Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1888-11-24
INST enonrh OF the father.s nature In the

Just enough OF the fathers nature I'm the
s-n 20 bring them into col'slon with each
other. James had the same nervously
anxious nature. the sane intense feeling
Of respo lis biity. the same tenden y to-
wards morbid earnes ness; and on that
day there had cone collision.
His father / ad poured fourth up him
hi. fears an 4 apprehensions in a manner
which nipple q cen IRE on his son, asbe-
viii ng to accep. life OF 5 hOlarly Ease.
while his father and mother were. as he
expires ed 1t. working their lives away.
''But l tell you, father, as
God is my witness. | mean to pay
| all; You shall not al er: Interest
and principal-all that my work would
bring--I engage 10 pay back.
/ "You.-- you'll never have anything.
| You'll be a poor man as long as you live.
Lost the ademy this fa!l-that tells the
story"
"i'ut, father it wasn't my fault lost
the academy
SITS 10 matter hose fault it was -
| that's neither here nor ttere-you lost Vt,
and here you are with the vacation Der le
you and nothing t. do. There's your
mother, she's working herse TO death:
she never gets any rest. expect she IL
90 off In cOnsum ton one OF these days.
"Iherc, there. father. that's enough
Please don't say any more. You ii see
will find something to do"
There are words spoken AT times i'll life
that do not sound bitter that come from
pitiable d-pth of anguish. and as James
turned from his father he had taken d
resolution that cOnyulsed him with pan
his strong arms uui cred with the repreSs-
ed agony, and he hastily sought di-tant
part OF the field. and began cutting and
stacking cornstalis With a nervous ener-
Gy.
.Wh~, We work like thunder" was
Biahs comment. 'uook rarnin' ham
spilled ye yet; year arms are good for
suthin.'
"ieS, my arms are good fox something.
and l II use chem for something s'id
Jim.
There was raging tempest in his soul.
For young fellO of puri an cduca' ION IN
those days to be angy with his faihe;
was somewhat that seem, d to him aS aw-
full a sacrilege Us 10 e angry with his 90 .
and Yet he felt that his father had been
bitterly. cruelty un st towards him lie
had driven economy 10 the most stringent
extremes; he had avoided the intimacy OF
his class fellows. lest he should be drawn
into needless expen eS; he had borne with
shabby clothing an / mean fare among bet
ter dressed and richer assoc ate, and been
vii Ing q bear it, lie had STUFFED faith
fully, unremit ingly, iOr two years. but al
the moment he turned from his father the
throb that wrung his heart was the giving
up of all.
lie had i'm his pocket a letter from his
tDwnsman and schOO,mate sam Allen,
rate Of an Fast India an just fitting su'
at Salem. and it said:
I'VE are going to sail with a picked crew
and we want one just such fellow Is you To-
third mate. Come along, and you can r
right up, and your college math mates vii
be all the better for us. Come right off. an'
your berth will be ready, and away 70
, | round the world!'
! Here, to be sure, was immediate posi-
: tion-wages employ ment-frcedom frOn
+ the intOlerable burden OF dependence
but it was &C .epted at the sacrifice Of al
his life's hopes. True, that In those day
the pertinent of a sea farng life hat
, often even in instances which he re allied
y brought forth fortune and an blity I
. settle down In peaceful competence j
!. after life. But there was Diana. Woul
= she wait for him. Encircled on all side
, with lovers, would She keep faith with a
, ADVENTURE gone for an indefinite quest
The desponding, sclf-dsturbing side G
Y his ma IRE said 40. Why should $ e.
/ Then, TO 60 was to 81 e up iana-t
make up his mind to have her belong I
q some other. Then there was his mother
q An unutterabe reverential pathos Away
4 to him encircle the idea OF his mo her
o Her life to him seemed hard one. ! 70,
4 the outside, As he ,iewed it, 1t was a
a self-sacrifce and remuneration. Yet b
A knew that she had set her cart Ell &
4 education for h IN. As much as It eonld D
4 set OH an thing earthly. He was he
}. pride, her hope, and just now that yer
: thought was full of bitterness. Their
4 was no help for it; he must not let he
O work herself to death for him; he woul
3 make the hOuseh Id vessel lighter by til
a throwing him elf into the sea to sink
II swim q, might happen and then. perhap:
g he might come back with money TO hel
a them all.
j. All this was what was surging an
o boiling In his mind when he came in fro
L his work to the supper that night.