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Show EARNING AN KWTAPJ1. The cIJ man took the leiljtra tHit ol Iho safe on bj tine an 1 then replaced llirni. There were twe nty eren of them m all. an,l In the mtklnif of each ol lliem lie boil ha.1 a part There wero actually tears In hlaeree as lb door of Iht life clanged toi an I trimlng awajr Ite walked Intu the outer ufflco with n feeling of desolation In bit heart tu Ihoaiili ha bad just cousj.'uej Ms diarist diar-ist friend to a eeptileher. Half inechanltallj l.e uonnted hU a ell won (tool vain nud Banal through Ihe Utile glae ludvr out Into the rreat wareruuma for the lut time. Tin Mama wero einpty and tlesertal, for the I'jerNTs sale, litM thrco da) a ago, lial lleare.1 them tSrctuullr of their stuck. And now there traa nothing for It but In kick the ofllce up, band the key to tho linlloraud be Rone '1 wantyoutoteutholaitotTiHchell, llsnce & Co., 111111," tho senior luirtner tad ald that morning when bo dropped In to lay swlliy "You'ie leeu with Bs alnce Ihe bvdlniilnir, aud 1 dare say tonll llko to u the ol I I'nn out. lie Urd lima. Ham very hard linn en all r tu, ou know Wo're all in the name boat, bowc er joti, wlioro lost )our few llttlo hnmlrols that son saveO from four salary, aud I. who have lost my luotiaanJt. The whole concern baa cone lo tho bottom llnin, mil the hoo pinches equally all round. Ha lery hard on )on, 1 know, for sou're not ao toung aa the rest cf us, nutl you haie een here luch n long time. Twenty mm ) ears, la It? Uoud heavens, wliat ineteruiiyl IcanruueinberibnBlttltir; aver at Ihe jnnlore Ueik there whin I Mia a llule chap In ihort trouwra lcu've been an excellent worker," re fitted the aenlor partner, era lnally ro liming the injierior uianuir bo naa a out to exhibit to hie employee. If aiy name will bo of any uo to you 'hon;h It la not hel I In tho Knateat ee-teem ee-teem jmt at the ireaent iaument.N he i Ided with a llll.r null-, uw it, of tourao. Uut then, .with tho wide ao- lualntnnco you'ro pdnetl alnco you'ie txti hero tcople wilt bo only too glad lo map yuti up." "Ah, yea, lr," Ham bad answered, "but I ain t what I uwd to be, ou know. It ain't that I m ao old-1 ain't fitly aa fti but lliu doctor i) If 1 don't bao I ta of frvah air H'a only n qutitlou of limo" 'Tut, tut, llamt Confound the doctoral doc-toral They're a lut of troakcrl Von're ill rljlit for auother half cmtury. .Suw loodby. Ham, and good look to you." lie held his baud out, and aa old Jarrd Ham grajd It Ihe aenlor artner,wlioF4 Biad cxtraraanco au 1 foolhardy tocllf a ta 1 brought the old Crm to ahipwreck, .vmed to fade away, and In Ma place there atood a curly tuilrol llttlo fellow, a homed to come down to the office a ith bis father now and then and waa loroier iMliiu Into acrapce, 'Clod bleaayou, Master Cliarllcr Ham sal sail, aud then waring Ids baud lirily to him the aenlor partner bad taken his leaio. Ham rat there for some little while, lud then ftttliu up suddouly be tul I bimself that tho soonbr thlnifa wero luded now the bitur boKOlnjr to the tnpboanl he brought forth Ids old ofllce Mat, and then taking the little Turkey red inwlperutT hie disk, bis favorite penholder, the little almauao that hunt" iboro the desk aud n few other trlflea. Be wrapiel them up In nueiisjuper, "111 put em round my room," he said to iliustlf, "and llieyll look like old tituee ablt. t Then taking np hla parrel ho paired But and locked the door, Hehandod the ley to the janttor and walked slowly toward to-ward his lodlnita. He