Willamette farmer., January 21, 1887, Page 2, Image 2

WILLAMETTE FABMEE; SALEM, OBEGON, JANUARY 21, 1887
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MY VI3IOM.
The Are and flesh of my mortal being
Slip from my spirit, and lol I scorn
Facing tho wholo vast universo seeing,
Feeling and knowing I do not dream.
Troop boforo mo tho grand, pure, glorious
Friends who have flad through tlmo and
tomb
Into a sphcro whero they shino victorious
O'er tho spectros of Dust and Doom,
Ono beloved in my far, free boyhood
Comes In his glad, bright graco onco more.
Crowned with tho crown of a perfect joy
hood, And kisses mo as ho kissed of yoro.
"Comradel" ho cries, In his old, blltho
fashion,
Takine my hand in his old, food way,
"Though I havo passed through tho pain and
passion
Of death, I am deathless hero to day.
"Though in tho gravo is tho garment mortal
In whioh I was manifost unto thee,
Never in through that pale, chill portal
I'assod tho part of mo that Is mo.
"God is tho glory that slcops with splendor
Tho infinite universe through and through,
Tho lovo that Is pisiionato, awcet and tendor,
And alt that is noblo, and bravo and true.
"The thought, tho speech, and tho rapt
desiro,
Tho miracle beauty of sea and sod,
Tho longings higher and over bighor,
Are God and wo all aro n part of Godl
"Hero is tho Aldon, but Aidcn is only
Tho soul of tho earth, of its ovits free
Not a sphcro that is strango or lonely,
Or far from tho planot whero mortals bo.
"Moro is our valtey; tho roses drifting
In golden garlands from rock to rock
Tho suit through tho oleanders sifting
Its beams on our old famlllsr walk.
"Tho walk that leads to tho headlands oldon,
Fronting tho vaguo, bluo void of soa,
Whero wo talked in tho twilight golden,
And droamed of the victor days to be.
"Thus, oh, comradol tho trystlng places
And trader faocs wo know in timo,
Gladden us still with their spirit graces,
When wo havo pniscd to tho aphcro
sublimo.
"Farowolll" a Huh of his wings uplifting,
And left onco moro on tho mortal lido,
I hear tho dosolato, lost winds drifting
- Over tho prairies wild and wido,
And aeo tho lights ot thu villago burning
lied through thoshootod mists, and sou
Tho tollers homo to their hearths returning,
And hatoful and harsh la tho world to mo.
Hateful and harsh but tho rare, rapt vision
Hath loft a hopo in my heart that I
Will livo transflgurod in lands elyitlan
With all that I love, In tho byoandbyo.
A'tw York Mercury,
The Partner.
Mr. Tlionms Muthoro wiw only u
lodger clork in thu bunking linn of
Hodgoon, Dmiford, uiul i'arr, St. K. villi
in'tt Luno, Lombard utrcut. It vun
nolthor a very ie..K)iisiblo nor n very
lucrative ioUioii, and Tommy, an all
hid (rioiult. called liim, lotigod, as por
iinjw wty mournum young mon in a
bitmlnr Hitiuition in London aro longing
at thi.i inoniunt, for a cliaucu of turning
Ida brains to bettor account than adding
up columns of figured, anil copying on
irics from ono big book into another.
The chance did not como, hut Tommy
did not despair; and thero was this lif
ferenco betweon him and tho great ma
jority of hid (cllow-prUoncrH of thu desk
ho luul tho pluck to work away man
fully at wlmtovorho thought might pos
uibly tiomo day help him to hotter hid
position, even though ho could not ex
actly oo how it wad to bo done. With
thin ostl in view ho studied I'roneh,
(icrman, and Italian; and he did every
thing he could to pick up Information
as to the tiuauclal circumstances of tho
customers of thu hank. Ho scraped ac
quaintance with every clerk employed
by those who had accounts at the hank,
as far as ho pasnihly could, and picked
up in time an idea, more or less accurate,
as to tho commcicial status of most of
them.
One day he happened to bo at lunch
in his favorite restaurant, when an ac
quaintance named Darling came in and
Kit down beside him. After a little
casual conversation, Darling asked him
to let him know of any vacant clerkship
ho might hear of.
