The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-11-07

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listening to the talk.
"'Sorry you struck, Jack?" asked
in fun.
| eyes, he said. springing to his feet
Il am! know 1t seems mean for me to
60 against you boys, especially when
i wrote the petition, but l believe
we'd better give it up and 60 back to
school. I'm sorry. boys, but I'm 60
ing back, anyhow
"He picked up his hat and dinner
pail.
"Jack and I were the same age and
had always been good friends. His
'treachery' made me angry. am
afraid l spoke pretty harsbly to him,
and SO did the other boys; but he
kept on.
There were only four OF us now,
but We agreed to stick it out
1.-THE next morning Bob and made
no movement toward getting ready
to 60 to school after breakfast.
Aren't you going to school, boys'
father asked.
ono. SIR Isaid. we are out on
strike,
"Ohop said he. Then the strike
came of, did it? How many OF you
are out?'
-Four said Rob. "Jack Burns
didn't have spunk enough to stay in
it.
"'Well,' said father, Il am inclined
to think Jack has as much spunk as
any OF you. lie certainly has more
sense. With that, he turned and
walked away.
Later in the day Rob and / met
Fred and Harry. and we all decided
not to speak to Jack Poor Jack!
He felt pretty sore when we passed
him that day without paying any
attention to him, though he tried
hard not to show 1t. 1t was little
hard, too, to crush him in that way,
but We felt that it had to be done,
"Well, Monday morning came, and
that's where Joe Jamieson's part of
the story begins. Joe's parents had
been very poor and had never got
ahead in the world. They died when
Joe was very young and left him to
take care OF himself.
"He wasn't very strong, but he had
grit, and that helped him. He worked
around for different farmers, and
though there was some talk at first of
sending him to tho poorhouse, when
he showed that he could take care of
himself they let him do so.
He had been working two years for
father, and was great overgrown,
awkward fellow, but steady work
man and always so good natured that
we all liked him.
THAT morning, at the breakfast
table, father asked:
" is the strike still "on," boys?'
Yes, SIR we both answered very
promptly.
"'You don't intend to 60 back to
school, them
eve said that we proposed to stay
out till our petition was granted.
Father didn't speak for a few min
utes; then he turned to Joe.
" Joe, he said, how wouldyou like
to 60 to SCHOOL,"
"Joe started, grinned and looked
greener than ever, but said nothing.
He thought father was making a joke
at his expense; and Rob and Thought
so, too, and were considerably anus
ed until he went on.
"'Well" father continued, when
you finish your breakfast, Joe, you
can change your clothes and get ready
for school,
"You ought to have seen Joe th>n
II he wasn't surprised ! never saw
anyone who was.
"But what about the work, Mr..
Howard?' he stammered:
The boys will do that father
said.
why, father" said Bob, you
don't expect Ned and me to do farm
work."
"'Why mott? father asked" i've
fed and clothed yon, and hired Joe to
do the work that you might have
time for something else. In return /
have asked that you attend school
and do the best you can in your
studies. Now you refuse to do that
any longer. II Joe, here, is willing to
60 to school and do what expected
you to do, why, Pm willing to give
him the chance. Turn about is fair
play, and shall expect you and Ned,
between you, to do the work.
Remember he continued, Il have
let you make your own choice in this
matter of the strike, and haven't tried
to coerce you. Miss Ward reasoned
with you, and did her best to make
you see how foolish your act was, but
you refused to listen. y|
Nov there is no more TO be said
about it, one way orthe other. The
matter is settled.
"I think you are both old enough
to use your own judgment, 30 have
let you follow your own course. But
now, il l am to support you longer,
and you refuse to repay mein the way
I wish, it's only fair you should make
some other return
"By that time there was a big lump
in my throat, and wished the strike
had never been thought Of. guess
Rob did, too, for he was staring hard
at his plate.
II looked at mother, but she said
nothing. Efttf N
"After breakfast Rob and went
upstairs, put on our old clothes with
out a word, and went out to work.
In addition to Joe, father kept an
other man, so the hardest OF the labor
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