The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-02-04
his son DAN'L.'

Might ask him, pop. 1 reckon he
knows"
II war calkerlatin' to, Dan'i--yes, ]
was I'm glad him cum along, / am.
viii Won abide by what him SAYS"
Il will. Go ahead, pop"
Stranger, said the old man, as he
put q finger on my knee, i've bin fus-
sin with Dan'i fur two years back. He's
bin wuss on me nor the itch, and he's
nigh killed his mann. | brmg him ont
we're to hev a talk and settle il, and it
seems rs if the Lord had sent YOU this
way iist in time. Be YOU what is called
an educated man.
Yes. more OF less
You've bin around right smalt:'
"Ycs."
"You know about arithmetic, geog.
raphy grammar, writin' and spellin'F'
Yes
THANK the LOrd that YOU hev cum!
Now, Danl, he'un will down you ia two
minits, and you hoy agreed to abide.
so | will. pop. Just ask he'm TO
talk"
We'll, stranger, its this: Dan'l hain't
got no sense. He wants 20 leave hum
and 60 fur hisself. lie wants to know
mo, and Eev better clothes and mo
money than his father
Well"
"Wall, | say lac shouldn't adoo IT, It's
too Eighty. Il can't bo did He's bin
fooliu' hisscf"
what DO YOU want TO leave home
tori / asked of the boy.
THAT ] may 90 to school and get an
education he replied We've had a
school here. and can read and write
and spell and figure, but | want 10 90
higher
Look at tue check OF i'll. shouted the
father lie knows mo now than | DO,
and yit be wants to 60 higher"
What plans have you got for the fu-
turef' / queried of Danl.
u want 10 go 10 some good school for
Two or three years, and then ! want to
study for a profession
a purleshuur howled the father, as
he sprang up "WhoOpl 4 son Of ole
jim Nevins erwin fur purteshuul If
anybody had tolcd me Id live To- sec this
day, Ill hey token his scalp
II want t. 20 into law or medicine II
[ eau, said DanI
"Whoopl That's the last hair what
breaks the cambels back rOarcd the
old man I'm powerfully minded 70
take the ongraelul cub and wiring his
neck Why don't You 20 fm him,
stranger: Why don't YOU turn to and
use him up"
Are you opposed TO education:'
IL be and bent. When a man kin
read aud write and iigger he's got NUT
That's ALL ever had, and I've got along
right smflt. If Danl does as well lac
may be thankful"
How well have sou done; How old
are youY
Fifty"
How much are YOU WORTH
"Moron "a thousand dollars. sir"
That is, you've worked thirty years
or more 10 accumulate a thousand or
twelve hundred dollars worth Of land
and q mule OF twot
yes"
After Dan1 has been educated he can
earn as much in SIX months
"W-what.
"Did you ever have law suit'
"Onct."
How much did you pay your lawyer"
Cost ne S25
"IIow much time did he put I'M"
Not more'n two hours, dog gone
him.
Then Why shouldn't Dau1 earn sos
IN two hours"
"He's got you stuck, pap" laughed
the son.
How much was your doctor bill last
year,
Thirty dollars"
"And the doctor was not in your house
over half day, all told. Why shouldn't
Dan'l earn $50 the same wayf That doc
tor earned so where you earn 81"
"WhoOp. The strangur Is also agin
mew shouted the old msn, as he cracked
his heels together.
so am. Let Daul educate himself,
and he can buy and sell YOU inside Of
year Do YOU know what income
god lauycrin Knoxville or Chattanooga
can count on:
IL never thought.
"Well, its enough ia one year 20 buy
the whole of this cove, and every cali
and hog and mule within ten miles OF It.
It's the same with the doctor"
lie actually turned pale as lac looked
from Dan'l to me and back again, and
up and down the road. BY and 10y he
asked:
Stranger, he's you pun - pur-
feshunY
II have"
And will you allow that YOU have
..., L., m Ifait na-qa ~ "A H4Nsi
Eyes, five times that"
he stared at me with open mouth, un-
able 10 say a word.
you don't know much about tho
world outside" said, az l pulled him
down and offered him cigar. You
work hard on your farm and you get
ahead slowly. You can hire negro =
10 farm work for 81 a week. Carpen-
tiers, blacksmiths, painters ana such men
get from s. to $3.50 per day. II Dan
vas a good bookkeeper he could get
81 900 or 81 200 a year"
"C-cOuld hef
Certainly. but he must have educa-
ton. 90
stranger. did you ever make 50
iaygp sternly asked the old man.
Eyes"
-Four
ayes.
Give
Eyes. o.,
"pog gone me. but can't believe 1T
And its all dun by eddecashun!
That's the capital you start with. rs
, clerk. Danl could be dressed up, work
EIGHT or nine hours u day and have an In
ONE of from SO to $50 week. "
"Didn't tell you all this, pap" que
ried the boy, who had been silent but
eager listener TO every word.
"Whoopl SO We did, Danl, but dog
gone me if | Struggled TO itl | can't
snuggle yit"
went home with them, and found
the mother more obstinate than the
father.
"D' We mean fur to sayl' she demand
ed as we all fell 10 smoking after supper
''ihat eddecashun is coin 10 heln or
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