"I ill,cortalnly,old fellow," returned
Tommy; hut I hopo you haven't got
Into a row with Apploton." (Frederick
Appleton wiu Darling's brother-in-law,
ml ho was alto tho Secretary of tho
II ud ford County Chemical Company
in whoso county-houso young Darling
had a subordinate post.)
"Oh, uo, nothing of tho kind," return
ml Darling; and then ho changed tho
subject.
On hia way back to tho bank after
Innoh, Muthora asked himsolf why Darl
ing should leave his present situation.
Ho had a capital prospect thore his
brothor-in-law being tho Sccrotary ; and
thero was no disagreement between him
and his influpntial relative. Could it ho
that Darling had had a hint from Ids
brother-in-law that tho Chemical Com
pany was gotting into hallow water,
uud that it behoved him to look out for
another situation? It scorned moro
than likely j and young Mathers deter
mined to act nt once. Ho slipped into
tho bank parlor that afternoon, hoping
to find tho junior patner, Mr. I'arr, a
good-natured sort of a man, who was
not likely to snub him for volunteering
information. To his disappointment,
ho found only Mr. Hodgson, a sour
tempered old man, who was struggling
Into hit) ovorcoat, preparatory to leaving
tho oflico for tho day.
"Well," growled tho banker, "what do
you wont?"
ionmiy was on tho point ol saying
that ho had como to speak to Mr. I'arr,
hut in a momont ho changed his mind.
"I heard somothing to-day, sir, ho re
plied, "that mado mo think that tho
Mudford Company aro not In a very
good way."
"Well, what of that? What's that to
mo?"
"Nothing, sir ; only I thought thero
was no hnrm in lotting you know."
"Anything of that kind you can sny
to Mr. Parkinson," answered tho old
gentleman, as ho seized his umbrella
and waddled down tho passage.
Tommy felt snubbed ; hut ho did not
mind that much. Ho had dono what
ho wanted, brought himself under tho
porsonal notice of ono of thu partners.
If ho had given tho hint to Parkinson,
tho head cashier, Parklngson, not he,
would havo had all tho credit of it. Ho
retired to his plnco among tho otlior
clerks, a little aoro at tho rebuff, yet
not entirely dlssatisliod.
On his way liomo Mr. Hodgson re
membered that tho bank held como
shares of tho Mudford Chemical Com
pany as security for tho balanco of thu
account of one of their customors who
waB deemed rather shaky. Next morn
ing, accordingly, ho called Tommy into
his room and questioned him ns to tho
nature of his information.
"Perhaps you will oxcuso my enter
ing into that sir," said Tommy, with tho
utmoHt coolness.
Mr. Hodgson dismissed Mathors to
his work with a dissatisfied grunt and n
wavo of his hand, and immediately set
to work to havo tho shares of tho Mud
ford Company exchanged for othor so
curitios. Tommy, who managed to know most
of what happonod at tho bank, noted
tho fact and rejoiced.
Within six weeks tho shareholders of
tho Mudford Chemical Company mot
and resolved to go into liquidation;
and, though Mr. Hodgson did not think
it worth while to thank tho junior clerk
for tho information ho had given, Tom
my was porfectly satisfied. Ho know
that peoplo do not forgot things whioh
save thoir pockets.
It happened that, somo months after
the incident of tho Mudford Chemical
Compnny, Mossth. Hodgson it Co. had
important business to transact in Turin,
and it was thought ndvisahlo that tho
Honior partnor should procoed to that
city to look after it. Thoro wag somo
idea, if tho prospect scorned favorablo,
of starting a branch houso there. Tho
question then arose, which ot tho clerkH
should accompany tho head of tho firm
as his secretary; and Mr. Hodgson,
mindful of tho service which Mathors
had rendered him, consulted tho head
cashier on tho propriety of the oeleotiou.
Parkinson, it happened, had a favorite of
hid own, and Tommy would havo lost
his opportunity if ho had not reinoin
bered that at ono time, wlion ho was
bout on acquiring foreign tongues, ho
had spont hU evenings fur a few months
overau Italian grammar. He contrived
to let this fact bo known, and in duo
timo Mr. I'arr informed his senior nart
nor that "it seemed that young Mathers
know fomething of tho l.mguago."
