The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1877-08-10


| the firm became bankrupt.
Old David had long toreseen and feso'
lutely refused to NEEDLE in the matter
A GOODNESS had therefore grown W
between uncle and nephew, and when
| the end came David was not among those
| who offered Robert and Aleck advice
and sympathy. The young man behaved
well. They surrendered everything, but
| creditors did not fail to stigmatize as
J dishonorable and unbusiness.like and
| speculative and risky the nature of the
trade done by the broken firm. Aleck
at once sailed for Sidney, where he had a
children to her fathers, while he endeav.
orad to find a situation. But week after
week passed, another winter was APP
preaching, and nothing had been done.
Once again David was interrupted.
This time it was his pretty neice Jessie.
His face soltened wonderfully when he
met her large, fearful eyes"
ooh, uncle" she said, eve have sore
need Of you"
my pure little woman, sit down and
tell Davie what he can do for you"
Jessie's tale was soon told-her tears
told it best.
Roberts heart had quite failed him !;
they were almost penniless, and they
had worn their welcome out at her
fathers.
"Then you'll come here, you and
Robert, and Jessie, and wee Davie; an
we'll see what your man is fit for. IF he
Gamma find his feet wi a wife like you,
Pm sorry for him."
So the next day the family moved, with
their small belongings, to David's house,
very much to the annoyance of Mistress
Janet, Dayid's ho~usekeeper. This lady,
indeed, soon made things SO unpleasant
that it was evident to all parties there
could be no delay in decision, and Robert,
almost in desperation, resolved in trying
his fortune in the new world. David,
pressed by his housekeeper's grumbling
and by his affection for his nephew, 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, t%houghtfully. "Pm 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 Gl00 to start life
with. The offer was accepted, and in a
few days they were OF 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'll 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 It 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 to
him, his success easy. He had found his
place, and he knew it. Day by day he
made his skill and energy felt. He rose
ner. Still he varied very little the quiet
simplicity of his home. Jessie and he
had found how little they really needed
for happiness, and SO, year by year, what.
ever they saved they invested in land
which grew in value while they slept and
worked at other things, and ten years
after Roberts first investment he found
himself, by the simple growth of the vii
lage, a very rich man. Just about this
time David sent them a very urgent
request to come and see him, and, as he
offered to pay all expenses, it was ac-
cepted. The old man was now nearing
eighty. yet he was wonderfully hale and
bright, and met them at the steamer,
apparently little older for the ten years
that had elapsed since he bade them
"good by" on the very same spot. He
liked Roberts way at the very first
glance.
& "He has the look of a man wi siller,
an he bears himself we'll"
Another thing made still more favor
able impression on David. Robert was
not anxious to speak on business.
Indeed, David had at last to ask
bluntly: 81,
"You'n has done weel, l suppose ?"
every we'll"
"You'll no be needing only help
now? | have money lying idle"
"Tbank you, uncle; but | have 100000
living idle myself. thought of invest
ing it here, if l can fnd just the machin-
cry want.
again."
eyes; | know all the ms and outs OF
| the trade-there is a good opening in our
town. Yes, I am thinking about it."
"You'Il not be wanting a partner, ehF'
"IfI can get the right kind"
"Would do?"
"You, uncle ?"
"Well, yesy laddie; an medina scorn al
me. ri put a hundred thousand to you
fifty, an we'll ca the firm Rae q
Speers.'"
"You could not leave Scotland, un
cle."
"Was | thinking O. sic a daft thing
Pu trust my interestsi i your hands. III
haze my full rights, mind; an you shall
haze a fair allowance for doing my warl
as well as your ain. Well put every
thing on paper, and Use hold you strict.
to the bargain" ,
The proposal made halfin banter final
" assumed a very real shape, and it wa
AGREED that when Robert returned +
America he should start new manufac
turing firm under very different auspice
In his first venture.