The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-05-28
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| Upon the porch, brushing away the
leaves which covered il, was a young
| girl OF II. She looked very pretty as she
stood there, the bright autumnal sun
shine falling ON the round, white arms
and uncovered head
Setting down her broom, she ushered
him into medIum-slZed, plainly fur
nished room, which gave no indication
| OF the reputed wealth of its owner
| The young man took a seat, brushed a
| lew tiecks OF dust from the lapel of his
coat, ran his fingers through his care
| fuily-arranged locks, and thus delivered
| himself:
Tell your master that his nephew,
! Edward Stone, is here"
| A faint smile touched the rosy lips,
and, with Il demure "Yes, sir" the gnl
vanished.
A few minutes later an elderly gentle
man entered, with intelligent, strongly
marked features, and shrewd look in
! his eye, which seemed to take the men,
tai measure of his visitor at a glance.
me?' 49,,
81 am your nephew, Edward Stone"
$50 my daughter told me. What do
| you want?"
| sir"
''Yes; but what do you want me to do
for you?"
II was thinking of going INTO bust
ness, and thought | would come and
talk it over with you, and ask you to
/ give me lilt.'
What better capital do you want
| than you have already? 4 strong able
| bodied young man wanting lift! You
ought 10 be ashamed ofyourself! What
have you been doing?'
Edwards faca HaraI x.sth ~.
this unceremonious language; but, feel
| ing that he could not afford To quarrel
with his wealthy relative, he gave no
| other indication of il.
i've been IN store since | left
school, two years ago"
Saved nothing from your salary,
NO; it's only S5OO-not more than
enough for my expenses"
"Humph You are able to dress your
self out of it, perceive. l have known
men TO rear and educate large family
on $500 year; and, if You have been una
Die to save anything, you certainly are
not fit to go into business on your own
account. When was at your age, my
| income was less than $500, and I saved
half of it. What is the business YOU
want to engage in?'
Stationery and books. Six hundred
dollars will buy it, as the owner is
obliged to sell-a rare chance don't
| ask you to give me the amount, only to
lend it; | will give my note, with inter
est"
young man, | have several such pa
pers already. You can have all of them
for So; and | warn you that it will prove
bad Investment at that. can give you
some advice, though, which, if you'll
follow, will be worth to you good many
times over the amount you ask. But you
won't do it."
"How do you know that?" said Ed
ward, with smile, who began to feel
| more at home with his eccentric relative.
I'D like to hear it, anyway"
'Well, here it is. Go back to your
| place in the store, and save So dollars a
week from your salary, which you can
easily do; learning, in the meantime, all
| you possibly can IN regard to the bust
| ness you intend TO pursue. At the end
/ of four years, you VIII have the capital
you seek, together with sufficient expe-
| rience and judgment to know how TO use
| it. And, better still, it will he yours,
earned by your own Industry and self
| dcnials, and worth more to Won
than ten times that amount got IN any
other way. Then come and see me
| again.
/ You'd rather have my money than
my advice, | dare say" added Mr.. Stone,
as Edward arose TO go; ''but we'll be
better friends four years hence than if I
let you have it. Sit down, nephew; the
train you will Have to take won't
| leave until in the evening. You must
/ stay to tea; want you to see what
complete little housekeeper have, ard
make you acquainted with her
| "PollyH he cried out, opening the
door into the hall
In prompt obedience to this summons,
Il rosy-checked, bright eyed girl tripped
in. The neat white dress had been ex-
| changed for pretty merinO, but our
| hero did not fail to recognize her and
his face flushed painfully as he did
| so.
Polly" continued her father, this
| is your Cousin Edward He leaves on
the O'Clock train, and / want YOU to
make his short stay with us as pleasant
| as possible.
Polly is my little housekeeper," he
added, turning to his nephew; Il hire a
woman for the rough work, and she does
all the rest. When she's eighteen she
| shall have all the servants She wants,
but she must serve her apprenticeship
| first. 1t may stand her IN good stead;
she may take it into her head TO marry
| some poor man, as her mother did before
her. Eli, my girl?"
Mays only reply 10 this was a smile
! and Il blush Our hero was considera-
/ bly, embarrassed by the recollection of
! the mistake he had made; but the quiet
| ly cordial greeting Of his young hostess
| soon put him completely at his ease.
At her fathers request-whO was very
| proud of his daughters varied accom-
| pliShments-M Mary sang and PLAYED for
her cousin, and his visit ended in singu.
lar contrast to the stormy way it COM
menced Edward refused the So note
rendered to him by his uncle at parting,
for his travelling expenses.
The old man smiled as he returned the
note to his pOcket-bOOk.-
He's a sensible young chap, after ALL"
he remarked to his daughter, as the door
closed after their guest Its in him,
II 1t only can be brought out. We shall
see-we shall see"
a good deal for father to saw" was
Mary'5 inward comment, who thought
her cousin the most agreeable young
man she had ever met
Three years later, Mr. Stone and his
daughter paused IN front of a small but
neat and pleasant looking shop, on the
plate glass door of which were these
| words:
EDWARD STONE,
STATIONERY AND Bookstore.
1t being too early in the day for Gus
TONERS, they found the proprietor alone,
whose face flushed with pride and pleas
ure as he greeted them.
II got your card, nephew" said the
old man, with a cordial grasp of the
Inland, ''and called round TO see how you
were getting on ! thought it was about
time | gave you the little lift you asked
of me three years ago You don't look
much as If you needed il, though
Not at present. thank you, uncle"
was the cheerful response Cautiously
| enough, ii Is the same business that I
wanted to buy then. The man who
took it had to borrow money to purchase
il with. getting so much involved that
he had 10 sell at a sacrifice"
"Just what you wanted TO do
Edward smiled at the point n.ade by
| his uncle
at isn't what I've done, though I've
saved 81 a week from my salary for the
last three years; and so was not only
able to pay the money down, hut had
] $50 besides"
HBravor' cried the delighted old man.
with another grasp of the hand, that
made our hero vince. "I'm proud of
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