Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-07-16
"GoING TO-"

L snail not pretend to tell how many
figures there were across the slate. I
you have ever puzzled over long ex
amples, as Hervey was doing over ont
which had kept him busy, without re
suit, for an hour. you may, perhaps
sympathize with him.
Hervey now frowned at the figures
over at the goldfish in the globe and ur
at the frescoed ceiling over his head.
He gave a weary sigh, drew long
idle, discontinued breath. Then he
started up and bent over the slate, and
multiplied, and divided, and did all that
the puzzling example required until the
last figure was down as it should be,
and he leaned back with a gay little
whistle and a pleasant face.
Aunt Edith reused up from her bit OF
| a nap, and looked to see what the boy
was doing. Likely she was thinking,
| and signing, saying to herself: "Whist-
| ling as usual, instead of working
but she only closed her eyes again, and
Hervey came and stood beside her, fold
| ing his arms in resolute fashion and
looking-well, not exactly like the
usual Hervey.
''Auntie," he said, glancing rather at
the floor than at Aunt Edith's face,
which now lighted up with a half
waking, loving smile, which belonged
to Aunt Edith herself and to nobody
else--for who had smile like Aunt
Edith's sweet smile" Auntie, it is
mean and miserable to be an intender :"
ga what, dearp" inquired Aunt
Edith, not understanding.
''An intender.''
''And what is an intender, dear?' in
quired Aunt Edith again.
''An intender is somebody who means
to do things, but does not do them.''
"What kind of thingsp"
'.All kinds of right things"
Poor Hervey. How sorry Aunt Edith
was over him every day. He intended
to be early at breakfast; he intended to
say his verse before eating, punctually
and promptly; he intended to be dill
gent at school, patient with his school,
mates, observant of rules; he intended
to be studious at study hour, obedient
at all times. No one ever heard Her
vey refuse to promise to do right, but
Auntie could not help knowing that
Hervey himself was an intender.
Ito do is better than to intend to do,
dear" replied Aunt Edith, a little sadly.
"You do not say an intender is mean
and horrid, because you know I am
one.''
"You are young, dear; you do
seem likely to be an 'intender,' but /
have faith in you to believe you will be
a doer."
what makes you think SO, Aunt
Edith? l disappoint you every day.
II think so because you are not
happy as an intender, and because you
can not honorably serve our dear Father
and be anything else than doer."
''But. Aunt Edith, it is SO hard to
keep doing, and Idon't keep on" Her.
vey half stamped his foot with the last
words; he was so in earnest.
"No. you do not keep on"
''Then what makes you think ever
will?''
1T is impossible to love our Father
and not do His WILL
but may be do not love Him"
Hervey's eyes were bent to the floor
and his lips quivered as he added:
Elbow you believe in me-" straighten-
ing up again and folding his arms
tighter over his breast.
Eyes, believe in you," said Aunt
Edith; ''you will not continue to be an
intender"
Il have made you great many
promises; if l could think of them half
the time I would keep them. Do you
think will ever get to remember them
better?'
''Oh, yes; am very sure of it,
'.Do you know, Aunt Edith, I can not
see how you can be sure of anything
about me except that am a miserable
intender"
Aunt Edith was looking on the floor,
she did not raise her eyes, she seemed
to be deep in thought.
''How do you think I will get out of
it alp: inquired Hervey, still standing
with his arms crossed and a resolution
showing in the whole boy, which Aunt
Edith had prayed for every day, but
had never seen before.
.sOut of what. dearp' she inquired,
with one of her loving smiles which
told, without words, how dear he was
to her.
..Out of all the 'intender' business
''You will start by remembering one
promise better, and after you have
practiced upon that awhile you will re-
member another
"What else?"
''You will overcome one troublesome
habit, and then you will overcome an
other, and so on until you get to be q
Door,
81 would like to be one all at once"
"a tree never grew to be tree in
one night; an 'inteader' never grew to
be doer in one day."
'.But can try
''By all means try to do right every
minute of every day, but do not be dis
couraged if you only get along slowly
for awhile.
'tAnd you think can be sdoer'?''
II never said So" Aunt Edith smiled
at his puzzled face. Il said you would
not continue to be an intender.''
t'Ten me how to begin; how to start
to get out of it ALL
care you ready to really begin?''
81 think so, Aunt Edith"
'.Hang your clothes in your closet
when you retire presently, instead of
casting them upon the floor, and arise
in the morning at the first call; pour the
water from your basin after bathing,
and leave nothing about your room
which you should put away
'.But, Aunt Edith. that is such funny
place to begin; tell me some greater
thing to do"
1--WE will come to greater things after
awhile. Starting the day correctly has
. great influence upon our ways ali day