The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1886-04-04
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worried expression upon his face-"and don't
know what to write about
"oh, anything. Let me see your book on Compo-
sltion," and he handed 1t to me- 1t has been said
that "hooks cannot make Rhetorlcans." Were 1t
said that "books on Rhetoric could not make Rhet.
orlcians,' 1t would hit the mark. We woud like to
see the Rhctorclan who had not conned many books.
Books alone cannot make doctors nor lawyers nor
profcssors-there must he brains to sif what books
present. And we do not believe that hooks on Com
position can make writer's, but many books can.
Turning over "John Smiths first lessons In English
Composition saw hint like this: "The Student
will write history of a smiling"
al say"
1t was sharp, quick, metallic voice that spoke,
but whence 1t came could not imagine for mo.
mcnt, ana then II occurred to me that 1t came from
my purse. the smmest thing you ever saw
~ say"
"Wellg"
"Takc me out OF here and III tell you my history. !"
"Yodr historye"
word would harrow up thy soul freeze thy young
blood -"
"Why, bless my soul, what nonsense. You with a
history But I'll take you out and listen to youn
Opening the slim purse aforesaid took thsrefrom
silver quarter, dated 1884. snow, my young friend,
what have you to say?"
"Just place rue on the table there and I'll give 1t
to you sharp and quick. Gaze upon me-is5l."
"That was the year you came into existence, was
1t not."
"In my present shape, yes But long before that
ages and ages ago, before Romulus and Remus
sucked the dugs of wolf before Troy was laid ont
In town lots and Babylon was. before Alexander.
and before Moses smote the rock, was crude ore
In the mountains Of Mexico some where about where
zacatccas now Ia, but was dragged therefrom by
greedy man, smelted, and turned out to be a
beauty and was stamped 1884, the year that blood
was flowing In the Crimea, where Christian peoples
were lending a helping hand to Mabommedan IA
na,ics for diplomatic reasons as they said when the
fact was one Of the aforesaid Christian peoples
wished the Turkish trade for British workshops,
and could not stand idly by and ace the Sick Man
driven out Of Europe
"Iet me see, let me see. I've Travelled 30 far and
seen so much that I've forgotten many of my early
experiences, but after had had nv very life nearly
stamped ont of me In the mint and had passed
through many hands | was given 10 a school bov.
and he put me In his mouth-a boys substitute for
pockets sand when he was running into cake.shop
he stumbled and fell, and down that boys gul!et
slid and nestled cozlly with his breakfast n Won
ever saw a frightened boy IT was he. and no mis-
take. He yelled and blubbered and ran home. and
when his mother-he had mother
"Indeedl"
Eyes; all BOYS have had or have n mothern
"Indeedv,
"Yes When she saw him coming abe tainted.
but came to In little while, and, with her eyes az
big as saucers screamed:
"'Jay "a cob, what Is the matter? Are Won dead ?,
",Noo .o.o,' said Jacob; "but I've swallowed the
quarter, boo-hoo-hoop
"'I knew 1t, oh, / knew It, and that's all com
about because YOU wouldn't study your catechlsm in
Sunday schoolv And she carried her bow up stairs.
mixed quart or two of warm water and mustard.
held him down by the nose, forced him to swallow
it, and after many efforts and train OF very inter-
esting exercises rang ont on the bottom of a wash
basin, ACCOMPANIED by the breakfast aforesaid. r
was all right but the breakfast looked much the
worse for wear. by that time the physcian mad ar.
rived apd-as he had rnp in debt n hunfred and
Ave dollars day or two before for carriage
and "a the pephborhood as he said tn hImselr yau
dstressingly healthy-he examined Jacohs throat
with great care, and said to the mother:
".Are YOU quite calm now. maam?,
W,Yes doctor,
",Indeed. m,.am. it,s n bIessipy this hov sw.,.
lowed the quarter as IL has called attention IN his
throat; he has the dlphtherlar
"And he persuaded the mother he hal and dor.
tored the boy for dlphtheria for two weeks ran nm
bill for A hundred and twentv We doara coIectea
IT, and paid for the carriage Well Ipassed throu oh
many, many hands after that. through tho hand.
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