The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1873-09-06

not deceived him. as this YOU,
George Acton!'
| ''Yes, sir, replied our hero. His
face was flushed, but it was with
healthful labor, and not with shame;
the steady brightness Of his eyes
showed that.
"Are you regularly hired?"
'sYes, sur. The contractor gave
| me this berth until we. can find o
better one
/ "What does he pay yous"
''Just the same as he pays the
others two dollars II day, but I
earn dollar extra in the evening
by keeping his accounts. It's bet
| ter than nothing. sir. I tried to
find a clerkhip, but there was at
least dozen applicants for every
vacant place. OF course I couldn't
starve; and while I have health and
! strength twill neither beg nor run
in debt. l was brought up to work,
you know, and thank Heaven, I am
neither afraid of it, nor do I feel
above it,
"Hoist away shouted the mas
ter; and George Acton applied him
self again to his work.
| Mr.. Beverly went over and talk
ed with the contractor, and from
ifsthe fact that they looked several
| times toward the windlass where
the young clerk was at work, it was
reasonable to suppose that convcr.
sation was in regard to him.
j By and by Mr.. Beverly came out
from amid the ruins. and having
drawn the arm of his daughter with
IN his own, and bowed to his former
clerks, he departed. He did not
bow an adieu to young Acton, for
just then the laborer was busy at
his work.
And Philip Lewis and Clarence
Bugbee walked away talking of
their pity for poor Acton.
Mercy cried the former, II
would not have been in his place
when Florence Beverly came up on
the scene for all the money in Bos-
ton
ut was certainly humiliating,'
asserted the other. 'sBut,' he ad
ded refectively, "Acton never was
really hightoned; ] guess his family
is low bred, anyway"
And in this conclusion both young
men fully agreed; and they further
agreed they should not recognize
Acton as an acquaintance.
A week later Lewis and Bugbee
had occasion to call at the Office
where Mr.. Beverly had established
his business headquarters, and they
were not little surprised at be-
holding George Acton seated at the
desk of the confidential clerk and
correspondent. 1t was q private
room, with glass door, which
George occupied, and they did not
go in there; but they ventured to
ask one of the book keepers If Nc.
ton had been permanently employ.
ed.
q don't know about that re-
Piled the book keeper. 81 only
know that Mr.. Beverly seems TO
have taken a sudden and strong IL
king fer the young mani that he
entrusts him with his correspond
ence, and has given him a home be-
meath his own Roof" 81
Another day came--a day when
the sleighing was excellent, and
when the merry bells were iingling
far and near. Through the kind
ness of friend, Lewis and Bugbee
had secured good team for the
afternoon, they drove out upon one
of the Brighton roads. Out in the
country, they met the superb double
cutter, of Mr.. Beverly, drawn by a
pair of rattling bays. Upon the
front seat sat the merchant and his
wife, and upon the back seat smil-
ing and chatting with all the charm
and grace of friends who had given
to each other the fullest trust and
confidence, sat George Acton and
Florence Bcvsrly.s-=s-
J What, did it mean, p
If Philip Lewis and Clarence
Bugbce are not stupid beyond be-
lief they must ere this have solved
the problem; and may the solution
give them new and enlarged ideas
of life and its duties.
Dangers or Tobacco Chewing.
Recently there was brought into
9 San Francisco court one Annie
Welch, q muscular female, charged
with attempting to murder her hus-
band. His head was broken, he
was bruised up generally, and had