The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1890-09-18

some form of labor if only the right
thing be found" but I am afraid
that some people must die without
hunting much for theirs, and I don't
believe some people would know their
kind of work if it was to come around
and knock at the front door and
hand in it's card.
Aunt Myra says that is society's
look out; that society ought to- find
a mans field of usefulness, and i'm
troduce him to it; but society in
Lumberton hadn't taken time yet to-
read Edward Bellamy's theories, and
SO society in Lumberton called Dick
Hammond the LATEST boy in towns,
AS an errand boy, he was certain
let the grass grow under his feet,
while he watched a spider spin it's
web from the branch of a tree, and
when he came back and was wrath
fully told that the dinner Was spoiled,
waiting for the salt for which he had
been sent, while he could not tell for.
the lite OF him whether it was salt or
sugar he had been sent for, he couldl
tell exactly how that spider cast out
it's line, and how it strengthened it
so as to bear it's weight If he was
wanted to get the kindling ready for
morning he might be induced to
start, but there was no assurance
that the kindling would ever be
reached, owing to the tired condi-
ton of the boy, or if he succeeded in
getting so Jar On the way the prob
abilities were that the kindling would
be improvised into minute telegraph
poles, and mothers basting cotton
strung across the yard as the wire.
'SNo use to talk, Dicks the most
neaccount fellow in umberton; he
amt worth his salt as shure as you
are BORN" said Dicks father, and
all Lumberton pretty much agreed
with Dick S father, from Elder Manly
to Squire Van Huzen, for had not
the preacher tried to induce Dick to
hoe his garden, and to his chagrin
: found the first halliday productive
Of nothing more than one side of his
, stable covered with hieroglyphics in
I white chalk, and hadn't Squire YAM
Huzen entrusted Dick with his horse,
only to have a big bill for repairs to
pay for damage done while Dick was
: trying how near he could initiate the
: buggy wheels in the sand?
$ Only Mr.. Adams, the school teach
l er, and Aunt Myra had the courage
and faith to hope that some good
e would come of Dick some day.
q And this opinion hadn't changed
d much by the time Dick came to be a
o tall awkward boy OF sixteen, with
y legs and arms toolong for his jackets
:; and trousers, and elbows and knees
n too ambitious to be out in the worlc
% to mind seams or patches.
T. ''Its too cheap for anything,
n know" said Hammond senior to hi
t wife at the dinner table. There's {
/ right smart chance of ties and bari
a on the hillside, but / amt able to ge
is 1t down, and it can be done withou
e money enough to build a slide, an,
Is that would cost a heap.''
"a Gather, how many ties do yo7
n suppose there are on that mountain
"; ot?" asked Dick suddenly, from hi
Ill bowl of mush and milk.
ys "There amt one less than 5000,
IL answered his father, chewing ava,
at the broom straw between hi
teeth. He had finished his Dime
while Dick was shaping his mush il
to islands and capes in the milk, an
!, sailing his spoon around them 0
- voyages OF discovery.
It, cat 20 cents apiece that would
ed 900 worth, and old Ketchul
a wants the piece for $780,"
ri, Eyes, and faint enough; but the
ed can't get the ties off that mou,
p tain without help. I'm a-gettiDg s
use old, and / haven't no boys wort
ne anything. Ketchum has to get IL
"a ties cut and off, and that will tai
oe- $500 if he has to build slide, an
elr they can't be gos without; but here
the bark and hoop poles; but no