The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-06-29

" a,S UL.,sN Ill. 4,siqnsl aa. (
and as- i always hase had plenty Of
spirit, ! returned exactly what / re.
ceiyed. I do not think i have altered
much as To ntemper since the time I was,
our boy-nor now as clerk do i soc
the necessity for any change, Seventy.
five dollars month, and 1 nm thirty.
five, with Rnlold mother to keep-aiter
twenty yearS seryie6 in the house-is
not o sum calculated to engender much
kindly feeling, though 4 suppose 1t is
about us much as I nm worth.
I had noticed that Clarence, generally
d silent boy, had disposition towards
e&plnsiyeness with me which was dis
g1stihg, I think ikwas q May day,
some two yeats since, when loolting
through the window on Gold street, our
boy happened tolHee some lad or othafI
with 10 base,hall1bat under bhis harmy
walking gayly along. III think the reri
mark Clarence made was, Y. Wouldn't
he like to be that boy 4 II looked
so Jolly, and did Mr.. Cnlpepper (tlat Is
my namel ever play baseball 2"l I, OF
course, utterly squelched the boy 6t
once andlfor oil, time, as he fully de.
served. Still Clarence would not re-
main put down. Iremember once when,
il was raining ho offered to go and
bring mo my luncheon, remarking, Gas
II was raining hard, md / had no I'm.
brell6, and that I seemed to have d bSd
cold, he would Just 20 and fetch it?u
Now, lam, 'andtwas tile last person in
the world to- appreciate this kind of
thing. Everybody In the world, in tho
street. and in the pttice-and in the
Office IL On epitome 81 the world d-is f6r
himself, and Such presumption on ptHo9
paftl OF louf boy, who ate cheese every
day for his breakfast and dinner; was
asimuch out ofiplaee as niftl ,idwith my,
hresd7bare coat OF, bad dared 10 offer
my arm to, the dashing wife. Of our
junior partner, when she comes into
the Office, Iidid not mean to be exactly
fough with the boy, nor to eat his head
on, but Task anyone, what right had
an errand-boy to hiyo feelings?l Bless
you'll boys should mot be, sensitive
When I think of, the, lots Of .snubbing
/ ssSSiyed sci Vi and YSFaysly og9tis isFssEs q,
There isosaS Is our Jii junior, Tie tie son of Tie
old gentleman, the founder 'of the
house, The old man when he waE
alive knaw6is place andI know MIND,
Hewould nod t0mB when eicame in,e
and once montLaboutwould exchange
flword Rithsne. n do not, yesthe
Junior eyer, knows my name, and nsito,
recognizing me, fancy it would be as
great o condescensiop on his part as Il,
lie was ID 'tak9 of his Ito "a Street!
sweeperm But IL is not about myself I
am writing, buf fabout olarence! This
lunch episode ended bymy opening my
window witha sudden jar and dropping
the money on Clarenco's table without
'alword. biThelmean.spirited fellow ab.
solutely smiled, and wentout will, ,alac'
rity. II I had been in his place fifteen
years, ago, I would have let the money
stay there forever, or thrown IL at tho
fourth clerks head. But boys have not
now the pluck that distinguished them
in our time. Presently he came back
and handed me in my luncheon. ney.
er thanked him. II put 1t on the cover
'of the ledger, and let 1t stay there. l
had no appetite for 1t. l sat iurtiyely
Watching y Clarence. Presently he
opened his old drawer,and took out his
miserable food, This time 1t was
minute crust md no cheese. Why
hadn't tho boy choese? / opened my
glass window and droppedmy sandwich
and pie before him. .toee ,.,liv.,J .-iI
"where'S your cheese, boyf" I
p'sSil S'aiS' sot.aBy, Sir
h No answer. What was It my bust.
ness? did not whnt any of his conf.
.dence.
"Eat that sandwich, you little
me; !" and / snapped to my window in q
rage aud wentto adding up my columns !
of figures but somehow they wouldn't
hdd.7 rel must needs watch Clarence.
He was mpnching his fbrsad, with his
backlturnsd to me, and my lnheheon
,s,. Mas om ~ sae ",,,snora.;na o SSIsrerce Was
I'VE III III, so l5nnsd NV HSs1oE
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me pgy WI ,l.,!,s ~ ~ 5iIs pseatI.r ~
goyter W (. nta.s,n 49,. III ~ an;ai,i, II
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