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About The west shore. (Portland, Or.) 1875-1891 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 1, 1879)
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I 'WMIW Ml IV liken fnrgnuil! that whttvtrr h u..l u nn wrlh nuticiiiit, mI Innot fvcrtlimi! he rnnir inn o! ninrr or lm. r Ma, in tn'U tit family lit, though hafti. nil.', ii. .i w it li kmmi uatun ... not t hurt Ini (.win..-. 11. oil. .... ... i - - "" I v i ri 1 1 1 I nr altrnilit to or .l.i.i.xl. . tnoa alinoat cvcrilhiUd l'l or mi. I . wwaru u a n.rt H a HHH ITirrr aa on rk.vptiou In Una Mothrra alwaya know lm how u .lal with Uia ak tha lluck, and Sam a molhtr never laugh.! him, and never ilraiinv him "What la MBM l Nam I hn father ..u.l aay ho'll uevrr earn hia nam living. " an.l hia mother ull luirll v anawer Wail a Int. my dar, an u mole m nun. Trha, Uian are think, lint it wanta to 1 drawn out, anil I doulit if wo art acting Wlacjy iu luugUiiig at him ua wu do. She aaiil "wu," poor mml, hut that was only her liai'reet way of putting it. how, BMD h id a amter, .Mm v, of whom he waa oaix cially fond. I'erhniia it waa heuiuso slit- waa tho iutet noarcat to him in nge, but it wan more likely heenuso. alio ilneed little moro i onhilein e in I in than theothera ilid; it waxn t iiiiii li, hut it wan mure than ho got from any of the n t. Ha would do anything for Mary, and when n rtuin Mr. St. Lamrlo. tho neigliliorhood took a fancy to her, it wan amusing to aee how Ham rcncutcil tho engagement. 1 Inn Mr. .St. Lcger had lately come into the neighborhood -no one knew where from; hut he hail plenty of money and very agreeable iiimiucm, and waa a general lavorite with the I rere laniily. Sam, however, never liked him from tho lirat, and when at length he became Mary Krerti'a accepted suitor, Sam'h avermon to him liecamo iutenao. I he day uaa lixed for the weddiiiL'. and the Sunday bad arrived when, in deference to Mary 'a partic ular wiali, though very much againnt Nlr. si. Lager'a Inolinatioii, tha banui wero to bo puhliahed in ohuroh, Tha Prarea were in their place a great iqnatu pew iu the front of tile pul pit. The uamin Here reail out in duo courae. Mary wan rccmering from the electric ahoek of hearing them; the villagern were interchanging glancen, n e even cautiously rining a little to peep into the nuuare pew when a voice was heard all over tin church, saying, in n most emphatic way, "I forbid the banna. Surprise wan on every face, but it nuicklv gave way to the ludicroua as Sain was seen standing up in tins middle of the pew, looking the clergyman nteaddy in the face, an much aa to say, " There now. net over that if von can! " The clergyman wan an amused that ho had to runh on with the service to prevent any MV seemly dinplay, while Saina kindred in the s.piare K.w were in every attitude of painfully restrained amusement. And there he stood, unabashed and 1 1 ' . in' until hia lather plucked him by the arm and inline aim an now n. tint none of them for a moment thought it waa a very unuccountablu freak of " poor old Sam V" N" MOM) wa- tin sen ice over than he wu aaailad on all tidaa for an explanation. Two "in) were nerioun aismt it hm father and Mary i " What in the meaning of Ibis, air," said hia father ateinly ; " what could have poatcaacd jmi to make )ourne!f no rub. ub.ua ' " " lie baa got a wife already," said Sam dog gedly. ''Who baa?" wan the g, natal oxelamalion. st. Lager. " Who told you an!" "Ton Tyler!" Ton Tyler wan the vlUaaaa leil.r ...er;. Than WUaahtmlo! laughter at thia piece of liif.it tii ' " When did Tom Tyler tell you thin " leaUTday. Ho brought mo a lotto Mra. St. Ig. r." Another ahout f laughter greeted thia; but Hary looked varv aravw. wklu ka hav .... that, i.l Malta, Um btt,.rwaa for St. I.eger'a ... ne na.1 more than once apokun ,: ,. "I") n-ouk.