The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1871-10-19

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WHITAKER 10 bc i eeolccl ioafer living
oao5 a. fatber harl earned salary and
pretending that De was loobiag for a 10.
ualion And ! sill ia ba toe bard 81
poor Whitaker I th.uk, ite eould have
lad 8 good situation in which "a could do
nothing &c paid well log "a, be would
have been delighted bat De summed H.,
partly because De was afraid copromis-
iug his owl respectabiIjty aud partly be-
cause he lad sense enough e see that
Dudley honest eye looked through him
and saW what humbug be was.
Aa9 a year Dudleys fathers estate
wa- settled and owing to an unexpected
ri.c in some of The property, i was found
,ilat tho debts would an be paid and a
small balance len for TIE family II was
but small amoant. bat It enabled him
to lay aside Biz blue oyeralls aud return
to the old school again Or. Parmlee,
the principal, was delighted 20 have such
good scholar back again. Whitaker
came back about The same time, and the
very first day be whispered i9-somo Of
the boys that Dudley smelt Of soap-grease
The BOYS laughed ihouehtlcssly and pass
cd the Joke around Dudley maintained
the respect OF the school ID general, but
there was a small clique, who never knew
their lessons, but prlded themselves on
being gcuteel ounces. These folks used
to talk about soap-greasc, even in Dr.
Parmlecs presence, but the Doctor quiet
ly retortcd that ii fDudlcy's hands smclled
Of soap-grease, that It was better than TO
have soap-grease inside his head and po-
matum on tho outside. They were a lit.
tie more modestaller this but they could
not forbear alusions that Kept Dudley
under fire.
Ills mother who was very proud of
her sons independence, could not but
feel sorry that bic was subject TO such
prosecutions. "Ah! mother" he would
say, the thing that | am proudest OF in
my life is that ! spent year in Bluffs
soap factory, Don't think that am an
noyed by the barking Of lap dogs.
At last came the day Of graduation,
Dudley led the class. There was a great
crowd Of fine looking people. The last
speech of all on the programme was
Honest Work, Honorable Dudley
Crawford With characteristic man
liuess he stood mp braveIy for work. So
fine were his arguments,so undaunted his
bearing, that the audience were carried
away. DR.. Parmlee took off his specta-
cles to wipe his eyes. Dudleys mother
could not conceal her pleasure. Frank
Inns hands had printers ink on them, he
said, but they were shaken by princes and
sayans-the lightning did not despise
them. Garbaldi's fingers were soiled
with candle grease, but moulded free
nation. Stephenson's fingers were black
with coal, and s0ilcd with machine oil of
a fireman's work, but they pointed out
highways TO commerce, and revolution
lied civilization. There are those (Whit-
taker and his set looked crest fallen here)
who will gladly take the hand of worth
less loafers or genteel villains (hcre certain
ladies looked DOWN, but who would not
have dared shake hands with Franklin
the printer, Garibadi, the tallow chand-
Ter, Stephenson, the stoker. But before
God, and right-thinking men there are
no soied hands but guilty hands Of idle
ones.
When he sat down, others beside his
mother she'd tears, and good DR.. Parnlce
shook his pupils hand in sight of the aud
ience but the applause was so great that
nobody could hear what he said. And
next day came note from the chief cdi-
tor Of a leading paper saying, that one
who believed enough in labor TO carry
his principles through life would make
an earnest advocate of them. lie there
fore rendered Mr.. Crawford prominent
place on the editorial staff Of his paper.