The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1873-08-09

AUGUST
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you Of me. I think now it was pri 1e, but
then thought it was humility. And Il
set up 4 certain stint to myself to, do, be-
fore | wonld write again. I told you was y
an extra good workman. Well, said.
8 I'll get extra good pay, and then III
than words Is pay ones debts IN, and that
Ips got soms od this good tender to show
how grateful am Ofcourse ! had 70
begin low, and work up. And I felt my
fg1Oranee, and got books, and studied
every night and Sundays. That was much
the toughest JOB Of the two, the BOOK
learning. But Mr.. Bradbury watched me
for your sake, and when Mr.. john was at
home in vacations he used to come down
ana talk to me, and when he found that I
was trying to improve myself. heE offered
to help 1le, and after that | got on ia
nieus1y. Presently I saw that 1t all' de-
pended on me how soon should be made
foreman. and worked like all possessed,
meaning to write to you as soon az got
the place. Having no expenses to speak
first, and perfect greed of getting and
saving took hold Of me. forsI wanted
to astonish my astonishing godfather
with the amount Of it. But Mr.. Brad
bury was buying land here and there in
the suburbs where he knew the horse
railroads were going to pGt it up, and he
said to me, John, if you choose to risk
your money in land, I'll buy for you as !
buy for myself, and I think we shall
make good thing - 80
Well, of course l did .chOese. And,
what isn't of course, we did make money
hand over hand. And 1t seemed az II l
was foreman in no time. And then
thought, No, l won't write just YET,
for The signs are that shall be mana
ger. Sure enough, that wasn't Tar
fof either. For the young gentleman
didn't like the business, and the old gen
tleman was wrapped up in it, and couldn't
bear to think that it would 60 all to pieces
when he should die. So he pushed me,
and pushed myself, and every wind that
blew seemed to fill my sails. My money
Just rolled over like a great snow-ball.
And the harder | studied the clearer my
head grew and the easier it seemed, though
found out, like Mr.. Bofin, that there
we're lots of 'scarers' in print.
s'Well, hadn't more than turned round,
it seemed to me, after | was manager, be
fore Mr.. Bradbury sent for me again, and
told me that was so well up in the busl-
ness, financial and mechanical, that he was
prepared to offer me junior partnership
if liked. / don't suppose the Emperor OF
Roosha thinks half so well Of himself as l
did then, Mr.. Blythe. But after all 1t
wasn't the success itself that / cared about,
but just the bringing Of it back to YOU,
and saving, its all yours, Sir the credit
of it, and the money, and the man you
made out of vagabond with your heaven
ly kindness -,.........-.
$50 then I sat down and wrote you 8
5 letter, and told you all Of this long story
But when it was done, a great light e 1el
+. on me, as 1t did on Paul. And saw that
: after all, was going to make you ms
v down, and grubbed for money and grub
e bed for learning, Just to make myself I
! little worthier to be your friend. and
c little more important in your eyes, ant
to be able to spend it fo- you. And hat
:. not made the world really any better OF
) for my being in it. thought how differ
o ent nv narrow notion of virtue was fron
J. yours. that helps everybody, for Mr.
) Bradbury had told me all about you, Sir
s And felt that wasn't worth shueks
e So tore up the letter, and began to liv
e a different life. knew we'll enough tina
/, nv work lay among the prisoners, and TO
il a year I've done what l could for them
l. But that's not the point now. Still dldn
h feel fit to come back and beg you to nv
f. with me, and that was the dream OF my LIE
% I was possessed to do some tremendou
l. thing, like saving family from burnln
N house, or from wreck, maybe at tn
ID risk Of my life. And was in that moo
,r when the news of this awful cholera cam
. over, and saw my chance. knew tht
g. Won would be in the worst OF it, and
K, nv thought saw you meeting me, an
le being 80 pleased and astonished. Well.
" came: and saw you the first day, an
ar YOU didn't know me. Ihad never though
y Of that chance. And 1t was kind of bio
rl to me, for it seemed as if you had nevt
been out of my thoughts, sleeping.
v. waking, and felt clean forgotten. so
10 made UP my mind not to speak till yG
e. knew me, unless you should get u
~ sickness, or should. But Just TO see ye
al everv day has been new life to me. Al
av that's all" he said, laughing like boy 1
i'd his own tears.
- John Blythe never knew what he said
le. answer. He talked almost as long as n
ly namesake had done. He planned lltt
ct holiday that they should have togeth
an when their nursing was over. And VIM
nd they rose from the table he said, wi
ne quaint reverence, "John, hencefor
80 there is new sacrament for me. 1t ls q
Lords breakfast, for l shall always {
lis lieve that the risen Lord has twice s
he with us at meat"
ssMost folks would think He'd lost d
,es way,' said the other, "to sit down II
~ cellar and eat with convict, where the
re- was no table-cloths nor silver forks; b
yer | guess, Mr.. Blythe, He'd go most an
ou where you 20, because you're just one
in His kind. Pm on duty at eleven o.cloe
be and must put out. But few hours
of parting don't matter to man who's b
ts. SO many years of it. And we can ha
till dinner together, can't we?''
lall ssAll dinners and all breakfasts, az
the son of my love-" cried Blythe. "\
Ind shall live together now, and help one
other. shall come down to you as so
YES as have had my sleep.''
ten But when he ran up the hospital sts
.es- that afternoon, thrilled with his new
- | o,,d e<ronor with its atrenpth he found