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MY TEMPTATION.
I was brought up a9 a weaver, as my
father was before me. I was a good hand
at my trade, and I worked steadily at it.—
When about twenty-four years of age 1
married a girl who was also a weaver.—
She was quiet, amiable, and industrious,
and made me an excellent wife. \V e
soon had a family ; but as we were in con
stant and good work, we not only contnv
ved to keep the wolf from the door, but
lived in comfort and respectability as well.
We worked for many years for the same
firm, one of the largest in Eugland, doing
our work well, and never during the
whole time wronged our employers to
the value of an ounce of silk.
When I was about thirty-five years of
age, the head partner sent for me, saying
he wanted to speak to me on a matter of
great importance. I, of course, present
ed myself at the office, and shortly after
ward was ushered into his room.
"C— ," he said, "we have always
been much satisfied with your behavior,
and uow we are going to advance you.—
The under-foreman in our receiving-room
is going to leave us, and you may have
his appointment, if you like. Your wages
will be thirty-five shillings a week, and
your wife can work as before."
You may easily believe I was overjoyed
at the offer, while I immediately assented ;
and two days afterward I entered on my
duties. They were very light, and con
sisted principally in receiving the work
brought home by the weavers, examiuing
it to see that it was properly done, and
giving out the bobbins for fresh work.—
Times were now very flourishing with us,
and we earned enough sufficient to give
our children a good education. My em
ployers were perfectly satisfied with me,
and I worked on soberly and honestly.
After I had been seven years an under
foreman, the foreman one day died sudden
ly : and I was most anxious to know who
was to succeed him, as he had been a very
good friend to me, and we had worked on
very amicably together. My doubts at
last terminated in a very satisfactory
manner. The head partner sent for me
one morning, and told me the firm were so
pleased with my steady behavior that they
had determined to offer me the situation
of foreman, with a salary of two hundred a
year, to be paid quarterly. 1 was, natural
ly delighted at the intelligence, as I con
sidered my fortune as good as made. I
thanked the head of the firm most grate
fully for his kindness, and assured him
that eveiy effort should be made ou my
part to give him satisfaction.
"Of that lam assured, Mr. C
he said (it was the first time he had called
me "Mister," and I was not a little flat
tared by it;) "you can now enter on your
duties as soon as you please."
When in the evening, I told my wife of
our good fortune, she was completely over
whelmed by it, and for some time could
hardly realize it; but when I told her the
head partner had called rae "Mr. C
she said. "I am sure you would make as
good a gentleman as any of them."
"Fair and softly, my dear," said I. "Let
us first feci our feet, aud then we will talk
of that afterward."
My duties now were not more severe
than formerly, but far more responsible ;
for I was entrusted with considerable sums
of money to pay the workmen. I had al
so an under foreman to assist me, who was
a sharp, clever fellow : and we got on ve
ry well together. Once a week my books
were audited by the firm, and I was fre
quently complimented not only on mv ex
actitude, but also, as I was a good pen
man, on the neat manner in which they
were kept.
Although ray income was now two hun
dred a year, it had not increased much in
reality ; for it had been suggested to me
that now I was in a situation of trust and
responsibility, it was hardly just that I
should allow my wife to drudge like a
common weaver. I, without hesitation,
admitted the justice of the remark, but I
hardly thought my wife would agree to
it; however, I was determined to try her,
so I told her when I went homo in the
evening that I hardly thought it right that
she should continue at the loom, consider
ing the position in life we were now in.—
To ray great surprise my wife not only
made no objection, but positively told me
she had already thought so; and she had
wished to speak to me on the subject, but
did not like to, as she was afraid I should
think her lazy.
Although my wife had now given up
her loom, she was by no means idle. Uu
like most weavers' wives, she was an ex
pert needle-woman, and she occupied her
self in making the children's dresses. —
True, she had always done so before, and
had had time for the loom as well; but
now we were in a more genteel position,
the children had to be better dressed, and,
of course a good deal more needle-work
had to be done; but, as my daughters
were now old enough to help their mother
it wap no great increase of expense after
all.
After I had been a few months in my
new position my wife one night said to
ine, "Our landlord called to-day, and I
paid him for the quarter. He talks about
increasing our rent lie says you have
had the house too cheap for some time
past, considering the rate of rents in the
neighborhood."
"I shall not pay any more than Ido
now," I replied, "and it is a shameful
thing for him to want it, considering how
long I have been his tenant. I would
rather look for another house than pay a
shilling more than I do at present."
