The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-10-08

] tN. ANU WIFI VI tllN ASee~-e
the last vestige of love for Laura Smlti
went out. 1t had been only a fancy a
/ best, and the first puff from the winds o
adversely obliterated it.
/ The morrow brought Jones and hart
work with him; for the sale of Brown
personal effects had to be made in Orde
/ to pay off his debts. When everythin!
was settled, he found himself possessed o
/ five hundred dollars, beside the ponie
and the phaetOn. These he sent down Z
his aunt, begging her to keep them TO
| him until he should claim them. "Th'
ponies are very gentle" he wrote. . an(
you, or Miss Wynne, can manage then
without difficulty. | hope Miss Wynn'
will find it convenient to give them plenty
of exercise"
Miss Somers's eyes were misty as sh'
read, and " BLESS the boy" welled III
from her heart, that was followed by
smile both knowing and satisfied.
Browns five hundred was invested IL
real estate for safe keeping, and then M
went TO work Untitled by education fol
any trade, he was Obliged to content him
self with a clerkship that furnished amost
meager living. But now that his eve:
were opened, and he saw what life and
success demanded, he worked with will
and all his spare time was spent in the ac
quirement of knowledge that would be o.
practical benefit to him.
One day Jones came to him in high glee
81 believe I've hit upon the right thing
at last" he said. 81 w9s telling Schem
merhorn of your taste for mathematics
and he asked me if thought you would
like TO learn civil-engineering. | sale
yes on my own responsibility, and now
you can do as you like about it,"
"Ot course I'll learn, if Schemmerhorn
will teach me evenings"
"He said he would, and you can begir
whenever you are ready"
This was the beginning of hard work
for Brown. Through the day he worked
his ten hours at his clerkship, and from
six till twelve every night, but Sunday
nights, he spent in severe study. o.
course it began to tell upon him at the enc
of year, and strong as he was, he fell
himself breaking. Just about this time
aunt Selma wanted him for guest or
Thanksgiving Day, and he felt himself
bound to supply this want. Accordingly
he presented himself, and aunt Selma wa:
Mortified at the change year had WORKED
in him.
"You surely must be sick, Harvey
she said, solicitOusly.
"a little" he admitted, "and I've come
down to be cured.'' As he said this he
looked at Ethel, and as Ethel happened tC
look at him, their eyes met and they bOtl
blushed.
"Hem," said aunt Selma to herself, I"
guess he II be cured fast enough"
And so he was. The two days that he
had allotted himself heightened into six
and at the end of thai time Ethel's hand
was in his, and her sweet promise in his
heart: promise to wait the years that
Rachel waited for Jacob, if need be, anG
waiting. to love and encourage through
all trouble.
But aunt Selma, like a kindly Nemesis
came to their rescue, and they were spared
so long a waiting. Being convinced that
Harvey was out of his danger, she sur.
prised him one day with the gift of home
which he would not accept.
You may settle it on Ethel, ifyOu will
but now that I've learned how to take care
of myself, | propose to do it. I'm like the
Somerses, you know"
There was humorous twinkle in Har
vey's eye that was not lost on his aunt.
$50 you are, every bit of you! True
grit to the last, when once you're awake. ,
What more is there to add? Shall
tell of the quiet wedding at Somerdale
two years later, and of the lovely bride
in soft white India null of her OWL
exquisite making up; of the bridegroom
not quite so well preserved as when we
last saw him, but eminently handsOmer
and manlier for financial ruin and thG
love of true woman have saved him
from his danger, and helped him to build
a noble character that no after adversely
can betray; of the complacent aunt, and
the smiling Jones; or shall | give you {
glimpse of these lovers welded life, show.
ing how bravely they bore the trials that
are inevitable with all, and how they were
steadfast unto the end? 1t is well to write
fms here, for purified by affliction, and
strengthened by right learning of the
lesson life sets for us all, Brown has earned
the right to be happy.-Locke'S National
Monthly.