The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-08-16
MAKE YOUR OWN WAY.

David Speers was taking his afternoon
smoke. Perhaps the long clay pip'
looked Il little homogeneous with tn,
handsomely furnished room and The
massive silver plate on the mahogany
side board. But, for that matter, he WA
m incongruity-a little, common.Iosk
ing man, not very well dressed Ger
tanly n very wide contrast to the hand
some, stylish looking young fellow who
interrupted his rcvcry with II very frank
and noisy
" Good morning, uncle. Can talk a
while with your"
" That depends, Robin, on what you're
Raun to talk about"
" You know, uncle, that Alex Lang
and have long been friends"
" have heard so; don't know"
We'll, we have. TO day Alex cam,
TO tell me that he IL going into the ear
pet weaving business in KilmarnOck. He
intends to buy Thomas Blackie out
He'll need some bawbccs for that.
His father will help, and he asked
me to join him. What do you think
about it2"
" How long have you boen wi Hustle ?"
" Five years"
And how much have you saved 2"
Well, to tell the truth, uncle, moth
ing Mt all. What with Jessie marrying
last year, and Ro4a this and the presents
] had to give, and other cxpcnac4, my
savings Nil went away"
" llunph %
thought, perhaps, that as the bust
ness was such an old, sure one, and ~
both the lIang3 would be interests in it,
you would lend me 81, 900 for such a
wonderfully good chance"
81 have made ii II rule never to lend
money to young men"
very unkmd rule when it touches
me, uncle. You were never unkind to
me before"
" am not unkind to you now, either,
Robir"
"OnIy two thousand, uncle! And
such chanccm
Guild Heavens, hear the lad 'Only
twa thousand = Dld We ever earn twl
thousand pounds Did We ever save twa
thousand pounds? When We have,
Robin, come to me, and ri talk wi yc
about lending yc the sum"
But, uncle, the thing is not new
venture; 1t is sure 10 pay"
II IL gaun 10 haze new masters, an
men Mt sixty are ma sac sure aboot things
paying rs lads of five an twenty ar..h
30 the young man went away much
disappointed, and not Il little angry; but
other friends looked more ftvoraby on
the plan.
The $4,000 were borrowed, and Robert
Rae and Aleck Lang bought tho old es
tabllshcd carpet weaving house.
The first year tie concern, in spite of
falling prices, did very we'll. Roberts
share of the profits not only gave him
good living but pail his interest, and
allowed him to lay up N arly zoo toward
clearing off his borrowed capital, and the
next year things wcrc.4till brighter.
In the fourth year of the enterprise
Robert Rae called again ON his uncle.
Good evening, uncle"
Good evening, Robin. IIows bust.
ness2"
"first-rate. | don't come tonight
about business"
What for, then ?"
VI am going to be married. wanted
to tell you about it,"
"rhat'sa MARK ittle risk than Blackies
business, Robin"
~ think not, uncle"
"Who's the Ia44ic ?"
Jessie Lorimcr."
What fortune has she ?"
Just her beauty and her noble ma
lure she Is OF good family, too, ind has
had The best of education. WHY, uncle
Hiie can do most anything-pants, draws,
pay, the narp, sings like AN angel, and
-" N>' "'''
"Im feared she'll be Kind o. matri-
monlaI luxury, Robin. But she's n bon.
ME lassie; haze seen her. Yet doubt
II shGs iit for Il puir mans wife"
iou II come to the wedding, uncle p
Surely, surely"
IL was very grand wedding, and
'"VlH Nnoers made quite q sensation by
ewing HE bride check for $500. In. |
"eed Jessie seemed 10 have quite can't.
waited the old bachelor, and he soon began
h h. sPelh great many of his evenings in
her pretty home. -
IT, ini re- years passed happily away.
n,perts nome there had been some
pe".nt changes and his uncle donoed
pretty paoy Jessie occasionally on his
h;nec, or looked admiringly and wond"r
lngly at his own wee name.a E "G y, ti
cradle. Down at the mil, ,hi III MS {
apparently equally prosperous, "t a., Were ere I
'9' W, were at work, and the very wslf sne
OF htlmarnock a. a community wa s,aro
shy connected with the bns;ns.s sen u,
Lang q Rae's Carpet Mill" RI,
great deal OF this success wa. ou,''
apparent, for it hung upon CHANCES any
tirely beyond the control Of the younn
partners in it. '''"s
They had been compelled to harrow
largely, and had big interest account. w
meet, and a great deal of their nan.r
Icing n,ng irem houses unknown to lpcai
" 'i, had to be cashed at verv baavu
. . ,.i., All these things were % macg
asalht them, yetS great Wa tbe ir" in
nus'ry and energy Thai thew mich, Vt b. ,n
TUNE. , AL happy circumstances anJ
VOL IN spite OF The odds against Them IL
yarns had not suddenly taken q tron's , !
nou' andquite unlocked. for laIl ''"ien'