Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1876-07-13

would be, Wouldn t.lt L would TaCll'
er starve than thus degrade myself
and deceive woman y
"As you please. Goodday y And
one "frlend" was gone.
Coster looked after him for a mo-
ment, and in spite of his brave words
he felt bitter against the fate that
had made him a poor man. 1t was a
pleasant life, this that he had been
leading, and it was hard to give it up.
The next thing to do was to search
for employment. He possessed moth
ing in the world except his clothes
and a small amount of jewelry-rel
les of his former butterfly existence
and heart full Of courage. He did
not know how to work, had never at
tempted even the slightest details Of
business, but he set resolutly about
the task before him.
He walked the city for days and
days but all in vain. No one wanted
him. There We're plenty of situa-
tions, but when his qualifications were
asked he wa forced to tell the miser-
able truth and co1tess that he knew,
just-nothing. How bitterly IL re-
gretted now, in his hour Of need that
he had not spent the hours which he
had wasted in acquiring his accom-
| VIlshments, in learning something that
would help him in his strait Regrets
were useless, ana lie went steadily
forward upon the hard path Of luty.
At last he lost all hopes Of finding
employment in the city, and turned
bis face toward the spreading fields,
and Sh" y groves, and ccntcntod,
peaceful homes Of God S own land, the
couNtrr. lie dill not know what he
.hoUId do there he had not friend
in the wide world, he thought who
cared whether he lived or died.
Where his unclc-tAe unhappy cause
Of III mistortnnes--Aal gote he did
not Eaow. He only knew he was
alone tired and heart sick, and dis.
coura9cd, turning with a longing
heart from the hot and dusty city
streets, to fresh green meadows in the
country.
lie Went For two days he tramned
along, sex IN mIhd and IN body. lie
had iLe" a1'tn and again 10 I'M" en- en-,
ploymcnt rs ne came along, but StlII
the same heI PIessAess OF ignorance
Was ms O"Ae p4FEeF. lie was SICK,
very SICK, ana NAe" not where tie
mI9hit Jay ms weary head. AT last
he te.', an" knew no mo.c.
After the long blank ana darkness
ne ','I " dreamy sense OF " PLEASANT
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This face dld not come as often as
the others. 1t woNId steal softly IN
for II oment with the other faces;
and ask even then, II 1t happened to
be awake, 1t would dart out again IN
trlg ghtened manucr, and as the days
passed on and he grew better, 1T ana
not come at all; and then he grew I'M
patient to get well and find where 1t
had gone.
At last the pleasant morning came
that he was well enough to walk out
and sit on the pleasant porch and
then unashod by them, for they were
too kind to intrude upon his secrets,
he told them all his story, and they
listened and gave them his warlnest
svmpathy and one face-the timid,
fresh, Young one-was bathed in tears
behind the leafy screen, where it had
crept unseen.
lie had found his haven at last.
Farmer Roystou-tAe good, worthy
soul that he was-otfered him refuge
and place where he could earn his
own living. and he went to work,