"Well, dear," said my wife, "and 1
think you are right, Besides, there's an-
" To Speak his Thoughts is Every Freeman's Right. "
other thing that strikes me. We are liv
ing here with common weavers, and mix
ing with them, which is not quite right
considering the difference in our position.
And then the girls are growing up, and
they ought to do something better than
marry weavers."
I was struck with the justice of my
wife's remark, and requested her to look
out for another lodging or house, which
she promised to do.
The next day when I returned home I
found my wife had busied herself in find
ing a new dwelling for us. She had set
her mind on one in the Hoxton road. It
was certainly considerable larger than our
own, and much more expensive. V\ e
were paying twenty-five pouuds a year,
and this was forty without taxes. It was.
however, far more respectable, my wife
said, than the one we were then living in
Fleur de Lis street, and she has hit upon
a plan to make it less expensive that it
appeared at first sight. It was to be let
oft'the first floor to some single gentlemen
who was employed in the city in the (lav
time, so that in point of fact we should
have all the credit for the appearance of
the house, and not be at any higher rent
than we then were.
I complimented my wife on her excel
lent arrangements; the house was taken,
aud in a few weeks we were iu possession.
But although the rent of the house wo'J
not be more than our old one when, we
had let oft'the first floor, and the appear
ance we 6hould create would be far great
er, tliere was the expense of furnishing to
be taken into consideration This some
what crippled us for the moment, but my
wife said in a short time she would make
up the amount by the rent of the rooms.
We found without difficulty a tenant for
for ou| first floor, a young man, clerk in
an insurance office. He was a quiet, or
derly young fellow enough, paid regular
ly his rent every week. I now proposed
that we should begin economizing the
money we had paid for the extra furniture,
but she objected to do so till later, as she
had other expenses to meet at the mo
ment. I inquired what they might be.
"Why, my dear," said my wife, "it is
utterly impossible that the girls and I can
dress now in the manner we did in Fleur
de Lis street, when we were living among
weavers. The people about here are ve
ry genteel, and I don't like to dress differ
ent from our neighbors. We are now in
a good position, and we ought to make a
better appearance."
I foolishly admitted her arguments, and
we not only put off saving the money for
the furniture, but we got somewhat into
debt for the purchase of new clothes as
well. When my wife had obtained the
new dresses, for herself and children, they
certainly looked very well in them, and I
was, 1 admit, very proud of my family;
but, unfortunately, after the purchase had
been made, we did not save the money
we had expended on the furniture. We
continued to live on quietly enough, but
we spent, I am sorry to say, somewhat
more than our income, though not to such
an extent as to cause us any uneasiness.—
I, however, was obliged to apply to a loan
office for assistance, which I had do Uilfi
culty in obtaining; and as I contrived to
pay up the interest, the atl'air gave mo ve
ry little trouble,
I have told you the commencement of
our misfortunes, I will now tell you how
gentility ended. My wife's love for dress
increased, and with it our expenditure, but
our income remained the same. At last
my wife confided to me that the clerk on
the first floor had begun to show great at
tention to Charlotte, our eldest daughter,
and she had every reason to believe it
would end in an offer. His family, she
said, were very respectable, and it would
be an excellent match ; and >lie considered
the best thing we could do would be to get
acquainted with them. I told her we
must be careful what we did. I bad no
objection to make the acquaintance of the
young fellow's family ; but at the same
time we must be very careful not to in
crease our expenditure, as I had already
great difficulty in kt-epiog up the pay
ment of the interest of the money 1 had
borrowed from the loan office.
"My dear," said my wife, "what non
sense you talk I How is it possible we can
mix with people in a better position of
life than ourselves, and spend no more
than we do now ?"
"How much money should you want?"
I inquired.
"I do not exactly know. I must get the
girls some new dresses, aud we must cut a
dash a little. You know, after all," she
said, "that if he married Charlotte, you will
not be at the expense of maintaining her;
so, in the long run, it will be no loss to us."
I gave in to her plan, and I applied at
the loan office for more money, but to my
great annoyance I experienced this time
considerable difficulty. However, I got
the money at last, and my wife bought
Charlotte some new things, and we got in
timate with the clerk's family, who appear
ed like very genteel people, and took to us
immensely. We visited at each other's
houses occasionally, and at last the young
fellow proposed for Charlotte.
