The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-05-08
isAAc's LITERARY OPPORTUNITY.
Just Now He Is Printers Devil, but He
May Develop Some Day.

Just Now He Is a Printers Devil, but He
May Develop Some Day.
What's your boy Ike dom daown e
| Boston, jerome" asked the Hilldale post
master one stormy night, while he and
| jerome Sargent waited for the coach TO
arrive. Mr.. Sargent had returned from a
| visit to Boston the day before. and il was
vaguely reported In the village that he'd
had great doins daown blow with Ike"
Isaac" replied Mr.. Sargent in tone
of i'll concealed pride. sis right in tn
| midst o things, ben jest tell We. NJ
wife, she's allus held to it that Isaac Ted
got { be soma kind of a library Teller
when he'd got his growth, an l declare
fort, it does appear s eff he was in a
pooty far way t kerry aout his mas
d'sirss. He's jest right in amongst
mess o. tn library folks tn hull 'durin
time; sees 'em real informal day in an
aoutr'
do tellr' gasped the postmaster, with
an expression of the greatest and most
fartering amazement on his sharp fea-
tured countenance.
"Yes, SIR" said Mr.. Sargent, seeing
that he had made a decided impression
on his listener. II was raound with
Isaac quite little spell one mornin. but
lawZee, l couldn't stand no sech fluster-
in. hurryin times as he hes right along!
Twould kill me right of. or anyways
shouldn't never be fit for anythiu agin
after week o sech work. But Isaac
likes it. an seems { feel real easy an on
concerned 'baout gettin riound. There's
one thing his ma an l would like t hev
changed though. that's tn short rations
o. time they give him t git from one
place t. another an back agin."
Hes t hurry. docs her inquired the
postmaster.
"He cert'nIy doos," replied Mr. Sar-
gent. crossing his hands on his knees and
surveying the effect meditatively as he
talked. ''Isaac's likely boy at learnin,
an they'd orter give him little more of
a chance, seems q ef."
well, naow, what is Ike dom precise
lyf" inquired the postmaster after a
pause, during which he had waited pa
dently for Mr.. Sargent to give soms
more definite information as TO his sons
pursuit, which had always been STROUD
ed in mystery.
"Why, amt cal'latin t tell We jest
tn name they give t n boy III Isaac's psi
ton" remarked the father prudently.
ut w'd strike We kind o queer, same as
it did me fust off, till Isaac explained
'baout it? | amt deemed it hardly wise
e tell his ma even jest yet. for she's kind
O. notional, al faint II pooty uame no
two ways 'haout it. But it appears t
it's customary, an don't mean what We
might s'pose or anythin ike it. What
Isaac docs is t kerry what he tells me
ill., h. c111 A.
back an forth betwixt them that writes |
an them that prints. Jest think o thati
Right in with 'eIn all, Isaac is!'
"Do tn folks that he works for set |
much by him?" inquired the postmaster |
in tone of great respect.
9TH printin folks set Il heap by him. |
replied blr. Sargent. It's Isaac here |
en- Isaac there all tn time with them. |
Isaac says tn writin men don't seem t |
take much to him, but told him that Ct |
he was good boy an did his work well |
they'd git so they'd feel real friendly to |
him an be glad t see him whenever he
come in, same az tn printiD folks are.
An said t him, sort Of encouragin. for
/ thought he seemed kind o daoubt-
full, Why. Isaac, what good thing it |
w'd be for we eff some O. them writin
folks sh'd take real shine t sc an have
a little talk with We naow an agin whilst
they was fnisilin up their writin for ye
t take off for Isaac says they never hev
It done when he gifts there hardly |
P'r'aps they might kind O. set forth { ye
haow they write, an so on, says !. Isaac
didn't seem { think twas likely. but
do, an so docs his NAL
when Il boy" said Mr.. Sargent.
rising as he heard the sound of the ap-
coach. hes a chance like
Esaac's, theirs no KNOWN what may come
g himT-Youth's Companion