The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-11-07


toned the name OF the man who was to
hire him, and | had his consent to apply
for the place.
went to the shoeshop at once and
asked for the position.
1t is given to another man, who
ought to be here soon, and can't make
use OF You. Besides, you have no hat"
"That makes no difference" l re-
piled. II see shocmakers' wages are
Sc day-Gt was tho flush times of
California them me SO and feed
me, and only let me stay until the man
you hired turns up, for am indeed
shoemaker"
The boss gave kind Of grudging con.
sent. Then l set to work, and slept
that night in the shop. When the
master came to the place in the morn.
ing no found everything in elegant
order and | had made S. before break.
fast by mending boot. I suited him
"xnctly-for am a good shoemaker.
lived with that man for year, and
'avcd all my money. / sent the deaI
I'D fellow at home 800. II you could
nly have seen the letter that came back
The blessed old daddy wanted to knowii
! thought he was n spendthrift? That
800 he was going to make do for the
next three years There was chance
| heard of iii Sacramento. | went there,
my master giving me some of his shop.
worn stock. l did a splendid business.
In six months had made for my share
$4,000. My fortune was before me.
Poor old daddy was not forgotten.
got cross letter from him this time.
the poor simple soul wanted to know
whether / thought he was going to the
dogs. Did | want to make him a drunk.
ard, gourmand, and put all kinds of
temptation in his way? Too much
money was the source Of all evil l was
robbing myself to rampcr hin,-but for
all that there was lot of sweetness in
the letter.
Well, | thought that fortune was now
mine. But one night bad fire broke
out and 1 was burned out. Fires oc-
CURED in Sacramento every night and
were the work of thieves. / gathered
toontbpr tbo f.v no;r, of boot. I oo,lJ
nnt NV bonds on md ,,ioood ,hor, u';,i'
NV moray ol, !, noId in a trn,'t ondI Mi
carried il ont 81 the wooJen shartv % ;ms,
40 tho roof fe,l in For ho,,or o secrr;,,. !in'
[ sat on my trunk, and gazed bewldered-
like at the flames. 81 have something
left" said, "after all, to begin the
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"'a'y D,'" u'ei 'iie io"' WIN ,, - 'i"';
and iost all CONSCIOUSNESS; when
came 10 louho mysei1 nm, on ,he grouh1
ana my 'runk gone. Inc thie'.s n"I
uohe lne business ior me. AN 'heh !
gave mysem up, lust l9r moment, c
IeSp"I. hlh -, pulneu-ruIi'ed ,, ,oI ever
foor old daauy i lnoughI. put was
h"' ruined lor .i,at cr"ck on Tue heao
' was INC hi'''''' Vi ny naAine my io'
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1o ta1" NJ nno" Iy Glu l'''Tn moui,' i,
no oiI io ,,' a' "TI nm no ulu so' i.euioo
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tant s u'oo Ti.n .n senIeieo. 80.
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ama,;oApnn t o1 III IN ny gu 'M' .n'o
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nnoo I n,odo [ h;ro . & rn;r ~ sbnas o,d ha
wos doi;nbted '' " ~ ''N No
Ono div bo so;d N mo. .Jbod mn ouc.
t;on Yesterday md 7 mt nm without
gettino n singIe biJ,1or q lot ~ verv fine
Frenc5 hoots Tbov won't col, Lrconao
there ia n olnt of boots nm tbo market
Tbev were ;mnortod yoor ooo bri
tbe shane 10 ont of fashion now II
wos q sGnove Too tbon now Il 10 n rounj
one 10 Won bnv tbom >"
~ an ~ ,,",, US % q" % oaLaa
,,T' my muon sMo r:,
,p'I maAI foui omn plioe.
,apI DIs y. ,"la, n%.u no no ' Inaycno.. Won NAV
,d .,"n u"S lnanos Ut az non ,o ,.hon "
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rLa Mom. @ W AZ ,4oA a." Nv tnUo1 Gm@st ~ "ma,;tn on1
":,,o~t hnoS mtie .. " =. 'mu ,notn ~ Samo ~ ,bom
were cavalry boots but such as oply
Jandv borsemen or General officers
wear Remember lam a good shoe.
maker and know INV trade 7 bought
these boots at one dollar per pair. Tho
leather alone was worth twice that. At
nicbt nsed 70 work on them I made
| the SQUARE toes pointed-for I am good
shoe. she make maker. IS Some Of them cut down
into bootees. Oh I worked night after
night on them after hours. Then
hired small shop and hung up few
A MEXICAN came first. "How muchP"
"Ten dollars. +" He took the boots.
Then n miner passed Glow much ?"
Fifteen dollars" Then a gentleman
on n fine horse came by and looked from
his horse at the boots, and he tied up
his horse and asked "How much p