Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1886-02-18

'Ah, Fred you don't know the tricks
Of the trade yet. There are games in
life that young men can play about as
we'll rs older men play theirs. DO you
know how half the rich men get their
money ? Why, they get it by tricks of
some kind
Did your father tell you 50 2
Father | Not much ! He is not
very rich, and never will be he is not
shrewd enough, an1 he is too nonsensi-
cal. If / thought you would not be
silly, | would tell you something that
would give you hint how to in crease
your salary to The full worth OF your
services
DO tell me, if you have any compass
sion. To own up, Wal, am badly in
DEBT, and afraid enough that my father
will find it out.
AN right. Let us get out Of this
crowded street first. Come over into
the Park
Just after Walter aud his friend left
the house together, n middle-aged gen.
tleman rang the bell and inquired for
John Halloway.
He is not in replied the servant.
May | see Mr.. Emmons, then p
The visitor was ushered into the
library, where sat fine-lOoking, ,affa BILE
gentleman, who greeted the stranger
cordially, and to whom the latter in
troduced himself as Mr.. Andrews. He
said he had been a neighbor of Johns
father, and after Mr.. Holloway lost his
wife and was in a bad way himself, had
lent him little money-about hun
dred dollars.
After Mr.. Halloway died, the sale of
his effects barely served to pay the bills
for his sickness and funeral. AS no
one was left but the boy of fifteen, Mr..
Andrews had not presented the note he
held for the loan, or as much as men,
toned the debt Ia any one Il appeared,
however, that John had found memo
randum of the debt among his fathers
papers, and had come at once to Mr..
Andrews to express his determ ination
to cancel it as soon as he could earn
enough.
Never mind. JOHN said |. Your
father would have paid it had lie lived
aud regained his health 1; but you are
uLder no obligations to do so. II you
can earn your own living you will do
well. Be sure I shall never ask you for
the money, or tell any one that your
father owed II. In fact, l would will
i"g,e have given - good man As
mucl III his necessity, and he was al
WAYS kind and obliging neighbor.'
After John went away | forgot all
about it, for I felt very sure the boy
would have too much to do in earning
his living to insist upon the payment of
this old debt OF his father. But here,
yesterday, 1 received money for the
payment of the debt, with interest to
date. I have come in post-haSte to see
about it. I d. not want the m oley
from the boy, and l certainly will not
take any interest. 1t is too bad
Too bad d? Not at all, sir. 1t is
just right. knew nothing about the
debt, but l am very glad to hear this
account of Johns honesty. 1t is what
| should have expected of him under
the circu instances and this explains
why ne has denied himself everything
he could do without. | have just sent
him on an errand, but he will be back
soon. Happy the man, living or dead,
who has son like that He will make
/ his mark in the world In more ways
than one. Why, he has read half the
books in this library since he has been
here. besides doing his work at the
bank and chores at home and running
OF errands for every one Of US. Our
delicately-nurtured city boys are fail
ures compared with boy like this.
My son Walter is fine fellow in his
way but should no more think Of
asking him to do the things that John
does than should think of asking him
to fly. All here comes the hero.
A plainly dressed boy of between six.
teen and seventeen, with fine open
countenance and modest appearance,
entered the library, and his rather so'
ber face frightened into radiance when
! he saw Mr.. Andrews.
In the conversation which followed
John said he could not see that he de-
served praise for paying the debt his
father had brought HIM up to be honest
and to consider it disgrace to leave
aLy debt unpaid; as his fathers death
prevented him from canceling the debt
/ himself, that duty devolved upon the
son, not only in justice, but for keeping
good his fathers name and his own.
He not only would not consent to his
friends request that he would allow
him to return q part of the sum, but
he would not accept back the inter est