Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-03-20

from the footman to his mother-I wish
the the time had come when machines
could take the place of servants. One adj
yantare in Il mtchine is, that you know its
capacity; it doesn't make pretcnsions to
being raatonal human being and then
fail at the critical moment.
Mrs. Duclin, fair, delicate woman.
who was drawn close to the open fire with
velvet mantle wrapped about her, shook
her head gently, and when the man was
gone, said:
M Walter, indeed you have too little con-
sideratiou for your interiors. There is no
need to mortify the man in that manner.
Bless your heart, mother, you know
nothing about that kind of people. Jos
didn't understand, and if he had, he
would not have cared. | pay him high
x wages and there's not Il day when he does
4 not have an odd half dollar, or fall heir tC
some of my boots or clothes. That's nj
he needs for happiness.
.Joe's feelings at bottom are the same II,
ours my son.
l beg your pardon, flushing hotly, but
That cannot believe The lower classes
Black and white have been hardened by
generations of need and hard work. Now
your ldSlcN tlUu tlllOJlDlS lI'tNC COiiS W SO1
through many lives of ease and culture
x they lost them if they ever had them, in
the light for daily bread. The music oil
n noble thought that would stir your soul to
its depths would fall off from Joe as Il droE
+ of water from IN alligator's back.
Walter had fallen into sort of oriitori-
4 cal twang which he had brought with him
from college. He was absolutely sure OF
"a his opinion as boys and girls of seventeen
usually are, and liked to set them forth fit
ly in plenty of words.
You are too vain of your birth, my
dear, said his mother quietly. You will
" feel differently when you are Older.
B Mother, is it possible that you mean to
a say that the material of II mans character
and life does not depend largely on his
N birth? Why look up here at the faces Of
my ancestors; they have borne II high,
4 honorable part in the history OF civliza-
ton, in politics, art and literature. | be-
gin every day feeling that their eyes are
h upon me. I'm glad and proud, picking
up pen and hourishing it over n blank
book. that the name | write is the name
they bore; that it is their very blood which
flows in my veins. What has Joe to re-
member beyond two nameless slaves who
were his father and mother?
AN very I"e, ""l'ol' Ao. "oo hii''.G y,
vi one "'ooU an 'Hc Peo''o vi VIC '''tt'
anu so.ilc Vi u'ISe u'SS YOU WIN iGC"9H."'
your NhS'il"n, ta,hH' 1t Is he'r'y 'l'li'
/ ior tl'e 'r''In' l'h IL ''o''t'
;, us qu!te 'I,ne' SE'hcllS ~ MS "H'oN'
ne "I'" on MS lTllr!' 'eeico'''' an" .I'
CONSCIOUSLY PHSSeu MS h"Sef over Ihe
WaAIV chos o. "'9 WY si';''I a. 'ilou9'"cl'e'
Gooo-oy' mo'her aaTilo@' Il Wrlle from
iiarilooorS' 90 nope + in''y il''Il'Se
lhe business wen 'n't NJ! sa'lS'y ia''ler'
no ie"r "l lha'' "H'ly'
9ne hel" MN u moment Il" ii1 stopped
10 KISS her' WIN Lef hal,us on each sac ol
ms lace IooNlhg lohuiy "I MS oeiIca
features ana clear lntelliSeht eyes
Hot 9o"" |ou S'ielJ no'l'e' III sun
y, 1ou II Try ana be back Tor CHRISTMAS :
a lhere Is tLe pau I'll your cousin - anu
you are I,3 5I' oi my holI1aS' lt'',ei'Gor zen
On' Il pe "'cN' II noI h.. III lli''
lI's'y Mss nc was So"c' Hi'ii3iil9 gov Il
'"e sutlIS' "oi''Hs ou' ?oi1e eo'icso '"'ol
N''uIe llU' si''n nun -" Iitnl I:'.'. i, aenI
IoIcp' VI "A'In ito was iio' - li''.o PiouH
lHutou' ~ 'uouSnC eo''iG..inoI' . J"1t's
e"ouen' ,'i'T N"'I''1 nav; 7,u" mn IL ~ ~;
own fault if he turned ont Il failure instead
,''',t - I o,tV iI
had lust left college and had been taker
into his fathers countino.room as conf
dental clerk. This was his fist iourne,
a on the business Of the firm, and he had
shrewd suspicion it was meant to test hi
fo az f,t ,h, w." W. oid o,,bior ,on
him ut the depot, and placed in his hand
the sealed paper of instruction instead o
sending it by messenger.
Don't YOU neglect any trine, Mr.. Wal
ter, said the old man Significantly. You
father requires absolute precision in tn
least clerk, and hen require it more il
any one whom he wishes to be Ibis part
ner.
Walker nodded, buttoncd up the pack
age IN his breast, and in IL few moment
he was whizzing away over the snow
covered fields.
The business for Il week or two wa
easy aud pleasant enough. Money was Il