wasfreottow BIT for au Indiflnito holiday, at nobody'a beck or call. Ho lia 1 chuckled to him-klf him-klf at the thought of It, for je.irs and fears a(M, vihen he ha 1 lint couio to tho tlty from his New Hauiishlro home, he Bad dreamed of a tiuio of this eort when be should be absolutely his ou n muster. Unly he was to lure been n rich man, locordlng to the dream, an 1 not a honk-keeper honk-keeper out of employment, with a little leas than (IHO lo hit name. Htlll. tven Ihougli tho clrcuinstam.es wero altereil, Ihe fast remained that bo was free. S hy cot ,rt awry from the irrrat bnstllug tlty for a little while? The doitor ha,l lold blm he tiewled fresh air. And If Ilia old people bad bet n aide he woull have gouu back to them, confident, tiieti Ihua late In the day, of a luring 'vilccme home. Hut they wire dead, uud there was only Uoalewho would caro abont leelng him now an lltohlo was married Ho remembered, aa though It wenibnt )rtenlay, the night he took up a ropy if the lilageianr mid. saw tlionotlio tr her m irrlnft. And he knew that It was all hla own fault that Mas tho worst ml of all If he had only u rltlin tiow and then, nrgonotip to Now Hauip-ihire Hauip-ihire when his vacation came, things might n o turned out diiferrntly. liut Ihua was mi uso talking of that now. He had taken Iu exihange forlloiiea lot of ktlgers, w hose columns, with tin 1r mi stlial lUurea an 1 decimal points, hu 1 allurul him mid held him na though with ill tins. He coull not undo tho 1 14, but he could lire dirfirontly In tLe future. "Just think!" be aald to hluiulf "guppoxin I waa to die now, there aiu't a llvlu auul but Hoslo as would care n cent Likely aa not ahe'd never hearot it, iil as I ain't gut money enough for a milestone after my funeral e spensee are itld, Ivonldn'tboitbltUttir off than thtiu ioor matures oa Ilea up In the future fleld Hut marble ain't the stnlf to make lomlistones of, anyway ltahtartana I uanta, tline umdo out I of hearts' I'm a pr tly cranky old ma ll tomer not over good lookln. 1 mtver I wits ono cf them aa can make friends 1 Vl- u strtat cf llghtnUig. Uut there s tfe clili.imn Uut Me., eml and us tu ir I II look to for my t.l i h." a mi daya let-r lie tathtnd hla lltllr lioumlnild goi,!s t, tlwraniliniivciMi a eh. uper site, t down town Ilodwld 1 lob-ivtryecunoniiial until he had on-t on-t leila gooil slluitlou Daya ptiiefl, and wka, bnt he heard of no ojnlnt. His funds ran very low. At last then came a div when Ham resolved that be would no longer haunt the agenclee, but P) out on bis own account and, no mat Ur what It wat.aentt the very first thing that offered. Help came Hut night from a very unlocked for (matter Onle Boor below him lived nn oil man an I bis little l.iy and glrL The girl waa a little inlieof a creature, and the Uiy, seural )Vars older, was n cripp'c. Ham and the children were great friends. Ha lucd to spend the groitel tart of hla time there, helping the buy, Leo, to afltt atalnte. There w aa n ho-pltal aomewhere In the country whlrh had el-red act toanr Invalid who would colievt a million t-ae t-ae ttaui. It was the ono ambition of la lilts now to gain that prlje. There wero Ihonwnds and thoUMuds ot slamjs already done up In neat Halo Il.ageeooitUlnlng hundred tach, bnt Uiwaa learning to bis sorrow that a million waa n monstrous Wg" nnmlier, and the cud waa by no ineana yet Uut on the evening In question Ham metf.",erath.rfortbnrettlino. " Ow de do, Mr Ami" haridalimd coming furwar I and shaking hands I win Jul tillln 1m ns I ve Jual eard of