Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1892-05-21

show what kind Of stuff I'm made Of"
answered the youth.
II reckon you're made Of the same
sort Of clay as yer mother and me, but
yer only about half baked yet, said the
old man, with a grin. "This comes of a
little learnin'. You'd better tarry at
Jericho until yer beard is grown, an
you've cpt yer wisdom teeth, SON."
but the young man persisted. He ex-
planned to his father that he wanted to
see the world. and make his ark in it.
He might have to begin low, but he
was bound to rise, and be somebody,
and he knew enough to keep clear Of
bunco stecrers and all such gentry. SO
his father gave him his blessing, and
tive enty- Ave dollars in gold, and let him
60 with a pardonable desire to crafty
h,s ambition and see him rise in the
world.
In due time . letter came from the
young man. He had found employ ment
us clerk in IA iewelry store. 1t was
only stepping stone. he said. to the
fortune ne intended to make, but he
should keep his eyes open and lose no
good chance.
The next letter was from the chief of
police in the city where the young man
was employed. 1t merely announced
the fact that the youth was in Jail
and wanted his father to come and bail
him out The CONSERVATION which this
missive introduced into the farm house
hold can only be imagined. They all
Loyalty chung to the belief that their
Charles Augustus was not q criminal in
intent. but the fact of his being in Jail
was great blow to their pride.
Let us RETURN as the novclists say,
TO Charles Augustus.
That entcrprising young man had
won golden opinions from his employers
by his steady conduct, his correct busi-
ness principles, and his devotion to
their interests. One day, at n time
when he was the only clerk in the store.
stranger entered and asked to c
shown some diamond earrings. He
produced business card, and the jew
eler, who personally attended to him.
recognized the name as that of man
recently established in business there.
but who was still stranger to him.
The gentleman selected the earrings
and asked that they be sent to his hotel
for his wife to examine before purchas-
ing them. Then he left the store.
Now this business was unbusincss-
like and the jeweler cautioned young
StillweIl not to leave the diamonds un-
less they were paid for. rs the buyer
had said they would be if they suited.
So Charles Augustus went up to the
hotel with two ideas fixed in his mind
He was to return. like the Spartan
hero. with his shield. or upon tin
other words, he was to bring back
either the diamonds or their equivale Mt
in cash.
Know thyseIf," the motto Of the
wise men Of Greece. was an unknown
quantity in the arithmetic of our
Charles Augustus. He had read enough
dime literature in his salad days, which
were not yet over, to fill his soul with
an unequal appreciation of things. For
instance, quite unknown to his parents,
he ycarncd to be detective. Cowboys
and raiders were not much to his liking:
they lacked the element of respecta-
bility. But to be detective. a sleuth-
hound of the law, to rise to the high
position of inspcctor-in- chief of police.
to be the terror of small boys and evil
hoers. was to reach the uItimatum of
his ambition. When his employer
imagined his new clerk at the reading
room of the Y. NJ. G. A. or sound asleep
in his boarding house bed Charles
Augustus was hanging around the
police station, watching the criminals
brought in, and admiring the officers
on duty who assigned each one to Il cell