Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-08-11

orgd to find a situation. But week after
week passed, another winter was ap-
preaching, and nothing had been done,
Once again David was interrupted
This time it was his pretty neice Jessie
His face soitened wonderfully when he
met her large, fearful eyes"
ooh, uncle she said, " we have sore
need o. you
Ny pure little woman, sit down and
tell Dave what he can do for YOU
Jcssie's tale WAS soon told-her tears
told it best.
Roberts heart had quite failed him
they we're almost pennilcss, and they
had worn their welcome out at her
fathers.
"Then you'll come here, you and
Robert, and Jessie, and wee Davie; an
well see what your man is fit for. 1t he
Gamma find his feet wi a wife like you,
I'm sorry for him"
50 the next day the family moved with
their small belongings, to Dayid's house,
very much to the annoyance of Mistress
/ Janet, David's housekeeper. This lady,
indeed, soon made things so unpleasant
! that it was evident to all parties there
could be no delay in decision, and Robert,
7 almost in desperation, resolved in trying
his fortune in the new world. David,
pressed by his housekeeper's grumbling
and by his affection for %hisnephew, knew
only of one other wayne could advance
Robert money for a new effort.
"But it would be the ruin o'the lad,'
he said, thoughtfully. "Tm doubling if
he's learned his lesson yet; he should
cen go to school again"
So he praised Roberts suggestion, and
offered to pay the passage of the whole
family and give him ClOO to start hte
with. The offer was accepted, and in a
few days they were on the ocean, not one
of them aware of the real interest and
affection which followed them.
But they'll write to me" said David
to himself.
"They'II write, for they ken haze
plenty O %siller,"
Once on a new track, all Roberts en-
ergy returned, Provided with a letter
to the proprietor of the Mattatook carpet
mills, he found his way there, and readily
obtained work. A part of his hundred
pounds was used in furnishing a little
cottage, and Robert enjoyed Il degree OF
peace and comfort to which he had long
been a stranger. The next spring a
lucky event gave him a special promi.
hence. a large mill in the neighborhood
imported some machinery for weaving a
peculiar kind of rug, and no one could
be found in the locality able to make it
run smoothly.
Robert heard of the dilemma and Of
} fered his help. The loom was familiar tC
him, his success easy. He had found hi
place, and he knew it. Day by day hi
= made his skill and energy felt. He ros,
, to be overscer business manager-part
) ner, Still he varied verylittle the quie
' simplicity of his home. Jessie and h,
had found how little they really needed
for happiness, and so, year by year, what
ever they saved they invested in LAM
5 which grew in value while they slept an,
worked at other things, and ten year
a after Roberts first investment he foun,
himscit, by the simple growth of the VII
4 lage, Il very rich man. Just about thi
time David sent them a very urgen
g request to come and see him, and, as h
o offered to pay all expenses, it was az
cepted, The old man was now nearin
eighty, yet he was wonderfully hale an
bright, and met them at the steamer
i apparently little older for the ten year
that had elapsed since he babe ther
V good by" on the very same spot. II
a liked Roberts way at the very fiji,
a glance.
;, He has the look of a mar WI sille.
e an he bears himself we'll"
Another thing made astill more fayo,
Y able impression on David. Robert VIZ
not anxious to speak ON business.
Indeed, David had at last to as
bluntly:
" You'll has done weel, suppose
h "Nery we'll"
you'll no be needing only heI
n now have money lying idle"
"Thank you, uncle; but | have El0,0C
It lying idle myself. thought of inves
ing it here, If | can hnd Just the machiI
cry want,
If "You're gone to manufacture
3 again."
a eyes; | know all the ms and outs
ID the trade-there is a good opening in OF
d town. Yes, | am thinking about it,"
"YOu'lI not be wanting a partner. Ell.
"IfI can get the right kind"
sc "Would | do?'
"Iou, uncle ~
"Well, yes, laddie; an medina scorn
i. me. I'll put q hundred thousand to YOU
fifty, an we'll ca the firm Rae
Speers.'"
you could not leave Scotland, u
Gle"
ID "Was | thinking o sic a daft thin,
I'll trust my interests i Your hands. |
Is haze my full rights, mind; an you shs
haze o fair allowance for doing my wa
as well as your ain. Wen put ever
thing on paper, and rs: hold you strict
to the bargain"
The proposal made halfin banter fins
ly assumed a very real shape, and it W
agreed that when Robert returned
America he should start a new manufa
Is, turing firm under very different auspiC
nd 70 his first venture.
But the past was only once alluded
RI and then David introduced the subie,
n You'll be thinking, Robin, very like
BIT O. the day when | wOuldna lend Won 4
two thousand pounds.
p You were quite right, uncle no m.
ought to borrow money until he kno,
nd the difficulty of making it-and of sa
~ ing il; young men can't know the
n things; they belong to experience"
VI You had that lesson to learn the
Robin, an thought they might as We
Ill learn it O ither folk as me. One fc
while3 teaches anither fool, and both grc
wise thegither. Sandy Mcclure lent
that twa thousand, and he was name t
waur O the lesson ye gave him. The
us would be fewer young fools if there We
# mair wise elders"
lS So Roberts visit wal a great succe
re and the old man shed the last tears
ever shed on earth when he babe the oh
nc dren good-by.
You'll take care o wee Davie for Il
VI sake, Robin" he said, tenderly, holdi
Ia the lad proudly by the hand, "for VIII
ny I'm no longer to the fore you'll let l.
~ name stand i the firm till he's ready
IL take my place SO then the hundred tho