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with wondering look. and % did II.
gentlemen who accompanied Kim NJ
White and Ludlow Weston wondered vh.{
il all meant
We'll, sir at length said he who held he
planl1@t am not little sutnrised that oue
tfke~ yOu should have designed and dawn
this; but neyetth less you are : lucky man
Your plan has been accepted in every fet-
-ture, and your recomme nd atoms have ali
been adopted ~
The efect of this announcement uuou
Charles Bracket was Ike an electric sbock.
Objects seemed to swim before his eyes. and
ne grasped the edge Of his bench for suppers.
Gentlemen said Mr.. White, i do not
! understand this. What does. Il all mean y
IL means. sir. thatt yanng man hss
designed complete and perfect arehitee-
tural plan for the new State House; aud
that 1t has been unanimously adopted by
the committee among fifty others which they
have received from different parts Of the
country
Charles uttered the old carpenter, wipinr
y prlde-sent tear from his cheek as he eesed
upon bis foriher apprentice, when did you
do this q
Three weeks ago, SIR
\ And that's what kept you up 20 lGes
every night for whOlesweekp
Yes, sir h,
There's a powerful genius there, air.
said the spokesman of the visiters
'Ay returned Mr. White, and there has
been deep shd powerful application there,
too. Charles Bracket has been with mo
from boy, sir, and every moment of bis
leisure time has been devoted to the most
intense study
The gentleman looked kindly, fatterinEly
upon the young man, and then turning to
Mr.. White said
III has not only given us the design, bat,
as you can see, he has calculated to nisety
the number Of bricks, the surface Of stone,
the quantity of lumber, the weight, length,
size, and form Of the required iroa, as wen
as the quantity of other materials, and the
cost of construction. It is valuable dOcu-
ment'
Ludlow Weston was dumb. He hung
down his head and thought Of the centempS
be had cast upon his cpmpanion's studies. :
sMr Bracket ntinued the visitor, 4
am authorized by the State committee to
pay you one Thousand dollars for this de,
sign, and also to offer you ten dollars per
day 50 long as the building is in course Of
construction, for your services as superinr
tending architect The first named ssm I
will pay you now, and before Ifeave,
would like to have from you al answer TO
the committees proposition
Beforethe delegation returned to s.
Charles had received his thousand dollars
cash, and accepted the offer for superintS1-
ding the erection Of the State House.
'Ah ! Charles said LudloH Weston, If.
ter they had finished their supper, you have
indeed chosen the wisest part had NO
thought that carpenter could be such q
man
\. and why not a carpenter as well as any
one ? It only requires study and applieS-'
ton, .rf
|. But all men are not like YOU
Because all men don't try. Let man
set his eyes upon an honorable point, and
then follow it steadily, unvayeringly, and
| he will be sure to reach it. All men may
not occupy tie same Sphere and it would
not be well that they should but thee are
few who may pot reach to degree of hon
orable eminence in any trade or profession, :
no matter how humble it may be-
Il believe you are right, Charles but ID
is too late for me to try now shall never
be anything but journeyman.I
II will own, Ludlow, that you have wasted
the best part of your time for study but
there is ret time and opportunity for re-
trcvcment'
Ludlow did try, and be studied, and be
improved much, but he was unable to recall
the time he had wasted He had now
family upon his care, and as he bad to de-
pend altogether upon his hands for support.
he could not work mtcb with his mind
Charles Bracket saw the building he had
planned entirely finished, and he received
: the highest encomiums Of praise from the
chief officers of the State. Business flowed
in.upon him, and ere many years, BRACKET,
Ms architect, was known throughout the
Union When he led Mary Waters TO the
hymenial altar. he did own one Of the pref.
tiest houses in his native town nor did 'posr
Mary Waters,' have to wait long, either.
Thcre5is deep masel in4the foregoing for
our young mechanical Teaders, and we havcf
no doubt they have, ere this, discovered il.
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