The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1878-04-03

had she learned to calculate with her fa-
Their questionsof profit and loss, with q
view to various investments he was MAX
ing. To make the impression still deep
er, he lever sent out vessel without giv-'
ing her some little venture of her own,
in which she learned to take the deepest
interest. She studied the peculiaritlcs of
the various foreign markets where her ia
ther traded, looked out the countries on
the great map in the office, and traced
out the vessels course. She learned to
take watchtul interest in the reports of
arrivals and departures, and, indeed,
could have instructed many much older
than herself long before she was in her
teens. ga
At nineteen she was her fathers book
keeper, with fair salary, and had an
elegant little office fitted up luxurintly
for herespecial accommodations. It &C.
casioned good deal of talk, this eccen-
trio way of bringing up an heiress, but
Effie felt that she was " fathers boy"
and they two were all the world to each
other. Her education had been carefully
attended to-, and her social nature not
neg lected, but the world of. fashionable
dissipation she had not entered, nor did
she sigh for it. ~ ~, ...ss..
Alas! the lesson OF usefulness had not
come too early. Sad financial disasters
all through the land swept away many
still larger fortunes, but that was not the
saddest blow to Effie Her fater, too,
was taken from her, and no wonder that
Tor time she was crushed by the blow
But there were duties closely pressing
on every side, anal she could not Weld to
idle grief, She set herself faithfully to
work to carry out the principles of life
that her father had been instilling
through all the years of her existence.
An orphaned cousin, like herself fnan-
cially stranded, she took into her counsel
Their plans were soon matured, and in
new fast growing town they opened a
small provision store with the limited
capital they could command. Their
store soon became noted as the neatest
grocery store in the place.. Everything
was fresh and tidy, and there was always
room for blooming flower pot in the
window. 1t was something rare and
beautiful, and often changed for another
which had been perfecting itself in the
small back room where the brave girls
kept house. A hired boy was all the
help they had at first, but with their
bright, CHEEKY ways they managed to
snake much' of him. Cheerful folks
are always the best served by those in
their employ. 5.-.' .-'
Etfie was the business manager, and
she conducted their financial affairs ad-
mirably. And Satu, day night she could
tell you axactly how the firm stood, and
as 1t was cash store there were no bad
debts to bother about. Now all her form
er education came in play. She was
most. thankful for that early drilling
which had brought her to handle money
wisely, and turn it over to the best advan-
tage. The business grew with steady,
healthy growth, like a SNOWFALL in deep
snow. Better still, her worth was known
and valued in the community to which
her presence was a blessing. The poor
and the suffering knew always where to
turn for helper and a sympathizing
friend
Efie, too, found a new and happy
home at last, and not unwillingly laid off
the cares of the large establishment on
the strong young shoulders of Cousin Dell
and an industrious young merchant who
proposed to unite the interests of the two
concerns in a very emphatic manner. In
deed, henceforth Dell seemd to take fully
as much interest in Arthur's success in
business as her own. Whenever the
wheels got into tight place, Cousin Effie
was willing to leave her handsome home
and its precious ties, and come down for
a day Or two, if need be, to help straighten
affairs. s-'st, j"
Indeed, in all the relations of life she
never found it of the slightest disadvant-
age that she had enjoyed the benefit OF a
thorough business training, and she fully
carried out her plans of making her own
girls efficient, practical working women,
as she wished her only son to be an in
dustrions, intelligent business man.
If more daughters were trained in the
same way, this would not be such hard
world for women to make living in,
when reverses come. There are a great
many poor people in almost every com
munity, but few are so poor or so hard to
help as useless women who have been
reared in idleness of both brain and hand.
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