The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1885-12-25

were busv ahnniIng work"
/ = So Le'sgsss .yeu' &aicll arI
cii2'n r.
g Yrs.n
'VrIi, We have ionf over as
three inrniiIls and TOO for one day,
but what nexig On What curse
lhcse hard times arrw
Don't despair, Herly, We'iInet
starvr. I've got Bork ou0HgIi en-
gagged to keep "a aHvr.n
Sab, what is thaf77f
Well, Mr.. .Wsgue his engaged
me TO calry sm II packages hone
70 his cnsf6m,T ~
q Why, Gona Lgr1, D--ils, what
do you meanfD
"Jnst what say. Mr. Wagner
caine home TO linner, I was there,
and asked him If he ever had light
articles or packages which be sent
rnnnl 10 ins customers. Never
mind what lfe said. He did han.
pen to want jas; such work done,
although Ire expected to give the
job to some 5f The idiers who hang
around The market house with their
hands IN their pockets, saying Mo.
bile Is played 0at, bnt he promised
II 10 me, aud I'm to be there Il; coad
season III the morning."
This IS a pretty gOi my wife
acting butchers bOyi You will do
no such lhingr
"And why MOTTO
"Brcanse YOU won't n
"-Say because it will lower uie 10
the Social scale"
We'll, so it will.1
Then let it, don't care sual.
| suppose it is more honOraiiir 10
sit still and starve, than to earn
honest bread by honest labor. II
! my acaMintances choose to cut lnc
! because | am. independents. by my
work, Instead OF an idle beggar,3
then let Them GU. II they think
gamblers wife, whether with
Cards or futures, IA rum scllrr's wife.
whether by wholesale or retail. who
has hne dresses and jewels, and
ride III their carriage, many times
made by the tears aud anguish of
suffering wives and children. il bet
ter ia he social scale, than is the
vile of an honest mechanic, who
dares TO be help meet as we'll az
a be- p eat, Why let taem L-oss me
on their books OF social standnq
IN so-called society, bur III eat T0tH.
est bread for all that. [ tel von.
Henry, it Won can't 6ud work,
must. We would have been hun.
gIy tonight If | had NOT found
wolk today. At such ii time ~
tbla, II is not fOr as In consider what
Kind OF work We will ,lo. so long a.
1t Is honest. AT all events, / shall
take the liberty OF living by my
own Labor, and have the imtlepel.
lence 10 be gOvelned by nv own
convictions ot rigllt.7
Bet, Della, only think, my wife
carrying about bGtctei's staffi
why, Fd rather do it my selfl7
III you only would 20, henry"
said his wife, with smile, ~ could
stay Ht'h0We WIKI the children, aud
do So~c SrEing Mrs. Wagner gave
me TO do nj hts"
IL was hsrl tor HeaFy Markham.
but The more he thought about the
matter The more he saS tue iustica
aud rIsht OF the argument his wife
had used, as we'll rs The path size
had TINS led him. Before he went
to bsd be promised TO take his
wlfe's place as butchers messenger
for Mr.. Nagber in the morning.
Aud "a the morning Henry Marx.
Gam went 10 bis new business. Mr.
Wagner greeted hiID warmly, hrais-
ell his nnblp, taitaful wife, then
stated hinl off with two baskets
full ut Packages. Th. new carrier
worked faithfully, aud tue first day
carues niue five cemts. II bad been
a d.ty OF iti-sl, bat no one jeered aE
him, ahd all hiS friends greeted hisn
as cordially as usual. He was Tar
happier when he vent ho1ue than
the night before, for now he really
ielt the glory of Independence. Gu
the next day lie earned over a dol.
lar, and thus ia continued to work
tor week, at the end of which time
he bad over 1--WE dollars 10 his pock
el, brsides paying for al the food
CT his tau,ilS, save few pieces Of
meat given hin by Mr.. Wagner.
Saturday evening he met Mark
Hill, aaother carpenter, who had
been discharged with himself.
HUI looked careworn and rusty.
swell, Mark, how goes it 2" ask.
ed Henry"
" Don't ask me,0 groaned Mark,
"my family are halt starved.S
" But cant You Gnd anything to
dor
"Noihiagp
I" Have you tried e.
" EverywbeTe, bul its no Hse. I
have pawuei all my tools aud cloth
ing except what's on my back.
l went 10 Posters shop 10 day, aud
what Do you suppose be offered
me- -
"W,hat vas itfa
"Why, be offered to 'ut me do
bis hand carfing. He had iischarg.
ed Bob for druukcness, aud offered
me the niggeT,s place. The old
fuexI 1 han Il y, a. .nft.1 - ..Gss.t.