Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1872-1875, 1874-04-23
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custpmeEs,iiiNeyer, mind tlatt. be- said.
He did, hagpento want just such work
done, though he.had meant to call upon
the idlers,t that loungeabout. the market.
Hezp p9omishdt0 give ame all the wqrkche
could, and Zen eotbs Tiers. iiagood season
MsH sRs l. s'jE's, pss,Fy,,go,, Ssss,a ~ ny wife
.urHsa Safehsfs boy, Y9a Ya Sil1 nGt Do
BsiSfaMuse;, .iSM because ~ .m ~, ,,.n. :.
so.;s M 9Ssaqsss i Will lover me int in the
N,ell, 50 81 # vill,' ''o@ .'.i ,,,o'o'1
Then i is more honorable to lie still
and; S;lstarye, and see ones children starye,
too; than 70 earn honest bread by honest
work. | tell you, Peter, if you cannot
find work, I must, We should have been
without bread tonight, had ! not found
work to-day, You know that all kinds
oflight, agreeable business are, seized
upccnr by those who haye particular friends
and engaged II them. At such a tine
as This. it is. not for us to consider What
kind Of work We viii, d.. 50 long as IS tits
honest. ioh, give me the liberty ofliving
upon pie.E,rl my own deserts, and the independ-
';ns, snss e e b 54gR gfyfFnsa y ny evn epHSie
.RB"T fMysnp 3h,I, I9ouain.yuo2
ing out Butchers sitaff;; WHY, / would
sooner 60 da it myself, ,,, ~ -, ,'''',
If,yoY Till ,g9,a saia aia Ithee ,wife,M, i MitkI a
smile T5ll Stsy St heme fnd l5ta5fasq tahs eare
It was hard for Peter pat! 9t stanwood, hna infbs but
the mgfe liz thoagh upon Ia,nitGhe3 The matter itt
more lie saw the justice and d right Of the
path into which his wife had thus led
him Before he vent to bed lie promised
ffthat lie would SO to the butchers in the
morning.
And Peter stanwood vent upon his
new business. Mr. Snow greeted. him
warmly, praised his faithful wife, and
then sent him off with two baskets, one
to Mrs. Smiths and the other to Mrs
Dixall's. And the new carrier worked
all day, and, and when it came night he
had earned ninety scnts. It had
been a day of trials, but no one snecred
at him, and all his acquaintanccs whom
he met greeted him the same rs usual.
IIc was far happier now than. he was
when he went home the night before, for
now he was independent.
On the next day he earned oyer,a dol
lar; and thus he continued to work. for
week, at the end Of which he had five
dollars IN g. end, END seventy: FIVE cents in bis
pocket, bes ,des having paid for all the
food fol, his family, save some few pieces
of meat Snow had given them Saturday
evening he met Mark Leeds, another bin
der, who had been discharged with him
self. Leeds looked careworn and rusty.
How goes it?' asked Peter. ,;,,
Don't ask me- groancd Max, NY
family are half starved,
But can't you find anything to, do 2
Nothing M .,,I.
"Have you triedy, Ill. ,,,.,
Everywhere; but it's no use. have
pawned NIL my clothes save those 1 have
on. I've been to the bindery today, and
what doy you suppose he offered me?'
What was it?'
why, he offered to let me do his hand
carting! he has just turned off his nigger
for drunkenness, and offered me the
place! The old curmudgeon! 1 had n
great mind to pitch him into the hand
cart, and run him to the
WELL said Peter, if i had been in
your place i should have taken up with
the offer eu ~ II
Mark mentioned the name ofthe same
individual again. i- a
why, resumed Peter, Il have beeen
doing the work of II bucher's boy for a
whole week. j slfi t.IlH q
Mark was increduous, but his compan-
ion covinced him. and then they separa-
ted, one going home happy and cotented,
and the other going away foom home to