The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1877-03-23

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pressed with aur surroundings. had gone
away-fully aware as BE- wa With the
exact amount ~ iIenfys income.
shocked and sorry tO zee that Henry A..
| den had married n wife with ~ little
sense and judgment and no second
glance from bis keen eyes was wanting
to prove a. him how terribly beyond Il
we we're living. His observations had
satisfied him that serious embarrassment
must cnsue consequently he and his
partners had bestowed the desired post
and increased emOlumcnt- upon one who,
IL he needed IL less than we did, certainly
understood its value better.
So no one but my mother and Uncle
Jocelyn would be- surprised, though we
imagined 70 differently, a. we sat on and
on in our pretty d]rawing-roOm talking
over the weary subject and bordering
what we could possibly do. We should
have to sell off everything, to leave Am
berry Villas, and 10 begin life wei again.
Henry's prospects, of course, would be
seriously damaged, and we could never
hope to thoroughly regain the position
eur own folly had deprived us of. 1t
was not pleasant to think of; but there
could be no shutting out of the question
now it must be met and answered i'm
mediately What were we to do? Moth.
ing very definite could be arrived at
but n thing was quite clear-the
change could 10 be far off.
| can never describe the anxiety of
the DAYS that followed. nor can the agony
it cost me to write and tell my mother
that we were hopelessly, desperately in
vOlved, and that our difficulties were so
great it was impossible for us ever to
surmount them. What would she say 4?
What would everybody say? Worst of
all, what would Uncle Jocelyn say? For
the worst had come to the w~orst--our
house was our own no longer; a man
strange and to me most terrible-was
comfortably making himself at home in
our kitchen-in other words, had taken
possession !! How could Henry show his
face at the office! How could | venture
out again,
] shall never forget the two days that
followed after | wrote and told m moth
er on the third, when / was almost stu
petied with the magnitude of our mis-,
fortunes, and during Henry's (poor
Henry certainly had the hardest part to
bear, for he could not stay quietly at
home) absence had shut myself up in my
room, some II knocked at the door, and
in answer to my very subdued Come
in, it was gently opened, and not Sophy,
as ! had anticipated, appeared, but the
familiar friendly face of Uncle Jocelyn.
My poor child :" he exclaimed
"my little Kate and he folded me in
his arms with all the tenderness of a
father. 81 only heard of it all this
morning. he said, land | started Of
Immediately. Cheer up, Kate; don't
grieye yeur old uncle by tears. Things
cant be past mending and | wouldn't
be here if | hadn't come to help you"
And how he helped us. Without a
word of anger or reproach he listened to
Henry's and my story we told it faith
fullv, not sparing or attempting to JUS
tiiy ourselves for our culpabIe conduct
and when all was confessed he simply
wrote a check for the full amount OF our
Liabilities. The total was a serious one,
but we were saved not only from the dis
grace but from Henry's dismissal from a
partnership which afterwards was the
of our possessing n fortune far be-
yOnd what we had ever IN rosiest
imsginings dreamed OF
By Uncle Jocelyn's advice we sublet
Amberley Villas and retired to a more
roomy house in a less expensive and less
fashionable locality we sold all IA
opportunities, which had become actually
hateful to me, and we started once more
with a small but certain income.
How much happier we were, and how
grateful to Uncle JOcelyn, it would re.
9uire a far more eloquent pen than mine
to describe. He often came to see us,
and never had cause to regret his gener-
Gus help he had go readily extended to
US in our great need, for he saw how
thoroughly ~Tepentant We were. Ny
joined in the general rejoicing
over Il regained happiness and out OF
gratitude her old prejudice against Uncle
Jocelyn faded and faded away.
She often goes TO C%onington now,
where We all meet, a merry party, of
which the generous old man is the we'll
beloved centre. He was giving me some
gentle hints as to the training of my
IONS the other day. "For it's a mothers
influence that tells upon the man, Kate:
it's the lesson she teaches in childhood
that he remembers best"
"Yes, Uncle Jocelyn," | answered
know you Alright. ! hope amongst
the many things | desire to teach them,
one especially mayn't be forgotten--you
know what hat ISL"
"To fear God" replied Uncle ~Jocelyn,
r%everently.
That first of ALL" | answered "but
| meant something else"
What? p" queried Uncle Joeelyn.
Never to buy what they can't afford,
md always to pay ready money"