The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1873-07-02

Author Of History Of pine,ando Peep at Upper Ten
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cit cannot be possible, Russ, that you in
tend to do SO absurd thing !" and Harry
Ashton looked into the face of his friend in
amazement.
'Icertainly do, was the reply "and furth-
ermore see nothing absurd in it. You know
the point I'm aiming at. How am / to reach
it? Surely not in the way | am doing now,
when have not farthing left of my salary,
at the end of the year"
But have you thought of the consequent
ces of this Russell Mabery, head clerk in
the flourishing establishment of Griswoll s.
Company, and Russell NIabery, boss in quarry,
will be two persons in the polite society of
Stanbope."
Russell's lips curled slightly. "What of
it?" he asked.
Nothing. only you make one of it now !;
then you will not; and your sister, have you
thought of what she may lose by this move /? :"
Russell paused with look of anxious
thought for an instant, then he said Alice is
noble girl-she will lose nothing that is worth
retaining. Listen and will show you the re-
lative position of the two cases, and their final
results, and you will see that though stoop, l
will conquer. In the first place you know it
is, as it always has been, my highest ambition
to study law. / can be content with no other
profession. My father encouraged the ambi-
ton, and at his death, was preparing to give
me thorough education. Mother strove to
carry out his plan and unknown to me mort
gagged our home, that might be kept at school,
and that Alice might be fitted to adorn the po-
sition she had gained in society. At her death
the blow came, and we saw our circumstances
in their true light. But pride kept us from
disclosing them to the world, and so we have
lived on, keeping our house, and servants en-
PERTAINING our friends, and paying the heavy
interest due, out of the thousand dollars salary
receive. You can imagine the mental strain
it brings upon us, to do all this out Of our
society as you say; but it strains every faculty
of mind and body to keep there, and for
what? A few condescending smiles and bows
and the honor of an invitation now and then to
the house of people who belong to the elite.
After all we have no solid position in society.
Like the moon, we are shining by the reflected
light of the fashionable orb in which we move.
SO Alice and l, after looking the matter fairly
in the face, have concluded to flank the enc
my"
"And how may you be going to do it?"
asked Harry, in a hooking tone, as Russell
LAT e ~.
casm.
GAS I was saying" he continued: az
will show you the other side of the picture
l happened to see an advertisement for boss
in the granite quarries near the city of r.
Having partial acquaintance with the con-
tractors, went to see them, found the wages
good, and obtained the refusal of the situa-
ton for three days. Then Alice and thought
it all over, counted the cost, and the result is
have engaged for one year. Alice has OBJ
tanned situation as goyerness in the city, so
she will not be very far from me. Our prop
erty we have made over to Mr. Aims, to make
him safe for the mortgage, until such time
as we shall be able to redeem it, 1t is our
childhood home, you know, and many tender
recollections cluster around it. We cannot
bear to part with it for life"
But you have not yet made it clear to me
how you intend to flank the enemy, as you
say" interrupted Harry.
81 was just coming to that 2 replied Russell,
laughing my salary will be eight dollars
day. That amounts to over two thousand a
year. Out of that pay my board, which /
get at farmer Stephens, for five dollars per
week. That leaves me, after allowing some-
thing for clothes and incidentals, still two
thousand at the end Of the year, with which
to pursue my studies; which intend to COM
mence at once under the instruction of Judge
Ainsworth Ny labor is light at six in the
evening 1t is done, and then / have the re-
lnainder until bedtime for study. In this
way can obtain the profession j have chosen,
and when the time comes can take the posi-
ton desire ip society by virtue of true merit,
and not by the condescension of few who
think patronage a christian virtue"
ssVery fine very fine indeed /" remarked
Harry, still in a hooking tone. tWhat do
you think Miss Virginia Griswoll viii say to-
all this2 Have you consulted her taste, and
is she willing to wait until her love, now
head clerk in her fathers store, shall have
passed through the metamorphosis of boss
quarryman, to lawyer Of distinction and re-