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


David Speers was taking his afternoon
moke. Perhaps the long clay pipe
hooked a little homogeneous with the
handsomely furnished room and the
massive silver plate on the mahogany
side board. But, for that matter, he was
Al incongruity-a little, common-loek-
In man, not very well dressed. Ger
tainly a very wide contrast to the hand
pme, stylish looking young fellow who
Interrupted his revery with a very frank
and noisy
Good morning, uncle. Can talk a
While with your"
THAT depends, Robin, on what you're
baum to talk about"
You know, uncle, that Alex Lang
hid | have long been friends"
a have heard so; | don't know"
well, we have. To-day Alex came
% tell me that he is going into the cal.
pet.weaving business in Kilmarnock. He
Intends to buy Thomas Blackie out"
He'll need some bawbecs for that"
" His father will help, and he asked
ne to Join him. What do you think
about IT,"
" How long have you been wi HASTE ?"
Five years"
And how much have you saved ?"
" Well, to tell the truth, uncle, moth
BIZ at all. What with Jessie marrying
hst year, and Rosa this, and the presents
had to give, and other expenses, my
Savings all went away"
"Humph n
" thought, perhaps, that as the bust
less 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"
81 have made it a rule never to lend
money to young men,"
"A very unkind rule when it touches
PIE, uncle. You were never unkind to
ne before"
am not unkind to you now, either,
RObi ~
"Only two thousand, uncle And
ouch a chance !"
"Guid Heavens, hear the lad 'Only
twa thousand ? Did We ever earn twa
thousand pounds? Did we ever save twa
thousand pounds? When ye have,
Robin, come to me, and I'll talk wi ye
about lending ye the sum-"
But, uncle, the thing is not a new
venture 1t is sure to pay"
it is gaun to haze new masters, an
men at sixty are ma sac sure ABBOTT things
/ paying as lads of five an twenty ara
So the young man went away much
disappointed, and not a little angry but
other friends looked more favorably on
the plan.
The $4,000 were borrowed, and Robert
Rae and Aleck Lang bought the old es'
tablished carpet weaving house.
The first year tie concern, in spite of
falling prices, did very well. Roberts
share of the profits not only gave him a
good living, but paid his interest, and
allowed him to lay up nearly elO0 toward
clearing off his borrowed capital, and the
next year things werenstill 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. l don't come tonight
about business"
"What for, then ?"
81 am going 10 be married. | wanted
to tell you about it,"
"That'sa mairk ittle risk than Blackie's
business, Robin"
u think not, uncle"
Who's the lassie ?"
Jessie Lorimer."
What fortune has she ?"
Just her beauty and her noble ma.
ture she is of good family, too. and has
mad the best of education. Why, uncle
she can do'most anything-paints, draws
plays the harp, sings like an angel, ant
Pm feared she'll be a Kind O. matri
monial luxury, Robin. But she's a bon
ME lassie | haze seen her. Yet dOubf
IL she's fit for a puir mans wife"
You'll come to the wedding, uncle?
Surely, surely"
IL was a very grand wedding, ant
David Speers made quite a sensation by
giving the bride a check for $500. In
ueed, Jessie seemed to have quite capt.
waited the old bachelor, and he soon begal
70 spend a great many of his evenings il
her pretty home.
Three years passed happily away.
In Roberts home there had been som,
pleasant changes and his uncle dance,
a pretty baby Jessie occasionally on hi
knee, or looked admiringly and wonder
lhgiy at his own wee namesake in hi
cradle. Down at the mill things wer
apparently equally prosperous. All tn
ICONS were at work, and the very welfar
Oh hllmarnock as a community was sen
siply connected with the business Q
Lang q Rae's Carpet Mill" But
great deal of this success was onl
apparent, for it hung upon chances er
tlrely beyond the control Of the youn
partners in it.
lhey had been compelled to borro'
largely, and had big interest accounts {
meet, and a great deal of their papei
SeinIg from houses unknown to loo;
gsnKers, had to be cashed at very heav
discounts. All these things were muc
dsa,n' I them, yet Sd great was their il
uuslry and energy that they might hay
turned all happy circumstances" an
0 10 spite Of the odds against them,
yarns had not suddenly taken a tremel
VOus and quite unlooked-for iall.