Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1877-08-03
MAKE YOUR OWN WAY.


little incongruous with the handsomely
furnished room and the massive silver
plate on the mahogany side-board. But,
for that matter, he was an incongruity-
a little, common looking man, not very
we'll dressed. Certainly very wide con-
trast to the handsome, stylish-looking
young fellow who interrupted his rev.
cries by very frank and noisy
" Good evening, uncle. Can l talk a
while with your"
"That depends, Robin, on what you're
gaua to talk ABBOTT" ..-. b..
You know, uncle, that Alex Lang
and have long been friends"
81 have heard so; ! don't know"
'fWell, we have. To-day Alex came
to tell me that he is going into the carpet
weaving business in Kilmarnock. He
intends to buy Thomas Blackie out"
Hell need some bawbees for that"
"His father will help, and he asked
me to Join him. What do you think
about itY"
"How long have you been wi HasticS"
"Five years"
"And how much have you savedP"
"Well, to tell the truth, uncle, nothing
at all. What with Jessie marrying last
wear and Rosa this, and the presents
had to give, and other expenses, my saw
ings all went away"
Humphp
"I thought, perhaps, that as the bust
ness was such an old, sure one, and as
both the Langs would be interested in
it, you would lend me $4,000 for such a
wonderfully good chance"
al have made it rule never to lend
money to young men,"
"A very unkind rule when it touches
me, uncle. You were never unkind tc
me before"
81 am not unkind to ynn now, nithor
Robin"
"Only two thousand, uncle! And such
a chanccp
"Guid Heavens, hear the ladl "Only
twa thousandP Did ye ever earn twf
thousand pounds2 Did you ever save tws
thousand pounds9 When ye have, Robin
come ta me, an I'll talk wi ye about
lending ye the sum-"
"But, uncle, the thing is not new
venture; il is sure to pay"
1T is gaun to haze new masters; an
men at sixty are ma sac sure aboot things
paying as lads of five an twenty are.
So the young man went away much
disappointed and not little angry; but
other friends looked more favorably on
the plan.
The $4,000 were borrowed, and
Robert Rae and. AleGk Lang bought the
old-established carpet-wcaving house.
The first year the concern, in spite OF
falling prices, did very well. Roberts
share of profits not only gave him a good
living, but paid his interest, and allowed
him to lay up nearly e100 toward clear.
ing off his borrowed capital; and the
next year things were still brighter.
In the fourth year of the enterprise
Robert Rae called again on his uncle.
"Good evening, uncle"
"Good evening" Robin. How's bust
ness?"
"First.rate. 1 don't come tonight
about businessP"
What for, then?"
clam going to be married. wanted
to tell you about it,"
That's mair kittle risk than Black
les business, Robin"
81 think not, uncle"
Who's the lassie?"
"Jessie Lorimer."
Just her beauty and her noble ma
ture; she is of good family, too, and ha
had the best of education. Why, uncle
she can do most anything = paints
draws, plays the harp, sings like al
angel, and"
"l'm feared she'll be a kind O. matri
monial luxury, Robin. But she's bon
ME lassie; haze seen her. Yet l doub
if she's fit for puir mans wife"
you'll come to the wedding, uncle?
"Surely, surely"
1t was a very grand wedding, an
David Speers made quite sensation b
giving the bride a check for $500. In
deed, Jessie seemed to have quite capt.
waited the old bachelor, and he soon be
gan to spend great many of his even
ings in her pretty home.
Three years passed happily away.
In Roberts home there had been som
pleasant changes; and his uncle dance
pretty baby Jessie occasionally on hi
knee, or looked admiringly and WOE
deringly at his own wee namesake in hi
cradle. Down at the mill things wer
apparently equally prosperous. All tn
looms were at work, and the very we
fare of Kilmarnock as community wa
sensibly connected with the business c
Lang e. Rae's Carpet Mill" But
great deal of this success was only al
parent, for it hung upon chances entirel
beyond the control of the young par
ners in it.
They had been compelled to borrO
largely, and had big interest accounts
meet, and great deal of their paper
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bankers, had to be cashed at very heav
discounts. All these things were muc
against them, yet so great was their il
dustry and energy that they might hay
turned all "happy circumstances, an
won in spite of the odds against them,
yarns had not suddenly taken tremel
dous and quite unlooked-fOr fall.
This, of course, was followed by
number of failures, in most of whiC
they suffered.
Not all their efforts could now gath,
together their numerous lines of ente
prise, and they found it equally impOss
BILE 70 curtail them, and SO, after fe
months of desperate, anxious struggl
the firm became bankrupt.
Old David had long foreseen and re
olutely refused TO NEEDLE in the matte
A GOODNESS had therefore grown up b
tween uncle and nephew, and when Il
end came David was not among tho
who offered Robert and Aleck adVi,
and sympathy. The young man behave
veil. They surrendered everything, b
creditors did not fail TO stigmatize
dishODorable and unbusiness-like al
speculative and risky the nature of Il
trade done by the broken firm. Aleck
once sailed for Sidney, where he had
brother, and Robert took his wife al
children TO her fathers, while he endea
ored 10 find situation. But week aft
week passed, another winter was a
proaching, and nothing had been dor
Once again David was interrupte
This time II was his pretty neice Jess
His face softened wonderfully when
met her large, fearful eyes.
90 nnoIe,p she said, "we have Sc
need Of you"
my puir little woman, sit down a
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