Everything with the exception of my
increasing debts, went on flouri.-bing. Ou
one occasion we went to a dinner party at
the house of the clerk's grandtather, an
old solicitor, for the purpose of introducing
Charlotte to him. My wife, as we wero
preparing to leave home, appeared very
nervous, and after fidgeting about for some
lime, said,
" The old gentleman is a very sharp fel
low, my dear. Take care that you dw not
let auytbing fall that will allow that we
were at one time only weavers, because he
imagines we are far higher folks than we
suppose.
'T do not wish to speak about family
matters at all, I ' l said ; "at any rate you
need not be afraid of me. But what makes
you think they believe we are better off
than we are."
"Well, my dear," said my wife,'coloring
slightly, "I don't know how it occurred, but
they all believe you are like to be taken into
the house as a partner.''
I was exceedingly angry when I heard
this, and I inquired of my wife from what
source such an infamous falsehood proceed
ed.
She replied that she did not know ; but
implored me so strenuously, and at the
same time with so guilty a look on her coun
tenance, that iu case it were mctiioned I
would not contradict it, that I fully perceiv
ed it was a piece of boasting of her own. I
scolded her severely on the matter,and
told her that if it were spoken of I should
certainly contradict it. Fortunately noth
ing on the subject was mentioned during the
evening, and altbougu it was a source of
quarrel between me and mj wife for some
days afterward, the affair at last died away.
We had now to invite the old solicitor
and the family to dine with us ; but before
the day arrived 1 found my wife had got
considerably into debt in the neighborhood,
and J was again obliged to go to the loan
office for assistance. The secretary said
they would consider my application and
let me know the result; and in a few days
the decision came. It was not only that
they refused to advance any more money,
but that when my outstanding bills were
due they should press for the full-amount.
The news came like a clap of thunder on
me. What to do I knew not, or where to
find the money. To add to my sorrow,
six months' rent was owing on the house
and the landlord was pressing for it.—
However, I iditit my eyes to the circum
stauee for the moment, resolving that as
soon as the dinner party should be over, I
would turn over a new leaf and insist on
far greater economy being practiced in the
house*
The day arrived for the dinner party,
for which my wife had made great prepar
ations. Before leaving the house I took
the opportunity of requesting her to be as
moderate ir. all Ibis as she could, and was
the point of leaving her, when a knock
was heard at the door and a broker's man
entered with a distress warrant for the six
months' rent. I was perfectly aghast when
lie told me his errand; but 1 was power
less ; I had not twenty shillings in the
house, and it wanted a month before my
next quarter's salary would be due. 1 had
no alternative but to k-ave him in posses
sion ; and with a heavy heart 1 proceeded
to business,
I got on as best I could until the time
arrived when I was accustomed to take
my dinner. Being to dine at home that
day, I went to a neighboring public house
to get my lunch. As I was seated at the
table the gloomy aspect of my affairs came
before me, and my eyes filled with tears.
Ashamed of my low spirits, and seeing the
necessity of my rousing myself, I called
for a glass of spirits and water, although
ordinarily a most sober man. As 1 drank
it inv courage revived, and I began to think
in what way I could retrieye myself. But
one way presented itself to my mind, and
that was a most rigid retrenchment. This
I firmly resolved on practicing,even against
any opposition on tiie part of my wife; but
still the disagreeable fact presented itself
to my mind, that a broker's man was in
possession, and that the same day we were
going to give an extravagant dinner patty.
Something must be done, but what 1 To
brighten up my thoughts I called for an
other glass of spirits and water. As I
drank it the idea came to my mind that a
considerable sum of money was at that
moment in my possession, but it was my
employers'. Why could I not borrow some
without their knowing it ? If I could pay
but the brokei's man 1 should redeem to a
certain extent my credit. To-morrow, I
argued, 1 will sell off' everything and re
place the amount. The sale of my furni
ture would be enough for that, and the
payment of the mouey I owed to the loan
office as well. The idea then occurred to
me that my wife might oppose me, but I
silently and solemnly swore that no persua
sion of her's should induce me to altar my
determination.
I now returned to the house of business.
There was a considerable sum in the till,
of which I kept the key—more than one
hundred and fifty pounds, I took from it,
trembling the while like a leaf, the money
I inquired and not a shilling more, and
shortly afterward, pleading a violent head
ache, I ictnrni d home and paid out the
broker, to the great joy of my wife.
The dinner passed off in a most satisfac
tory manner, although perhaps it appeared
more so to me than Tt really was from the
quantity of wine I was obliged to drink to
drown the thought of the action I had com
mitted. The next morning I rose with a
severe headache; and my wife was so
overcome with her exertions the day be
fore that 1 left her in bed when I went to
business. However, I argued, it matters
but little; the next day would be Sunday,
and then I should have time and
opportunity to express my determination
to my wife, for I was fully resolved to sell
every stick of Furniture I possessed, and
enter some cheap and ready-furnished
lodgings nearer to the house of business.