This divided tho point. Tommy re
ceived hid 'orders, and in three days
more found himself nn baud tho Dover
and Calais paokot, in charge of a largo
dispatch box and Mr. Hodgson's bulky
portmanteaus. Tho journey was by no
menus a conifortablo ono, for tho young
man found that ho was expected to
travel second class, and genorally act aa
courier to his employer. Whon at last
Turin was reached, things were no
bettor. Mathers found that his Italian
wont but a little way; and, besides ho
hod to do tho work of throo clerks.
Sotnotimea ho was tempted to regret
that ho had loft his conifortablo rooms
in Torrington Square, Bloomsburry;
fcront position from that of tho rest of
his fellow-clerks.
Tho chiof man in Turin, so far as
Hodgson, Dunford and Parr wore con
cerned, was a corlain Count Marsonl.
Tho Count's nobility did not prcvont
his being tho principal membor of a
largo firm of merchants and ship-own
ers, lo cultivo this man was, indeed,
tho chief reason of Mr. Hodgson's visit
to Turin; and, as tho old hankor know
very woll how to lay asido his crusty
and pompous manner whon it suited his
book to do so, ho soon camo to bo a not
unfrequcnt guost at tho Villa Marsonl.
Mr. Hodgson hogan to sco that thero
was a vory fair oponing for an English
bank at Turin, and ho was still engaged
in pushing his way horo and thoro,
whon ho rccclvod news that his wifo
was seriously ill. This mado him hurry
off to England, leaving Mnthcrs behind
to complcto n transaction which ho had
already practically nrrangod.
Delighted at being left to represent
tho firm, for ever so short a time, nnd
over so formal n matter, Mathers was
pacing ono day down tho principal
street of tho city with a look of concid
ablo importanco on his faco whon ho
mot Count Marsoni. Tho Count stop
ped and asked about tho old banker,
when Tommy proudly informed him
that ho had returned to England, leav
ing him in charge of tho firm.
"Ah, indeed 1 Woll thoro's a littln mat
ter I wanted to speak of to him."
"I nhnll bo happy to servo you,
Count," said Tommy in his very best
Italian.
"Woll supposo you dino with us to
night, nnd wo can talk it over after
dinner," returned tho Count, who
thought ho ought to show a llttlo atten
tion to tho lonely Englishman.
Of courso tho invitation was accepted,
and Tommy had no sooner cntorcd tho
drawing-room at tho Villa Marsoni than
ho lost his heart at once, irrevocably and
forovor. Maria Marsoni was Indeed
beautiful and vivacious enough to havo
turned tho head of a wiser nnd colder
blooded man than Tommy Mathors;
and so ready was ho to amuso her by
cllorts to speak a langungo that ho par
tially know, that ho won moro favor in
tho maindon's oyes than many n moro
brilliant talkor would havo dono. Such
an impression, indeed, did tho signor
na's bright oyes mako upon Tommy's
su8coptablo heart that ho was barely
ablo to givo duo attention to tho Count,
whon, after dinner, ho bogan to talk of
bills, discount, mortgages and deben
tures. Timo wont on; Mr. Hodgson did not
return to Turin, Mr. Mathers paid sev
eral visits to tho Count's residence, com
ing away moro in lovo every timo.
Meanwhile, by dint of going about con
tinually among tho citions, tho young
man was ablo to tend homo so good a
list of prospectivo customers that tho
partners determined to establish a
pranch oflico at Turin, and oflbr young
Mathers a subordinate post in it.
Nothing dolllnito, however, had been
fixed, whon ono day Tommy finding
Maria Marsoni alouo when ho callod at
tho villa, lost his head completely, and
was making lovo as well as his imper
fect knowlcdgo of Italian pormittcd,
whon tho Count, suddonly coming in,
caught him in tho act of kissing his
daughter's hand.
Maria fled liko a hare disturbed on
her form, and tho Count advanced with
a heavy frown on his aristocratic brow.
Moru is n matter of form than any
thing else, for ho know his caso was
hopeless, Mathers formally asked tho
hand of his signorina in marriago, lay
ing tho blame of his irregular declara
tion on tho strength of his passion and
his ignorance of Italian etiquette.
Tho Count heard him to tho end, and
then surveyed him from head to foot
with a look of contempt.
"It is n piecoof gross presumption in
you n moro clerk, a nobody to ad
dress my daughtor," said tho Count at
last in Knglish, with his chin in tho air.
"Of course," said Tommy bittorly,
stung by tho Count's look. "If I wcro a
partner In Hodgson's, though, you
would givo mo a different answer."
"If you wero u partner in Messrs.
