The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1875-11-12

the road, and the house, empowered In
trees, looked the picture of a happy
home. 1t was surrounded with fields of
waving grain, which now in the fervid
glow of August was falling before the
reaper; broad pastures, teemiDg with sue
cuIent herbage, upon which roamed at
will, sheep, cattle and horses; commodi-
Gus barns, convenient outbuildings, and
all that Indicates an eminentIy prosper
GUS farming establishment.
Norman Winthrop, the possessor of
this fair estate, had years before jour
neyed westward with high hopes, and
the realization of his youthful expecta-
tions was all about him. Commencing
at the bottom round of the ladder of
success, he had steadily worked his way
up to his present position of compe-
tency, and he was wont to say, with
self-satisfied manner, "This is the work
of my hands; I did this without help
from any one," until it had become a
fixture in his own mind, "that by his
Industry and economy alone had he
been raised from poverty to compare
tive wealth" His countenance was an
index to his character-brow high and
broad; large, square, firmly-set jaws, so
indicative of iron will; lips finely CHS
eled, that could and generally did cut
off yes or no with the GOODNESS and
precision of a guillotine. His every
movement indicated assurance and
dauntless perseverance, and it is little
wonder that he now, at the age of forty
five, congratulated himself upon the
successful results of toll and care. This
man so happily situated felt that he had
Justly earned respite from personal la
Dor, ard that in future he should con-
tent himself with experimenting his
affairs.
Men liked to work for Winthrop, his
motto being, "If men do as we'll as they
have agreed to do, pay them all you
have promised them; if they do more,
pay MORE" and this promptly carried
out proved, in the end, of great advan-
tage to him. 1t is passing strange that
people will delude themselves intp the
expectation that any saving can be ef-
fected by demanding much work for lit
tie pay. They seem to forget that if la
borers, in whatever condition, fail to
get living by honest toll, they may
thereby be tempted to obtain it in some
less legitimate way. God will not be
Knocked, and it is written, "Behold the
hire of the laborers who have reaped
down your fields, which is of you kept
back by fraud, crieth, and the cries of
them which have reaped are entered
into the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth."
Now, whether Norman Winthrop
adopted this course from religious inn
pulses, 1 am unable to say, but certain
it is that he had decided upon wise
course, and plan so just could scarcely
fail to insure careful attention to his in
terest from every person employed by
him. His neighbors did not fail to OBJ
serve his perfect business integrity, and
he was honored and respected of all
men. Love of justice was a redeeming
trait in his character that, in a great
degree, overbalanced in their estima-
ton the imperiousness of his bearing.
When he married Evelyn Mill, then
just twenty, she left the home and
friends of her childhood to journey with
him, to found a home on the broad and
fertile prairies of Illinois, and though
her father declared that she had been a
most industrious and dutiful daughter,
he yet allowed her to go out empty
handed, because, as he said, her brothers
were to be provided for, and if she had
home, why, that, of course, was her own
ill-luek. She had enjoyed but limited
educational privileges, but was endowed
with a rich fund of natural abilities, and
while no one would have thought OF
calling her beautiful, hers was coun-
tenance expressive of intelligence and
strength of purpose. She had read
some, and thought much, and the his
torieal memories that clustered around
her birthplace had inspired her soul
with a reverence for the memory oi
those who had passed through the
scenes of their country's peril, and she
had never been able to understand why
the sacrifices SO cheerfully rendered by
them to their nations cause should NO
: have been rewarded by equal honor
and privileges. i1W isa.
Twenty years, with their checkereC
scenes Of hopes and fears, toll and care
D had elapsed since then, and at the ag,
: of forty Evelyn Winthrop was the per
sonation of intellectual womanhood
E Despite her taste for intellectual re
, searches and love for all that ennoble
? life, that life had been to her busy
one; she had ever eaten the bread o
carefulness, toihng early and late, pa
8 tiently and cheerfnlly attending to eYeI
the minutest duties appertaining to he
e numerous household; she was one t,
whom the distressed could come and re
8 ceive sympathy and assistance, ''ant
e the heart of her husband could safel.
5 trust in her." and he knew it, yet hai
: failed to prize such a treasure at the full
t value. He knew that she had unself
e ishly devoted her time and strength