The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-02-21
nuly Morning Daily in Southern Illinois
/. largest Circulation OF any Daily IN
Southern Illinois.
OFFICIAL PAPER OF ALEXANDER COUNTY
THE CUB BOOK.BINDER.
Continued

Of course, after this, Veet and became
fast friends, and he told me all his little
early history. Would you like to hear it!
Well, then, his mother died when he was
a five-year-old, and his father died when
the boy was in his fourteenth year, leaving
after careful administration and settling
debts, fourteen hundred dollars in money.
AS there was no will, an uncle assumed the
guardianship of both the person and estate.
About nine months thereafter the youth
had the bodness to call the uncle to ac-
count. Now that was not common thing
for boy TO do. But Veet R02ier was not a
common boy.
What might be regarded as still more eX-
traordinary move for one 50 young, when
his uncle told him that it would not do for
boys to be too inquisitive, he (Vee0 took
his foo, in his hand, as the saying goes, and
marched off to town to consult lawyer.
Think of it! boy of fourteen consult
ing lawyer about his affairs!
He walked into Judge Cores Office with
the air of a man of business. The Judge
was as cross as an old woman on wash.day
but that didn't set the boy back in the
least.
What do you want with me? Come, be
quick for I'm in hurry
Now most heroes of tins age would have
fired up impetuously' or burst into tears
at this abrupt treatment but Veet did
neither He Just took the Judges temper as
part ana parcel Of the business. In an
swering, he measured off his words as
though he wished each one to weigh a
pound
my name is Helvetius v Ra2er. I'm
the only son OF the late Archibald Razier,
deceased"
You see the lad had been reading the ad.
minisration papers.
At this announcement the Judges man.
ner softened He said
THE devil you are How do you do
my SOM
My father left me some money"
II know it, said the Judge, "and your
uncle was appointed your guardian
Well?'
~ don't think he knows how to handle
other peoples money. He never took very
good care of his own"
"Goodm exclaimed the lawyer. "What
them"
a want to know my rights" says Vcet
"How old are you, iielvetiusN
Fourteen last January"
"You may choose another guardian, i
you wish
Can do it right nowl' inquired Veet
in the same busness-like tone
To-day, if you have mind to. Com
along with mcm And so the judge tool
the boy to the courthouse, and the upsho
Of it was, he chose Judge Gore for hi
guardian. The result proved that he wa
not too soon in making the change. Al
the new guardian got out Of the old on
was about nine hundred dollars.
Some guardians would have undertaken
to support and educate the boy on this sun
until he reached his majority. Long be
fore he reached that age he would hay
turned out half.educated beggar. Blu
the old lawyer had different views for hi
ward. He advised him to first learn t
earn his living. That's the way he came t
enter the book-bindery Of Stamp, Marble
sides 81 Co.
How did he get onI you ask.
Well, he got on tirst-rate. He lcane
everything thoroughly as he went along
He fell afoul Of set Of double-cn,ry AZ
count books going through the binder
saved up waste sheets, and at night, whc
other boys were engaged in some msch
or other, he was puzaling over the myster
of bookkeeping
lie inspected every book that came in h
way, and if it contained anything to excl
his curiosity, III be hanged If he wouldr
follow it through all the stages Of bindn
and catching it up at odd times Sunday
evenings and at noon, and would have
pretty thoroughly read by the time it W
ready TO deliver TO customer. There W
q set of Dickens novels left there TO be r
bound, and after they were finished Il
volumes remained on the shelves among Il
finished books for some time, and were II
called for. Before they were wanted |
the owner, Veet became quite familiar wi
their contents. AT about the end of |
second years apprenticeship, he became
member Of library association, and tn
he was in his glory. But oil this time