| Show I 1 I 1 the hie flug fl ig ui af our union I 1 GOING INTO BUSINESS I 1 I 1 I 1 ba MRS M E 1 I 1 emma sai sargent ent was the wife of a young r I 1 4 man nah who 0 held bald a clerkship ina in ia a large gnei can r M 7 tilo in in a well known city his 1 salary ivas was I 1 quite a liberal liber il one a thousand tousand aye a year ai out of lijich a considerable sum rum wits was annu annually illy laid by they li hed ned com comfor for taby and content contentedly one performing duty dut w without anti and the other within they hid had h id b but t little gitil e certainly to spend in the jy 01 fashionable le conr concerts erts omeros and other ex pensive amusements but they seldom were verc without the luxury of a good book tho snowwhite snow white cloth wie was laid for thin the evening moal ineal the light stone ware WAS as bright as linen and willing Allin gr fingers could make it and the food prep arod ired by her il hands looked pah tible abl and inviting sti r r ng the faie ali e anew aal dropper g t e window ind w shades shade mrs I 1 iia sat down to wait for her husband hus bind tu a few minutes the he door opened but instead of the latter lier brother rufus bufus made his appearance I 1 mere is edgail he asked I 1 ile ie returned store he ha is nothing more moe or leis le is thin than a slave to brownell 1 I should think held hed get et tired of alino being 0 so vi tied ed up remarked ked the diew new com coin I 1 er ile ho think go so said the sister au quietly I 1 11 1 I suppose lie he goes out s at eight in the I 1 mor in s cowed just t time ea enough h to 1 low 11 dinna and dout ret get L hot home ie until this mat be hour at night what a life iffe fo for r a man to lead I 1 but he is no more confine dAhan hundreds of others you were ere a elerk yourself 0 once deer 1 rufus 1 the she returned letu ined 1 V I 1 1 I know it and thita tb elvery i why I 1 have sympathy v p for him thol tho I 1 nevi levei ar toot balf alid i i mv e employers employ m ploy eis ibsine Ii sine s that ha does in brow levs hk but whitte I 1 haie C to see sec ad an a ambitious ni nun an like eadgar rd gir wasting va billj his unusually fine busness but ness talents oo 00 people who dont appreciate them 1 but bu t he ll 11 has s a good salary brother large larger r than the ma majority 9 arity af pf of cheika clerk sP urged massar dept in illde reply pl y F that MV may be but hai he s worth several hundt hundred ed a t year v 6 ar ma more isthan than he gets were r I 1 1 I 1 in his place I 1 should strike fr higher wages immediately if I 1 felt oblige d to lead a d dogs life I 1 would be paid for it or at lea least st make mak e in an elfort t to be 3 and I 1 perhaps lose your place altogether 1 suggested jn his s I 1 giblet ia tet I 1 avery very 1 wen all so much tu he bettar bett Uett cr tT he would beina bein a situation sit nation then to do something for himself 5 I 1 I 1 ellowe how I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 c by doing what vaai I 1 hive have so often recommended to him going into business ual nes on his hi awn own responsibility 1 how ida sao it haf he be done without capital he ha has sufficient to c commence wibb an he cao easily procure a couple of f th thousands if he needs them why in n a business tl that lat I 1 I 1 ca can name he could pay off his amount in two years besides getti getting 19 a handsome support with a larger ine income orne vou could af afford to live in better style you ought to have a girl 4 emma mma to assist about ibe wai rk I 1 I 1 it is is i ri not ati filing that 4 ah you should take 46 so in much ap pp it 74 I 1 on I 1 emma sargent laug laughed bed her er round 1 face and af full U 1 1 i figure gave so I itile of cr flord 1 jabor a her or over overexertion exertion that she thought it possible her bother b other might i be amusing himself daber at her expense until a glance at hii hisa looking face indue induced 1 1 her ya or to g give i ve hi him mi credit for sincerity f 0 I 1 