On the Sunday 1 told my wife the resolu
tion I had come to, and a terrible scene we
had of it. She accused me of gross cruel
ty and meanness. She told me at least I
might have waited till the wedding was
over, and then she would have offered no
word of objection. Many times I was on
the point of telling her of the desperate
' action I had committed, for I would not
acknowledge to myself it was a dishonest
one, although I should have considered it
itifamons in another. Charlotte at last
came to my wife's aid, and her tears quite
6ubdued my courage. As the license for
marriage had already been obtained, I at
last gave way ; and it was understood be
tween us, that as soon as the marriage
came off, which was to take place iu a foit
night, my plan would be adopted.
One morning in the next week I receiv
ed a message from the firm to attend at the
city house of business about some altera
tion iu my duties. I immediati ly suspect
ed there was some change to be made in
the manner of paying the weavers, which
had already been hinted at once or twice,
and that my accounts would be audited on
the next Saturday, the last in the month
When 1 arrived there was no one in the
connting rocm, and on the desk was a new
blank check-book. The devil prompted
me, and I neatly abstracted from it a blank
check and put in my pocket. When I
saw the head partner he received me very
coolly, and told me that on the next Sat
urday my books were to be examined and,
a new system was to be adopted. I prom
ised everything should be in readiness, and
left him.
I was now desperate, and I resolved on
forging my employers' name to a check
for one hundred pounds ; but when 1 took
the pen in my hand 1 lost all courage.--
Still, I argued, it must be done ; and 1
went to the public house, and after drink
ing two glasses of gin and water, 1 had suf
ficient nerve to commit the forgery.
But now, how was 1 to get the check
cashed ? At last I remembered that ray
daughter's suitor was to call in the eve
ning, and I resolved to make him my tool.
When* I arrived at home I again applied
to the bottle for courage, and as he was
leaving the house I told him I should be
obliged to him if he would get a check
cashed for me at the London and County
Bank the next day, and bring me the
money in the evening. He readily prom
ised to do so, and kept his word ; but un
fortunately he was personally acquainted
with the ca-hicr, and they had some little
conversation together on difl'erent subjects.
To shorten a sad story, the fraud was de
tected ar.d I was tried and found guilty, —
My employers recommended me to mercy
on account of my previous good character,
and I was sentenced to only three years'
imprisonment. My daughter's mariiage
was of course broken off, and tny w ife has
since died of a broken heart. Some wea
vers kindly assisted my children, but the
youngest were sent to the work-house and
my family broken up. I have paid dearly
enough for a couple of years' gentility.—
When I leave here, God only knows what
I shall do ; my character is gone, and no
body will employ me.
TROUBLES OF THE NEWLY-RICH.
Except the very poor who actually lack
the necessaries of life, there is no class
which has a stronger claim to public sym
pathy than the newly rich, whose numbers
have so increased among us within five
years. A remarkable case of this kind is
thus related:
Ten years ago, in a town thirty miles
from Boston, lived a worthy mechanic, who
had accumulated by hard work at his trade
a few thousand dollars, He was induced
to invest his savings in a manulacturing
enterprise, and in three or four years found
himself a rich man. Now he is supposed
to be worth not less than half a million.—
He is a good uatured, ignorant man, who
is by no means puffed up by his goijd for
tune ; he says that his success is due to no
merits of his own; that whatever be
touches turns to money, and he can't help
it. He is simple in his tastes, and would
like to live on as he lived so many years )
and as thousands of New England mechan
ics live, But he has a wife and several
daughters, and the poor man is overruled.
Last winter they must live at a hotel in
town, and sport a carriage and pair, which
they did, of course, and this summer they
must have a summer residence. So, being
attached to the place of their birth, and
perhaps laudably solicitous to impress tbeir
old neighbors with a sense of their pecun
iary importance, they bought a handsome
house at O , and proceeded to furnish
it in the most sumptuous style. But in
the midst of this luxury the mistress there
of is miserable* She has secured the ser
vices of two ladies who have lived abroad,
and have also been residents of houses on
Fifth avenue, and they have taken upon
themselves the entire charge of the house
hold. The poor lady says she does not
know a single dish that comes on the table
—all is French.
