The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-11-13

out. RAYMOND saw Bertha Haines opening |
the door of her low carriage An Impulse |
made him start forward to baud her out,
only to draw back, crimson with confusion,
aud dropping the hand he was raising TO
lift his hat. The sweet musical voice he
loved spoke at once
"Please, Mr.. Thurstoh, help me with this
obstinate door. 1t Will stick
He went forward, then, with all the easy
grace of manner that had ever marked his
intercourse with ladies. The little gloved
hand was extended to meet his as she
thanked him.
at is too bad you are engaged, she said,
81 should like to borrow your artist eye to
aid me in selecting dress for my reception
! on Thursday evening. But you will come
| and tell me how / succeeded alone, will
| you notp"
She said the last words very earnestly,
raising her dark eyes to his face.
500 you really wish me to come nowf"
he asked
81 do
| "Then | viii, come! / must say good
morning" and he. left her with a most cour-
| teous bow.
But while the great express-wagon rat
tied down the street, Miss Haines turned
away from the store she had been entering
|
'"To my fathers" she said to the driver,
and in few moments later the merchant
/ looked up from his ledger to see his only
child in faultless walking dress entering
the contingencies.
"Another check !" he said, moving
chair to her. "How much this timer"
"Nothing l want to TO talk to you.
Shut the door, SO those horrid men can't
hear me-"
The door closed, and privacy in the sane
tum was secured Bertha astonished her pa
rental relative by bursting into passion OF
weeping.
"Why, Bertha!" he cried.
"Never mind, papa. 1t is all over now.
Do you remember what you said to me
when Raymond Tburston asked for some
employment hereP"
"Not exactly"
81 do. You said that man brought up
as he had been would want a sinecure that
he never would come down to real work,
and that you had no position for fine gen.
, tlemen; that his offer to take subordinate
, position.was simply a farce"
"Did l say all that, BerthaY'
, "To me you did. l suppose you dis
missed him politely enough. But, papa, il
you thought he was really in earnest, real
ly meant to work for living would you
give him chance here2"
eyes; he has capacity, brains and a
splendid address. But he has been an idlei
all his life
ale is no idler now. He is driving ar
express cart
"Bertha!'
e ale is, l met him not more than ar
hour ago. He thought l was going to GU
= him. As if" she added with magnifcen
4 | IT "A II; , ala fri in nd
e versity."
t "Bless my soul Driving an express wag
:, | on! Ned Thurstons boy! Educated a
: Harvard. Dear me Did you notice whos'
t wagon it was, Bertha2'
Bertha had not noticed, and the old gen
q tleman hustled into his coat and started fol
the office. At dinner he informed Berth
X that Raymond had accepted situation il
Y his own large establishment. with a franl
Il confession of his profound ignorance of al
business affairs, but an earnest resolution
y to learn well and speedily whatever apper
= tanned to the duties entrusted to him.
1t was not many weeks before Mr. Haine
e congratulated himself upon the acquisition
k of his new clerk, He told Bertha marvel
e Gus stories of Raymond's rapid progress
q and the strides he was making in his ne'
life, not knowing of the long nights spen
|
er many msgivings the new clerk felt. Th
same active brain and quick intelligence
ar the student had brought TO gain colleg
honors now stood in good stead in master
L. ng the intricacies of invoices, bookkeepin
he and counting house mysteries, and Ray
mond gained favor rapidly in the eyes c
ei his employer.
IN 1t is question whether actual mer
81 would have advanced him quite so frequent
II ly as he was promoted, hard as he worke
d and steadily as he improved. But MI
d Haines worshipped his only child, and tn
y burst of tears in the counting-house tol
20 the secret Bertha successfully conceale
y from all others. A sef-made man himsel
e. with an ample fortune to add to the on
er Bertha already held, he laid no stress o
'r money in thinking of a son-in-law. En-
Ne ergy, industry, integrity, these were IL
ID foundation. stones of his own fortune, an
II these were the qualities he desired in lif'
er companion for the child who was the hoI
~ and pride of his old age.
r. The closer ties were bound that DIRE
Raymond Thurston to him in business, Til
t. more he honOred and esteemed the sterlin
~ worth of the man he had so long re9arde
40 as mere butterfly of fashion, one of fasl
r. ions spoiled children. And learning to r
u spect his worth he had also learned to 10,
81 the frank, bright face, the clear, ringir
II, voice, and the ever-ready courtesy of Il
DIS young clerk. 1t grew to be very frequei
Il; occurrence for him to ask the support
u the strong, young arm, when the stree
we're slippery, and at the door to invi
* Raymond to dine, sure of beaming loo
~ of pleasure from Bertha.
~ There came a day, after two long yea
nc of faithful service, when Raymond was i
hs formed in the privacy of his counting hou
that a junior partnership was his. il
le' would accept it. Some emotion check
lis the utterance of Raymond's heartfelt gr1
'e' itude. He extended his hand to meet &C
y dial grasp, and hear:
ue Eyes, yes, know. And now If y,
p want to tell Bertha the news, you may Ia
i holiday"
le "May tell her morel May tell her
" love-that tie one hope of my life is to W
a. her love in return?'
~ -.'You may tell her that have been 20
" most sincere friend and warmest we
y wisher for two years. You may tell hel
y, and the old mans eyes twinkled, ''that
wv have looked upon you as son ever sin
no she met you driving an express wagon.
No "And behave d Ike an angelo
ay "Yes, yes, of course. They always
~ There, get along with YOU, I'm busy. Ia
,ti my love to Bertha, if you're not overbr
~, dened with your own"
And so-you know the rest. There W
~ wedding, and Amabel gave the bride
"o payure of diamonds. and owned, when
a burst of confidence Bertha to Id her I
~ whole story. that, after all, Thursto
70, pride was not so good in the end as Ra
y monds PRIDE