Year: 1863

night, if you enter the saloon"


"Thank YOU for the information, but
speak to no one of it at present"


So the interview ended.


Let us go back in our story some three
hours.


Walter and George obtained their din
ners at a restaurant close by, and were
in the habit Of taking it at the same table.
That day while at dinner, George observ
ed;


by the way, Walter, you know Dick
Henley?"


"Of course do, he and I are warm
friends"


II am quite intimate with him also i
but did you know that he has addicted to
gambling ?"


"Impossibe."


"Ts too true."


care you sure %


eyes. heard it from a friend, but
would hardly believe so last night |
went to the saloon in N street. and
caught him in the very act, and did my
best to get him away with me, and after
time succeeded. A trio of fellows were
there who were determined to fleece him
and were angry with me for coaxing him
away. l tried to extort promise from
him that he would not 60 there again to,
night. but he said that he must as he had
promised to i; but this one should be the
last. wish, Walter that you would go
there tonight and try to prevent his
playing. l would go, but l have other
business that will admit Of no delay"


never was in gambling saloon in
my life, and | do not much fancy going
there. ....


Il do not blame you for that but there
! would be no harm in going there. l pi-
Lty Dick, that's all.


| So do |. and il my going will serve to
prevent his losing money aud reputation
| will 60. But keep still on this, George,
for l should not want it to get round that
was Seen in such place.


You may rely on my discretion, Wal
ter. .... ...


This ended the conversation on the
subject. but George knew that the die
tstes Of his riyals's generous heart would
prompt him to go as he had wished And
so his plot came out as he had meant it
should.


Walter went but found no friend there.


In the course of the evening Mr.. Saw
age looked in, and seeing Walter moving
among the players, no longer doubted,
and the result was, George Hill was
promoted to head clerkship, and no
one, save a comrade OF his was aware Of
his little plot to accomplish his ends.
Walter though disappointed and annoy
ed at the coolness of his employers,wh
he imagined was without cause, retain
ed his place for few months then was
taken into partnership with an uncle, and
as the years went on, prosperity attended
his efforts in the city to which he had re-
moved.


About year after his leaving R.,
an acquaintance who possessed the secret
of George Hill. told him Of the part his
! former friend had played; but Walter
disdained to retaliate, as he was now do.
ing much better than he would have done
had he gained the place he coveted in
the house of Savage & Co.
Ten years had rolled around since the
, first incident Of our sketch transpred
t and one bitter cold day in December
Walter Grantly sat before the open CRATE
in his counting He had prospered
well, and was now an opulent merchant
! To-day he was thinking of the past, and
wondered what had become of his quon-
dam friend, George Hill, for some years
before he had been informed that he had
felt all the blghtng care of poverty. He
seemed to hesitate to speak, so the mer-
chant said:
! Well, sir what can do for you to-
day


Can you give me work


What can you do


Anything about the store. Book
keeping would be preferred, but any
thing that will keep my family and my