Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1876-02-05

"SHRINK NOT"
In the early winter of 1852. Nathan
Atherling lay dying i'm New York City,
not very tar from the Hudson. He had
o,nassed great wealth in mercantile bust
ness. but now. i'm the prime Of his life, he
,yas IN leave it all behind him. His wife
had been dead many years, and his only
near and dear relative was his daughter
Ada-the only child that had ever been
horn TO bless him-and blessing indeed
rad she been-s.the light of his home
the pride and JOY of his heart; and the
one sweet, pure flower that had shed a
celestial fragrance over the later years Of
his life." The daughter stood by her
fathers bed side, both her hands clasped
in his.
ada, said the dying man, "when 1
am gone You will be left the mistress of
great wealth. and need not tell you of
The many trials and temptations you may
be calIe6 upon to endure, nor Of the man
fold snares which designing people may
set In your path. have tried to educate
YOU well and truly, aud know you have
been a diligent student i'm all things ap-
pertaining TO the laws of life. But you
must allow me to speak one word more of
parental counsel. In three years you will
have reached your majority, and will
then become sole guardian of your prop
erty. hope you may live long to enjoy
it but that enjoyment must depend much
upon the character of the partner to
whom you may give your hand and your
heart. Oh, my child, be wise-be circum-
spect. Marry no poor man simply be-
cause he Is handsome and good hearted !;
aud choose no scion of wealth simply be-
cause of his wealth Let your choice be
governed by sterling merit; and to that
end do you cultivate self-respect without
pride, and virtue of life and Judgment
without ostentatiOn. God help you,
sweet one, in that important ordeal. Re-
snember the last prayer Of my soul shall
be 40 that end"
No maiden could be more generally
eourted by the manageable young gen
tlemen Of her acquaintance than WA the
beautiful orphan heiress, Ada Altering.
AT the aye of eighteen, by provision of
her fathers will, she came into full pos
session of very nearly million of dollars
A girl with more naughty pride nigh,
have kept all poor admirers ut a distance;
but so mild aud SO kind was she-SO re-
spec.ful to all whom she considered wOr-
thy 20 be held as friendS-SO deferential
10 modest merit--gId so utterly ObliviOus
of all qualities of rank and fashion when
linked with seltishneSs and snOb:shness.
that young men of humble station ere
long learned that she could be kind and
respectful to them, and that she could
smile upon them rs sweetly rs upon those
more favored of fortune.
AT length, when Ada had reached the
age OF twenty, there were two men who
hul come nearer TO her heart than had
any others. One was Philip NettletoI.
ami the other was Amos Robbins. Both
were bOok-keepers in heavy New York
houses, and both had prospects of soon
being admitted into actual business part
nership. Both were honorable, sober.
kind-hearted men, and both were called
handsome.
Philip Nettleton was the more intel
lectual of the two, the more studicus,
mediiative and reserved. Amos Robbins
was the more polished, sparkling, witty
and freely social.
Both Of these young men loved Ada
Altering; and though she had never, by
word or sign. given either OF them to I'M
derstand that she could return that love-
yet she had shown, in many ways, that
their position i'm life did not in the least
limit her respect and esteem, but, on the
consideration than she did those who
came floating about her upon the golden
sea Of fortune.
The sad and darksOme weeks of 1857
were passing. Financial ruin swept up
and down the business highways of that
great city. On Tuesday, October 18th,
the day that saw twenty banks in New
York suspend when ten thousand people
had been thrown out of employment i'm
New York City-the house with which
Robbins was connected failed, and the
next day the house where NettletOn had
all his hopes of business anchored went
by the board. They had been among the
best houses in New York and had held
out to the last, but the bosom had swept
their credit away and the ruin was abso-
lutte.
Sc Philip Nettleton and Amos Robbins
were without employment, and without
money: for in anticipation of entering
into partial prOprietOrsnip in their re-
spective establishments, they had allowed
their surplus of salary to remain i'm the
hands Of their employers, and i'm neither
case had a dollar been saved. The man
who, on the morning of the first day of
that eventful month Of October, might
have retired from business with fortune.
now found himself the owner of not one
solitary dollar.
Philip Nettletcn was sore distressed.
He was an orphan, and sick sister had
been depnding upon him for support for
over year. This sister now lay pros
trate, and she must have succOr and COM
Tort. He sought all up and down the bus
iness part Of New York, where he was ac-
quainted, for employment rs clerk or
suesman; but there was no opening. Then
ne sought in Jersy CITY where
nc iised; out without success. Weary
and SICK at heart he was OH his way home
ward, when he met the butcher OF whom
ne nad that day bought some meat. and
70 wnom he had told the story of hi,
well, Philip, what luck to-day n
The young man shook his head Sod;r
Nothing turned up, eh?n e1A''
Nothing" and Philip wou,d hove
passed on; but the frank, well-mean;no0
old butcher detained him.
"Look'ee, Philip, l don't want to in
suit ye. nor hurt yer feelings, but if We
amt above putting on u clean white frock
and driving out my market wagon, and
delivering goods to my customers, 1 can
give you job, and pay We as much as
sney'd pay We these times to sell silks and
satils. Ny man Furbush is down sick.
anu anu can't be out for a month or two
nat say your" WV
rnii'p Nsttletou gazed ND into Mr.