-.! lor liateiimg to loin Tyler, ktbj Ub-a. and bold to hold hia -guv , h,vp st, I c or try hin horae. wlni. tmm your ahouldera, if y. ii don't mind " erie,l hi, aldaal brother, and they all laughed again, but Nam waa erv unlike himself ... M join iu tl. laugh, but n ainUined inn " 1 " y.rnoti.wi ui him Infore , '" " laughing matter aomewheri elae I he newa of that morning a interruptiot Hew apa.v. with varum, addition. .,,.1 menu Tl.ua imi.rove.1 iis.n. it reaehe.i the L i .r , U'S"- ho l,vl "t a few " " ' errale.1 a profound M nnation ... Ml h ao that. i,t, l)( .jH-ndrng the after noon w.tl, th, Kn-rea, aa expected, hetm.k him ". an,. w . ,vrr WB xhtm u i i 'm ii. t . rera.o.i Ii.kI -- vs,,w, uu.1 goo.1 riddance for Mary Krere etter for but a heart trifled with and wmnJ ... quite recover itaelf. For a time Sam waa almost reverently treated at home. They folt the force of hia simple ei planation why he had choaen anch a singular way of uttering hia auapioiona, that it waa "be. cauao thev would only have laughed at him if nu i i.i. i mm i.nei.i, ana were a little ashamed of themBelvea. But tho old habit revived after a while, aa old habita, both family and peraonal bo eaaily do, and Sam'a braina were held aa cheap aa ever, except by Mary, who waa drawn to him more than ever, and by hia mother, who never eeaaed to ponder in her heart, aa only mothers do, the moaning of that display of firm I... . i. i-.iii nun .union!, uerce aiicciiou. ' I'll tell you what it meana." said I,,., brother to Mrs. Frere one day when aha waa talking to him about it he waa a lawyer in London, old John Quiekaett, of (irav's Inn. who could ace a thing aa Bhrewdly aa moat people "it moans thia, that Sam haa got a heart and a head, but his head ia more out of the way thin usual, and can only begot at through his heart, liko an old-fashioned bedroom that can only la reached by going through another, Ixxik hen, sinter, I like amazingly that etory of the banna it a grand, riot that there waa anything clever in what ho did, juat the reverse; it might hara been a moBt stupid mistake; but that ia what takca my fancy bo, tho firmneaa of purpose, a far higher quality of mind than mere cleverntaa, that could make the poor fellow face everything ho did for the aako of the aiater he loved. There must be something in one who could run tha gauntlet liko that, when hia heart wu ones i. in I) unlocked; and I think I have the key." "1 alwaya thought so," cried Mra. Krara, greatly excited. "Woll, let mo trv. I'll run awav with Sam and muko a lawyer of him. What do you aay?" The grinning was epidemio round the table after it waa known that Sam waa to be a law yor. Hin brothera and aiaters could hardly look at lirat without smiling; it did aeem ao droll, so absolutely contrary to every notion tnoy entertained ol him. Had ho aat before them in full naval costume as Admiral of tha Channel fleet, it would hardly have atruck theta an being moro uulooked for and prcpoetemua. uncle John a presence saved Sam tmm collec tive liantcring, though the old lawyer waa too wiao to make any fuss about the matter; bat when Sam waa alore with hia brothers and aiatera he had a hard timo of it, though all wu, aa uaual, in perfect good humor. At first Sain had, of course, to go through tho usual drudgory of a lawyer's office, in which, if it bo possible for every one to shine, he cer tainly did not. Hia blunders were awful, aad provoked the wrath or ridicule, aa tho oaae might bo, of his fellow clerks who were all well seasoned and somowhat ancient men. Hut hia undo nover found fault with him. The most ba said when some frantic bungle wu brought to his notice was, "Sam, do thia over again ; you know you can do it a great deal better tbaa that." And, aure enougn, it waa done better the aocond timo. In abort, hia uncle began with, and in apite of every discouragement. 1" aevered in the plan of li listing bun, and by degreea be found the more he truated him tba batter he did, and tho more he treated him aa if there wore anmething in him the more begot out of him. Had Sam nothing in him to begin with tho plan could not have anawered; out thia waa juat what hia uncle believed, namely, that there waa eomething in him, hut it bad lieen ayatematically laughed down and aat npoa from aiiierlluouB cumuli ration, and that ll could be brought out by a total change of exter nal influence and treatment Ana now h Hiwera liegan to ahow themaclvee and to ex pand, juat aa a si, t ub that haa been atunted aad blackened from want of room and uncoogeniel eoil hepina t throw out vigoroua nhoota when transplanted to ground that auita it and where it haa apaee to grow. "Sam," said Mr. (Juiokaott one day, " shall all of us be away the whole afternoon, aad muat leave you in charge of tba office. If aa