Hodgson, Dunford and Parr's said
tho Count, with an altored expression,
that would mako a difference, of conrse,
hut as I do not understand that you
havo any prospect of entering that firm,
I don't seo how that effects you."
Tommy sighed, and mado bis escape
aa soon as possible no know that ho
might as woll ask for tho Lord of Chan
cellorship as ask for a partnership.
For two days ho remained in a 6tate
of collapso and thon ho received advices
from London in informing him of tho
been transported with delight at tho
proposal which tho firm had mado him ;
but now ho considered that ho was got
ting barely his duo, and, besides, ho was
out up with rospect to tho boautiful
Maria that rrcro commercial matters
did not poscss their usual interest for
him.
Suddonly as ho sat with tho open lot-
tor bearing tho well-known signaturo
beforo him, Tommy conceived an idea.
Without a momonts delay ho called
for his bill at tho hotel, Bont a waiter for
a cab, and took tho first train northward.
Ho arrived at Victoria early in tho
morning, went to a hotel washod and
drcBsod himself, and purposoly delaying
until tho partnors should havo reached
tho oflico in St. Swinthin's Lane, ho
pro8ontcd himsolf boforo his omployors
as thoy wcro engaged in discussing tho
morning's letters.
"Hello, sirl" cried Mr. Hodgson, as ho
caught sight of tho young man. "What
aro you doing hero? Anything wrong?"
"Nothing is wrong that I know of, sir,"
said tho young man coolly.
Then why aro you hero without
lcavo?" askod tho junior partner.
"Didn't you got oar lottcr informing
you of our now arrangements!"
"I did, Mr. Parr It is in conscquonco
of that letter that I am horo." This
was said with considerable gravity, nnd
Tommy holpod himself to n chair jib ho
spoko. "I nm afraid, sir," ho continued.
"that I cannot accopt tho situation you
woro good enough to offer mo in Turin."
"Don't then," burst out old Mr. Hodg
son, in great wrath at tho tono in which
tho young man was assuming. "We'll
find fifty clerks ready to jump at it
fivo hundred, for that matter."
"You forgot.sir," said Tommy .rcspoct
fully but firmly, "that I hnvo boon at
Turin for somo timo, I know tho busi
ness thero, and what I camo horo to pro-
poso was that I should have a small
sharo in tho firm "
Mr. Parr stared and ejaculated, "what,
sir?"
Mr. Dunford laughed aloud and thon
sworo.
Mr. Hodgson choked and gasped for
breath. If a shell had burst id tho
room it could not havo nccasloncd moro
surprise than Tommy's modest request.
If tho swecpor at tho next crossing had
demanded to bo allowed to holp himsolf
from tho drawers under tho counter, it
would not hnvo scorned so absurd as
this demand of tho junior clerk.
"Of courso, having no capital, I ex
pect only a very small sharo in tho bus
inois," continued Tommy ; "hut you will
soo that as Count Marconi's son in
law-"
"What! What? What do you say?"
echoed tho partnors In various inflections.
'As Count Marsonl's son-in-law I
should bo ablo to influonco a largo
amount of business, and it would bo
moro fitting if my nanio appeared in
tho namo of tho branch firm."
"Do you moan to say that you nro go
ing to marry that young lady, Count
Marsoni's daughtor?" said Mr. Hodgson,
with wonder, incredulity, and a tingo of
a now-born rospectfor his clerk mingling
in his countenance.
"It is as good as sottlod, sir, said Tom
my modestly. "Of course this is a pri-
vato matter, but it is ono that would
naturally be takon into account." This
was qulto ovident, ami Tommy, having
mado his shot, rose, bowod and with
drew. Beforo halt an hour had passed tho
firm had takon their resolution. The
share which Tommy was given repre
sented little moro than a somewhat lib
eral salary, but ho was included as a
partner in tho branch firm of Hodgson,
Dunford, Mathers it Co. of Turin. As
soon as tho partnership deed was drawn
up and oxecutod, Tommy returned to
Italy, nnd had another interviow with
tho Count, who, imagining that ho had
misconceived tho young man's truo posi
tion all along was politeness itbolf. Tho
young partner in tho wealthy houso of
Knglish bankers was ono who might,
without any impropriety, bo presented
to society ns his daughter's husband.
Within threo months tho marriago was
celebrated. Tommy had dono tho trick.
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