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 L I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 i V do I 1 look anauo as 1 I buffered frochard from I 1 hard work for 01 she asked aski fed playfully joyfully I 1 q 1 admit that you ook look i tah aam spur cheeks are aie as red as chei cherries and you ou certainly a appear I 1 p lp t enjoy excellent il I 1 health but one thing yon yoa must 11 apu are continually at work ano and get vo woo time to t 0 apt ap I 1 pear pea m in the treet replied the other I 1 will twill you please tell me why I 1 should I 1 wish to appear in th estreet do you think I 1 I 1 the spheres s of comans womans wo mans duty daty is on the side eide i walk in 19 particular waw was I 1 created only for the p purpose of seeing and being seen I 1 een N what I 1 poss possible 1 ible booi gooi good 1 should I 1 accomplish by y birom rom 1 I 1 evading ena ding I 1 fashionable fash incle thoroughfares I 1 I 1 i sides I 1 have hava no po elegant clothing m wi I 1 wish wis laio to display y my p personal personal attractions attraction si are certainly not above mediocre medio cri ty and 1 theres nobody that I 1 desi dedire reto to please in an I 1 especial in manner anner except my husband and I 1 I 1 have bave formed the pinion opinion that teat I 1 ican can please I 1 I 1 i him the th best beat by staying at home and atten I 1 j ding dinglo 10 household affairs and trivial employment 1 indeed crould it be for m mo e to spend my time jin in covering my mv person with expensive dres dies at the tha expense of edgars s purse arso and the purpose of winning winding w in notice freja the crowds t taftt t throng 0 washington street or the impertinent admiration m mi ration of brainless fops who saunter api upi up and down such places of resort for the purpose i of looking und under el ladies bonnets or making insipid and flippant flipp ahti respecting their attlee attire be believe I 1 mo me brother I 1 I 1 have more self sel respect ot and a higher ambition th than to wish to shine on uch such a stage of action why 1 I 1 had rather bather soil my fingers in dishwater dish water immerse them in apan of dough or endanger ena anger my complexion by frying doughnuts over over the tho n stoa e I 1 the fac iq my philosophical sister you ate are doings the burk of servants ants I 1 was the reply of rufus I 1 I 1 c well ivell as lo 10 long n g as it is necessary labor and sub serves the pui poses pose orbo both th health affording we me amusement at the same time lean I 1 can hardly consider it a degrading service service it cannot be called slavery because it is entirely optional option al with wi th me whether I 1 perform such labor bor or not drudgery it cannot bb e c called any more than taking down and putting gb back aek goods ba haggling with customers gibout cesor any kindred eni employment and you oo do th thai atkind kind of work every day now it if I 1 had bad to tell so many ill any tough stories indu indulge lao I 1 in such extravagant terms of praise land and reiterate so often the hackneyed declaration that you are arc selling I 1 below cost cast as you do in disposing of hal waff a dozen yards of ribbon I 1 should feel myself infinite infinitely lv more do de graded than in babino baking a I 1 ni nice I 1 cc plate of white biscuit putt putting na the tea to io steep laying the table 0 or r in performing any other household duty very s singular ideas mrs sargent lf if you sou could only at get time to write a few fe w moral 1 l and economical essays for some of the reformatory journals nals you might finish out your character as a domestic strong minded woman well such notions I 1 suppose are harmless armless ll if not carried too fur far hut but I 1 didat imagine you were going to subside into an old woman woman with ahead full fu 11 of pr practical edical principles so soon after I 1 hid had thought that you tou might in io ht 0 gi oin 0 considerable time cultivation of your musical inu taste the general improvement of our mind and manners f al