Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1888-04-27
Make Your Own Way.

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Gus with handsomely
/ furnished room and the massiv,
silver plate on the mahogany side
board. But, for that matter, be wa
an incongruity-a iittle, common look
man, not very well dressed Ger
taiuly very wide contrast to tn,
bard-ome stylish looking young :el
low who interrupted his reverie by 1
very frank and noisy:
Good evening, uncle. Can l talk
while with you"
That depends, Robin. on wha
you're gtun to talk ABBOTT"
"You know, uacle, that Alecl
Lang and | have long been friends y
Il have heard SC: | don't know it.
well, we have. Today AlecE
came to tell me that he is going into
the carpet weaving business in Xii.
marnock. He intends to buy Thom.
as BIackie out"
"He'll need some baw bees for that
Ills father will help, and he asked
me to join him. What do you think
about it?"
"How long have you been wi, Has
tie?"
Give years"
"And bow much have you savedH
"Well, to tell the truth, uncle
nothing at all. What with Sussie
marrying last year and Rosa this, anC
the presents | had to give. and other
expenses, my savings all went away
"Humph!"
81 thought, perhaps, that as the
business was such all old, sure one
and as both Langs would be interest
ed in it, you would lend me f2,OO(
for such wonderful good chance"
II have made it rule never to
lend money TO young men,"
"a very unkind rule when il
touches me, uncle. You were never
uDkind to me before"
II am not unkind to you now
either, Robin"
"Only two thousand, uucle! An(
such chance!"
"Guid heavens, hear the lad! Only
two thousando Did you ever carr
$4,000? When you have, Robin come
TO me and III talk with you about
lending you the sum-"
But. uncle, the thing is not new
venture; it is sure to pay
"it is gauu to haze new masters
an men at GO are not so sure abou
things payiBg' as five an'-twerty are )
So the young man went away much
disappointed and not little angry
but other friends looked more favora-
bly, on the plan
The $4,000 were borrowed, anG
Robert Rae and Aleck Lang bought
the old re-established carpet weaving
house.
The first year the concern, in spite
of falling prices, did very well Ro.
bert's share Of good profits not only
gave him good living, but paid all
his interest and allowed him to lay
by nearly Gl00 toward clearing off
his borrowed capital, aud the next
year things were still brighter.
In his fourth year Of the enterprise
Robert Rae called again on his uncle.
"Good evening, uncle"
GOOD evening, Robin How's bus.
iness?"
"First rate | don'C come tonight
about businessi"
"What for, then?"
II am going to be married, | want
ed to tell you about it"
There's MAR kittle risk than
Blackic's business, Robin"
81 think not, uncle
"Who's the lassie?"
Jessie Lofrimei."
"What fortune has she?"
"Just her beauty and her noble na-
ture; she is of good family, too, and
has had the best of educations. Why,
uncle, she can do most anything
paints, draws, plays the harp, sings
like au angel and -"
T'm feared she'll be kind o. ma.
trimonial luxury. Robin. But she's
bonnie lassie: have seen her. Yet
| doubt if she's fit for puir mans
wife"
you'll come to the wedding, un-
clc?"
"Surely, surely"
1t was very grand wedding, and
David Speers made quite sensation
by giving the bride check for $500.
Indeed, Jessie seemed to have quite
captivated the old bachelor, and he
soon began to spend great many OF
his evenings in her pretty home.
Three years had passed happily
away.
In Roberts home there had been
some pleasant changes. and his uncle
danced pretty baby occasion
ally on his knee or looked admiring
and wonderfully ut his own name
sake in the cradle Down at the
mill things were apparently equally
as prosperous. All the looms were
at work. and the very welfare of Xii
marnock as O community wes sensi
bly, connected with Lang Il Rae's
carpet mill" But great deal o
this success was only apparent, fol
it hung upon chances entirely beyond
the control of the young partners in it
They had been compelled to Dor.
row largely and had big interest &c
counts to meet, and a great deal o
their paper being from houses un
known to local bankers had to be
cashed at very heavy discounts. All
these things were much against them
yet so great was their industry and
energy that they would have turned
them into happy circumstances" ant
won in spite of the odds against them
if yarns had not taken sudden ant
unlocked for fall
This Of course, was followed by {
number Of failures, in most of which
they suffered.
Not oil their efforts could now
gather together their numerous lines
OF enterprise, and they found it equal
ly impossible to curtail them, aud 50,
after few months of desperate, anx
ious struggle the firm bccAme bank
rupt.
Old David had long toreseen. ant
resolute!y refused to meddle in the