The record-union., 1891-04-26

and humiliations of the insolvent court,
blasting my brilliant prospects rather
than part with paltry sum-
''Do you think that these ills can fall on
you alone, Carroll? If disgrace be your
portion must / not also share it? know
that my decision will be severely criti-
cised by all, blamed by many"
Then why the devil expose yourself
| to this criticism?'
You know do it for our children's
sake. You did not require this money
when it was settled on me and them.
They need it now and you may"
Not l. l will never degrade myself
by touching a farthing of it, so do not
make me an excuse for your selfish
neSS.o
A bankruptcy ensued, and Carroll
Whitmore survived. People often en-
dure disgrace and while threatening not
| to live rarely keep that promise.
AS Mrs. Whltmore expected, many and
| harsh Were the comments passed on her
conduct, and her husband persisted in
| asserting that she was the cause Of a
| failure in which his own foolhardiness
had plunged him, against the better judg-
ment of his wife.
| But their home was still neat and COM
! Portable, their children still hourished in
mind and body, and their acquaintance
| never hesitated to meet them on the most
elevated social plane, and Carroll, sus-
tanned by the judicious tact of his wife,
gradually accustomed himself to his re-
naming happiness and home surround
ings, and looked upon himself as re-
spectacle member of society.
But the illusion, however, was soon to
| be dispelled. His dignity was shocked
| to the extreme when Mrs. Whitmore re-
vealed to him her plan of sending Ger
| trude, their Oldest child, through the
tntn n1 Ill Il Il l.,
becoming teacher. He disapproved, re-
monstrated, scolded, talked of disgrace
| again, but all to no purpose. Once he
| had yielded the reins to his wife through
pique, and now she chose to drive and
would not relinquish them. Their only
son was perservering and keen lad with
| q decided turn for mechanics, and was
thus apprenticed at his own request.
His more ambitious father wished first to
give him the benefit of a Harvard Col
| lege education, but his mother strenuous
| ly objected to this plan.
I'VE cannot afford to give Harry q
suitable income" said she, "and he shall
| never, with my consent, be exposed to
the miseries and temptations of would
| be-aristocratic position. No; Harry has
to build the ladder himself on which to
climb to an elevated position, and he can
! not begin too soon. We have no right to
mislead him as TO his true situation when
starting out in life, nor to fetter his arms
with the trammels of shabby gentility.''
And so, Jennie, you have treasured
up your aunt's legacy just to make a
mechanic of your son and a teacher OF
your daughter! This is the result OF
your miserable miserliness! / had hoped
at least that they would have benefited
! by it'
'They are being educated, Carroll, and
| no expense is being spared to fit them
| for self-reliance and self-support and to
| teach them to
| Act we'll their part,
| There all the honor lies.'"
And well might the mother feel proud
ana happy as she gazed on her children.
| Gertrude was a well-informed woman
who entered on life's high duties and was
prepared to meet them; and Harry was
no gold d-headed-cane-yellow dude
waiting for his friends to support him,
but an ambitious, rising young man.
already making way for himself in the
world, thanks to his sensible mother.