Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-12-01
LAWSON, The G0AT-HERp.

The story of the early life Of Law
Srn, IT." scul ptrr. is full of interest
t. WoTAinT Mon and their families
ii" wa, born IL Wales in the brrin
nIng II tn" present century. Hi.
fathel WAS Il miner, ;ls were most Of
the inhabitants of the beautiful val
ley anong the mountains in which
he spent his childhood Suddenly.
one morning III June. an alarm bell
lntlmatel to the village that an acci
dent had occurred III the mine. I'm
mediatelv the road was filled with
crowds Of people. and among them
was a boy of between twelve and
fourteen. who was ashy pale. his legs
trembling SO he that could scarcely
move, but who nevertheless strained
every nerve to reach the mouth of the
PIT. The waters had got into the mine.
and 1T was feared that all who We're
III 1t We're III danger of being drowned
Frank LawsOn's ; mother had died four
Year, before. ana from unat time his
father and he had been everything
To each other His father WAS in the
Hooded pit, and he thought: What
Will hccome of mo il L lose him. too
All hands were instantly set to work
to open fresh paasa"e i'll tl.c mime
80 IL to rescue the unfortunate men
lis soon a> possible. but this could
not be accomplished in less than
twenty four hours. Frank worked
among the hardest. HIS arm at last
ceased, parll wed by cXrrtiun. and he
soon fell down s"ns less. 4 poor
man who knew him, lifted him care
fully and carried him To his pttag.,
and when he awohr it Was t. find
that his fathcr wae dead He oh
tanned Il situation Is shepherd boz
with IL gentleman of large property
III the district Ill which the village
stood. Having at once entered upon
his duties. he soon hecam" Il great
favorte with his master, who found
that although he was Voting he WAS
thoroughly to be trusted. One day.
as he WAS sitting on Il bank, feeling
more than usually weary and de
pressed, he chanccd to put his hard
INTO his walot:Dat pJ Ike, an | tn II.
he found his old knife. which had
formerly given him 50 many hours
of enjoyment He instantly set to
work and carved ont the figures of the
two dogs III the wood. He was him
self pleased with the likcncsscs, and
having finished them brought them
home with him. and laid them quietly
on the table i'll the house of the shep-
herd whom he had been employed to
assist. What" exclaimed the man;
why that Is Bruno and THIS is
snap do you mean To say that you
have made them Yes" said thA
young artist. II have indeed carved
them both myself,and did it on pur-
pose for You, as thought you would
be pie; Sc | To lave likcLess of your
two favoritcs" His maSter.thr squire,
had Il number of fine ho. ses, and Il Q
youth very much wished to make Il
likeness of enc of these beautiful
Arab but he found it diff ,ult to oh
tain III" requisite opp,r. r.unit!es of oh
serving the animal Tie must frequent
ly saw 1t mercy as it quickly passed
him Wit hits owner on his back But he
persey,rHl and eucc, cied. When he
had ace )mpilshcd his purpose he was
one day standing at the gate Of the
park, comparing his work with the
original; and, looking with satisfac
ton on his production, he exclaimed:
1t is really like" Like what ?"
asked Il voice just behind him. 1t
WIS his masters This WAS the turn
ing point i'll the youths history.
This gent 'eman had Lusinoss con
nections with Liverpool as we'll as n
large estate in Wales, and he was so
much pleased with young Lawson's
skill, and the promise which it
showed, that he soon after arranged
that he should rcmpvc to that town.
and pursue his studies under the iii
rection of il sculptor there. In Liv
crpool he experienced many dillicul
ties and not II few real hardships. but
he rersryercd, and in the end was re-
warded. Abridged from the Wei
come.