The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1859-04-09
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"The Lord bless ye, couldn't have
asked so much from you, my dear lad" i"
Then you shall have u dollar" said
Mark. happily. "Just you wait here
minute 1"
"He ran to the honse, and when he
returned he had two silver halt. dollars in
his hand, which he gave to her, rema. K.
| ing, a. he did So
elf l should die, as all your children
have died, sud my mother should become
poor and helpless, I should hope that she
might end friends"
"She would, she would" cried the old
woman, moved to tears BY the boys
words. "Gud won't suffer the mother
Of such son 10 be forssken."
! Mark fel. = uew kind Of happiness as
he went At work thn, evening, aud as he
reflected upon the event which had trans
pired, he te!; that he had done right, and
tha. his mother would Be happy If she
knew il.
And while Mark was At work, Polly
went into the carpenters house aud TOD
her story. Mr.. Hammond listened to
her till she had finished, and then be
sid .a
"Tte boy is true, IS I had hoped he
would be. l can truly say lie has
been tried. and is not found wanting'"
When Mark went to live with Mr..
Hammond he was fourteen years old
During the 6rst year he had earned but
little, but On the second year he laid up
seventy Eve dollars from the proceeds Of
his work. After this he Jared bet.
ter. Mr.. II. showed him 90 uodue par
tis'ity, though the other two apprentices
thought be did. They were converting
upon the subject in the shop one noon,
when Mr.. Hammond happened to come
in just rs remark dropped from the lip,
Of James Prout.
What's that boys!" asked the car.
pen.cr. "Do you say that l .m partial
to Mark Roland 7"
The two apprentices were confused, and
seemed 10th to speak their opinions: but
their employer pressed them, and finally
James answered.
"You give him better work than you
do us, SIR
What do you mean by that" demand.
ed Hammond.
Why-he works on better work, and
vheu he gets overwork he can make
more, replied James.
"I.ook ye, boys--I am glad to know
how you feel, for l can now set you right
Answer me this: Have devoted one
moment more Zine or attention to Mark
than l have to YOU Now think care
! fuliy--look over the time you have been
in the shop together, and then answer
me"
"No, SIR" said James, I don. know
as you have"
"Don't YOU know that I hare no,f
"Yes, sir
"Then listen further: want two
nice four panncl doors made for the new
store. | will give you the dimensions,
and you mny get out the stuff and make
aud finish them. and when they are done
you shall have your pay
make door
why no,''
ave never learned"
"Who tsuch. Mark to make it,"
/" don't know, sir"
"Yes, you do know" said Mr.. Ham
mond, stern'y. you know that he
picked up the information while you
were off enyoy'ay yourselves At first he
offered to help the journeymen during
his spare time. when they we're driven,
aud they not OIL Y accepted his offer. but
they did jus, what he wished them to do
they taught him all they could. One
evening lie came to me, after working
hours, aud wanted to buy = couple ot
pine boards. | asked him what he want.
I'd of them, and he told me he only want
cd 20 try and see wha, he could make of
them. | asked no more questions, but
made him y present Of the boards. Two
days after saw \ door standing in tie
shop-asked one Of the journeymeu
where it came from, and he told n.c i,
Was one Mark Roland had made. 1t was
as good and periec, a piece Of work rs
was ever done in this shop, aud is now
hung in Mr.. Shows parlor. Not par
ticle of instruction had he ever received
from me in that department Of the trade.
He had gained it all by his own exer-
tions and If now give him better work
than I give you, j: is simp!, because he
can do it, while you cannot. Aud nov,
boys, have one word more to say -
While yon have behaved with decorum,
and KEEP, free from absolute evil, have
not felt called upon to interfere with
what you have been pleased to call your
pleusurc; but may tell you now that
you will both see the time, if you live.
when you will wish that you had follow.
ed the example Of the companion with
whom you have found so much fault
The way is still open for you, and give
you my word that you may learn all you
can, and that you shall profit By all you
learn
The two ., prcnticcs had something to
ponder upon when they we're left alone,
bu, they lid not prof, by it. Like too
many Others, they no. only disliked work
ing when they could avoid it, but they
spent their spare time in seeking for
those kinds Of enjoymc.: which give the
most excitement while they last, and last
not when the excitement is passed. They
did some overwork, and made considera-
bic money; bu. it all went for smuse,
meut, and they wero none the better for
it.
In the meantime Mark worked on in
the path he had marked out. He saw
the goal shead-AS noNoRED AND RE,
sPEcTED MAN-and he moved steadily
industriously towards it. During the