The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-10-13

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edward, we will not need you any
more. We owe you little money for
ervices since we paid you last, and here
{ is"
"What is the matters" says the young
nan. ~ can not understand this. Have
done anything!"
The reply is: "We do not wish any
words with you. Our engagement with
zach other is ended" .f4
'Out of employment" What does that
mean to good young man! 1t means OPP
to get another and perhaps bet
ter place, 1t means opportunity for men,
tai improvement ard preparation for
higher work.
"Out of employment" What does that
mean to a dissipated young mani 1t
means lightnin express train on down
grade OH the Grand Trunk to perdition.
AL Borak was winged horse, on which
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 eye could reach. A young man out Of
through his designations Is
seated on an AL Borak, riding as fast In
the opposite direction.
1t Is now only five years since Eiward
came to town. He used to write home
once a week at the Ion gest. He has not
written home for three months. "What
can DO the matter" say the old people
at home. One Saturday morning the
father put on the best apparel Of his ward.
robe aud goes to the city to find out.
"Oh, he has not been here for . long
whiis," say the gentlemen Of the Arm.
"Your son, am sorry to say, is ON the
wrong track"
The old father goes hunting him from
place 10 place, and comes suddenly upon
him that night In place of abandonment
The father says:
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 IS VIC live
you can have homo. Come right away"
he says. putting his hand on the young
mans shoulder. In an angry tone Ed.
ward replies:
"Take your hands on mel You mind
your own business! will do as pleased
Take your hands of me or will strike
you down! You 60 your way and I will
60 mine!"
That Saturday night, or rather Sunday
It is by this time two O'Clock
in the morning--the father goes to the city
home of his son Nicholas, and rings the
bell, and rings again and again, and 1t
seems as IL no answer would be given;
Tut, after awhile, windt Is hoisted and
a voice cries:
"Who's there?"
sit Is me-" says che old man.
"Why, father, is that you!"
In minute the door is opened and the
son says: "What In the world brought
you to the city at this hour o. the night,"
"Oh! Edward has brought me here.
feared your mother would go stark crazy
not hearing from him. and find out that
it is worse with him than expected"
eyes," said Nicholas, " had not the
heart to write you any thing about it.
have tried my best with him Und all in
vain. But it is after two O'clock" says
Nicholas to his father, "and xill take
you to bed"
On comfortable couch in that house the
old father lies down coaxing sleep for a
few hours. but no sleep comes. Whose
house ia il! That of his son Nicholas. The
fact ia that Nicholas, soon after coming
to the city, became indispensable to
the commercial establishment where
he was placed. He knew wat few
persons know, that in all depart.
ments of business, and mechanism and
art there is surplus of people Of ordinary
application and ordinary diligence; there
is a great scarcity, and always has been
q great scarcity, Of people who excel.
Plenty OF people to do things poorly or
tolerably we'll, but very few clerks. or
business men o. mechanics who can 40
splendidly we'll. Approaching this, Mich.
olas had resolved to do SO grandly that
the business firm could not do without
him. Always at his place little after
every body had gone. As extremely po.
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those VINO made large purchases. He
drank no wine, for he saw II was the EN-.
poisonment of multitudes, and when any
one asked him to take something, he said
"No" with the peculiar intonstion that
meant no. His conversation was always
as pure as il his sisters had been listening.
He went to no place Of amusement where
he would be ashamed to die. He never
bet or gambled, even at church fair'
When he was at the boarding house, ate,
he had got all the artistic development he
could possibly receive from the chrome
on the wall, he began to study that which
would help him TO promotion--study pen
manship, study biographies Of successfu
men; or wsnt forth to places Of innocent
amusement, and to Young Mems Chris
tian Associations, and was not ashamed
to be found at a church pr aver. meeting
He rose fron position 10 position, and
from, ono salary to another salary. s.
Only Ave years In town and yet he ha
rented his own house Or suite Of rooms
not very large, but home large enough
In its happiness to be type Of Heaven. Il
the morning, as the old father, with hand
kerchief In hand, comes crying dow
stairs TO the table there ere -four persons
one fos each side; ne young Dsa, and op
posite to him the bsse hlsssing that . Go
Of infinite goodness caa bsstow. namely,
good wife, and o. saotAse sids, the hisl
chair flied with dimpisd end roalIckinl
gise, that makss the grasdfsthsr opposit
smile outside while he hes . broken hear
within.
Wen, a. l said, il was Sabbath, an,
Nicholas and hts father, knowing the
| there 10 no place 90 appropriate for trou
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