Arizona weekly enterprise., 1882-03-18

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 "Do not mistake me, ," said he, taking her by the hand, and struggling to sub due his own strong emotion; q love you dearly, and that Is the reason 1 do not wish you to remain bound to what may never be fulfilled on my part. You, I know, would be faithful and true; but why should you waste the bloom ot your youth, and neglect the many opportuni- ties you will have of making yourself happy, for the sake of man you may never see again No, Mary; you shall not do so from this moment you are free, and may heaven bless you p
 The girl hung down her head and cried bitterly, for she felt that her young hopes were about to be withered.
 Walter, animated by the new feelings he had acquired, was invincible; his duty required the sacrifice, and it should he made. Undoubtedly 1t was one of the greatest he could have made, for he might have played upon the girls credu- lity, and maintained his position as lover without the remotest prospect or inten- tion of becoming her husband. But with the resolution to do right comes a consideration for others, which weakens the natural seliishness of the heart, and gives it the power to make those stern sacrifices which honor so frequently de- mauds.
 Now, for my mother" thought he. and tremblel at the interview before him for, had the alternative been pre- sented to him, he would have preferred that the ma den he had parted with should have been acquainted with his error, than that his mother, his ire proaehahle mother, should have known that he had hrought shame on the name of the parent who had been so honored and respected when alive.
 After 9 protracted conversation with his mother, sine yielded to his entreaties. and consented to retire to a more humble dwelling. The removal was speedily effected, and, on the evening of the day on which they took possession of the two apartments wh ch were thenceforth 1 to be their home, the mother bewildered by the change, inquired from her son why he had gone so far from the office.
 "I have left Mr. -'s employ-he was dissatisfied with me-" replied Wal ter, slightly blushing at the equivoca- ton.
 Dissatisfied with you!" exclaimed the mother. 'tOh, Walter, there Is something in all this don't understand; first, you bid Mary farewell, then you induce me to leave Cloudesly street, and now you tell me you have left your office. Waiter, my dear son, do not conceal anything from me"
 Walters lips quivered and his eye avoided his mothers steady gaze, but making a great effort he soon recovered himself, and seeing that he must be cool and firm, or all would be explained, and perhaps so shock his mother as to do her serious injury, he addressed himself to her in the calm language of reason. He explained that he had been dis charged by Mir - owing to his being extremely dissatisfied with him, and that, as benever intended to oreturn tothat line of business again, 1t was necessary, until he had established himself in some other, that his mother, deprived of the assistance of his salary, should be placed in such 8 position as would enable her to live upon the slender annuity she enjoyed.
 My son." said the mother, affected at this instance of filial devotion, "but why separate from Mary?"
 Because" replied Walter, '' wooed her under favorable circumstances, be- came gracious in her eyes by the aid of those circumstances, and, now that they have disappeared, my duty to her and myself demands that l should withdraw from her society. Our position toward each other has undergone @ change :; she isin the same condition, while I am poor, very poor and love and poverty rarely agree
 " You know little yet of a woman's heart, Walter" said his mother, smil- ing, ''or you would be aware that, pro- vided man retains his honor, she cares little in her youth about the trash which the world calls wealth."
 This remark caused Walter to turn pale as death, and almost to fail from his seat fainiing His alarmed mother flew to his assistance, and beseeched aim to make a confidant of her for she was sure, she said, he had something concealed from her which caused him the most poignant distress.
 With the utmost difficulty he reas- sured her, and, when both were more calm, he soIenlnly requested her to grant him 8 favor.
 "What Is it she inquired.
 "Trust me, D replied he, falling on his knees before her.
 "I will " she emphatically ex- claimed, falling on his neck; and from that day forth the subject was never renewed between them.
 1.-Two resolutions triumphantly car Ii q out" said Walter, after his mother had retired; "and to morrow is the na- tiyity of the third
 Taking large sheet of paper, he wrote upon it, in 8 very large, round hand, the talismanic words, " Never de spair " and then fastened it to the cur , tains at the foot of his bed, so that ht might have the sentence before him tc read night and morning.
 It was q mighty task, and no blood stained knight ever couched lance , against a foe more gallantly than die our brave Walter, in this, his first grea moral battle.
 The struggle with life was an arduou' , and protracted one but, as 1t is not oul . intention to follow Walter in all hi } wanderings, we can only relate that h. 4 found no employment too mean for hi, industry, and n, occupation disgraceful , unless criminal and dishonorable. A the end of six years, by dint of the mos indefatigabie labor-and hard, common , day-labor alone-he had accumulated 7 from his labor sufficient to pay his iirs employer the amount of his defalcation l together with interest up to the day o r payment.
 Noon had just been proclaimed by tn great bell of St. PauPs when Waite presented himself at the office of tn merchant. With some difficulty he ob l tained a prlvate interview. r Well. my man" said the merchant in no very amiable manner, for Walter v apparel was not very attractive $ "Six years ago, this very day." sait 1 Walter, modes1y, but firmly, lyon dis : missed from your service 8 clerk name, S Walter Jackson for defalcation in tn
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