The Arkansaw traveler., 1886-04-17

ton, is better than an ordinary profes- sor
 "Yes,' the colonel replied, " the printing office is school-an excellent supplement- Yet not broad enough to take the place of more systematic training. It only teaches one branch. '
 But it teaches that branch thor oughly" said Len.
 Yes the colonel replied but one branch, no matter how thoroughly it may be taught, does not suffice"
 II know that, colonel, but thorough ness i'll one thing teaches thoroughness in many things l do not mean that the duties necessarily dcvolving upon one in a printing office can wholly i'm part knowledge, but l think that it opens ones eyes to the necessity of use ful information; in other words, it teaches one to choose the practical, and to throw aside the impractical
 Yet, my dear boy, there are thou sands of printers who do not lift them selves abovc-who seek nothing fur thcr than an acquaintance with the di- rect appliances of their trade.
 Yes for as rule, they are not am bilious; but whenever printer attempts to enlarge his sphere, he generally sue cecds"
 That's what he does said Collins. If he can't handle ems in one place he hoois it to another town. Don't know Fatty McGuirc, do you, colonel? y
 No"
 Well, Fatty used to be the toughest in the gang-was regular bum. Where do you suppose he Is now?'
 have no idea.
 Well, he's down in Texas, preach ing He's the best mourner' s-bench solicitor in that state When he opens up, the boys weaken. One night ill Gal weston he caught fourteen printers, or comps, rather correcting himself q Oh, no, the boys can't hoId out against him
 Good preacher no doubt the colo mel replied
 Good preacher, why he's rip snor- ter worked with him before he joined the church Didn't think there was much to him, but when heard him turn loose just handed my hat to Long Tom-he was with me-and told him that l caved
 have no doubt but that your friend k a persuasive speaker the colonel ob- served, but don't you think that he would be a still better talkcr had he gone through theological collcgc?'
 No, sir Collins exclaimed His familiar expressions caught the boys He didn't quote Greek to show that his creed was the best He said that he had been d woctu sinner that he had fallen in love with Christ, not because he was educated into ii. but because he couldn't help himself. Even in his longest sermons he didn't waste a single word He had been used to weighing words in his stick and he knew the heavy ones from the light ones; and again, he punctuatrd his lines He didn't talk fast, but he took his time, and sometimes he would stop and make q l., l., | I his case and couldn't quite catch on to the style, but the first thing we knew he'd go ahead and make us shed tears He didn't hunt for lurid colors to paint an awful hell with; no, he took a mod est brush and painted love and trust all over the house.
 Did his homely persuasion draw you to the cross?' the colonel asked.
 Well, yes and run with the gos- pcllers for some time, but finally had to hoof it out of town. l hadn't gone far till met Jerry Barnes and that settled it. Jerry had quart, and that started me on little breeze. Roamcd around the country awhile and finally struck this town.
 You ought to go back to the fold, - the colonel suggested. cant now Think ii would take Fatty to bring me around all right
 When the bad man gets you, you won't think of Fatty Ned remarked
 That's about the size of it. the printer replied. No use of . man go- ing back though unless he feels like it. We'll, we've talked about long enough If we want to get this paper out we've got to pull
 From time to time just as often as ] the girls consciousness of her own worth would permit, Ned's wages were increased Every Saturday evening