The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1872-09-26
SEEKING ONES VOCATION.

old la,her, as be clsmbered into bis cresk
ing gig. and shook out the reius over
Dobbin's neck
Tom threw up his handsome head.
Pm quite convinced that the farm is
,ot my vocation. Mr.. Sommervi'le." he
replied. loftily. II must 80 someuhere--
10 the city where my talents cau b. ap-
precia,ed "
well. uell," responded The old man,
have it your own way. You aud Jen-
ME knows best. 'ris . maxim Of mine
never to NEEDLE with young married folks.
Paddle your own canoe; ifyou run aground
you have no one bu, yourself to blanc. =
Good by-good by! Whatever you do,
take good care Of tho little one"
Dobbn started of on trOt, snd the
tears filled ny eyes, aud au aching Senss-
ton half choaked me.
"Tum." ven,ured. turning toward my
handsome husband; maybe fathers right
and this is a snug little home after all!'
Tom turned upon me with angry re-
proach.
II don't think il Of you. jennie
Would you have mo bury myself here,
aud hoe corn far a livins2 Have you no
ambition at all! and you the mother Of a
soul must 60. tell you, and seek ny
vocatiou-I'se talents, aud cant afford
to bury them"
Tom and had been married a twelve
month or more, and the pretty rural farm
on. which Ne lived, Walnut Hills, by
|
name. was my fathers wedding present
We had everything We needcd-a ,aste-
full cottage. flowers. birds, fruits and Der.
ries, srd ! we'll titled. 6utly stocked farm.
But Tom was discontinued. Tom vas a
scholar iD bis way He had been to col
Il.pe little, read law little. read wedl.
cine little, aud | am not sure he had not
dabtled iu divinity. OF course such mani
fold requirements must not be suffered TO
.rdn to waste. Tom must seek his vocs.
|tlon. 4
|. The 6rs, step would Be- to sell Walnut
Hill, 4br1 oas cannot 6od ope'S voca.iO!99
ssi.ssss,nSs.y:ass ~. x; ;''''' {
We wrote to papa Stout I, .pd be made
Us 3 visit
why, Tom. the farm IS looking up.
he said, glancng around at the we'll titled
fields. II don's think your plan . wise
one"
But Som though. otheruise, and the 70.
suit was that Walnut Hill Was sold With
its golden harvest ungarnered, and sold At
rather a low figure.
All our pretty household treasures went
too, aud late iu the spring We went to the
city.
Tom rented Ia large house 10 an aristo.
cratic square, and broughtin the furniture.
We we're very elegant. Spacious draw
ing rooms and velvet carpets and sllken
drapery A cook in the kitchen. and Z
nursery maid up stairs Tom bought 4
buggy too, and stylish horse. It would
never do he argued, to make poor ap'
pearance in the outset.
Then the search for vocation began
bu; somehow the vocation did not turn up
Strange enough, too. Tom thought. lie
! tried medicine, but it wouldn't do, and
the city va, run over with lawyers. He
drove to and fro daily, but unlike Noah'l
dove, be returned without the olive
leaf
W. gayo grand dinners and made
friends with the city magnates, aud they
in return made US wondrous promises
which remained promises to tho end.
Midsummer came! The heavens were
like brass. the streets like fiery plowshares
aud a pitiless SUI seethlug overhead =
Baby fell i'll as the hot weather set iu, and
our expenses werc swallowing up all oul
means.
How | longei for the cool green shade
of Walnut Hill. And 30 did poor Tom,
but be would not confess it. He was sure
Of his vocation still-he would 6nd it iu
good time.
Baby grew worse, and the doctors re.
commended the seaside or bracing cuuntry