Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1870-03-19

| ",H Mo'' "'H"l'SScl' ne girls went out
giggling under their hooIs and some
felt a little jralons Of Charles prefer.
eDce, but they never found out what he
safd to her, and, a. he did not take her
any Where, il remained mystery. That
| Charlie did talk TO her we know TO be a
certainty, talked until tpars stood in his
eyes, as IN hers. aTd she never threaten.
ed thereafter to display any hAore Of that
kind OF fun.
Affairs passed on smoothly for two or
thrc9 day., with the exception of Harvey
Raymond. Charlie 'Ook notice in n ne
gatIve way Of the boys l,ehavIoun but
said noihing until the end of the fourth
day, when he tapped him Oh the shoul-
/ der with:
Harvey I wish you'd stop af,cr school
a moment, | want 60 talk with You"
Alter the boys aud girls were gorc>
Charlie passed round to the stove, whore
Harvey stood tapping the top OF it with
his ieathcr milten.
"Harvcy, You and have been good
friends, lpvcn't We z" asked the teacher
Yes, first rate, Charlie There amt
a boy in the peigborhood | like better
than do yoa.'
Then you believe am your friend,
and honest III what I +ay z"
"Yes, do that, Charlie"
Well, now, see here, Harvey. You
think you are bad boy, aud stupid,
| too z"
Yes, s'pose am; everybody says
So" Aud the boys chin went down to-
yards his jacket
Harvey, don't believe ore word of
it; | think you are the Smartest boy in
your fathers i4mHv. Which of your
brothers do you think smarter than
yOu?'
"Joe. lie rads in history, and am
! only ia the first reasi,.i"
That is true. Bat yoa can beat ns
all playing the ball and wrestling. And
you can outrun as all, too, can't. you,
! Harvey -
"Ics, can. But that amt like read
in and cipherin'," he urged, strongly,
l"Oking up again.
Bat you never tried to excel in hose.
Now, | bc!icve il yoa Will resolve to
study with all your might, yoh whi De
ale'rd of J"scph before next spring Ami,
| llarvcy> | want To be proud of you. |
believe yOu have the staff in ynu that
nen are wt<lde OF, aud [ want to cnnviacr
your tatlrrtS and everybody else. thai
you're neither bad nor st-pld. III help
you all | can; it don't have time ia
school, III help yun attr,, or at nv room
at fathers. There's too much of YOU
Harvey, to waste Your life to satisfy
some peoples desire, tor you have an
enemy IN the neighb,nhooa who doos'ut
want you to know anylhing.-But do
Will you try, lIarvey?" aud the strong.
true liapl of Charlie Benton went toward
hat of Harvey, with his i.cart in T..
A strong look had come into Harvcy's
face, first of despair, then of hope, then of
trump lant resolution; and, taking the
teachers hand, he said:
IwW, Charlie, I'cW" And the reso-
luton was never broken.
The scholars began To wonder among
themselves what had come over Harvey
Raymond, for he had good lessons for the
tirs time IN his lite, aud was SO quiet.
About week later the Deacon made ii
positive demonsi ration.
"Charlir, what's the matter with Har-
vey? 2" he b!urted, half savageIy.
WI tHiit hip" Nhiug was
The matter with him." was the reply.
"WelI, something is the matter. He
sits rp night after night, until midnight,
poring over hs books. Now, | want To
know what you've been doing with
him 2"
"Oniy treating him as he deserves,
and as you ought to have treated him
years ago." and the "winner of souls"
passed on.
1t need hardly be added that Harvey
realized his teachers prophesy; aud is to-
day one of the finest lawyers in West
ern State His brother rams a livery cs-
tablishment; another brother tied him
self to live weight, in the way of mar
rying foreign girl of less mental calibre
than his own, and the other brother ped
dies stencil tools
As 70. Charlie Benton, hn Is still
young, and n stronger truer, braver soul
does not exist out ui Harvey. His first
school" was typical of the man within,
and sits enthroned in face see IusI
over my shouldeb and which | honor and
love above all others,