ABOUT HATING.— Hate not. It is not
worth while, Your life is not long enough
to make it pay to cherish ill will or hard
thoughts toward any one. What if that
man has cheated you, or that woman has
played yon false ? What if this friend has
forsaken you in your time of need, or that
any one who has wor. your entire confidence
has concluded that she prefers to treat you
as a stranger? Let it all pass. What dif
ference will it make to you iu a few years,
when you go hence to the "undiscovered
country?" All who ill-treat you now will
be more sorry for it then than you, even in
your grief and disappoiutmont, can be. . ■
TERMS, $2.00 Per. ANNUM, in Advanoe.
atitt
A man of sense should never be ashamed
to own he has beetf in in the wrong, which is
but saying, h6 is wiser to day than he wit
yesterday.
The young ladies in Vermont, it is said,
thongh we don't believe it, still continue to
kiss the lips of young temperance men, to see
whether they have been tampering with tod-*
dj.
MEN ONE WOULD RATHER NOT MEET.—
Men who tell stories that run into one anoth
er, so that you find it Very difficult to get
away at the end of any of them.
Men who have been quarreling with all
their relations.
Men who have been betrayed and abandon
ed in the most heartiest} manner by all their
friends,
Men wht> have been persecuted and swin
dled by a general conspiracy of everybody.
Men who imitate popolar actors.
Men who aro always asking, "Don't yon
think so ?"
Men whe are always "putting a case."
Men who agree With you too much."
Men who ''leel inclined to join issue with
you there."
MR. AND MRS, HOC The gentleman and
lady (not quite !)so frequently met with in
crowded railway cars, who never pay for
more than one seat, and invariably occupy
from two to four with band-boxes, vaiiaes,
baskets, flower-pots, bird-cages, shawls and
fourteen inch boots, while other passengers
are compelled to stand, should always be ad
dressed as Mr. RDd Mrs. Hog. You are al
ways sure to be right in thus recognizing
them. The family resemblance is remarka
ble.
Some poet unknown to fame thus versifies
upon the drouth :
Tell me ye clouds of dust,
That round my pathway rore—
Do yu kno sum spot where the
Rain does gen til pore ? Ef yer au
Let's kno it. It's gittin' so kussid dri,
That we can't grind korn ; and I
Be banged ef we don't starve.
The following convbrsation occurred be
tween a graceless boy and his teacher :
•'Wbat does your father do when he sits
down at the table T*
"lie asks for the brandy bottle."
"1 don't mean that. Well, then, what
does your mother do When yon sit down at
the table ?"
"She says she will wring our necks if we
spill any grease on the floor."
WHO WOULDN'T BE AN EDlTOß. —Editings
paper is a pleasant business.
If it contains too much reading matter peo
ple won't take it.
If the type is too large, it don't contain
enough reading matter,
If the type is too small people won't read
it.
If we publish telegraph reports, people say
they are all lies.
If we omit them, people say We have no en
terprise j or suppress them for political ef
feet.
If we have a few jokes, people say we are a
rattle head.
If we omit them, they say we ara ..old fos
sils.
If we publish original roattefj they con*
detnn us for not giving selections.
If we publish selections, they say we are
lazy for not writing more, and giving them
what ihey have not read before in Some oth
er paper.
If we give a man a complimentary notice
we are censured for beiug partial.
If we remain in the office and attend to
business, folks say we are too proud to min
gle with our fellows.
If we go out) they say we never attend to
business.
If we publish poetry,we affect sentimental
ism.
If we do not, We have literary polish or
taste.
If we do not pay all bills promptly, folks
say we are not to be trusted.
If we pay promptly, they say we stole the
money,
... ■
WONDERFUL ir TRUE. —A woman In De
troit has been arrested for smuggling tea In
her stockings.— Express.
In North Carolina the women carry naila
in their stockings— Raleigh Progress.
Nothing wonderful. The ladies of For
sythe carry calves in their stocking. —Salem
Observer.
And one of our ladies carries her corn in
hers.— Rome (Ga. )Commercial.
The ladie- in this section who sympathize
with Andy Johnson in hi fight with the
Jacobins, carry V-toes in theirs—which are
seldom passed over their heads.— Vinctnne*
Sun.
All the the women down oar way carry
splendid elegies (l-e-g-'s)in their stockings.
Kentucky News.
Down this way some of them not only oarry
calves in their stockings but lhay also carry
bran to fatten them I—Mexico Messenger.
The very fashionable women in these parts
don't wear stockings at all, but the crafty
creatures make their dressaa with two or
three Let of drag—to conceal the naked—
fact,
NO. 14.