The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1878-09-07


gentlemen and rufiians, hope"
said Carroll, loftily.
Carroll was an insufferably con-
ceited boy, aud went to school that
day with a burning sense of his
own importance. He talked more
loudly than usual of gentlemen"
and "rowdies," by whom he meant
simply boys who had money and
those who had not.
Poor jim Ludlow went home on
fire with rage in every part of his
attenuated little body. He told
his mother the whole story Of his
encounter.
80, Jimmy, when will you learn
to control your tongue?- How do
you expect to make others respect
you when you do not respect your
self"
Nobody respects me. never
can be a gentleman" sobbed the
poor little cripple.
His mother was too wise to rea-
son with him. She drew his head
to her breast and petted him.
"Now come to supper, Jimmy"
The supper was good and neatly
served. When it was over, Mrs.
Ludlow lighted the lamp and then
placed some books on the table.
Jim, with a bright face, sat down
to his lessons. Mrs. Ludlow was
well educated woman, and was
teaching the boy as thoroughly as
he could have been taught in the
grammar schools.
1t was late before they put the
books away, and Jim drew hand
full of silver out OF his pocket.
Something to go into the bank,
MOTHER" he said, laughing. "Our
capital grows"
Yes; but here is the capital, y
touching the books, (which will
make you the equal Of any gentle
man III the land, with Gods help.
We will ask for that, Jimmy" and
they knelt together in prayer.
The very next afternoon, Carroll
Hutter, driving out to the park,
saw the forlorn little cart and dom
key in front of him. He was Pc
culiarly elated with a sense of his
own consequence Just now, as he
was seated in a new dog-cart and
driving pair of blooded ponies
which his mother had presented to
him month ago. Yet the boy,
with his dasbing equipage and dia-
mond shirt buttons, was literally
poorer It's to money than Jimmy
Ludlow. While his mother had
thought he was at the university,
Carroll spent the days in billiard
rooms. He had played away his
last dollar that morning. He was
afraid to ask for more and was
consequently in savage state Of
ih-humor.
''Ge. out OF my way!' he shout
ed, with an oath.
Jim had drawn mp his cart to
the sidewalk, and was giving a
handful of berries to half starved
child with baby in her arms.
"That fellow" said Carroll to his
companion, cheats my mother by
charging double price for his stuff,
yet can give it to beggars."
Jim's face grew red, but he did
not turn his head.
At thatmoment an open carriage,
drawn by powerful black horse,
came dashing down the street A
gray haired old man and a young
girl were inside. The children
shrieked, and some laborers sprang
after the horse with wild yell,
terrifying him the more.
Carroll, in abject fear, although
he was not near the horse, sprang
from his dog-cart and ran to the
pavement.
The carriage rocked from side
to side, threatening to throw the
girl out. At the end of the square
the street crossed Paramount aven-.
ne, along which a train of steam
cars was rapidly approaching.
Men and women on the street stood
paralyzed with horror.
The horse had SHE'D when it
passed CAROLS carriage, and
slackened its pace little just then.
Jim, the huckster, who had climb
ed from his cart as the horse
slackened his pace, sprang direct
ly in frcnt of him, and clapped an
empty potato basket over his head.
The animal reared, and then stop
ped q second. trembling. and wet