The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-09-11

by what had been said to him. After
all. could II DO wrong to go where ne
could do so much betterP Almost dou'
BILE wages! Was it not really his duty
to his mother to obtain it. and to drive
wagon instead OF trudging wearily
along the streetsP They never had
felt SO hot and dusty as they did just
now when he might escape from the
tiresome routine.
Might, but how? By the sacrifice OF
his pledged word. BY selling his truth
and his honor So strongly did the re-
Election force itself upon him that when
he told his mother OF the offer he had
received he merely added: q
1T would be grand good thing II
could take it, wouldn't 1t, motherP"
Eyes it would"
"Some boys would change without
thinking Of letting promise stand in
their way"
"Yes. but that is the kind OF boy who.
sooner or later, is not wanted. ills
because you have not been that sort OF
a boy that you are wanted now"
Jack worked away, doing such good
work, as he became more and more &C
customed to his situation, that his
mother sometimes wondered that Mr..
Hill, who seemed always kindly inter-
ested In him, mover appeared to think
Of raising his pay. This, however, was
not Mr.. Hills way Of doing things, even
though he showed an increasing dispo-
sition to trust Jack with important
business:
So the boy trudged through his three
years. at the end Of them having been
trusted far more than is usually the
case with errand boys. He had never
forgotten the offer made him by Mr..
Lang, and one day meeting that gentle
man on the street ventured to remind
! him Of it. telling him that his present
engagement was nearly out. adding:
"Ycu spoke to me about driving the
, wagon, SIR"
. "Ah, 80 did; but you are older now
3 and worth more. Call around and see
me-"
I On Saturday evening soon after
Jack fingered in Mr. Hills Office after
n the other errand boys had been paid
o and had gone away. my three years
o are up tonight, SIR" he said.
d '.Yes. they are" said Mr.. Hill, look
J, ing as if he had remembered it
n "Will you give me recommendation
a to some one else, sirp' as
d well, l will, If you are sure you
want to leave me-"
o II didn't know you wanted me tc
8 stay. But" he hesitated and then wen,
It on, my mother is widow and feel
@ as though l ought to do the best car
Il for her, and Mr.. Lang told me to call
Is on him."
HAS Mr.. Lang ever made you ar
o offerp"
Jack told him of what Mr.. Lang had
l. said to him nearly two years ago.
IS "Why didn't you 60 thenp' asked
u Mr.. Hill.
d Because / had promised to stay with
J. you; but you wouldn't blame me fol
v trying to better myself nowp'
k Mot bit OF it. Are you tired o
Is running errandsP"
I'D rather ride than walk" sale
v Jack. with smile.
q Il think it is about time you wer,
II doing better than either. Perhaps 20,
% think you have been doing this faithful
work for me through these years TO
k next to nothing. but II so you are mis-
1t taken. You have been doing bette
ID work than merely running errands
10 You have been serving an apprentice
Dr. ship to trust and honesty. / know yo'
now to be a straightforward. reliabl
D. boy. and it takes time to learn that
a. is your capital and you ought to begi
,r to realize on 1t. You may talk to Mr.
" Lang If you wish. but will give you
m place in the Office, with a salary Of si
,r hundred dollars for the first year, wit
II a prospect of a raise after that.
30 Jack did not 60 to Mr.. Lang. bu
a straight to his mother. with shout an
q bound.
;" You're right you're right mother!
d, he cried. mo more hard work fo
~ you. mother. I'm wanted, you ses
t, Wanted enough to get good pay, an
Q, all the hardest part over."-Sydne
to Dayre, in Northwestern Congregation
alist. tH
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