Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1860-05-17
The Mother Of Coed Luck.

Il don't want to stsy there. i don't Do
anything but 60 srrands, and be q. every
beck and call. lam not learning anything
.Ephraim, a fatherless boy, had gone into
q shop, and after being there few months,
this was the complaint he had made nearly
every day to his mother. One day his un.
ole John heard hin.
You think you are ct for sousthins
higher, thsn?' be said 70 the boy.
Yes sir, ssid Ephraim, i don't want 10
Be doing srrands all the time
But doing errands weH j. the only real
step to promotion in Mr.. Barrow's wsrs.
house. When YOU have earned promotion
BY doing that branch Of his business, you
will rise then, aud not till thsn.'
Pretty small business mattersd the
boy, with d;scontsnted pucksr on his fore
head. j don't care how I do it,
i am sorry TO hear J ou say so, said uncle
J., 'for he Only who is faithful in little things
can be expected to Be faithful in greater
things. HyOu do not do your present work
well, Mr.. Barrow will have no reason to
suppose you will do anything else better
Boy, you mus. earn promotion, to have IL
l will tell you a story
Ephraim liked Uusls Jshn's stories,
though he sometimes wanted to quarrel with
the moral. However, he locked up a.
much as 10 say, please &c On, sirii' ard
Uncle John went on;- a
"A young man onos wen. into business,
with pretty air.prospscts. The firm, how
ever, did not 60 On well. It failed, / thiak.
C., then returned home with bare
pockets, in guest Of employment. He mss
his old Sabbath school teacher in the street,
stated his case, and asked him il he knew
of any opening. Not just now answered
the gentleman; but If you don't want to Be
idle, and are willing to work, l should Ike
your services in our soup house, ths pay
won't be much, but you can be very useful
"A soup-houss,' cried Ephriam proudly;
after being in hrml / hope he did not
stoep so.'
A soup house, as ssns Of you know, 10
great kitchen, whore soup is made and
served out to the poor during the winter,
when food is dear and work scarcs. =,
Let Us sss how c., viewed the
NATTER said uncle John. Yes sir, I'll
co. was his answer; for c., was .
good young man, and Thought no situation
beneath him where he could mil isisr to the
comforts. Of others, He went into the soup
house, dealt out the tickets. and ths soup
too, for sush. know, kept the books, and
in word, managed the business the best
he could. -~
when the gentlemen who were ihisIss-
ted in the soup-houss met to see what good
i, had dore, they wsrs very much sur
prisei at the manner in which the books
were kept. why, who have you hers?'
they asked. One Of them was the keeper
of large hotel. i must have that young
man. said he, TO manage my eoaesrns.-
He found out c., and offered him
handsome salary to become head clerk Of
his establishment. He went; but he had not
been in the hotel many months, before ons
Of the boarders, the cashier Of bank, said
to the tsl-kssper, 'that clerk Of yoursis 10
a noble fellow; how well be conducts
yeur business -
'And it was nos laas before the cashier
offered him batter situation in the bank !,
c., went. In course of time the
cashier resigned, and the directors said
we can't do any better than put c.
;n,' and SO he was promoted to that Office,
and he made as good q cashier as he die
clerk. Til, gentleman is no. cashier now,
but he fills one Of the most responsible
posts in this country, and has character
shining with integrity and Christian worth.
He did not ds'pise lowly places Ephrain.
But he had what call luck-good luck.
exclaimed Ephrain.
Blu. diligence j, ths mother ofsoed Luck
said Uncle John, mind that, bOy!"