Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-08-27
to seek employment as farm labor

Il err"
fear lack the necessary trainin
(. for either Of these callings," he an
swered, quietly and seriously
But you could learn. You ar
young and strong, and an extra fifteel
or eighteen shillings week are no
to be despised.''
am to begin at two hundred
year. he answered, in the same seri
GUS tone, which / think is very hand
some considering that | have had n,
/ previous experience. Besides it ma,
lead the way to someting better Also
1t will leave you and Esther a little
more to live on
Your sister has not complained, 81
i far as | am aware" was the caustit
answer.
And my mother is abundantly sat
isfied, eh?" was the quick response.
Your mother has borne reverse Of
/ fortune as a lady should. ! have
neither lowered my flag nor worn my
heart upon my sleeve. My son ap
pears to have forgotten what is due tc
his name and position"
Il am sorry you hold that opinion
mother. My father, / believe, tried to
better. his fortunes, and SO did his
father before i'm
| But not by taking situation-not
| by working for weekly wage. They
| would have scorned the suggestion,
They INDUCED in speculation, as gen.
l,tlemen constantly do.
Il think it is much more, honorable
to earn what you get than win it at a
game of chance. The stock exchange,
so far as can make out, is often lit
tie more than huge gambling sa-
loon
Mrs. Mawgan rose suddenly from
her chair and swept out of the room
When young man begins to reflect
on his father" she said. severely, it
is time his mother left"
Il expected this storm he said to
Esther, as he left the mantlepiece and
dropped into an easy chair. by to-
morrow she will be in a more reason
able frame of mind
But why this secrecy, Clement?
You might have given us a hint of
what you intended doing
I was afraid to shout until was
out of the wood" he said with a laugh.
In other words, | did not want to talk
about earning my own living until
had found something to do.
eAnd you have really got a situa-
-tion?s
ITO be strictly accurate, Sir An
thony Tre,eyrn got it for me-
And what will you have to do?"
Arrange and catalogue a library,
replace missing books and purchase
new ones, make hunt now and then
for rare editions, and generally make
mysel ffuseful.'
II. And do you think you will like it?'
v Il don't know, Esther. l can give it
a trial, anyhow
] I really don't quite see the necessi-
.ty Of it. We have lived so long to-
gether and SO far we have managed
tomake both ends meet
Making ends meet is not every
thing, Esther. Since left college L
have simply stssnated IS ht;::ni!;-
ating for q healthy young man to drift
on the stream of likeness year after
year. All around me see men doing
something, contributing their mite to
the sum totalsof the worlds needs,
while just vegitate."
But why is 1t you have only now
discovered thisT''
4 He blushed slightly and dropped his
eyes for a moment.
TT is not easy to explain The Begin
nings of things he sails, slowly.
THE wind bloweth where it listeth.
Impulses come unbidden and una
wares. Purposes take root and grow
apparently while you are asleep.
have chafed for years not knowing
why longed for something, not know
ing what. Latterly things have crys-
5tallized, If you understand. I have
been forced to occupy a fresh stand
point, and to look at things in new
i II 4. &.
Since when 2"
!. on are inquisitiye, Esther, he an
swered, with an uneasy laugh. .asBut
do you remember the days that fol-
lowed the wreck OF the Nebraska,
when GRAFTON and l were kept busy
from morning till night? Well, those
daysin spite OF the pathos Of them
were among the happiest Of my lifes
I was doing something doing some
thing useful and helpful The hours
sped away like moments and came
home g my meals feeling that life was;
worth living n
But that was only for two or three
days, Besides. you were not working
1IoITWa so.Ts q you icTS9 cUmptiIe0 go
to St Chloe three times a day tor q
month, I think YOU would strike :
8 Very likely, he said, laughing;
but YOU asked me q question and
have given an answer. g
And when Marion West went away
the dullness and stagnation were In
.tensifed r. she questioned, glancing at:
him from under her eyebrows.
she frightened up things while she
Vas here, there III no denying "a
4 % You think We have lost sight Of
her forever