The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1892-01-30

| ulEdm 4 WOuiu never make tAiS HUT v
gage If / were you"
at is the only means have of rails
ing the money, Mr.. Borgess." Hiram
replied.
"very true. But l should not raise
1t at all under the circumstances You
want Frank to have good education,
and that is right. He ought to have it.
If you were able, should say give him
the money to pay for it; but as you are
situated you should not imperil your
home to get the money. Many boys
who have grown up to be useful and
| successful men-in fact many of our
| greatest men-have earned their own
ways at school, and there is no reason
why Frank cannot do the same. 1t is
inconvenient, of course, for boy to be
compelled to earn money to pay for
his education, but it doesn't hurt him
in the least, and II he's got the right
mettle in him he'll feel proud of his nc.
complishments."
I'm not uneasy about the debt, Mr..
Borgess." Mr.. Golf replied, land I'm
not afraid of Frank not paying it when
it is due. He's boy who will make
his way in the world without any
trouble, and I intend that he shall
have all the advantages l can give
him."
The money received, preparations
were Immediately made for Franks
departure. Nellie lending every as
sistance in her power. She thought
it perfectly right that he should go to
college, and never once did she ques-
ton the justice of the treatment her
parents gave her. She had longings
for a college education, it is true, and
If the father and mother had been less
intent on advancing the son they might
at times have noticed the anxious,
yearning look that came to the eyes of
the daughter. She probably never
dreamed that she had q right to ex-
pect an education, but that did not pre-
vent her desiring 1t, nor did it prevent
her, in her humble way, bending every
effort to acquire it.
While Frank was at school having
all the aid that teachers could lend
him, Nellie was at home devoting such
odd hours as she could spare from
household duties to porting over such
books as she could get fighting her
own way through mathematical, gram
NAUTICAL and other difficulties. No one
thought of assisting her. and she never
thought of asking for assistance.
Nellie was kept out of school alto
gether after Frank went away, for be-
fore the beginning of the next term of
the public school Mrs. Golf became so
afflicted with rheumatism that she
was able to do very little work, and as
Mr.. Golf did not feel able to hire help
with the debt on his home, Nellie was
forced to perform the greater part of
the household duties, and consequent
ly had no time for school. She was
not conscious, however, that she was
making any sacrifice, and no matter
how onerous her burdens, she had no
word of complaint
In time Frank completed his course
at college and went into a law Office to
road law. His parents tried to dissuade
him from that step for time, impress
ing upon him. the necessity of doing
something to earn money to release
the mortgage. They wished him to
teach, or take some other occupation
until their home was free, then, if he
desired, take up the study of law. But
he refused to listen to them, caring
only for himself. and intent only ON
gratifying his own tastes.
Three years went by and the mort
gage became due, and there was no
money to meet it. Frank had not
earned a dollar beyond what he had
spent for his own purposes, and Mr.
Golf had found it difficult to meet fam
lily expenses since Mrs Golf was un.
able to assist him. Borgess. had called
for his money and expected prompt
payment Mr.. and Mrs. Golf were sor-
rowful, as we'll they might be, for the
thought OF losing their little home was
sad indeed.
Surely Mr.. Boggess will give us
little more time. Hiram" Mrs. Golf
said, ''if you could only see him and
tell him that Frank will pay him as
soon as he can earn the money"
II have seen him and told him all |
that" Mr.. Golf replied, ''but it did no
good. He said that If Frank was max
ing any effort to pay of the debt he'd
wait; but as it is he can't see any use
in it. I've thought the matter over,
wife, and I'm afraid we made a mis-
take. I'm fearful Frank is going to be |
a disappointment to ms. He has not |
turned out as we expected he would. I"
mo, he has not, Hiram, 1t is true.
When the board offered him the school |
here he should have taken it. 1t would |
have delayed him only nine months in |
his studies, and then the mortgage
would have been paid, and besides he |
would have had some money extra"
Nellie, unnoticcd in her corner, was |
an interested listener to this converse
ton. Her parents gave her little of |
their condolences, and never before had |
she received an intimation of the peril |
of the dear old home. She was shocked |
by the knowledge she had gained of
the situation, and she wished with her
whole heart that she had the power to |