The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-07-24

him close up. lie might nave 00ne wels
f0ri he understood his business. But
he's so pnaccommodadpg, and 1 mignt
say, insulting, to bisien .tpmers. that he |
drives the best oil IN, m away. Irsedto |
m Ike large bills With him, but haven't |
lieaft at his shop for some time."
"AhI was not aware OF hat. L am
glad spoke 10 you, for shouldn't ll&e
to lose SIX or seven hundred dollars"
i.stx or seven hundred doliaFsi Is it !
possible that be wants to buy so reck
iesslyf Take my sadfice. and aen't
think Of trusting hin" ~
II certainly shaii moi, ,--l---
When Leon ard ordered the goods, the
merchant declined selling except for
cash. - s i 81 sf.l-g-.4 u. 44lD
"As you please" returned a ths
mechanic, iudifferentiy, and weiIt else
.,bere and made his pilFcAase. .sfaAI
Ii happened that Mr1 Leunard had a
pretty and veFyintere sting daughter, IN
whose education The. mechanic had be-
slowed great pains; apd il Rlso happened
that Baker mad a son, WHO, In most
things, was "a chip of the old block."1
Particularly was-he hke'his Atherfn his
great love for money, and scarcely had
he reached, his majority ere he beaan tp.
look about him with a careful eye 70
good matrimonial Infringement, by which
| p1enty OF mone3 would We secured. f72i,
| IFiAdeIafde Leonard, on account Of her
| beauty and npiishmeHts, was much
earessed, and mfngf ed freely in society.
Young Baker mad met her frequently.
and could not help being struck sRithher
beauty and grace. .faga 9d..4!z..g9
There's 4 cnance for you,e said q
friend to linn one evening. t'' ''-'' mn
| "IH Mise LeonardH 'aH .f"r'-t3]
sfYes.v 3-+ fa zuijasG sif. .ulgf III
''sns's charming giras' replied the
young man. II wonderful her father is
worth aHything?1 rHg ~ ID I9H ag Hf
-.'People sag SOP Gsl .=7i7r- f--,
= eIAdeedi" e#a .EaFr... .s3f
s sYes. TheY say the old fellow has
haid up something quite handsome, and
as Adelaide is his only child, she will, OF
course, get it ALL" - El I
| vi was not aware of thatV 5- ir
| After this, young Baker was exceed
ingiy attentive to Miss Leonard, and
made percepubie inrOads upon her heart
He even went 50 far as to visit pretty
regularly at her house, aud was medi-
tsting an ayowai OF bis attachment.
| when his father said to him one day:
| "Whar young lady was that saw you
| with Oh the streetg esteFday AFTERNOON p
4 sHer name is Leonard"
4 'rhe daughter OF old Leonard in -
| street~ ga -s @
MIR. Baker looked grave and shook his
heaa. Gl --sI s-a+-.51 s-
'Do you know anything about her ~
asked the son. r..-..-...
"Nothrng about her; but know thar
her iatner 10 going to the dogs as last as
lever a man went" II J1~5f 5i
Indeed! l thought he was very well
lefn Hli E' .71iF-
'oh no! Pye been looking to see his
shop shut up, or TO hear Of his being
sold out by the sheriff, every day iUI
Il these two years past" %
i ''iIueedp
"Miss leonard is very lovely gfrl.n
4 "fnere is no gainsaying Adelaide's
lpersdAaf attractions" replied the son:
4 ''but il her father is in The condition YOU
aliege, tlIat settles the matter as Iar as
she is concerned. 1 am glad youIntru-
i duced that subject, lor / mlght have
4 committed myself, and when too lage
have discovered my error.o
''And Il sud error 1t would have been
Henry. In any future matter of tilfs
kind hope you will be perfectly frank
4 with me. / have much more accurate
knowledge of the condition and stand-
Il ing OF the people than you can possibly
\ have"
II The son promised to do what the father
4 wished. From that time tue visits TO
i Miss Leonard were abattd, and his atten-
| lions to her when they met in society
became coidly formal. The sweet young
1 girl, whose feelings had really been in
serested, felt the change, and was for a
lime unhappy, but in a few months she
feeovered herself, and Sas again bright
and cheerful as usual Ia .t.,. I4s
1 One day, about year after his timely
caution 70 hfs son In regard to Miss
Leonard, Baker happened 10 pass along
a street where he had not been Tor some
months. Just Opposite a large, new anu
beatvifui house, to which the painters
were giving their Hast touches, ne net q
frieBd. AS they passed, Baker said:
s'Pnat is an elegant house. 1t has
been built since i was ih tHis neighbor
ih0od.D
"Yes, 1t is very fine house, and
suppose did not cost less than twent,
Thousand doliars.n ........- ,.
"Yes. IL was built by Leonard"
"By whom7' Baker louked sur
iprisGd.
"By old Leonard. You know him."
"lmpossible! He's not a9le to build I
house like that"
"oh, yes he is, and half dozen NOR
, like it, ii necessary"
"Leonafdp
"Certainiy. Why, ne is worth at leas
! a hunured thousand doIiars."
"You must be in error"
"So. HIS daughter is to be married
! next month to an excellent young man
and the house has been built and is t
be furnished, as y marriage present."
!, "IncredIble! thought he was going
! or had gone, to the dogs Iong ago."
"Le0nardP' The friend could not hel
!. tlaugning aloud. HE go TO tue dogsi o
) mol There isn't a nfan in his trade VIII
does So good a business with as littl
show as he makes. Good work, GOO
tprices, and punetualisy are the eaftIiaa
. virtues OF his establishments, and max
al su bstanLisl. How in the world eoul
you have taken such DotiOn?n
81 don't knew, but such mas been IN
: impression for iGug tline," replica Ba
lkeF, who felt exceedingly cut down 0
l account of Ehe mistake Ne ltad made, an
4 Ransiepiafig SO in view OF the elegan
house and the hundred thousand auIiay
which might all have belonged TO his so
. in time, fhe had not fallen Into such q
l egregious error about old Leonard.
III SO the world mQYss on. People ar
" II. ~