Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1877-01-03

with q smile, II Will stay az nome
with the children.
It was hard for Peter Stanwood,
but the more he thought upon the
matter tho more he saw the justice
and right of the path into which
his wife had just led him. Before
he went to bed he promised that
he would 60 to the butchers In the
morning.
Mr.. Snow greeted him warmly,
praised his faithful wife, and then
sent him off with two baskets, one
to Mr.. Smiths and another to Mr..
Dixalls. The new carrier worked
all day, and when night came he
had earned ninety-seven cents. 1t
had been a day of trials, but no
one sneered at him, and all Of his
acquaintances whom he met greet
ed him as usual. He was far hap
pier now than he was when he went
home the night before, for now he
was Independent.
On the next day he earned over
q dollar and thus he continued to
work for a week, at the end Of
which he had five dollars and seven
ty-flve cents In his pocket besides
having paid expenses sfor his family,
save some few pieces Of meat that
Snow had given him. Saturday
evening he met Mark Leeds, an
other binder who had been dis
charged with himself. Leeds look
ed care-worn and rusty.
allow goes it 7" groaned Mark.
"My family are half starved"
"But can't You find anything to
dor d iiH'
"Nothlng."
"Have you ever triedr
Everywhere; but It's no use. /
have pawned all my clothes save
those I have on. I've been to the
bindery to-day, and what do you
suppose he offered me -
"What was it!"
"Why, he offered to let me do
his hand carting! He had just
turned off his niger for drunken
ness, and offered me the place.
The old curmudgeon. had a
great mind to pitch him in the
hand-cart and run him into the
"If l had been in your place
I should have taken up with the
Offer"
Mark mentioned the name of the
same individual again. ''
"Why,". .tesumed Peter, 81 have
been doingthe work Of a butchers
boy for o whole week."
Mark was incredulous, but his
companion convinced him, and then
they separated, one going home
happy and contented, and the other
going away from home to find some
sort of excitement in which to
drown his misery. -ail. .sP
One day Peter had basket of
provisions to carry to his former
employer. He took the load upon
his arm, and just as he was enter
ing the yard of the customer he
met him coming out.
"Ah. Stanwood, is this you Z"
asked his old employer kindly.
Eyes, sir" yf1ff
"What are you up to now I"
"Pm q butcher boy, sir"
"a what 7"
"You see I've brought provisions
for you, sir. I'm a regular butchers
boy" las.
sand how long have you been at
workr g-
"This Is the tenth day."
"But this is hard for you"
"Nothing comes hard so long as
It is honest, and will furnish my
family with bread" sr5
"And how much can you make q
day at thisi' are
"Sometimes over q dollar, and
sometimes not over fifty cents"
swell, look here, Stanwood, there
have been less than q dozen of my
old hands hanging around my
counting room for fortnight,
whining for work. They are stout,
able men, and yet they lie still be-
cause have no work for thsm.--
Last Saturday took pity on Leeds,
and offered him the job Of doing
my hand-carting. ! told him that
I would give him q dollar and q
quarter a day, but he turned up
his nose and asked me not to in
sult him; and yet he owned that