The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-01-08

~ ooPPci Ho" uliu tlleil, trcdt your COnpan-
ions, and frequent the theatre" said Jim.
''Oh, hang it! Your hlood's water, Jinr;
and besides, your position is diffcrena from
mine. Things are expected from me- |
must 60 Into society By-and-by l shall
get case that will pay mo richly for all
these sacrifices"
I""Sacrihces!" repeated Jim, in tone
that made Charley 8 blood move faster, 80
that he said to himself, with the addition Of
| an oath.
"Thc same old slow boy, with no more
| brains than All OK"
''You are still at the machine, ] sce," he
| said aloud, moment after. .....
''Oh, yes; 1t costs next to nothing; and
IL 1t never succeeds, II gives mo something
to think about"
"You don't say that you ever think, - was
the sarcastic response.
| E"Well, now and them" was the slow re-
joindcr.
Charley rose, sauntcrcd back and forth
for few moments, and then stood still. his
handsome face rcddcning.
81 say, Jim, can't you lend me ten dol
lars2 Pm absolutely out of cash"
s'Tnover lend," said Jim.
Charley's breath grew short and quick.
Some Insulting speech was on the end of
his tongue, for he felt both rago and con-
tempt; but Jim, rising quietly, went to O.
desk and lifted the lid
''1f five dollars will do you any good,
you are welcome to tlcm,' he said '..'rhey
arc all have by NO."
Jim, you're q good fellow" gaspcd
Charley, his tongue yet hot with the words
no had Intended to say. Etf3Ls
Jim went once or twice to his brothers.
office, and did not like it. fWhy should
the young lawyer spend hundred dollars
In p1cturcs7" he asked himself Indignantly;
and Why docs hc keep the company of
such men as have met thcre2'
One day jim received letter from his
brother Oscar:
DEAR OLD JIM:-I expect shall havo
to leave college. Things arc going wrong.
ut home. i don't suppose any ono has told
you. Thoy seem to think you have all you
can do to take care of yourself and so YOU
have, suppose. Charley has been an aw-
tlll weight upon father, and this year the
crops have all failed, and fathcr Is disabled
from work by rheumatism. | don't care
much about myself; | only studied medi-
cino to please father, and should rather be
almost anything else. As
7 think | could write for the newspapers
Can't you get me place in some storc2
and l could write evenings, and live with
you. Think. it over, for Pm sure father is
going to lose all his property. Charley
plays billiards, and Pm afraid cards. Write
me as soon as you can what can be done
for me. ',f'.s' flr '@. t'.s.
s. Jim, wrote in less than a week. His en-
ployer wanted an under salesman. Then
hc set himself to look carefully into his fa-
thcr's affairs.
Everything there was going to ruin. The
farm was to be sold; his father and mother
were nearly heart-broken, and no ono
thought for q moment Of looking to him. "
Bnt nnvnrthnlnea hn laid E;n r>,o~~
pay tho mortgage was quite impossible,
out ho hired some comfortable rooms in tho
old house where he stayed, sold what he
could from tho stock of the farm, had the
necessary furniture brought to town, and
installed his father and mother in q COM
Portable home. The months passed. The
old folks learned to depend upon him, and
his sister found situation as bool1kecper.
Ono day a gentleman called upon Jim,
and was invited into his room. sYou'vo
been at work fifteen years on this machine,
you say 2'' remarked the gentlemen when
ho had examined 1t. s, .a .>r
The speaker was business man, whose
favor was almost equal to a fortune.
eyes, sir, said Jim, quietly; 81 was
always plodder.
"Well, you've ploddcd TO some purpose"
was tho answer. 81 am very sure there's
money enough In 1t to make you rich
man," ., .a. ..'
Jim grow very red, and the room seemed
to go around for moment.
"Thank you, " he mado reply. "I should
like to bc rich for the sake of others.
And 30, eventually, plodding Jim won
tho raco, and became the practical, efficient
and prosperous man of the family.