The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1883-07-18

MacGilligan, Cullossie man himself,
that used to keep public at the harbor.
lie had hotel in Melbourne now. Is
this really my good old friend Mr.. Beam
ish's son ? said he. Il am glad to see
you, Mr.. Ronal Your father was wor-
thy gentleman and good business man
in the law, as l know. And what are
you doing here, Mr.. Rosal p q am
looking about for situation, Mr.. Mac.
Gilligan.' well, Mr.. Ronal, there is one |
just waiting for you here. | want a
decent lad to take charge of my bar. and |
/ will give Mr.. Beamish of Cullossie's son |
the preference and one pound ten shill- |
ings week and his board, if he will have
the place. 1T is very kind of you, Mr.
MacGilligau,' said Ronal, and | am very
much obleeged to you indeed but it is a
work could not undertake, for you see
| am an abstainer' WELL said Mr..
MacGiIligan, honor you for that, and
Pm very sorry | cannot have you. But
all the same, you will come in and have
your dinner with me, aud you will be
better able after it to look for another
place. So when dinner was over, he
started out again and went further down
the street until he came to new house
bihU WAS DtlDR Dullb VI OllOhos iiC
stopped before it, on the other side of the
street, and leaning himself against pal
ing began to watch the bricklayers laying
the bricks. He looked at them for two
hours. Then he thought, That's work
could do, if / had the chance So he
crossed over and asked the master if he
whould give him trial. But you are
not bricklayer,' said the master. No,
but am willing to learn Very we'll
l will give you prentice wages till you
learn--that is twelve shillings week
and you can begin tomorrow morning.
Well, he had twelve shillings and six
pence in his pocket, and he had his shovel,
and now he had the promise of twelve
shillngs at the end of week. He looked
about till he got small lodging, and
next morning he began at the bricks.
And he soon picked up the right way of
laying the bricks; and at the end of a
month the master said, Beamish, you
shall have journeyman's wages after this.
That was two pounds week.
Ronal was very proud of that And
better thing still happened to him a
few months after. His master got a
house in the country to build, but he
could not go to it himself, so he called
Ronal into the Office and said: al see
you are a sober lad, and faithful at your
work, and if you will go out to the coun-
try for me, with three or four men, and
build this house, you shall have three
pounds till the job is finished Ronal
was able to lay past money now, and be-
fore the year was out he had fifty pounds
in the bank.
pAPT VIA THRIVING FARM.
"Well, he had set his heart on having
a bit of land. and he applied to the gov.
eminent and got a hundred and sixty
acres, and, by-and-by, he built small
cottage on it. He had to do that in or
der to get a title for it. But he did not
go to live there for good while after
He worked at the bricklaying for more
than two years, and at the end of that
time he had saved as much as would, in
small way, stock his bit of ground. Sc
: he left the bricklaying and went to his
farm. And he saw that it lay in goot
,, place, that there was plenty of water there
and that it would be near the market il
, Melbourne. So he applied for second
! lot of hundred and sixty acres beside it
: and bit by bit Ronal grew to be farmer
,, but in small way, you know. Hi
built a place for the cattle, he got ;
horse and some COWS, he got pillow ant
, other things as he could, and soon he haC
: good crop on the ground. But it wa
; very lonesome for the lad. 1t was ter
miles from Melbourne, and there was nj
;, one there but himself-no one to hell
}, him or speak to him. Help at that tim
Z was not to be had in Melbourne. Every
= body was away at the diggings.
"'If l only had some one to take chairg
;, of the dairy he thought, 1 could man
q age the rest Well, he wrote home to tn
- mayor, and said, You go north to Cullo:
sic and see Miss Black, and see if sh
. would come out and take charge of tn
,, dairy So Benjamin-that's the mayor
went all the way north to Cullossie to sc
Miss Black. Miss Black said he, 9
have come to ask a favor of you 'An
It what is that p said she. s. 1t is that 20
re would go out to Ronal, and take charge c
70 his dairy Tell me, then, Mr.. Beamisl
9. if | went out, what | would have to do
re WELL said the mayor, it would be, ma
le be, a bit hard for you at first. You woul
l: have to milk the cows and make the Blu
IT ter Are there any servants = said sh
6 am afraid there are no servants We
ar Miss Black, there would be only you an
:; Ronal' well. Mr.. Beamish, will Mt
id go one step. | have been accustomed
al have servants all my days, and am nj
n. going to Australia to be servant myself
m The mayor was very vexed. He tri'
H. hard for more than two hours to chang
d, her, but she would not change. She hs
at given him her answer, and at last he can
10 away.
mt "He was staying at acTavish's; tn
I'd was the father of Neil. He was an o
as friend of our family, very worthy ma
ell farmer, and lived about a mile outsi
lie of the town. And when he came ba'
ot to the farm from Cullossie, they saw
nd had got REFUSAL for he was very du
But nothing was said But when he ss
he Mary Mac lavish setting the supper hi
re self and going about the house so blit
~. and helpful, it came into his mind that
he was pity that Ronal had not happen
ISIS on Mary instead of Miss Black. Al
" when he came home here-I had come
ny England by that time-he said to m
in Mother, it's great pity but Ronal HI
ac- happened on Mary MacMavish instead
d; Miss Black And | said to him: 'We
sic Benjamin, just you say that to Ron
~. when you write. And he did say it.
ht said sRonal dear If vour heart con