A GOOD INVESTMENT. 111

 

When the friend of Mr. Winslow came
with the information that the house of
Toledo & Co. had failed, the latter was
searching about in his mind for the means
of lifting about five thousand dollars’ worth
of paper, which fell due on that day. He
had two thousand dollars in bank; the
balance of the sum would have to be raised
by borrowing. He had partly fixed upon
the resources from which this was to come,
when the news of his ill-fortune arrived.

Yes, itwas ruin. Mr. Winslow saw this
in a moment, and his hands fell powerless
by his side. He made no further effort to
lift his notes, but, after his mind had a
little recovered from its first shock, he left
his store and retired to his home, to seek
in its quiet the calmness and fortitude of
which he stood so greatly in need. In this
home were his wife and two daughters, who
all their lives had enjoyed the many exter-
nal comforts and elegancies that wealth can
procure. The heart of the father ached as

his eyes rested upon his children, and he