The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-04-12

his father, almost in despair. w nat
is he fit for? I tremble to think
what may become of him when | am
gone.''
Il cannot do anything said young
''that requires calculation
or accounts. I never could learn it
at school, and it is no use for me to
try"
.sYou mean that you never did try
said his father sharply, ssthat you
never would try
sit was of no use,' said Harry
sulkily.
"Well,'' said his father, ''you must
do something ; I cannot and will not
support you in idleness it would not
be fair to my other children. Ishould
have been glad to put you into my Of
fee, with view to my business at
some future time ; but as that is out OF
the question, you must learn the me-
chanical part of it now, and work with
the men,
Of course Harry did not like that,
and worried his father ana mother
with incessant complainings. The
men laughed at him ; they did not re-
spect him he was nuisance in the
shop, in some sort spy they spoke
to each other of him in whispers. loud
enough for Harry to hear, as the young
fellow who could not learn to keep &C
counts.
Harry had more than one or two
sharp quarrels with his fathers men,
and they took to disliking him. and
wanted to drive him away. Harry
wanted to go also.
But the father was memorable.
What else could he do with him? His
education was in every way SO defect
i've, through his own fault, that a pro-
fession could not be thought OF. So
he grew moody and discontinued, and
after a time took to worrying his
fathers life almost out of him, by the
oft-repeated question s'Am | to be
nothing but a workman all my life =
what is to become of me when you
die ?''
ST cannot tell said his father !;
s'God knows, cannot tell. shall be
able to leave you a little money, but
not much. | must act fairly by your
sisters and your mother"
"Won't there be enough for me to
live upon = inquired Harry.
.Certainly not" said the father.
81 have worked hard enough all my
life for what | have. and not had half
of your advantages. | made my bus
mess myself, and should have been
glad to leave it to you; but it seems
you have neither the learning nor the
brains to carry it on
D. II ,rrul Tho ooncnunnnonc nf hi
idlenes- and folly were coming home
TO him n)w.
At length Harry's father died; died
somewhat suddenly. He had done the
best he could for Harry, for his sons
future had weighed heavily on his
mind; but things had not gone pros
perously with him the last years oil
his life. He had many losses in trade
and had made bad money investments
through grasping at high rate OF in
terest, hoping to have more to leave
his sou thereby. He had made viii
to the effect that whoever carried OF
his business should pay Harry SO mucf
for the good will of it. but no on
could be found to take it on those con
ditiOns.
After time stranger offered :
| very trifling sum in comparison to tina
) named by the father, and the execu
) tors were compelled to let it go.
So there was little or nothing TO
Harry at last. He stormed and raved
5 and his heart was agonized with pain
1 as it might we'll be, for he saw what
; mistake his life had been, and partit
4 ularly his school days. He now sal
+ that if some one would lend him tn
4 money he would carry it on, but n
/ one would do so. They had 10 cont
e dence in him; he would soon brin
q everything to the hammer, they salt
e by his inability and ignorance. An
so, eventually, he worked under tn
j. new master in his fathers old shol
t as one of the men, when he nigh
t and ought, if his education had bee
sufficient, to have been master thel
r himself.
}. He is there now, grumbling, di
!; satisfied, peevish, middle-aged MAJ
d He is living quite alone in little lod
,e ings at acme distance from the O
,r home where his bOyish days we
g spent. He wears shabby clothes, al
le looks altogether as one looks who b
3. come down very much in the wOrl
" His chief pleasure seems to be in ca
is ing and drinking, though we do n
mean to say he ever gets drunk. I
r, does not overwork himself, but tax
y life easily in low sort of way, her
to ing with men of very inferior birth
er himself but what can he do Nj
ga of position and education would n
or associate with him if he wished
a. Down he is, and down he seems like
to remain. His sisters have marie
ut and have comfortable and rein
IN homes of their own, their one trout
a being that Harry is so poorly OF 3
ne he always was unfortunate, they 50
nd and it seems as though nothing can
lie done for him. His morher, who
rs foolishly INDUCED him, has been de
to many years her declining days we
e. spent with her daughters, for,
be course. she could have had no comic
". able home with Harry.
i'm This is a true story; nothing has be
nd misstated or overdrawn. The lndlv
", ual whose history is here told was p
is sonally known to the writer IN We
m | oorlu :;fo IA OIlOht tn have be