l
On a certain day in 1853 a young man.
whose noticeable points we're fashion
able coat, pantaloons with wide checks,
and a large watch chain, at the end Of
which dangled seal, walked into large
hardware store in Boston and asked for
employment.
Mr.. Peter Butler, one of the proprie-
tors, inquired if he had ever worked at
the business. he had not. What had
he been doing2 Studying law at Cam
bridge. Where did he belong2 His
friends lived in Maryland. The firm
was not in need Of help, and the ser
vices of the applicant were civilly de-
chned. ll.
On the following day he addressed a
note &c Mr.. Butler, saying that he feared
he had not made himself fully under
stood, and would call again on the NOR
row to explain further At the second
interview he said that he had graduated
at Harvard University, and commenced
reading law; that he had become ac-
quainted with a young lady in Cam
bridge, whom he proposed to marry;
that his father hea written to him, for
bidding him to wed Northern girl On
penalty of utter disin5eritance and ban
ishment from home.
He intended however, 10 keep faith
with his betrothed; and as be must pad
die his own canoe in future, he was look.
ing for employment Mr.. Butler en-
gagged him at $400 year, and gave him
certain duties to perform Next morn
ing the young man, whose name we may
as well say was John Paca, walked in
from Cambridge with his dinner packed
in tin pail aud went steady to work.
He kept steadily at this for year,
doing all he was told to do, and more be-
sides, for his comrades, Of whom there
were more than sixty, finding him able
and willing, set him at all the menial
tasks of the establishment, until the
proprietors discovered and stopped the
imposition,
At the end Of the year Johns salary
was increased 800, and he named an
early day for his wedding. When that
day came Mr.. Butler gave him a new
suit of clothes (he presents everybody |
he takes liking to with a tip.top suit
once in while) and holiday Mr.
and Mrs. John Paca went to live with
the brides father and mother, and John
continued to walk in to his business, tin
pail in hand. Among all the merchants
and tradesmen who rode in from old
Cambridge to the banks and counting
rooms pf Boston, there was not one
whose heart was lighter and happier
than that Of John Paca, a clerk Of $500
o year. Hewhs always on hand when
the warehouse was opened, and stuck by
it until It vas closed. Dnring the sec
ond year Of his service he received q
letter from his sisters, who were at
school in Rrooklyn, asking him to get |
leave 10 make them short visit. he |
did so, and returned to bis duties.
,--iIv. ious afterward another letter
came. His father wanted him TO come |
home for few days and bring his wife |
with him. Mr.. Butler furnished the nee
esaa-y funds for a comfortable trip to
the old home spd back again. During
their stay in Maryland tho young couple
won the love of the old folks, IL indeed
they had ever forfeited it, for John had
not long been back TO the store in Bos-
ton when his father desired him to take
charge Of one Of his plantations He
should have living off it, one thousand
year besides, and two saddle-horses,
and his wife should have a carriage and |
pair. His employers hurried him away
siitii Dads iiiiIs 6od-sPsed. At the death |
Of his father John tel hoir to an i'm
mense estate. Every year he writes to |
Peter Butler, whom he justly thinks one |
one of the best men in Boston, to come
out and join him in fox hunt