ilso make a laudable lau duble effort to get et into the bist best society y if you were really I 1 think yau y plu 11 ga agi i db 0 aria r togo r nta business fjor bims alfi in order that you ini might gilt live more inore comfortably and n independently depeu bink ial the kitchen ki ir hen ana anca its alib 6 acial AT i arli j an all I 1 d I 1 b have ave the indans means 0 of making a repot lable fial 1 jp in th world orld asi A I 1 have said bour husband basab hns excellent business talen tf and might inight easily better his condition make his hie mental capital hii bri g him more thin n paltry thousand dollus dollar sper per annum 1 4 etim m much his inferior in tact and ba business driess qua qualifications yet you see I 1 hove anve thrown 1 tl up my clerkship and andam am going M on swimmingly 5 3 you have not nat tried the experiment long enough to be able to speak advisedly of its ultimate results you are yet it a novice the merest neophyte in trade the events of a y year e ar w will ill telia tell a better story in regard TU to the wisdom 0 of your houi I 1 procedure than all you can s say ty at present I 1 with wish by no means ato 0 discourage your efforts eff oits bat I 1 ini imagine agine I 1 when your notes noted begin to fall due you will di discover ceover that to be it a mere merchant llant without a luge large capital to commence with is not to be an a independent 1111 ann 1111 women hav have e but little credit given them for perspicuity of judg judgment e t yet they have it a way of their own of arriving at things thing which all human buman experience hai ha proved to be quite correct as a general truth 9 yeomen women wre wonderful condei ful creatures 5 rejoined t he brother with a laugh at that moment mr sargent S indent I 1 entered 11 1 tin am glad you vau have bave caine come 9 added the he lat at ter ier speaker ifor for amyna and I 1 hilve have been discussing eues in g the ifie subject I 1 of M going ing into baines bu ines and inci cental domeij doni esSic io economy growing out of the same saine I 1 cannot make the thing thin understand that it would be greatly for I 1 tour our interest to set up for yourself if 1 fear feryok vou will labor under the same difficult aith me replied Mr Sargent bome hit at up and tike tea with us I 1 have got the best cook cok in the vor SM see here come the biscuits biso kius hot beautifully badea baked i the tea of emmas making I 1 can always I 1 I 1 ya ika w ali n t I 1 i I 1 I 1 I 1 k 6 ly 15 tear lear fellow 9 returned the biot brother bel in liw daiv 1 fiad my mv I 1 tea ut the p roper proper time an hour and a ha rf agro ago pm no mans irian no now and not to fia d croopin g hon home e for a 1 fat d cuppet after mv I 1 nis nistela teia don with me ane theres having an of onel sown ilaw Ilo ever jerr asemina as asmin JS min has boated so much about her cults and for the sake of ff pil ill covers bend to break bre bread ad with mr brownelle Brow nelis nells clerx 5 1 I 1 I 1 1 1 mr thanked him for his extreme gracious graciousness ne I 1 a s and the meal proceeded proa iva feint dant I 1 tret I 1 1 l you to tb gas hufus gra agrati 1 I I 1 1 ger hidu h a 4 large house na with v i th gas 1 S fixtures 01 ol observed mrss mrs rge nt archly I 1 ir but t pei haps dai ou ca 11 anfind the way 1 0 thour mant I 1 I 1 without it P i I 1 11 ill try to he returned and 41 evi evidently denty succeeded for geverz beveral tl ot of her bisci biscuits lits rap i idly M T rm ti b 4 al t andian 0 he had taken bis is tea at 1 a 1 proper cr h hour our 5 Is in regard to going into business remarked edgar sargent te resuming the subject 1 I 1 must illus t say ay th t reflection hasi completely driven the idea from my mind I 1 have been bean counting count TOfi tb the e cot to ute it a scriptural V phrase il trase and find that I 1 have not wherewithal to commence you have doubt doubtless leks beard that very commonplace common place livo proverb prove verb ib A bird G the ham bani s worth two in th bush and having a