Fair play., 1882-12-16
BOYS As WHEELS.

Uncle Richard had taken his watch
quite Ia pieces.
Had YOU known Uncle Richard You
would not have been surprised at tbs.
as h. was So often taking things apart
and putting them together again; niak-
inc the clocks hch went too last -
slower. and he SLOW CLOCKS 20 faster;
making them all keep good time.
Uncle Richard was never better
pleased than when there was some real
work for his p!nccrs and pliers. anu
cute little screw drivers. and all the
polished and unpublished little tools.
which he kept 81 snugly tucked away
in his box The truth WIS. he knew
great deal about wheels and cog> and
pivots; | shall not pretend 10 Tel! ,ou
how much he knew, but Will tell y"u
that he usually succeeded in gettinT the
clocks and watches 10 run just aS he
wished them Ia do.
But to-day Uncle Richard had worked
a great while and seemed very much
in earnest. without accom- .shIag Just
what h. wished: worked with his funny
little class 10 his eve. squirting into
every >pcck Of a thing which seemed 20
nave 10 tis Will .i'"'.' si''''t s-''
watch. and was yei pulling himself
over the tinie>t wheel among the tiny
works. Certainly something very grave
was the matter with the wheel
$50 you cannot think how the whole
world is like great watch2' sad ncle
Richard. suddenly. rs he laid down his
pincers. and looked up at Rufus, who
stood by his side
1T is such Il funny notion. uncle.
How can people be like whccl- and
springs, and all those queer things?
:. Eas n enough. wonder what
kind of wheels YOU are gong TO be- in
the great watch?'
boys are not wheels. uncle; how
can they be-"
They cannot he really wheels, hut
they have their own work To do III the
great word, just aS these wheels have
their work to do in the watch.
Rufus understood tbs better. He
seemed amused He seemed disposed
to twist around like tine wheels Of a
watch.
"Do the wheels OF the world have
| to keep twisting all the timeP' inquired
Rufus: IL would get tired of it.
| Every wheel in the great world.
aud every scrap % part of the world.
has its own work to do. but it would be
quite a pity to get tired of il, because
| il is the work for which they were
made and put in their places. "
But God made us. Uncle Richard.
and surely lie never thought about a
watch. am just boy"
But what did He make the boy
for?'
/ Rufus was As much perplexed rs
| ever.
IL never thought about His making
| ME for anything special. Uncle Richard;
BOYS never do anything but learn their
lessons. and play. and -"
/ ..f;o,s grow to be men said Uncle
| Richard. ..b ,tli bows and men have ther
own work To do in the world. just a1
| the little wheels and the biz wheels of a
watch have their work 10 do"
! 1T does no, seem as if | had any.
does il, Uncle RichIrd?" inquired Rn
fus. little earnestly. He had never
| thought n ou, this before.
Every good wheel or piece of ma
| chnery in the watch stands still ol
turns around. as it has been APPOINTED
to do; every boy and girl. and man. and
woman, who is good par; OF God :
piece of machinery--the world-doc'
Just what he or she is placed here Il
do"
do they. really unclc?'
$40 be sure thew do. Now there is
great deal going wrong. all the time
in this world: can YOU tell me the rea
som"
\ Ru though: he knew what his un
Gle meant. but he hestaied minute
before re ,lyinc.
..Is il because there are SO many bas
wheels, uncle?' he incurred. smiling ul
brightly in his uncle's face Il thinl
il mus be-
Wheels like this" said Uncle Rich
ard. holding up on his pinchers tn
mischievous Lite wheel of the watci
he was trying to fix: wheels that ar
not quite true. that have a faw in then
somewhere
) And they spoil ever thing"
almost everything.
..And Gods BIZ world does not 9
right on this account? Iwonder whicI
. are the bad wheels?'
/ None o: us are quite a We shout
be: We are ali lite fiawed-
How does the big watch go then
| Uncle? Ishould not think it would 2
1t all
, -. goes all wrong, and different
from the proper way. TIE nearer "
each keep TO the work which God il
: tended US to do. the nearer His worl
. will be right
, But just one man or boy does NJ
: count much"
: Rufus evidently was beginning to ie'
!, uncertain as to his own help in God
work
Ii this little wheel could peak.
!, might say: l am such q scrap Of
? thing: j; can make no difference abot
', me; all the rest OF the par's are goo
enough. Nothing 50 little SIS al
could disturb anything Jet sou see b