The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-03-05

than one reason | am precluded from
the possibility of getting another sitra-
ton. NJ name, as you know, is
against ME, and people would object t.
me on the ground that had brother
who had been in the police dock;
moreover, am not fitted to occupy a
clerks desk in any other business.
Think, sir, / implore you to think.
With one word you are turning an
honest man inio the streets to beg, for
no fault of his own. / do not wish to
push myself forward unduly, Mr.. Grey,
sark, but at such crisis as this am
forced to remind you that but for me
you might possibly not have found
business matters work SO smoothly as
they have. Ii you discharge me with
the notion Of Introducing new blood
into the house you will have to-
"Mr. Penn, interrupted the mer-
chant, with wave Of the hand, 1--WE
must in this world DC men of business
first and humanitarians afterward.
have given your case my fullest con-
sideration, and in acknowledgment OF
your services, as well as By way of
compensation, | propose to make you
weekly allowance until you get en-
ployment. But that you must 60 /
have made up my mind. You will,
please, make no further observations
upon the decision at which | have ar
rived, or shall be obliged to request
you to leave my presence. / think it
but fair to tell you, however. that the
principal reason for my deciding to
take a partner is that am going to be
be married-that is. when the consent
of the young lady's father has been OBJ
tanned"
"Well, sir,'' said the clerk, '.of all
periods in life, surely the eve of mar
riage should most naturally inspire
kind actions. You are about to make
yourself as happy as human can pos
sibly be, yet you wish to inaugurate
that period by reducing to want and
ruin an old and tried servant. | know
you too well, sir-or, rather, / think
too well of you-not to be sure that if
you carry out this latter intention your
conscience must prick you in after
life"
''Mr. Penn" said Greysark, severely,
81 told you not to handy words with
me, so let me hear no more. ] am
now going to Brighton. Do not omit
to forward all letters to my address
there. You will please be particular
about this. must say, Mr.. Penn, that
| an not little astonished that, re-
membering, as you must, what have
done for you, and how with your tar
nished name you might long ere this
have been begging your bread but for
me, you should presume to offer me adj
vice on my own affairs. But l will say
no more
| The clerk fingered in the room, as II
in hopes that some straw might still be
left to clutch at. Then he said: "Mr.
Greysark, you observed just now that
the fact of your marriage depends upon
the consent OF the young lady S father. :
Those were my words, Mr.. Penn, .
replied the merchant.
IF be should refuse his consent?''
said Penn.
ssRefuse, Mr.. PENN Refuser' ex-
claimed Greysark "Such thing is
simply impossible, simply too ridicu-
lous to be entertained for a moment.
The head of the house of Jonathan
Greysark g. Co., should imagine, was
fit match for any one"
80 you may think, SIR said Penn,
quietly; ''but fathers sometimes hold
strange opinions. /"
''Mr. Penn, you are insolent, sir!'
almost roared the merchant, rising in
his char, and glazing at his clerk with
furious eyes.
Penn fumbled in his pockets, and
continued, still quietly: "Well, sir, in
this case the fathers opinion does hap
pen to differ from yours, and he re-
fuses his sanction to his daughter S
marriage
Jonathan Greysark started from his
chair. his face perfectly livid, his eyes
and mouth wide opened. Penn drew
forth letter from his pocket, unfolded
it, and as if utterly unconscious of the
storm he had raised, resumed:
"You have addressed this letter to
MIR. Robert Fleming, the father of
Phyllis, the young lady to whom you
,, have been paying your addresses. /,
for family reasons, with which you are
quite familiar, prefer to be known in
my circle of acquaintance as Robert
Fleming. Phyllis is my daughter, and
I re
mo, no! don't go onr' shouted
Greysark, in voice of supplication.
In the course of few weeks Phyllis
Penn became Mrs. Jonathan Greysark,
and the style of the firm iu Rood-lane
was altered to Greysark Penn & Co.
London Truth.