The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1877-08-02
MAKE YOUR OWN WAY.

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 well dressed.
Certainly very wide contrast to the
handsome, stylish-looking y Dung fellow
who interrupted his REVERE BY a very
frank and noisy ri ~
"Good evening, uncle. Can talk a
while with you?'
'sThat depends, Robin, on what you
are gaun to talk ABBOTT"
"You know, uncle, that Aleck Lang
and have long been friends
81 have heard so; don't know it"
tWell, we have. To-day Aleck came
to tell me that he is going into the car
pet-weaving business in Kilmarnock.
He intends to buy Thomas Blackie out"
"He'll need some bawbees for that
ellis father viii help, and he asked
me to join him. What do you think
about it?'' -
e"How long have you been wi Has
tiep'' - -~
Five years.
"And how much have you saved?"
"Well, to tell the truth, uncle, moth
ing at all What with. Jennie marrying
last year and Rosa this, and the presents
J. had to give, and other expenses, my
savings all vent away.n
Humph!o
81 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 two Thousand
pounds for such wonderfully good
chance
81 have made it rule never to lend
money to young men,"
GA very unkind rule when it touches
me, uncle. You were never unkind to
me before.'
81 am not unkind to you now either,
Robin.''
sOnly two thousand, uncle! And such
q chancein
"Guid heavens, hear the lad! sOnly
twa thousand!' Did We ever earn twa
Thousand poundsp Did We ever save twa
thousand poundsp When We have, Robin,
come to me, an I'll talk wi We about
lending We the sum-
ssBut, uncle, the thing is not a new
venture; it is sure to pays
cit is gaun to haze new masters; an
men at sixty are ma sac sure about
things paying as lads of fve-an' TWEEN
ty are"
So the young man went away much
disappointed and not little angry; but
other friends looked more favorably on
the plan. .-->-~~~r rw
The $4,000 were borrowed, and
Robert Rae and Aleck Lang bought the
old-established experimenting house.
The first year the concern, in spite of
falling prices, did very well. Roberts
share of profits not only gave him good
living, but paid his interest and allowed
him to lay by nearly f100 towards 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
nessp''
"First-rate. / don't come tonight
about .buslness.n
"What for, thenp'
s'I am going to be married. WANTED
to tell you about IT,
That's a maiH kittle risk then Black
les business, Robin
81 think not, uncle
"Wha,s the lassieP''
Jessie Lerimer.'A
"What fortune has sshe?''
'Just her beauty ana her noble ma
ture; she is of good family. too, and
has had the best of educations. Why,
uncle, she can do most any thing
paints, draws, plays the harp, sings like
an angel and -
"I'm feared she'll be kind o. mat
rimonial luxury, Robin. But she's a
bonnie lassie; I haze seen her. Yet
doubt if she's fit for a puir mans wife. y
you'll come to the wedding, uncle?n
Surely, surely
1t was a very grand wedding, and
David Speers made quite sensation by
giving the bride check for f500. In
deed, Jessie seemed to have quite cap
tivated the old bachelor, and he soon
began to spend great many of his
evenings in her pretty home.
Three years passed happily away.
In Roberts home there had been some
pleasant changes; and his uncle danced
5apretty baby Jessie occasionally on his
knee, or looked admiringly and won
deringly at his own wee namesake in
his cradle. Down at the mill things
were equally prosperous. All the looms
were at work, and the very welfare of
Kilinarnock as a community was sensi-
bly, connected with the business of
Lang & RAGS Carpet MILL But a
great deal of this success was only APP
parent, for it hung upon chances en-
tirely beyond the control of the young
partners in it.