The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1885-05-06
l.Tbatls Am rirhl. ana i dnnL,t

~ t7II7I 30 q N = q 4
4Thatis ali right aud | don't.
doubt you will Do very happy
there for awhile but Eve years
hence perhaps there willsbe three
or four children, and you will still
be earning three dollars q day part
of the time and nothing at all the
rest You viii, in all human
probability be a poor laborlngI
man all your days. Her life and
your life will be spsutin a crowd.
ed tenement; your children viii al
best hayebpt a poor chance torise
in the world, and they will have
no end Of chances to fall-no mat.
ter whether they are boys or girls.
4Now, | propose 70 give you a
show to do better-to become a
leading man Ia the town, 10 have
4 good home ofiyour own instead Of
paying rentin a tenement, to have
fresh air to breathe, and opportup.
tiles, if you are industrious and
enterprising, to make a fortune.
[ will give you and Margaret one
thousand dollars if"- the capital.
list paused, and Brown looked up
amaSedI he had never thought Of
owning so much money at once,
and the idea dazsled him-aif you
will goout West to a place THAT |
know Of and build yourself a house
and get aquaFter.section Of fland.
"There is plenty of work for good
bricklayers there, at higher wages
than you can get here, and you
will see a hundred ways in which
you can save and make invest.
ments which will be sure to yield
you good return.
"Just think oft. Here, a crowd.
ed, unhealthful tenement. There.
a house Of your own under the blue
sky, Here, no chance to do better.
There, almost a certainty, with
your habits and character, Of lay
ing by q comfortable fortune. Mar
garet will be the wife Of one Of the
best men in town, instead Of tax.
ing in.W washing to help along when
you are out Of work here.
"What do you say, Brown-will
you do it2"
Browns eyes lighted up, and
he had Strengthened his shoulders
instinctiyely as the capitalist had
briefly set forth the possible con.
trasls in these two lines Of life.
But when the question was put
direct he hesitated, shuffled with
his feet pneasily, and at length
managed TO say:
swell, sor, it's kind o suddin
like. I'd like to talk it over wild
Margaret, sor, before giving an
answer. It's very good o you, sor,
all the same"
"That's all right, Brown. Talk
it over as much as you like until
the wedding day, and then let me
know your decision. The thous.
and dollars will be ready for you
the day you start for the West"
The wedding day came, and Mar.
garet and her beau waited on their
would.bc benefactor, and, with
some shamefacedness, made known
their determination to stay in tbs
city.
The conversation, substantially
as reported, actually took place
some six years ago. Since then
Mr.. and Mrs. Brown have moved
every first Of May from one tene.
ment to oanoIher. They have lhree
children, and Mrs. B., the neat
nursemaid that was, is earning the
major part Of the household reven.
ues by taking in washing; for
Brown, when the cares Of married
life began to weigh upon him, took
to ward politics and drink, aud the
kids are in a fair way to bring up
in the workhouse, unless some
most unforeseen interposition Of
Providence keeps them out of it.
-Nev York Hour,
The Value of CiVillty.
There would be fewer broken
friendships, fewer unhappy unions