a situation as would suit yoiinlnly Us onalr work ami very 'ralthy. I m In the aame ImeliiMS lujst-lf for a firm In llroadway, 'ilils iltnstlon is In (Irnn.l street where tho wallln a particular goo.1, an 1 1 rim rreouiint n I the boards to use as U lug my light I in a sandwich man, )ou Lnow, and so youll 1m Uforo lng, I 'oie." IttookHamttiina little tlmetograap Ihe situation, and It tuik blm a still longer time to consult, bupt.iee antne of tho old firm ono of the t nice boys, even wero to see him. the whilom Imok, keer, treading tbti street brtworti two boards m which the virtue uf nlent lJelieilie were extolled in t tfuslro terms what would tlwy aayj Hut It was no time for reflection. Hewaa happy hero, aud tho thought of going out Into the world aitalu fairly amulled blm, and s i he accepted the juilllvu and bigau bit dj'leeon the morrow Heally, all things considered, after a tnor th'a trial dared dl 1 not find It OS Irjlng a position na Iw etpecte.) And there naa one gnnt thing almut It, It en ableal blm to help Leo. He mad., friends with all the sln-p lays along his nm to by degreea, and got them tn aavo all the tt-indroveloia f r htm, and In the evening Ik would take them away, ta return there woe many little farois he did fur limn lie waa by im meant hit old self nowaltys, and his mind was apt tu stray, but llgnree bad alwa)tlren u ruling pauloti with blm and he waa na good n mathomallclan as ever Tliere Was ono little fllro boy In tliegn.ry at the corner to whom lie n boon In this reit. It was a part of his dutiea to a Id the ncrtunta up, end this formed ttfllailieof bis small existence. ex-istence. He used to alt tuar the window, mid un Jarrd lutMed lie would atlck out his bead and ixclalim Nty, bandwlch, seven tines Ilruv" rJometiUM s even be wonl 1 be nwaltlnf him on the donrstrp, an 1 as Jar! lus-ed asllpof paper covered Willi flguree and a iencll woul J be I meed Into hla hinds, while the lioy remarked, wtto vut "8.11 , do It for a feller, will ) ur? I'm nil muddled up," I'.rery night Jared car-tied car-tied hoineu great bundle which flll-l Ix-o'ei little aoni Willi joy. The oenlng was tl-nt In Mining tho tamps and 1 wick lug them aw ay, At last tin re came n day when the clipboard In the Iwtk room ouuld n it hoi 1 another bundle, and )et there were by no means a million there et. Winter aued nndthuenm-mtr nndthuenm-mtr came, and still Loo kept on counting, count-ing, counting At I it one night a night when Jired ftlt au lil that as he came In fruu wurl; lie told himself ho woull go and lie down fur a little while lieforo ho went In to ko Leo aa he cllmlied tre tatre tho door of the chllde room stood tn, and tu Leu caught eight or him lo aed hLs crutili enthusiastically aud rxclalmedi "Mr. Jared, It'anmlllloiil" Jare.1 took his hat off and ga o en t to a feeble chet r, "It's n million!" he relented, as he threw biniM If exhausted on the bctL "A lallllonl lllidhlptbooruyl" Thiwe wero the lost words be cur spoke, lltcre'i a new sindwlch man walking In tlrand street now, tin ugh the legtl d upon Ida luirk extols the asmo jiatent mclfcine as It did in Jared'a timet bnt he has failed to ropttlato the shop bo)S of the vicinity, nmi the boy In the greet gre-et ry shop was but expressing Ibooilu Ion tf tho boja In tutrnl when, In shaking of old Janl Ham the othir nlfcht, he n-niarkul, "All us MUrs llktnl blm, we did," Aud tli.n ad led parenthetically paren-thetically on hlsowii account, "An, ly gtn.li, he was a dau ly ad ti rl" Actou Paries In New York ilvtnlng Bun. |