Middletown transcript., 1877-03-17

4 - 80 "NuNShAuliJ Ho4S auH u III
and met them at the steamer, appar
emily little older for the ten years tha
had elapsed since he bid them good
BY on the very same spot He like,
Roberts way at the first glance; III
has the look o man wi siller, an b,
bears himself we'll I 'se wager he's
full purse in his pouch y
Another thing made a still mort
favorable impression on David Rober
was not anxious TO speak on business
Indeed, David had at last TO ask bluntlv
"Weel, Robin, what kind o'kintra il
you ?"
1T is great country, uneleI'
You'll hae done weel, l suppose r
Very well F"
A long pause.
You'll 10 be needing oBy help
now? | have money lying idle"
Thank you Uncle David but |
have fifty thousand dollars lying idle
myself. l thought some Of investing it
here, if | can find just the machinery
want
You're gaun to manufacturing
again ?"
Yes; I know all the inns and outs
of the trade-there is a good opening
in our town Yes, l am thinking
about it,"
You'll no be wanting a partner, eh?"
IF can get the right kind"
Would l do ?'
''You uncle 2"
"Well. yes Iaddie; an you medina
scorn at me. I'll put hundred thou
sand to your fifty, an we'll ca the firm
Rae & Speers." !"
You could not leave Scotland, uu-
Gle
Was l thinking o sic daft thing,
III trust my interest i your hands. I'll
hae my full rights, mind; an you
shall hae fair allowance for doing
my mark as well as your ain Well
put every thing on paper, and Use holo
you strictly to the bargain"
The proposal, made half in banter,
iually assumed very real shape. and
i was agreed that when Robert return
ID to America be should start new
:, = faelnrine firm under very different
auspices to his first venture.
But the past was only once alluded !
o, and then David introduced the sub
ect-
You'll be thinking. Robin, very
likely o the day when | wouldna lend
lou the two thousand pounds ="
"You were quite right, uncle; no
nan ought to borrow money until he
.uows the difficulty of making it-and
f saving it; young men cant know
hese things; they belong to expert
nee"
Yen had that lesson to learn then.
tobin. an | thought you might as well
earn it o ither folks as O me. One
1ol whiles teaches anither fool. an
9th grow wise thegither Sandy Nc
lure lent ye that two thousand, an he
as name the waur o. the lesson ye gave
i'm. There would be fewer young
'ols if there were mair wise elders"
So Roberts visit was a great success,
I'd the old man shed the last tears he
YER she'd on earth when be bid the
lildren good-by.
You'll tax care O. wee Davie for
y sake, Robin" he said, tenderly,
oldiug the lad proudly by the hand,
for when I'm no longer to the fore,
pull let my name stand i the firm, till
e's ready to TAX my place SO then
Ie hundred thousand will aye be in
avid Speers' name -
And to-day the house grows aud
'ospers, and is known far and wide as
e firm of Robert Rae & David
pears" Though old David has long
zen gathered to his fathers in Kilmar-
'ck kirkyard Roberts early failure I
is brought forth late and splendid {
ccess and better than this, bis kind
has almost become a local I
overb.
Il make it a rule never to lend mo-
y to young men, but if you want to Z
West or South III buy you a ticket, t
ID give you fifty dollars If the right c
lff is in you, that is enough-if not,
is plenty to make ducks and brakes /
+"
But somehow very few young men t
at Robert Rae helps make 'ducks t
d brakes" Of bis fifty dollars, In O
any and many case it has been an b
lPle foundation for a good life and
cd fortune
Young men earn your o,on capital I P