The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1883-11-29

ways solid capital. had little mon
+, ay III my pocket, and went TO San
| rancisco ] knew nay old master
would take mo back, and he did SO. I
| resumed my old place. There was an
| ala tioneer among his customers with
the tenderest feet ever saw, and, as l
am a shoemaker, that explains all my
| good luck. This auctioneer had been
erumbling ever since left San Francis
co. When he saw me he was delighted.
AT leaet now" he said, 81 am out of
my great misery. shall limp no long
err" At once | made him a pair of
shoes, and he was delighted.
One day he said to ne: II had an
auction, yesterday, ami | put up with
out getting ngle bidder lot of very
fine French kid boots. They won't sell
because there 10 Gut of boots on the
market. Thsy were imported year
ago but tlle shape is out of fashion now.
1t was square one then now it is q
round one. Do you buy them?" "How
much?' | asked. MAKE your own price"
But | have no money" That makes
no difference; you may have them on
credit pay nle when you can" l went
to look at those cases of boots. They
were OF the finest quality, and excellent
boots, but such as only dandy norseman
or general officers wear. Remember l
am good shoemaker and know my
tra!e. ! bought thoss boots at one dol
lar pair. The leather alone was worth
twice that. At night | used TO work on
them. made the square toes pointed
FOR am good shoemaker, some o.
them | cut down into bodies. Oh! |
worked night after night on them after
hours. Then l hired small shop and
hung up few pairs in the window.
A Mexican came first. "How much?"
Ten dolla g." He took the boots
Then miner passed. GLOW much?"
Fifteen dollars" Then gent eman o
a fine horse came bv and looked from
his horse at the boots, and he tied M
his horse and asked: "How much?'
Twenty dollars" He put a double
eagle down. | must have made s. $40
clear on those boots and put in my peck
ct 900 III three weeks. worked on for
year, End made money in my trade
steadily, for | am good shoemaker
Then | got married at San Francisco to
women | loved, and my married life
has been Il very happy one. 1t was
pang when | said: 81 must leave you,
my love, for a short time-ouly long
enough % pay nv dear old daddy Wis
IT, | left nv business in her charLe.
1t was voyage OF business and pleas
ure, for Went to Paris to buy ,ods.
Poor old daddy! there was the same
maybe in the wicker work basket, and
he saluted me, for he remembered me.
When | was little boy | stuck tail OF
false feathers on him with some cob
b!er's wax. He never forgot me, as If
nv insult to him had been of recent
date. There WAS hardly change iii the
room. There hung fathers old watch,
So big "a q saucer, ticking away, with a
spray OF lockwood over it for luck. Then
there was on the shelf the same old
earthen ware jug. The han lie broke
one unfortunate day, and a piece OF
leather vas bound around it, and il
hung on nail by a thong. He had the
same aWl in his hand-at least it was
the same hand e, for [ once came near
getting a thrashlng for having Whitfield
II. Even the old almanac OF a year long
gone past Was there, tackled to the wall
with shoe brads. He had on the same
apron only it was thinner.
The dear old father was bending over
is work, pounding. slowly on some bit
OF leather on last. You could count
one, two, three, four between the ham
merIngS. IN my time it was rat-tat tat,
like drum beating, With Nd interval be-
tween the strokes. | strobe in, and the
old gentleman first looked at my fee,
hat vas way he had. At glance, for
ne vas the king of the shoemS kers, he
could take in all the iitferen rs between
your foot. and the feet of the rest Of the
world. He looked and looked again
lie must have recogn zed a 'amlly loot
for saw his hand trenble, then he
pushed up his great steel-rimmed spec
tlcies, and the tears ran down his
cheeks, as ne rose and tottered and then
another! shy son, nv son, You never
have succeeded had you not been u good
sh)emdk r; You never ecamped any
thing; you did the best you could al
the time" was what he said when |
tod of my luck. Like nv dear old
daddy did before me-" | added. Then
[ kicked over his work bench, and,
No more work for you, old popR. for
am rich. | have wife; | have
blby-sa boy baby, named alter you
and YOU are to take the cdrs-hrst class.
o-morrox, or the day afterward, and
come post haste out Of the old country
to Callforni so that grandchild shall sit
on Your knee. q id you shall teach him
10 be honestand pious AMI to love you!
And may | not make him good shoe
maker2" he asked. "Sut you go too
asst. Let me think over it. You ask
me to leave this old Luxembourg, where
was born. | should never sec again
the grave where your mother, my good
wife, has slept for this last thirty o ID
years. don't know. am Very old. I
should be in the way. l love my old
trade. Do they wear shoes in California?
May I cohhle there? / assure you,
though, the hog brstles bother me just
a little At times. and my hammer moves
Just l'tter slo Yer, still | can turn out
very decent job. / wonder if l caunot
beat you nov. Come let us try"
L. please the old man, took up bit
OF work and com nencei on it. 1T was
wei, done," said father admiringy. II
see you have not forgotten my lessons
Perhaps thlt one stitch there is not
as even as 1t should be.
My remarks don't worry you? Still"-
aud he he'd out with his shaky hands
the old boot near his eye-"it will pass
muster"
At last the blessed old man consented
to 20 with me. Next day We had a feast
in the village. All the old rnnies were
''FitoN- tiio EoopoT, Luo WdtcuiHdhoE,
he butcher, the drover, the tailor and
The tax collector. The cure gave the
party his blessing On. what good
time We had! The old man was radiant.
| was introduced to everyone as on,
the American shoemaker, who
had learned his trade in the
uxembourg." We kept it up all that
afternoon aud late into the evening. 1t
was a feast such as that sleepy Old town
will remember for many a day. Just
occ Ision lily noticed that the old nun
weakened when some ancient chum
took him by the hand to bid him good
bye. Then | would say, ''Dear daddy,
it's your own grand 3hIId that claims
you. How the deuce do YOU ever ex-
,,ect that he vii, be q good shoemaker
without your teaching him?" That was
IN all powerful Argument. The blessed
Old mau made the trip with me across
the ocean with much fatigu'. How
glad my wife was to see her husband
and father! and as to the baby, he went
DIT once into his grandpapa's arms.
OF course father was too old to 90 to
work, but still he insisted on having his
bench. As he grew feebler the stitches