Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1881-07-28


but his sense OF duty didn't go very inr.
!. Rev. DIR. Blake bought q new coat, aad
Sam entered Harvard shat fall j; and
there matters stopped for awhile.
"AFteshman has great deal TO learn,
as you know; but ! think the chief thing
Sam Learned that term was the great dii-
ference there Is between Harvard and q
little village like Embank, and the great
difficulty Of working and playing at the
same time. Here he had society meet
ings to attead, and rooms Of his OWL,
with 8. chnm. where q good dea:
sS smoking was done ny himself
and his friends And then thera
was baseball, into which it appeared
Indispensable for the honor Of the
! class that he should enter actively, Oh
account Of his strong legs, wonderful
| wind, and ground batting. He could
! not refuse TO 60 to the thester OCCASION
5 ally, with his richer companions. Sam
! took natural interest to the society Of
! young ladies. too. and had given ul'
! some time to It's cultivation. Ee also
i thought moderate amount Of practice
! il the gymnasium was desirable, to pre-
vent his health from going down unde:
-! the confinement of study. So, on tho
whole, the actual work that he did in
| the college was not very extensive.
This didn't seem to have any bad effect
till well along in the winter. when the
| habit Of shirking work had grown SO
| strong without his noticing it that he
fell. easily into reading novels when hs
ought to hove been in the recitation
room. Gymnasium, theater, billiaas.
| smoking, snd I am afraid must say a
little drinking, fritsered away his time.
"One horrible, snowy, sleety morn
ing, when he had got up too late soz
prayers, The postman brought him a
note from the faculty-an edmonton.
He dropped the pipe he was just light
ing, and bolted of to the recitation
But he 'deeded Immediately, and that
discouraged him. He soon began to
make Light OF the warning, aud did him
sell no credit in his studies. Though
he managed 70 aqueese through the e1-
animation at tbs end of the Freshman
year, he came oat Gar down toward the
foot os his clasa. BE wasn't quite COD
tented with himself, and thoughs he'd
try TO DO better the next year. But dur
ing the journey home he recovered his
usual spirits.
"Whea he walked up the village Co
ward the parsonage farm, he was think
ing, tt-since he was Sophomore nov
he ,.ould buy the nottiest and big
gest-hesded cane in Cambridge when be
should go bsck there. And whet 90
you suppose was the 6rst thing that met
him athosne zse his sathe, ont. il
the field digging for new potatoes, h;s
coat of and his speotacled ssce perspiy-
ing. the sight struck shame into che
boy. He vaulsed the fence, and, r,u-
ming up with hardly pause sor gres<-
ing, cried:
go father, LEI me do that. I don''
ike to see you at srioh work.
"Mg. Blske stopped, and looked earl
estly ana rather sadly OF him
"Wen, Sam, I think shet's atou: 81
good hov-lo-you-io as you could hove
offered me. There's something gcsd
about you after all.
"Ia had not occurred to ssm thai
there was any doubt on that point be-
fore. He bl,ished IS he asked:
Where's the hired NAM
"I're discharged hin I can't 81
ford one at present, my ron, was the
answev.
"sam was rstbs, puzzled. and begsc
70 reflect.
"They went into she house, and there,
when the minister resppeared sitter max
ing his toilet, his son noticed that b
wore the OLD shabby, shiny coat. At
this re was nore than ever astcnished-
The suppes, also, Notwithstanding it wes
the FIRST night OF the pyodigel's return.
wes very neager. Not single extra
luxury wes on the table, and Ssm Oh.
served that his father and mother took
go sugar nor butter. His own appetite
began to fail at seeing this, and bis per-
ceptcn was sharpened accordingly. He
WAS now aware Chat his father looked
very thin, as well IS sad. Suddenly be
laid down his knife, and exclaimed to
his sister Katy:
"Sis, what does sn this man ?-this
going without the hired nan, and starv-
ing yourselvesT
"His sister looked ct him, then
glanced ct MIR. Blake and her mother.
and made no answer.
"I thought said Sam, petulantly,
'that Willistop's money ~as going to
make it easy for ycu, father; and here
the pinching is going on five times
worse than eve:.
"'I don't own my friend WilliGon's
money said the minister, quietly.
"0 course not. But the 6Ve hun
dred dol
"sam stopped abruptly on an entreat-
ing gesture }rom his sister.
"The subject was not resumed but
before he went to bed Sam obtained an
interview With his sister alone. He felt
secsesly that he was responsible sor the
depression srd trouble which seemed 70
ill the household. But that only made
hiu1 speak. marc inupetusuBly. Nov,
Sh,' he began, 'can I get two words Of
sense out Of your
".Nos until you ask politely, she re-
piled.
"well, then. please tell me what the
mystery is.'
"It oughtn't to be 8 mystery TO you.
Sara, chat you haven't done well at col