The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1874-05-28

Il 0I. Willtam'o belief - 70 the odvan-
ages to b 1erivsdfrom Ais pct project,
md that he dreaned ambitious dreams of
. timber merchant And to
hihk that fortune, In . small way, Wss
o b Missed for want Of Q hundred
pounds!
Could he not have borrowed that sum?
~, he could: bot that Vas where he and |
lis soa John ha their frat d agreement. |
John would have nothing 10 cay To Dor. |
'sWiag; and without the young mans |
activity, and clear head for |
the father could not zee his way. !
And % they parted, not in anger, indeed,
but In GOODNESS, Considering that John Wss |
IN only child, and had lived on terms of
perfect affection with his parents up to
date. Nor could it b said that he had
lef them capEaciOusly, without good rea-
sons; Tor having sent . specimen Of carv-
ing to famous firm, Who were engaged
IN restoring . cathedral, he received IN
ofier OF employment, the terms of which
might we'll dazzle young country artifi-
Ger. This happened three years before,
and they had not seen him since. Al
first his letters had been very regular, but
gradually they grew less 90, acd now
they had not heard from him for nearly
three months.
did not learn all this at one interview.
for the couple interrupted one another,
and confused the account, in addition to
which they persisted in assuming that l
had . certain amount of previous kpovl.
edge, which | did not possess. How
ever, when the ice Vas once broken. thew
often reverted to the subject Of there SELF
willed son, and by degrees l got y con-
nected narrative.
l had originally intended TO limit my
stay as Wh0rtle to . week; but the quiet
homelinsss Of the place suited me 90 ex-
sctly. that fortnight clipped BY almost
before Was aware. was not fishing
all the time; there we're two days of east
wind, and three Of unceasing rain, which,
with couple Of Sundays. reduced my &C.
tual period Of sport one half. Still Was
not dull, for, - . rule, NO man 10 % hap
py in his own society - the angler. But
10 made unfavOHshle weather which had
inter vened IN excuse for allowing my.
self one week more, at the expiration OF
which l determined that must leave.
should be keeping Nibbs out Of hia
favorite haunt.
On the last evening but one, hooked
the largest fish had yet raised. Al
Nibbs had told me, the TOft vas Q diff
cult river to fiah, In consequence of the
bushes which fringed the banks on each
side.' These concealed you, indeed, %
that you could only throw q very short
line; and when you hooked trout, the
method OF securing him Vas to wind uI
till he was only about four feet from the
top Of the rod, and then lift him out cleal
of the boughs. But Oh the present occa.
sion could not do this, the fish being Of
weight which would have smashed eth.
er rod or line to certainty but PeteI
was not there to assist me. So / played
the trout, followed him gently down the
stream, and looking out for Q clear spo,
to land him at. Fortunately Il mean iol
meg, he was very firmly hooked.
" You have got good one. sir" said
q voice-not Pster's-at my elbow.
"Ay," lreplied. "if only knew how
to get him out of the water"
IS think ! can help you." said he.
al have no landing net."
Never mind; j can get down to the
waters edge through that bush; play
him M to me and l will slip my cap I'M
der him."
This was effected; and in less than q
minute the speekled beauty WAS leaping
before us in the grass.
There are not many Of his size in
this stream" said my friend in need. 81
doubt whether my father ever took
heavier on. of it,"
/ looked at him; he was handsome
young man. with a broad forehead,
bright gray eyes, and rather massive
jaw.
us your name Williams ?" / asked
rather abruptly.
EYES," said he, looking up. surprised
81 am lodging at your fathers house, -
/ explained.
"All we'll ?" ke asked.
"Quiie."
"And lam anxious to see them i; 30 l
will say good-dsy for the present, sill"
and he strobe oil with an elastic step.
delayed my return beyond my usual
dinner time, and stole into the house
somewhat sheepishly; great joy is al
most as sacred IS . great sorrow. When
Mrs. Williams brought me my food,
made sort Of half apology for taking
her away from her son, and hoped his
visit would be long one.
Lifelong, / hope. SIR" she replied,
fairly laughing with delight. He has
been getting three pounds week great
part Of the time, and has saved enough
money to buy the cav mill. That was
why he left us, because he knew that his
father would never be happy unless he
had his fancy.
But he would not tell NJ what he was
up to at first, because he Was not sure Of
succeeding, and feared disappointing us.
And later, when il Was oil right, he could
not deny himself the pleasure Of . sur.
prise"
have had a week on the Toft quite
lately. Drunken Tommy has ceded the
mill TO Willimams & Son, who have i'm
proved the business considerably already.
/ had several chats with both, and
found that each retained his original
opinion.
"John is a very good lad, said Peter;
first rate; there 10 no better in England.
But he cannot see that those three years
have been % much time lost. We could
have repaid the hundred pounds. prin-
ciple and interest at the end Of the first
year."
"lll never start On borrowed money
while l can earn Q crust. though the
chance be ever 80 tempting" said John.
Tho interest eats up your profit, and
that breaks your heart. And then, if you
60 i'll, or have turn OF bad luck, whore
are you? We've got the saw-mill, and
the comfort Of knowing that We have
never been In debt, or owed il to the IA
vor of any ne."-Ckambers' Journal.