The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1880-01-28

himself, With the addition Of ali
oath.
the same old slow boy: with no
more brains than an OK
You are still at the machine, l
see,' be said aloud, a moment af-
ter.
oh, yes; it costs next to no.
thing; and if it never succeeds, it
gives me something to think
about
You don't say that you ever
think, was the sarcastic response.
well: now and then,' was the
slow rejoinder.
Charley rose, sauntered back
and forth for a few moments, and
then stood still, his handsome face
reddening.
4 say, Jim, can't you lend me
ten dollars I'm absolutely y out
of cash.
4 mover lend,' said Jim.
Charley's breath grew short
and quick. Some insulting speech
was on the end Of his tongue, for
he felt both rage and contempt !;
but Jim, rising quietly, went to a
desk and lifted the lid.
If five dollars will do you any
good, you are welcome to them,
he said. They are all l have BY
me-
Jim, you're a good fellow ?
gasped Charley, his tongue YET hot
with the words he had intended
to say.
jim went once or twice 10 his
brothers. Office, and did not like
it. why should the young law
yer spend G hundred dollars in
pictures?' he asked himself indig-
nantly; and why does he keep
the company Of such men as I
have met there p
One day Jim received a letter
from hia brother Oscar
DEAR OLD JIM Il expect |
shall have to leave college. Things
are going wrong at home. I don't
suppose any one has told you.
They seem to think you have all
vou can do to take care of your
self; and so you have, [ suppose.
Charley has been an awful weight
upon father, and this year the
crops have all failed, and father is
disabled from work by rhouma-
tism. | don't care much about
myself; I only studied medicine
to please father, and should rather
be almost anything else.
I think | could write for the
newspapers. Cant you get me a
place in some store? and | could
write evenings, and live with you
Think 1t over, for I'm sure father
is going to lose all his property
Charley plays billiards, and I'm
afraid cards. Write me as soon as
YOU can what can be done for me-
Jim wrote in less than a week.
His employer wanted an under
salesman. Then be set himself to
look carefully into his fathers
affairs.
Everything there was going to
ruin. The farm was to be sold
his father and mother were nearly
heart-broken, and no one thought
for a moment Of looking to him.
But nevertheless he laid his
plans. TO pay the mortgage was
quite impossible, but he hired some
comfortable rooms in the Old house
where be stayed, sold what he
could from the stock Of the farm,
had the necessary furniture
brought to town, and installed his
father and mother in a comforra-
bic home. The months passed.
The old folks learned to depend
upon him, and his sister found q
situation as bookkeeper.
One day a gentleman called
upon Jim, and was invited into his
room. You've been at work TT
teen years on this machine, you
say {? remarked the gentleman
when he had examined it.
The speaker was a business man,
whose favor was almost equal to a
fortune.
Yes, SIR said Jim, quietly; 1
was always a ploddor.'
We'll, you've plodded to some
purpose was the answer. 4 am
very sure there's money enough
in it to make you rich man.
Jim grew very red, and the
room scanned To 90 around TOR q