The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-10-08

| Aue sume young tNSI anu OtueFS VI !
growing acquaintance ever ready to es.
| cort him. There is never any lack of such
guidance. If a man wants to go the whole
| round OF sin, he can find plenty
to take him. q whole regiment who
know the way. But after awhile
Edwards money IL all gone. He has re.
ceived his salary again and again, but il
was spent before he got it, borrowing q
little here and little there. What shall
he do now! Why, he has seen in hi.
rounds OF the gambling tables men who
put down a dollar and took up ten. put
down a hundred and took up thousand.
Why not he! To reconstruct his finances
ne takes a hand and wins; is in a frenzy
Of delight and takes another hand-and
looses ali.
When he first came to the city Edward
was disposed to keep Sunday in quietness,
reading little and going occasionally to
hear a sermon. Now Sunday is day Of
carousal. He is so full of intoxicants by
enc Of the licensed rum holes of the city.
Some morning Edward, his breath
stenchful with rum, takes his place in the
store. He is not at to be there. He Is
listless, or silly, or impertinent, or in some
way incompetent, and q messenger
comes to him and says:
"The firm desires to see you in their
private office"
The gentleman in the private Office
says:
Edward, we will not need you any
more. We owe you a little money for
services since we paid you last, and here
it is"
"What is the matter" says the young
man. II can not understand this. Have
1 done anything"
The reply is: 1--WE do not wish anv
words with you. Our engagement with
each other is ended"
'Out of employment" What does that
mean to good young man? 1t means OPP
portunity to get another and perhaps bet
ter place, 1t means opportunity for men,
tai improvement and preparation for
higher work.
"Out of EMPLOYMENT" What does that
mean to dissipated young man. It
means n lightning express train on down
grade on the Grand Trunk to periition.
AL Borak was winged horse, on which
Mohammed pretended to have ridden by
night from Mecca to Jerusalem and from
Jerusalem to the seventh heaven with
such speed that each step was as far as
the eve could reach. A young man out of
employment through his designations is
seated on an Al Borak, riding as fast in
the opposite direction.
1t is now only five years since E lward
came to town. He used to writ. homa
once week at the longest. He has not
written home for three months. What
can be the matter:" say the old people
at home. One Saturday morning the
father put on the best apparel of his ward
robe and goes to the city to find out.
"Oh. he has not been here for long
WHILE" say the gentlemen of the firm.
Your son, am sorry to say, is on the
wrong track"
The cid father goes hunting him from
place TO place. and comes suddenly upon
him that night IN place of abandonment.
The father saws:
MY son, come with me. Your mother
has sent me to bring YOU home. l
hear you are out of money and good
clothes. and you know as long as we live
you can have a home. Come right away"
he says. putting his hand on the young
mans shoulder. In an angry tone Ed
ward replies:
Take your hands of me. You mind
your own business! will do as please.
Take your hands off me or will strike
you down! You so your way and will
go mine"'
That Saturday night, or rather Sunday
it is by this time two o'clock
in the moruing-the father goes to the city
home of his son Nicholas, and rings the
bell. and rings again and again, and 1t
seems as If no answer would be given:
| Ut, after awhile, a window is hoisted and
a voice cries:
"Whc's there:"
at is me-" says the old man.
"Wky, father, is that you:"
In a minute the door is opened and the
son says: "What in the world brought
you to the city at this hour of the mighty,
''0a! Edward has brought me here. I
feared your mother would 20 stark crazy
not hearing from him, and find out that
it is worse with him than expected
~ es," said Nicholas, 81 had not the
heart to write you any thing about it I
ave tried my best with him and all in
warn. But it is after two O'Clock" saws
Nicholas to his father, ''aad viii take
you to a bed"
On a comfortable couch in that house the
Nd father lies down coaxing sleep for a
lew hours, but no sleep comes. Whose
,ouse is it? That of his son Nicholas. The
;act is that Nicholas, sooa after coming
% the city, became indispensable to
he commercial establishment where
re was placed. He kEew what few
sersons know. that in an depart
aents of business, and mechanism and
.rt there is surplus of people of ordinary
application and ordinary duigenr.: there
{ great scarcity, and always has been
great scarcity. OF people who excel |
Aenty OF people TO do things poorly or
olerably well, but very few clerks, or
susinesS men OF mechanics who can do |
piendidly well. Appreciatiny tlis, Mich |
,sas had resolved to do 81 grardiy that |
be business firm could net dc without |
irE. Always at his place a ErIe otter |
yery body had gone As extremely ge-
tie to those who decline purchasing as to
hose who made Large purchases. Re
rank no wine, for he sa~Et was the.em-
oisonmen. of nultituies. aud when any
ne asked him TO take something. hesaii 1
Nc'' with the peculiar information that
iesat no. His conversation was alwavsj
: uure as If his sisters ha 4 lseso lis1anip-
lie went TO no place of amusement vherei
e would be ashamed to die He never
ct AZ gambled, even at q church fair.I
Then he was at the boarding house, after
e had got all the artistic Development he
oul d possibly receive from the .ehemo
2 the wall, he began to study that which