The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1854-11-09
From the Arthur'S Home Gazette
TIE BOY AND THE MAN.
BIZ T. 5. ARTHUR.

BIZ T. S. ARTHUR.
Mrs Bray told me you wanted an ap-
prentice, said a woman, in timid, hesi-
tatinC voice as she entered the shop Of
Bellrose, the carpenter. She held by the
hand a lad not over twelve years of
age, mild, gentle-lOoking boy, with
fair complexion and clear blue eyes.
SO do was bluf1y replied. But I
hardly think your boy will suit me. He
looks too delicate for my use. I want a
stoutcr and stronger lad
He is not very stout and strong, l
know returned the woman. But, then,
he is a very good child, and fond Of work
ing with tools. He will grow stouter and
stronger By degrees, and as he will be O.
bedient and learn his trade fast, | am
sure YOU viii find him Of as much use to
you as a stronger boy who las not lis will
ingncss to work
How old is be ?
He was twelve last May
Twelve! Most too young. But sec
here, my lad do you want to be car
penter?'
Yes, sir, was tiu.idly answered.
Why do you want to be carpenter
i must learn trade, and I'd rather
be a carpenter than any thing else
You like to work with tools ?
Yes, sir
But carpenters work is very hard
work, sometimes. don't think you arc
strong enough
I will grow stronger, replied the boy.
L think you'd better send him to school
a year or two longer said Bellrose, ad-
dressing the lads mother. He is most
TOO young to be put out to a trade. i d
rather take him in two years from this
time than now.
Bat I'm not able to send him to school
any longer returned the mother, sadly
L have three children besides him, all
Younger, and it's as much as | can do to
get them enough to eat and wear. Fred.
crick must go out now, and if you are moi
willing to take him, must look for some
other place. Mr.. Sampson, the cabinet
maker, has promised to take him next
spring, but 1 must get him to trade
now
We'll, if that's the case, suppose
must take him, said the carpentcr.--
when can be Gomez
'As soon as you want him.
Send him round tomorrow, then
WHAT'S your name?'
Mrs. Marshall
And your sons name i0 Frederick?
Yes, sir
Very well-you can come to-morro'
morning, Frederick.
The mother retired with her boy, please
that she bad succeeded in getting him
place, yet sad at the thoughts of his &c
ing from home, where be had receive
nothing but Kindness and affection, to BE-
cone the uncared-for apprentice of ma
in whose face there was little that attra'
ted, if there was not much to repel. 81
with her, there was no alternative. 81
was widow with four young chlldre
and had no income beyond what aros
from her own labor. Her husband W;
clerk in the receipt of good salary
the time of their marriage. lie was
man of education and taste, and had lool
ed to the preparation of his children L
high and useful stations in lie as ma
ter of the first i'm portance. As they gre
older, and the expense of maintaining b
family increased, Mr.. Marshall saw t.
plainly that his salary as a clerk wou
DC inadequate to the support as well
education of his children to the cxte
that he wished them to be educated.
the hope Of greatly increasing his incom
he ventured into business with friel
who held out tempting inducements. ]
strict economy, he had saved thouSal
dollars previous 20 his marriage, and IL
still lay in the Savings Bank, where
had at first deposited it. Interest adde
the sum was now thirteen hundred dolla
The whole of this was ventured in bu
ness-the whole lost in the course OF t
years, aud Mr.. Marshall driven back