The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-02-01
From the Galaxy.
The Preacher-Locksmith and
his Son.
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father was on circuit duty. That
recollection did not hinder his going
in when he saw old Prince Holly at
his forge
There was nothing the boy liked so
much as to watch Prince Holly at his
work. He wentin and stood by the
forge for "a while, quietly Atlast the
old man looked over his spectacles at
him, and said @
You're chip of the old block.
When are you going to beging
Edwards face flushed. ~ 9 Begin
what?" said he. @
Preaching, I guess" was the reply.
u guess not, then"
How driving the bellows? Stand
ing up afore the forge here, as I've
stood forty year?" g.
When4are you going to sit DOWN."
asked Edward. You must be tired
by this time"
I'll stop when Mr.. Ed. invents
something. that'll do the work for US
stead of alman. What are you going
to make, Ell ~
+" Something said Edward sud-
denly, and he looked under the bench
as if he were hunting material to be-
gin with But that was only pre-
tense, for his faeey was ablaze. He
had never owned as much as this,
that he would make, Something to
any one, and Prince Holly was the
man to get the confession from him.
| hope you II look afteryour bust
ness better than your father did afore
you, then, said Prince. And he knew
what he was saying. He had for a
long time been threatening Ito him
self that he would say it TO Matthew's
son if ever he found occasion. Ed
ward hared up ,g..e ts. IN
What do you mean by that, Prince?
My father can manage his own bust
ness, | reckon" o5
+" Nothing like Mr.. Fem, he can't.
Mr. Fem is powerful for looking af-
ter business. You get your eye teeth
cut, sonny, afore you begin. All this
here big business has growed out of
that lock-and your father made it.
" Well know that, " said Edward,
looking at the old man with an un-
easy, doubling glance. He did not
pose might be, yet already he compre-
hended too much for his own comfort.
Don't you go an make such
bargain when yo9ive invented that
ere contrivance of your'n. That's
all" said Prince, with a significant
nod : Give a man fortin out an
out, and keep like a beggar your
self"
Who's beggar? exclaimed Ed
ward.
Prince Holly had a logged way of
standing his ground. He had made
up his mind as to the right and the
wrong of all this business long ago;
he hammered away, but the hot iron
under his blows was not more his sub
ject at that moment than the young
heart his words were belaboring.
| say, don't you do the same thing
over again, that's ALL; he repeated,
in answers to Edwards question.
" You don't talk right" said the
boy, after thoughtful silence.
!" I amt beholden to any of m"
answered the old man, throwing down
hammer and nodding Significantly at
Edward. 9 think what / thinks,
and | says it if | like. 1 earns my
bread here at this forge. No man
gifts more out of me than I gives.
You like your book like scholar. [
amt no teacher, but I II give you this
here to spell out: Let him that has a
mouth do his own blowing. Mr..
Fem, he blowed, for your father
about that lock. Where would his
fine, handsome house be if it wasn't
for that lock?J And Miss Fem
with all her glory wherd'd she
be If it wasn't for that lock?
Washing clothes, may be, down there
to the brook as I've seed her. many's
the time. 'Taint right. Don't Won
do that ere thing over again"
Edward answered, IT don't know
anything about it, Prince. Do Won
mean MrSFenn. didn t act right about
the lock with father? | think YOU
must be wrong. [ never heard such
thing as that before. And we've
are good friends l1s5 ar1aa ao "a
Be- Do youb think Matthew ] ones
is a fellow to pinch sixpence?"
asked Prince. almost angrily, look
ing at the lad who stood before
him gazing at him as he had never
before gazed at mortal man. 1t was
a bargain, / expect. Fem said. let
me succeed at that ere lock and I'll
pay you double what you're getting
now, and he did that and more. But
why didn't he go shares, counting out
the expense he'd been at? Your faith
er didn't sell that lock, as I under
stand By thunder 1 don't ike to
see things done like that. When you
make that ere machine don't you let
him go TO Fenning it over you"
Edward turned about and walked
out of the shed, without answering the
old man. He went home by thesshort
cut, taking the foot path up the hill, by
which his father always returned, but
his steps were slower. and slower as he