The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1882-02-16
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"Where did YOU 20 20 eo,,s...,,
M;ss Mnen did Columbus discover i, L
Add one apple and two docxlm d
But poor Jack did not look M
was studying away at his iii sr # he
book, which was thumbed aa psli,ngs
cared and torn; rn-e-a-sin-,se s ~ dog.
p-i-e-a-s-u-r-e, pleasure. - -seassles
81 say" cried one Of the -.
last; "what kind of a mother hs up 4
got If she didn't teach, you anr ra's ys 9.
Jack was on his feet IN ! nsa aaas
His face was flushed and IL ollent
clenched. He seized the bov w 4, aaads
collar, and was just about 10 tSro y i. @s
when he stopped. 4. nun MN,
"What be I-abont?'' he said s,oss,
III you was my size, I'd r;ys s,ewly'
trouncing you'd remember, Rnf & =
you're only baby!h ~ '''cle'
And he sat down again on tba S.
step and began to pore over ths so 81
spelling-book. 1855 'ns o'a
: One of the young girls in thu ~.
class, named Florence West 49,, afiF
and stood beside him. tfii' s1'''s "
"You ought to be ashamed ~ 80.
selves. boys" she said. .You a aoe..
know what hard time he 8 had H. 80 - !
along. He's been bound ont Il, Nv
years past, and has never had 4 c ~ a.0
to go to school. But he 4 work;na a fase
now to make up for lost time ri 1s ".
ought to help him instead Of lanr ma "
at him. 1Snilg
Jack looked up gratefully. and 4.
face was covered with bushes Il. ~ y
most thought an angel had come doss
to help him. @''sal
just then the masters bell RANG ~
they all went in. That day JACK st oas
at the head of his little class. Il s' ~
weeks he led the class above. w
At the end of the year, the fr;epds !.
the scholars had gathered at the esSus
ton in the school-house, The teaeSs,
rose. Every sound was hushed 1873
have something remarkabla "a "a.
you," he said. LAST. autumn ! yonn.
man of twenty-one entered tba IossS
class in my school. He has earned II
food and lodgingby chopping wood al
otherwise aiding a kind woman # -
village who desired to help him. An
his spare time has been spent ii N
studies. He has made up alt the stud;ss !
OF the lower classes, and I an, hanpy 4
say ne has the highestranki in aeschea
You may take the seat in front. Lewis
Had it not been for this, the first l)lars
would have heen held by Miss Fl1sun
West, who viii please take the other |
vacant chair
What was Jack surprise as be- walkaa
UP the aisle to hear the audience favor
ing him with hearty applause. ~
But for all the honor, he had onlv
been through the district school: mn
he had all summerte make some mons
to carry him through the next wear 4
the high school. ssss'
Years passed on. Let me pictures
scene "out West.n ss sssAs
.''Good-morning, Mr.sLewis, y saids
poor, shiftless-looking man, walking
into the office of the Hon. John fewk
and standing before him. s.Do yoaih .
member mep"
mo, SIR -.
mo; / didn't suppose. yor xould
My nanic is Ned Barnes. I was bound
out with You to Farmer Harris whenN
were boys. But you've, got on IN tha
world, and I haven't. I don't knos
how it is, but some folks seem To hsn
good luck, and others, has poor luck
You always had good luck and ut
ahead. thought p'raps you'd find M
a job, just for the sake Of old tinos
g Yes, indeed said Jack, forit wi
he grown up to middle life, after goilg
through college and building up S1n
law business. IF you'll go up to. NJ
house, Florence. my wife, viii fit yua
out in some decent clothes, and thenIl
see what can dofor you.''
These were the men who, tweng
years before, had been in that Till
attic-room, the one snoring in bed, an|
the other thumbing his old spelliF
book. That was where the good bRE
md the poor luck began. = ToatE j (ds
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