The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1879-11-25

"Never mind. Ad I'm TO hiu.elf,
III wiz have d p. 4 when I 40 q
mem = of CoS -
tbs end twd Feeks . bundIl
OF b6ks vas eft At be school house
kTnte wassOt ~ latin erammas =
but Q wellworn copy Of Virgil
"Gsops Fables" and eundry other
volumes such q Tom bad never seen
Pine knots were plentiful where
Tom live.l. and be sstrdp oil mid
night all the rest If The winter
neutrality-suspicious.
hooks. .-..-.
| An good luck would have il. the
school masier. vho boarded around
. vifh his pnpils. had aOt eaten the
rstions due him at Toms fa,h-.
When he arrived he entered WARMLY
into the lad. ambitious PROJECTS. ard
as he had a aanaiierine NJ Latin him
self. Mas qualified ~ aid bis pupil.
Although the .c:ilr,lMsrser MAS
allowed the nse of q tallow candle liz
vastly preferred the m~re brilliant
light Of Toms pine kndt. 20 that n.
often rs the long winter evening >e'
in the master aud pupil nigh: b.
seen land were seem sitting before
the large fireplace with their heads
buried in the pages 1T the bv'ks.
along which they plodded slowly. but
to such purpose that at the end If The
winter Tom could read his fable ard
solve his problem in q manner very
crediiable to himself and master.
One day his father bro6ght home
q stranger, and told Tom that be was
sppreniiced. during his minority. to
this man. who would make him .
blacksmith. tH"ss.. .-.-
IL ''But an mt eoing to Ne . blsck-
smith !" cried Ton. in Q passion I'm
going to Congress"
1.-The more need that you should
learn to shoe the horse that carries
you there. replied the father with a
shrug.
Tom packed up his worldly goods.
not forgetting hs books. and irudged
away 70 distant village, where he
pared horses' hoofs by day. and read
At night BY stealth. Tor he was allow
ed neither knot nor candle.
Six months the pour fellow was
faithful to his duty : but one night.
whea his MISTER had ihrOwn his
grammar into the Gre. and upbvaided
him for bis disobedence. Tom took
leave Of the workshop. He made
HE way. barelooted a. no Was. over
bogs and hriers, until he ventured
into the main road, and BY the dint
Of begging . ride nov and then,
reached the city whereas Ben
Franklin had done before him-wi,h |
his roll under his arm. be sought
aud obtained employment.
Perhaps the hapPiest day Of Toms |
life Was when he found himself in i
the antiquarian bookstore. With Plenty
of leisure. plenty Of hooks, and
nothing to fear from friend or ine.
II vas wonderful how he read-and
read! The parehed earth does not
more greedily devour the summer
rain.
When bis intellectual Thirst vas
partially satisfied. be began to work.
He saw the Ladder up which he must
climb. and. seising the lowest round,
made his way steadily upward. We
all know BY what steps 40 ambitious
man makes prgres-by patient toll
by self-denial--by courteous deport
msnt-by the acquisition Of knowl-
edge.
Yean passed BY. during al Of which
Tom had looked in vain for his early
friend. the stranger. In his .timid
awkwardnese he had not thought 10
ask the name Of his bencfsctor. and
the only opportunity to do 30 had
been lost. /
Well. years cid away. and Tom
was elected member Of Congress
from the very county where be spent
his struggling boyhood. He vent to
Washingten. not in cowhide shoes and
butternut eolored homeepuu. but
dressed someuhat as ina ination had
pictured, q hs looked after his bene-
factor 90 the eventful day Of tie
sleighride. A nObler looking man.
the ladies' in the galleries said, never
had appeared upoo the Aoor than this
Yankee member. Who. IL he spoke
through bis nose. always drove bis ,
arrows home to the mark. II
One day there appeared in the
House the venerable form of an ex.
member. whom ell present delighted .
to honor. Il needed but one glance
At that genial face for Tom to recog-
nice in him the giver Of the Latin 9
grammar. He hsd come" he said. {
80 listen to tho geotleman Who had
20 manfully defended the right. and !
to wish him Godspeed I"
If. " said Tom With bis old modesty. q
'if il has been nv good fortune to j
do anythiag for our country In the +,
hour Of Der peril. / owe my ability to Q
do %. ia q great measure. to your q
self" {
ITO mel" echoed the astonished ! il
gentleman ito mel I do not recollec; '
ever aaving had the pleasure Of a
yos before in ny life" III
"Ah. cir. haYe you forgotten. then. {
The little sehoolboy among the bills Of 4
New Hampshire. 10 whom you 70 q
kindly sold Latin erammari" q
The gentleman DWed. ii
'Soh-sod . Latin grammar! Nov q
hat you recall tho incident, / do o
. little fellow that interested q
ne. and to whom I gave como school n
5ooka." q
.Well. cir. I AN that by. You q
old ne that I might pay for them Q,
sheo got 70 Coogrss. II you viii p
Ase e. l.