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

. dSh Gu NS!l-Oit tSSGO ) OuNS HitSlI
Of Jim, as they left the store to-
gether. This was four years Ia
! ter; and Jim was one of the clerks
; in Dolman & Dolman's great es-
! tablishment, and so slow and IN.
demonstative that the other
clerks were always chatting him.
He thought for a moment, ratified
some loose coins that were in his
pocket, and said:
NO
Have you ever been 2 queried
! the other.
jim looked at him in his usual
deliberate way and replied: No
Then you don't know anything
of lite
Then | don't want to- respond.
ed Jim.
I BY the way, where are you
boarding?' asked his friend, pull
ing on pair of very tight gloves.
Jim never wore gloves.
AT Glen's, in Holbrook Street,
said jim.
oh, you're slow. Why that's
way down town.
That's why l board there said
Jim. 4 only pay four dollars a
week. Good evening"
'The meanest fellow | ever saw,
muttered Dick Dalton as he plant
ed his fancy cane as heavily as its
fragility would permit on the side
walk.
Jim gained his boarding house,
tall, rusty-looking tenement, in
the fourth story Of which was his
room. It was a very desolate.
looking apartment, for, save in
the coldest weather, Jim never
had o fire.
There were three shelves, full
Of excellent books, and at a table
at the side of the room stood
something that looked like a
wooden arm chair. Bits Of pine.
few tools and paper filled with
saw-dust, kept them company.
Of course Jim got frugal meals
in this place. A widow and her
daughter kept the house, letting
nearly all the rooms to dodgers !;
but Jlm's quiet ways and pleasant
face had won an entrance to their
hearts, and they took him to their
table for a small consideration.
Jim ran up stairs as soon as he
reached the house. He never ran
up stairs in any other place, but
there was an attraction there
which was better than the amuse-
ments to which his fellow-clerks
devoted themselves.
No sooner had he seated him
self at the table and taken up a
screw, than some one knocked at
the door. At the. low come in,
his eldest brother presented him
self, dressed in the height Of fash
ion, handsome and even imposing
in appearance.
well, jim, so these are your
lodgings, my boy said the young
man. Not much style, | mus
say
Not much said jim, cheerfully
Have you just come from home?
Yes, and everything is going On
about the same. Father is might
lily pleased that [ have got my
shingle up
And are you prospering?' asked
jim, with a sidelong glance upon
the ivory cane, tho kid gloves and
the gold chain.
oh, $3.50. Of course it has
taken a good deal Of money to fur
nish my Office
L thought father advanced you
five hundred dollars said Jim.
so he did. The old gentleman
was very good to mortgage the
property-for I suppose you are
informed of the tact-but things
are so horribly expensive.'
What tbings?' asked Jim, dri-
ly.
'Everything-aIl things. 70 get
business now -a-days, fellow must
make u show
'And 50 you smoke ten cent
cigars, give supper now and
then, treat your companions, and
frequent the THEATRE said jim.
oh, hang it! Your blood's water,
Jim and besides, your position is
different from mine. Things are
expected from me. [ must 60 into
society. By-and-by | shall get d
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