Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-01-26

Some lew recognized the true nobility
that accepted honest labor rather than
an easy dependence upon wealthy con-
nections, but these we're few.
A week passed, when one morning,
delivering some goods at one of the most
fashionable stores on Broadway, as he
went out, Raymond saw Bertha Haines
opening the door of her low carriage.
An impulse made him start forward to
hand her out, only to draw back Grim
son with confusion and drop the hand
he was lifting to raise his hat. The
sweet musical voice he loved spoke at
once:
"Please, MIR. Tharston, help me with
this obstinate door. It will stick"
He went forward, then, with all the
easy grace of manner that had ever
marked his intercourse with ladies. The
little glcved hand was extended to meet
his as she thanked him.
eft is too bad you are engaged" she
said. "I should like to borrow your
artistic eye to aid me in selecting q
dress for my reception on Thursday
evening. But you will come and tell
me how succeeded alone, will you
not 2"
EDO you really wish me to come
now?" he asked.
ssI do"
"Then I will come! I must say good
morning." and he left her with most
courteous bow.
But while the great express wagon
ratified down the streets, Miss Haines
turned away from the store she had
been entering and re-entered her car
riage.
sTo my father's," she said to the
driver, and few moments later the mer-
chant looked up from his ledgers to see
his only chile, in faultless walking dress
entering the counting house,
Another cheek I" he said, moving
a chair to her. "How much this
time 2"
"Nothing! i want to talk to you.
Shut the door so these hoTrid men can't
here me"
The door was closed, and privacy in
the sanctum secured. Bertha aston
ished her paternal relative by bursting
into passion of weeping.
"Why, Bertha /! " he cried.
"Neyer mind, papa. It is all over
now. Do you remember what you said
to me when Raymond Ihurston asked
for some employment here ?"
Not exactly"
ct do. You said that man brought
up as he had been would want sine
cure; that he never would come down to
real work, and that you had no position
for fine gentlemen; that his offer to take
subordinate position and learn the
business was simply farce"
"Did I say all that, Bertha ?"
"To me you did. I suppose you dis
missed him politely enough. But,
pspa, if you thought he was really in
earnest, really meant to work for a liv-
ing, would you give him a chance here"
eyes. he has capacity, brains, and
splendid address. But he has been
an idler all his life. :"
"He is no idler now. He is driving
an express cart"
s'Bertha !"
ssHe is. I met him not an hour ago.
He thought was going to cut him. As
it," she added, with magnificent scorn,
81 would slight an old friend in sd-
versity."
"BIess my soul! Driving an ex-
press wagon! Ned Thurston's boy |!
Educated at Harvard Dear me Did
you notice whose wagon it was, Ber-
tina ?"
Bertha had not noticed, and the old
gentleman hustled into his coat and
started for the Office. At dinner he in
formed Bertha that Raymond had ac-
copied place in his own large estab-
lishment, with frank confession OF his
profound ignorance of all business af-
fairs, but in earnest resolution to learn
we'll and speedily whatever appertained
to the duties entrusted to him.
It was lot many weeks before Mr..
Haines Congratulated himself upon the
acquisition of his new clerk. He told
Bertha marvellous stories of Raymond 3
rapid progress and the strides he was
making in his new life, knowing of the
long nights spent in porting over ledgers
aud accounts, the many misgivings the
new clerk felt. The same active brain
and quick intelligence the young stu
dent had brought to gain college honors
now stood In good stead in mastering
the intricacies in invoices, book-keep-
ing, and counting house mysteries, and
Raymond gained favor rapidly in the
eyes of his employer.
It is question whether actual merit
would have advanced him quite 80 fire.
quently as he was promoted, hard as he
worked. and steadily as he improved.
But Mr.. Haines worshipped his only
child, and the burst of tears in the
counting house told him the secret Ber-
tina successfully concealed from all 9th
ers. A self-made man himself, with an
ample fortune to the one Bertha already
held, he laid no stress on money in
thinking of son -in-law. Energy, in
dustry, integrity. those were the foun-
datlons of his own fortune, and these
were the qualities he desired in a life
companion for the child who was the
hope and pride of his old age.
The closer ties were bound that drew
Raymond Thurston to him in business,
the more he honored and esteemed the
sterling worth of the man her(o long re-
parded as q mere butterfly 81 fashion,