Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-01-23
SEEKING A "SfTUATION.:

SEE1hANW IA AVN
"What can man do in place like
this ?" said Steve Parker. Look at this
New York Herald "LoolS at the entire
page! Situations for males!' Nothing
to do but go and choose your place. [
tell you, Harry, if you could once walk
down Broadway the very thought Of
living in Oldborough would sicken you
ever after"
Then he lowered his voice that Mrs
Flaxman, Harrys mother, might not
hear him.
The good Quaker lady sat sewing at
the other side Of the room, pleased to
see her boy so eager and interested.
She caught now and then a chance word
Of Steve's harangue-' marble stores"
brown stone palaces" diverted ser
wants." and diamond studs in his
hirt-bosom worth thousands Of dollars,
irl"
''Who is that shows so costly a front,
Stephen?" the mild little lady asked.
She was always anxious to be COM
panion to Harry and his friends
Mr.. Clements, ma'ami" cried Steve.
Zone Of the first young men in New
York He's clerk in clothing store on
Broadway. He boarded with us last
summer He used to say to me, Par
ker, come to town and we'll make a man
of you. You are wasted in country
village like Oldborough.' That's the
way he used to talk to mel" rubbing the
light down on his upper lip triumph
antly.
q always thought thee fitted in gro
Gerry shop very we'll. Stephen" said Mrs.
Flaxman, quietly. Thee might be a
little more prompt in waiting on custo-
mer, it is true. But if [ were to see a
diamond on a tailor's clerk, l should
suspect there was something wrong with
the diamond-or the clerk"
Steve scowled land even Harry thought
his mother unjust. The glitter of those
diamonds he remembered Well-their
red and yellow blaze of splendor. It
threw a halo Of magnificence now over
all New York.
Steve and he talked in whispers after
that, and went out to the gate to finish
their discussion, which lasted until late
at night.
The next morning Harry Flaxman
found Steves complaint the burden of
his own thoughts.
What can IMAM do in place like
this? Pretty business for a man like
mem he thought, as he drove the COW
to pasture, swapping his whip at her,
and after breakfast went to the doctors
office and brushed all the bottles with
their gilt labels, "Magnes," Quinn"
" Pills." etc.
Yet this imam" was only fourteen. and
if you had asked him but yesterday who |
were his best friends he would certainly !
have counted old Brindle among them. |
A year ago. too, Harry FlaXman had |
been one of the happiest boys In Oldbor-
ough when DR.. Harley had offered him
his place in his Office
Harry is a good boy" he had said to
the widow, and has enough knowledge
of Latin to qualify him for doctor, as
doctors go. cannot afford to take him
for student for nothing, but let him
come and keep the Office in order and
stay In it when [ am out, and [ will
board and pay him enough to clothe |
him and give him the use Of my books |
and such instruction as I can"
The doctors deeds had been better
than his words Harry's lignt duties |
had left him plenty of time to study. |
He recited his English lessons to his
mother every night, and had begun Sc
riously at the very foundation of med |
zeal course.
Mrs. FlaXman was widow and poor. |
A great load had been lifted from her
mind. She fancied Harry grown young
mana successful student-a physician |
DR.. Harley's partner It took her but
an hour to build this castle in Spain. and |
she built it every day
Meanwhile Steve Parker had been
down OH days visit to New York. and |
brought back very different ideas to daz- |
zle Harry
DR.. Harley, during the week that fol
lowed, noticed that the boy was careless, |
lnattentive and lost in his own thoughts. |
Surprising that some care of his moth |
er's troubled him, he said nothing, but
resolved to call the next day at the wild
oWs and see what was wrong.
The next day it was too late. The
boy did not come to the office in the
morning as usual. An hour afterwards
the doctor was sent for to Mrs. Flax
mans.
Harry" said the old woman who
came for the doctor, has run away,
and it has gone near to killing his moth |
er. I've seen that Parker boy putting
the mischief into the lad for weeks.
Harry is not bad one in the grain"
/" He left this letter." said Mrs. Flax
man, when the doctor reached the house.
The poor boy did it for the best: but
but [ would rather he had died'
The poor woman was not strong, and
this blow had shaken her terribly; but
she would not hear a word of blame Of
Harry. The letter that he had left was
to say that he had gone to New York to
make a fortune for himself and her;
that he had influential friends and the
best prospects.
The influential friend is the young
man Clements, who wore paste dia-
monds, said his mother, and the pros
ORC tho ~,