Smyrna times., 1874-05-27

Hio 1oisuOo[s, Out was rarely done out of
soou one. Ii seldom occurs to gentleman to
supply his own household with cofins, for
example.
Still the business was Auctuating; at some
times more than Peter and his assistant could
well get through, at others so slack that the
| man could make head against it. leaving the
master tree to indulge in the pursuit he loved ::
and with him hy.6shng was passion. When
any sport, taste, or affection fills the soul of
man to that extent, however, he is certain to
nnd some way OF gratifying it under any cir
cumstaccess Though my host had plenty to do
at the period OF my visit, he was evidently glad
enough of the excuse for acting as my cicerone
70 throw aside the plane for the rod for an
hour or SO; and he generally managed to ac-
company me little way up or down the stream
eltner In the morning or the evening. And il
was lucky for me he did so, for it was difficult
piece OF water to fish. but he knew every inch
OF 1t. Without his aid, and using the ordinary
nles, should soon have quilted the neighbor,
noou 10 disgust. AS it was, | had capital
sport.
And what was equally pleasant, when I came
home, | had such good welcome. Ii ia a
great addition to the enjoyment of the amateur
nsherman to display his spOils before sympa-
thetic gaze, and Peter Williams met me with
the eagerness of child expecting a new TOW.
burst net have brought home an under.siz
1sh 1t would have hurt his feelings. He ad-
mlred any trout larger than the average, as
though he had never seen such thing before !;
weighed 1t, measured it, and wanted to know
exactly where and how it was captured Mrs.
| Williams was equally frank and friendly: and
when L found that should be welcome,
proposed to come and smoke my pipe with the
couple in the kitchen of an evening. They
soon grew chatty and communicative, and |
learned that they had sorrow.
1t was on the third occasion Of my passing
the evening in their company that [ asked
whether Hacke always came alone, and if be
never brought friend with hiIc.
!" Never, sir: replied Mrs. Williams, en-
phatically. II don't know where he could be
put up"
why" said |. "you have another bedroom
at the back of mine; the door was open when
L came down to dinner, and it looked very
comfortably furnished Could YOU not nut a
second visitor there?'
Mrs Williams knitted more quickly at the
sock she was making and offered no reply
her husband pulled hard at his pipe. | saw
that had touched on painful subject, but
could not Immediately turn to another, SO
there was an awkward pause
" You see, sir, said Peter at last, knocking
out his ashes, = the old woman would not have
that room occupied on any account, because il
was John ., and she is always expecting JOhr
to come back know better, but mothers
never step hoping"
. don't hope" said his wife, taking of hel
spectaces and wiping her eyes . am Ger
in sure that my boy will come back to see Us
i It is only for few days, and then, when h,
hnd' everything Just as he left it, maybe b,
will stop longer"
VERY likely" said l. 1T would neve
DO, see, to have dodgers"
Children all alike" said Peter. "Yo,
nurse them and coddle them, and work anc
plan for them, and ell you get is ingratitude
They are just like the birds; soon as the,
can fly alone they are off l don't say ou
John is worse shan the rest or so bad q
many, for he has never disgraced us-only for
gotten Us.
Don't say that Peter" sobbed his wife
"Tll never believe it.
"Wclk [ hope I'm wrong; but I'm not
He has got hold of some pink faced girl, ant
dOesen care farthing for any one else in tn
world. They are all like that at his age"
Does he never write p l asked, ieeln
awkward, but wishing to show an interest.
Yes, he writes now and then, not often
Why should he? He knows my wishes, an
is determined to have his own way"
You are hard upon him, Peter, said Mrs
Williams Young people have their way t
make in the world. y
II know that, old woman; ; but he NIGH
y have made it here.
y You see, sir, he il uncommonly clever a
a carving, and that sort of work fetches a hig
e price just now; it's the fashion where the
: are doing up old churches and the like; that
d what tempted the lad away
o perhaps" said l. ''he felt that his talen
e was being wasted in place where he had n
; particular object upon which to exercise it.
y Maybe, sir, but he knew that | had Sc
d my heart on the saw mill ali my life, and tina
y | could not work it, if | got it, now withou
Z: his help; he understood we'll enough too tina
3 it would be a better business for himself tha
d working for wages, however high they may
!, and nice retirement for me in my old age
d But that is just it, L expect; he did not fsnc
e having for a partner an old father W no Nigh
= soon be getting past his work, though there
no sign of that about me at present, than
d Heaven"
e "Ahl" said |, "you were thinking of sci
v ting up saw mill ? 1t certainly ought to
d a good place for one.
!. 1T ought, and is sir" replied Peter Wi
It liams, growing excited. And then he entere
r into many heightened particulars, Of whic
y this is the sum. The saw mill was an existin
y institution, st present in the possession OF
e Mr.. Tanksrd, better known as Drunken Ton
,. my, who was willing to cede his lease, good
e will and fixtures for one hundred pounds, an
q would probably take eighty. That sounds a
IS absurd triAe to give for saw mill, but 20
h must remember that the loft is a very ittl
y stream, and its water power quite LilliputiaI
n Drunken Tommy did not make much of a
y income after he had paid his rent But the
s he confined himself strictly to the saving
trees into planks, and was indolent about that
L An active, intelligent well educated man, wh
N combined the carpentering business, or ratht
., made the saw-mi subservient to it, Nigh
Is expect very different result. And coul
l. see that this was only part Of Mr.. William
r. belief as TO the advantages to be derived lror
K his pet project, and that he dreamed ambition
b dreams OF becoming timber merchant. An
IS to think that fortune, ia a small way, was [
IS be missed for want of hundred pounds
,t Could he not have borrowed that sum? Az
i. he could but that was where he and his so
}. John had their first disagreement. job
d would have nothing to say to borrowing an
s. without the young mans cleverness, activit!
a, and clear head for business the father coul