The Delta independent., 1889-04-23
"Hls SON pAN'L."
M Quad Gives the Old Folks Lit
tie Advice.

NJ Quad Gives the Old Folks q Lit
tie Advice.
One n;id-afternoon. Us reached the
crest OF an ascent from which could
look down into mountain cove divid-
ed up into half q dozen farms, Isheard
loud voices on the road ahead, and
presently saw two persons seated on q
rock. While yet ten rods away l
heard the voice OF one Of them saying:
"Now, Dan'l, l can't and won't
stand it no mo'!'
The other made no reply, and when
advanced l found the pair to be
father and son-the latter boy of
eighteen. Usual salutations were pass
ed, and as l sat down beside them
soon found the boy to be unusually in
telligent and keen. We talked about
general matters for few minutes, and
then Dan'l turned to his father and
said:
'Might ask him, pap. I reckon he
knows"
Il war calkerlatin' to Dan'l-yes, I
was. I'm glad him cum along, | am.
Will you abide by what him says?"
81 will. Go ahead, pap"
"Stranger," said the old man as he
put n finger on my knee, "Ive bin
fussin' with Dan'l fur two years back.
He's bin wuss on me nor the itch, and
he's nigh killed his nam. brung
him out yere to hev talk and settle it,
and it seems as if the Lord had sent
you this way jist in time. Be you
what is called an eddecated manp"
"Yes, more or less"
fnn'vn hin arp,1n6 n riOht smo vt p,t
Yes"
"You know about arithmetic, geog-
fap4y, pYes." grammar "fl''n anu Spe''in
"Thank the Lord that you hev cum!
Now, Dan'l, he 'un will down in two
minits, and you hev agreed to abide. !"
$50 l will, pap. Just ask he 'un to
talk"
"Well, stranger, it's this: Dan'l
Eain't got no sense. He wants to leave
hum and go for hisself. He wants to
know mo- and hev better clothes and
mo- money than his father"
"Well?"
"Wall, l say he shouldn't adoo it.
It's too flighty. 1t can't be did. He's
been foolin' hisself."
"What do you want to leave home
LOT. aSkeu OF tne DOy-
THAT might go to school and get
an education" he replied. "We've
had school here, and can read and
write and spell and figure, but I want
to go higher"
Look ut the cheek of itr' shouted
the father. He knows mo- now than
/ do, and yit he wants to go higher"
What plans have you got for the
future?" l queried of Danl.
Il want to go to some school for two
or three years, and then I want to
study for profession"
"a purfeshun!' howled the father as
he sprang up. "Whoop! A son of ole
Sim Nevins cryin' for purfeshun! If
any body had told me I'd live to see
this day I'd hev tooken his scalpv'
81 want to go into law or medicine IL
l can," said Dan'l.
Whoop! That's the last hair what
breaks the cambel's back!" roared the
old man. "I'm powerfully minded to
take the ongrateful cub and wiring his
neck! Why don't you go fur him.
strangerP Why don't you turn to and
use him up?"
'Are you opposed to education?"
II be and I bee'nt! When n man
kin read, and write, and figger, he's
got huff. That's all l ever had, and
I've got along right smart. II Dan'l
does as we'll he may be thankful"
How well have you doneP How old
are you?"
Fifty"
"How much are you worth?"
.'More'n 81 900, SIR"
"That is, you've worked thirty years
or more to accumulate 81 900 or 81, POO
worth of land and a mule or two?"
"Ycs."
"After Dan'l has been educated he
can earn as much in six months"
"W-what?"
"Did you ever have a lawsuit"
"Onct."
'.How much did you pay your
lawyer?"
"Cost me $25."
"How much time did he put IMP"
'tNot more'n two hours. dog gone
him!"
"Then why shouldn't Dan'l earn $25
in two hours?"
Hes got 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 nll told. Why
shouldn't Dan'l earn $50 the same way?
That doctor earned $50 where you earn
81"
"Whoop! The stranger is also agin
me!n shouted the old man as he crack
ed his heels together.
$50 am. Let Dan'l educate him
self, and he can buy and sell you inside
of q year. Do you know what income
good lawyer in Knoxville or
Chattanooga can count on?"
1 never thought"
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