The daily gazette. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1874-1883, 1874-10-09
Work ing for a Living.

Ralph Iartston made the exclama-
tion IN half incredulous and wholly
surprised tone; and no won,lrr for Sid
ney Co5ter had the day before been the
richest of all that wealthy circle of
which they We're the representatives,.
Yes, ruined"
But | do not under ,t.,nd IT Co,ter." g"
said Hartston.
Il suppose not -
g! do not cannot realize it, " persist
ed Hartston
You would if You Were in my place %
replied Sidney bitterly
"How did it happen-pl.ase explain -"
said Hartston, lighting a fresh cigar.
However much our friends may h. q, it
seldom Interfere much with our pleas
ure5 i'll this world.
Simply and naturally enough. re-
piled Co9ter, declining with a wave Of
the hand the protfered cigar. No.
must give mp that luxury now | have
no money to spend ON cigars. | tru ted
my money t" my uncle, who, by the way
Is the best fellow in the world, and he
lost it for me that all "
am really amazed at your cooluc.s,
said Ralph.
There IS no use in frctting about it
noM; that won't mend the matter, or
make it any better"
That true enough, but very hard to
practice, | imagine. How did your un-
Gle, who, by the way, | should call a very
sharp fellow, If he had lot all ny for
tune for me, lose all this money Largo
sum believe."
Cool hundred and fifty thor5anl,"
replied Coster "a compos edly a. If the
sums Were but the allnc number Of
cents, or belonged to aome one elae.
And he lost it,"
"Ies, that's Just it specullting,' IN
terrupted Sidney, a5 his friend glanced
inquiringly at hHl.
And you, Sidney, what will You :"
Why go to work, If course! What
else ii there to do?'
Work! Sidney Coattr at work He
the daintiest and most wealthy ariato-
crat of us all, at work Why the idea j.
preposterous and absurd"
The sneering laugh which followed
these words nettlcd his listener, and
reused all the manhood within him.
And why shouldn't | work or You
either, for that matter? God intended
that all His creatures should earn their
bread, and because We have always lived
| and grown i'll the sun of pleasure, and
| eaten the bread Of idlenesa, is it amy
| reason why We always should? out up
on such ideas, | say! and away with this
| false pride, that will permit gentleman
to swindle, lie, gamble and steal, and not
lower himself; but aliases him to the
| dust if he dares to honestly earn his liz
ing. It's all wrong, and | Will not be
bound by it,"
He showed by his earnest look that he
| meant it, every word Hart ton WAS
aghast at such l"yrling ideas, and lowly
said:
| Just as you please, Of cour5r, Costcr
| \ on are your own master. But Of course
il you choose to put yourself down in tn,
dirt. you won't expect your friend t,
come down to the same level. |, for one
would never think of associating with ;
man who worked for living"
| Sidney Coster' : lip cIrled i'll cuntr.upt
of such character. Harrison continu
| ed:
why don't you 60 ahead old fellow
and marry some rich girl? luu arr. F.;
good -looking fellow and might very casi
ly do it."
What an honorable thing that wonl,
be. wouldn't it would rather starv,
than thus degrade myself and deceive
woman!"
AS you please Good day - And IN,
friend was gone.
Coster looked after him IA moment an,
in spite of his brave words he felt butte
against the fate that had made him
poor man. 1t was IL pleasant life, this
that he had been leading and it Wa har,
to give it up.
The next thing TO do was te search fu
employment. He possessed nothing i
the world except his clothes and slna
amount of jewelry of his form"
butterfly existence and a heart full q
courage. He did not know how ta Wurl
had never attempted even the hight IS
details of business, but he set rranlut,.l
about the task before him.
He walked the city for days and day
but all in vain. No one wanted Inn
There were plenty of situations, bu
when his qualifications We're asked he wa
forced to tell the miserable truth AN
confess that he knew just -nothin.
How bitterly he regretted now. III tn
, hour of need, that hc had not spent I'll
hours which he wasted III acquiring h
accomplishments i'll learning somethili
that would help him III his strait. l.,
grcts were useless, and he went steldll
forward ON the hard path OF duty.
At last he lost all hopes of finding en
. ployment in the city, and turned hi ia,
, towards the spreading fields, and Shad
1 =
, Gods own land, the country. He dl
not know what he should do there h
, had not friend in the wide world, /
, thought. who cared whether he lived ,
died. Where his mcle-the unhapI
i cause of his misfortune-had gone |
: did not know He only knew he ";
:, alone, tired, heartsick and discourage
. turning with a longing heart from Il
a hot and dusty city streets, to the tres
4 green meadows OF the country.
r He went. Fur two days he tramp,
v slowly along, sick i'll mind and IN boil
. . He had tried again and again to lind II
= ployment as he went along, hut TIL /
!. same helplessness OF ignorance was /
n bane barrier. He was sick, very sic
and knew not where he might lay
weary head. At Last he fell, and kn,
no more.
! After the long Llauk and darkness
p had Il dreamy sense of pleasant shad
). room 81 open, vine covered wlndo,
with fresh, pure flowers ot a kind, he,
J ty, rugged face that came and looked
him, and then spoke cheerily to anotl
kind and motherly face that hover
II over him oftener, and smoothed his !
d lows, and brushed back his clusteri
" hair, matted with his restless fever to
10 ings; of another face-an angel he drea
ii ed it was-younger, and So fresh a
- sweet that the very sight of it seemed
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