The Republican journal., 1914-08-06
THE MAN WHO SAW HIS CHANCE.

In the city lived a young lawyer. There
came to visit him over Sunday class
mate at Harvard who was at work on a
Boston newspaper He lived with his
unmarried sister in Everett and came In
daily to his work. He sat at his desk ten
hours day for six days in the week ana
felt that with his salary Of thirty dollars
he was doing very well.
His health, however, was none too
good, His eyesight had begun to fail
him and almost every winter he had the
grippe. Still he was fond of books and
felt that in time and with economy he
might reach a position where he would
have more leisure to enjoy them and bet
ter health, and would earn money enough
to be able to marry and set up a home.
But it seemed to cost good deal to
live. His sister supported herself to be
sure, but careful as he was Sedgwick
found that his board, room, washing.
light and heat cost fifteen to eighteen
dollars week and that car fare and in
cidentals brought his weekly outlay to at
least twenty dollars. Some times, as
when he took his sister to an entertain
ment or bought her present, it came to
more. He had been able to save for the
last two years very nearly five hundred
dollars year and felt encouraged. He
was thirty-two years old.
Sunday afternoon Sedgwick and his
legal friend went to drive and as they
passed, noticed the old place, saw that it
was unoccupled, drove up the road to the
dooryard and looked around.
The view from the front door immed-
lately attracted their enthusiastic atten.
ton. They helped themselves to some
cherries that hung crowded upon tree
by the kitchen door and could not forbear
plunging the bucket into the well from
the long wooden sweep.
"Who owns this placer" said Sedg
wick.
81 don't know, let's ask at the next
house," was the answer.
The next house was nearly mile dis
tant, but inquiry there disclosed the in
formation that, "That! Why, that's
the old Cy. Warner place. Used to be
lots er folks there years ago, but they're
about all gone now. Wy, Cyrus War
ner, he he'd six sons and six darters,
did'n he Abby Ito the witnesses wife,? l
know two O. the boys went into the
army and was killed and Jim he went
out to New York some whars and he
don't never come back here, and Clum-
we allus called him Clum; 8 name g
Columbus-he was allus drinkin' man
and he never come to nothin'. George,
he had.the place when the old man died.
but George, he never seemed to do much
with it and naow Henry has it. He's
Georges son.. Works in the city SOM
mers and, l understand. wants to sell it.
Used to be good farm years back, but
then. Laws! Farmin'! farmin' don't
pay!'
Sedgwick went back to his work. He
told his sister about his visit and about
"the old Warner place. All that fall
and winter he read in the copy that
came under his eye great deal about
the high cost of living and the possibili-
ties of farming. He kept thinking about
that old house. He. talked about it to
his sister evenings. and Sunday after
Moons, carrying always in his mind the
serene and sturdy air of home in which
it rested. He thought of that view from
the front windows and told his sister
about it till she had become as anxious
as he to see it.
But Sedgwick was practical fellow
and he was dependent now entirely upon
his own exertions for what he received.
Thist[had mot always been the:case, fol