Show v the pr printer i n t e r amt r u e a i 4 4 JL by CAPTAIN haesley etwas a cold evening in the month of december that judge wright was wag sitting by be its yle cleasant s fire fire at tile tiie residence of his brother in bouls louisville ky ills his little niece was sitting beside him with her hand resting gently on his arm and her hair falling failing in ringlets over her bir snowy shoulders tell us a story dory cf of a mechanic uncle if it you on please for I 1 offer hear you speaking of them spoke the little girl looking up very innocently into the face ot of the judge I 1 will eil eli ell tell you of a poor printer whom I 1 knew replied the judge if you will only promise to pay attention jo 0 o all I 1 say of course coarse I 1 will for I 1 like to hear of printers ti once knew a young man 1 said lie he I 1 who who lived in a town in the western part of Vir virgilla girla ile he was yas of a respectable family but not very wealthy vel vei thy ayd and the youth for a youth he lie was at the time our harra barra narrative tive commences expressed the desire to learn the printing business ills his parent no objections to it he be entered an effice in the town of ofa W and which was carried on by a yo young man by the name of JI he continued in in the office some two years at the expiration of which time the office was a sold 0 id out to another firm the former proprietor immediately purchased another establishment in the interior of the state and the he young man wishing te finish nis trade with those be he had commenced with immediately left home and joined his old employers time rolled on and his apprenticeship was finished when he returned home there he meets his bis old friends friend sand and former associates and particularly a young lady to whom he was very much attached his ills visits vial le were very frequent and in less than a year they were eng engaged pled aled pied to oe be married alle he in the meantime had purchased a printing office and was publishing a pape applei applying g himself closely to his cehe made many friends and as in the case of publishing a paper some enemies those who were his enemies had sought every means in ill their power to injure him but in spite of all they could do he prospered in business abat bat although lie he was engaged some of the ladies rf the place who had set themselves up as aristocracy sought an interwies with the ladys mother and by falsehood se oil and succeeded in in winning i till the unsuspecting parents over to their side ide a and nd by inte interference reference with her daughter the marriage was broken off thib this was more than the young man roan could stand and at the end of the volume he discontinued the publication of his newspaper and left there thera for parts unknown years tears rolled on and we find the young printer a successful lawyer residing in new oi leans ieans ile he had there gained a name that will willever evir stand not only as being an influential member of the bar but asa as a respectable and honorable citizen of that city A As the tile young lawyer was sitting billing in his ofle e one afternoon reading he was interrupted by a gentle rap at the door the tile lawyer answered the nock with his pleasant come in the Th coon opened and the figure or a female entered she sile seemed about thirty years yeara of ge she had been one of the moat haji baji dome of her sex alti although ough time had haa cast its shadow over the freshness of her features are you a lawyer she asked in a sweet musical voice 11 have the honor to belong lo 10 that profession of 1 I have a case which I 1 would be happy to have you attend to a stae tie added blushing 2 what ia is the tenor of af ltv it it is a dinoi devoice ce case my husband shortly after our marriage took to drinking very bad and having squandered squander edour our means has now abandoned me altogether and I 1 am boreel to take in sewing to sli all support ort myself and child 1 I 1 will aso do what I 1 can for you madam and I 1 think thera there willbe no difficult difficulty V in obtaining one the lady gave hr name as mrs and ald talu aid she was wai board boarding inz ing with a friend at N chestnut street and then left the office aften after she had gone the hought bought occurred to him that he had been seem that face before and the more ile lie thought the more he was convinced that such was the case and to satisfy lib iiii curiosity lie he resolved lo 10 visit her the following day the next afternoon he called at N chestnut street and there found the person he lie was in iii search of sitting in a nicely furnished apartment with a roy checked cheeked boy by her after altar talking on the various topics cf of the day he ventured to ask her if she wasa was a native of the state of louisiana no sir I 1 was raised in virginia and have lived there until shortly after my marriage addid did you not dot at one time reside in the village of M 11 11 1 I resided there several years vears she sha answer answered eds edo as she scrutinized the real feal features lires of the lawyer 11 suppose you were acquainted with the cil oil citi zens zera ther there generally ware were you on not noir noil yes bir air sir air I 1 was partially acquainted with the most of be the inhabitants said she were wert you acquainted with a young man by the name nami of W who published a paper there ye I 1 was well acquitted acquin ted with him film and we were engaged to be married but upon the he interference of my mother and some soma others it did not take place here a tear was ll 11 now ow seen to steal down her cheek do you know what has become or of him 1 91 I do not she replied but would to god gad I 1 coill find out where lie he is for although I 1 was forced f fo 0 slight him he would still be a friend to ine ire 1 she said trying to hile hide her tears with her handkerchief then madam madamba dambe ma he replied ayou you see that man in me I 1 am that printer the one that loved you above all others and the one yon you would now trust as a friend he Is as be wa 1 she sprang to his arm arms their lips met and the loep they had hid for each other before was kindled anew S t t f 61 ellek ellen elien noy coy only love nothing not hil fil I 1 P g on earth c could div me in more P pIe ea sure asuro t alan an this meen meed meeting n often have I 1 thought of you since we parted oa on virginias most roost lovely soil they talked over the timas lining they had when young how they had taken moonlight walks in the garden and exchanged pledges of love finally she told him how low she had been deceived in her husband for instead of being a southern merchant he be proved to be a gambler and a drunkard the lawyer succeeded in getting a divorce for her and they passed many happy hours together but they were not numerous jor for or thi next spring she fell a victim to the yellow fever the lawyer ever proved a friend took the youra young boy and adopted him as his own as lie he was never married he had none ta have finished my story all but one thing 1 said the judge what ia is this 2 asked aked ills hla niece git it is simply this that the he printer of whom I 1 have been speaking is none other than your uncle it is myself that was the hero of this story and the child I 1 spoke of you krow know lie he is now in my office and bids fair to become a good lawyer git ali it is a very nice story uncle yes dear dears it is 19 one you can profit by do not treat a person coldly because they happen to be a mechanic iest lest in the theand end be he should tui tul tulu a out great er than you |