Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-03-24

"DoGGONE MY HIDE, But 1T DON'T SEEN
POsSIBLEI
Stranger" said the old man as he put
a finger on my knee, 1--WE been fussin with
Dan'l fur two years back. He's been wuss
on me nor the itch, and he's nigh killed his
man. brung him out yere to hev a talk
and settle it, and it seems as if the Lord
had sent you this way just in time. Be
you what is called an dedicated MANI"
'Yes, more or less"
you've bin round a right smart?"
"Yes"
you know about arithmetic, geography,
grammar, writin and spelln?"
"Yes"
"Thank the Lord that you hev cuml
Now, Dan'l, he un will down you in two
mints, and you hev agreed to abide"
80 will, pop. Just ask he un to talk"
well, stranger, it's this: Danl haint
got no sense. He wants to leave hum and
go fur himself. He wants to know mo-
and hev better clothes and mo- money than
his father"
"Well?"
WAL, | say he shouldn't adoo it. It's
too Eighty. Ii can't be did He's bin fooin
hisself."
What do you want to leave home forP"
| asked of the boy.
THAT | may so to school and get an
education" he replied. We've had
school here and can read and write and
spell and figure, but l want to go higher"
Look at the cheek of it!' shouted the
father, He knows mo- now than | do,
and yit he wants to go higher"
What plan have you got for the future"
| quered of Dan'l.
81 want to go to some good school for two
or three years, and then want to study for
profession"
"A purfeshun" howled the father as he
sprang up. "Whoopl A son of ole Jim New
ms cryin fur purfeshun! If anybody had
tolcd me I'd live to see this day, I'd hev
token his scalpr'
Il want to 30 into law or medicine if
can" said Dan'
"Whoop That's the last hair what breaks
the cambel's backr' roared the old man.
Pm powerfully minded to take the on
grateful cub and wiring his neckl Why
cont you go fur him, stranger? Why don't
/ you turn to and use him up?"
Are you opposed to education?"
Il be and | ben'tl When a man kin
read and write and figger, he's got huff
7 hats all | ever had, and Tve got along
I right smart. If Dan'l does as well, he may
lie thankful"
How well have you doneS How old are
you;"
Fifty"
How much are you WORTH"
"Moren 81 600, STRIP
That is, you've worked 80 years or more
TO accumulate 81 GOO or 81 200 worth of land
and mule or two?"
Yes"
after Danl has been educated he can
earn ~ nnpb in sly he -
"W-whatr'
did you ever have lawsuit?"
"Onct."
How much did you pay your lawyer"
Cost me $25."
"How much time did he put nf"
mot more'n two hours, doggone himI'
"Then, why shouldn't Dan'l earn $50 in
two hours?"
! Hes got you stuck, popP' laughed the
son.
"How much was your doctor bill last
Year,"
Thirty dollars"
And the doctor was not in your house
half day all told. Why shouldn't Danl
earn $50 the same wayY That doctor earned
$50 where you earn ST."
"Whoopl The stranger is also ag'in me-"
shouted the old man as he cracked his heels
together.
$50 | am. Let Dan'l educate himself,
and he can buy and sell you inside of a
year Do you know what income a good
lawyer in Knoxville or Chattanooga can
count ons"
81 never thought"
well, it's enough in one year to buy the
whole Of this cove and every calf and hog
and mule within 10 miles of it. It's the
same with the doctors"
He actually turned pale as he looked
from Danl to me and back again and up
and down the road. By and by he asked:
Stranger, hev you pur-purfeshun"
~ have"
"And will you allow that you have made
as high as-as So a dayi"
Eyes, five times that"
He stared at me with open mouth, unable
10 say a word
"You don't know much about the world