ve very ry il no bm bird in i my bandl hand I 1 do n not M feidt feel disposed to let it go for the purpose of running after afta those in in the ht bush A hieb with all m my 1 ran rub ning 1 I yay 07 bavei biever cataw catch my it employer is I 1 pleased avi with t h rite me I 1 with b him im and ballas he has i vp 4 meto understand tant tt 1 shall not be b th the r by devoting myself mycell t to 0 his into interest h e done 1 I 1 i qa ahat J they all say rained iu ruu 1 fus a cheap k kind in d of enco encouragements encourage menty which they can afford I 1 I 1 chave 1 have no reason to doubt mr Brownd Browie ili Ps sino sincerity brity and good faith he appears very veri I 1 I 1 mue muoi 4 like r a man of integrity y kaep jp his ba books pk ar and transacting sp for r him gives me mp adf J judge ad I 1 af T ins character er for honesty of 61 ja 0 o kar for is as I 1 am able t aw he deai deal honorably P I 1 11 I 1 all AB I 1 see ya are building castles on en his premises saida said granger bauger nol at all y yoa 44 me T should prefer to re remain ain in his employ I 1 wi with my present salary without I 1 a lope bope OT of ilabe 4 log ing rp raised isi dd rather thin than encounter allt all ohp h hazards a z aida and nd perplex perplexities i ties of trying t oje tolie comb coma a th oaf cit capital pital 1 1 I 1 but you have something laid b by y yola yoa know as much as I 1 had to begin with i 4 whit what are aifer chandr ed dollars why avy to begin as I 1 should wish to I 1 sho should tild bo be able to I 1 count my thousands the i I 1 relinquish my salary and go round dobri d begging g ng for credit I 1 shall lose w c the glorious A s fe feeling in 8 of independence i ze indence that t I 1 no noy yr enjo fj I 1 am now able to py pay M my or more properly to livo live them and to procure every reasonable comfort necessary karyto to my wie She bless her good sense is contented so am 11 we have enough to eat drink and to wear and good consciences make us merry t I 1 am sure of rece receiving i iving my salary lary jina and am free from the care car 1 e and re responsibility 5 0 of f an establishment hareno ha veno heavy notes I 1 coming due and am to tun from friend n to friend asking 0 ol 01 jit they h aa o tvr vr today to day V t iti IP ai a doga does lift AM ab N lavt bif running from store itam to sore sare to scrap together mon money dy enough to take up I 1 1 must bo be paid in order to i 0 concern ngern in decent credit esst a from tumbling tum blino A 1 15 in a cr crash ashall all about youir yolar ears qa better ettar 6 dayt day laborer hod ca b r a plantation negro such a minerv able dependent precarious pie carious agist ence on eSthus ch emst 1 N Ai cnare osre cipher in the sum sam of business relations the lave of verv ivery one he cwb and of those from whom he be wishes to boc at row VV tt h it does he own in hs ble A ato cr fo loor ven I 1 his furniture furni tore at ster fth that at matter ail that ho he sees and belongs to the I 1 wholesale dealers jig Is be amono among 11 those with eiith whom ho be transacts by no manner of menns means the they to tolerate tate adlum giljum up tip such customers I 1 sare for moneys due T deseno may get credit lav at first batia abe they 0 do 0 rio t promptly redeem their loag aul wul jil lb ib last not bong hg r U far they have failed ta tonee mee t fc el ont ent I 1 A beggun beginner ar may mean wet iod try to ibe be lib Ifo hyst s I 1 y yet et thi that wont atone for want of ex experienc esperi e ri an enc p I 1 ot ey give him the vo power ar to sell good aw when h en n nobody wants them I 1 do sot not now how teel feel myself dependent ent but s to morro w if I 1 go into business for myself 1 the whole thing thing chins changes and Isha Uin time coble m 9 ble A at the lerk a wholesale mi mer chant chants s shoos my aly friends friend yott may get along m meet etall all these difficulties I 1 and con quer them try to place me in a position so dangerous the ibe ve very ry thought I 1 of it makes me |
