The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1859-05-19
said James, Il don't know as

!" paneI doors made for new store | viii
e give yea the dimensions and you may get
9at the stuff and make and finish them. and
r. when they are done you shall have your
p pay"
.Bat." stsln.uerel James. I'VE can make
l door"
why no,?,'
We never learned
Who taugh; Mark 10 make it!'
I don't know. sir"
Yes, You Do know" said Mr.. Hammond
Steraiy. You know thai be picked up the
Information while You were ca59gi4y YOUR
selves. Al FIRST he offered to help the jour-
neymen during his spare time, when they
were driven, aud they not only accepted his
oher but they did just what he wished them
to do-,hey taught linn all they could. One
evening he came 10 me, after working hours.
aad wanted 70 buy couple Of pine boards
asked hjm what he wanted Of them, and he
t9id me he only wanted to try aud see what
he could make ofthem. asked him no more
questions, but made him present of the
bosrts. TIVE days after | saw door stand.
ing in the shop-asked one OF the iourncymen
where It came from. and be told me il was
one Mark Roland had made. Ii was as good
aud perfect piece of work as was ever done
IA tins shop, and is now hung ia Mr. SHOWS
parlor Not particle OF instruction hal he
the trtde. He had gained il all BY his own
eNertIonsi and If now give him better work
NAN 1 give you, 1t IS simply because he can
do 1t, while you canno.. Aud now, bows, [
nave one word more to say: While you have
behaved with decorum, and kept free from
absolute evil. have now felt called upon 10
interfere with what yoa have been pleased 10
call your pleasureS; but | may tell YOU now
that you viii both see the time. If yoI live,
when You will wish that you ha followed the
ex smple of the companion with whom YOU
have found 50 much fault The wav j still
open. and give you my word that YOU may +
learn all you can. and that YOU shall profit by
what you learn
The two apprentices had something to pom.
Ger over when they were left alone, bat they
did not profit by it. Like too many others.
they not only dislked working when they
could avoid 1t. but they spent their spare time
IN seeking for those kinds Of enjoyment which +
give the most excitement while they last, and I
last not when the excitement is passed. They
dill some overwork, and made considerable
money; but it all went for amusement, aud /
they were none the better for H.
La the meantime Mark worked on in the
path he had marked out. He saw the goal
ahesd-AN HosoaED AND RESPECTED MAN
aud lie moved steadily. iniu striousy toward
II. During the third year OF his apprentice
ship he earaed over a hundred dollars Dl-
ring the fourth he earned hundred and iity,
and he was now eighteen years of age H
not only made the bsst use of the months of
each years allowed him for schooling. but he
he had gained taste for knowled e; and he
applied most of his leisure time to It's acquire
ment.
And 81 the years rolled around and when +
James Pront and Thomas Wilson were one.
and twenty. they had become good carpen-
ters. They ha1 learned The ira le' and had
leaned but little else. They could handle al!
tie tools. and fashion all the parts Of an ord
nary dwellings. Taey took few weeks to
themselves for recreatio AMI pleasure, aud
then came back, and Mr. Hammond hired
them. paying them our eyman's wages
They had no money saved up, nor did they
even now seem = lay any plals in TIA. direc-
ton.
a few months after this Mark r ,lsnl vas
twenty-one.
well. Mark" said jim Pfout, .wh,t ys
: ON to d. now? Let out to the oil man,
eb!"
.'Not exacly," replied Max "Mr. Ham
mond said some time ago that he should want
a partner. HIS business has increased to
such an extent that he wants part Of the care
and responsibility removed from his should .
~1<-l am going to make him an Offer
Nos 20 ue mrs p.rs--.1,- cited Tom Wilson,
in surprise.
"Wby not9" returned our hero. "Do Won
not think have knowledge enough of the 7
business7"
"O-'t.sn't that" sail Tom eve know" 4
he added rather reluctantly, Chat you are
one of the best workmen in the county,
And | understand the whole science of
architecture, ani can raise a comeiy ami har-
m9nious structure from my own plans and
designs. interpo,ed Mark
Yes knos it. admitted Tom "BI.
the old man wants fifteen hundred dollars for
halfof tie shop and business
We'll pay him eleven hundred
down. and [ think he will wait for The rest
'Iou Eleven handred-Eleven hundred .
dollars?
Certainly" said our hero II have that
sam saved MP. Just remember that | aver I
aged dollar al half weekly for nv over
work duriag the first year Mr.. Hammond I
hundred. And 50 | have had nv money e
whore it has been paying me- something be {
sides. s. you see have rot boarded up
money for the mere sake OF keeping il, but {
for the purpose of spending It 10 the best ad- ID
vantage when the need should come''
The two joarnevmen went away 10 their /
work. and they piled their planes, they {
pondered urou what they had heard, but kept t
their thoughts to themselves. I
When Mark made the proposition to Mr. :
Hammond It was accepted Immediately. y
1T IS tie very thing | have been anxious g
for, the builder said III YOU could not 4
have paid penny in cash. you should B
still have been my partner. / need you-I
need you for yonr talent as mechanic, for
your genius A. an architect. for your honor
ss man. and for the Influence your sterling
char acter will exert over others about vou.'s j
And 20 Mark became partner in the estab 4
ishment. and within 8 year they were obliged =