The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-07-12
SOME ODD SORES.

luS JULIET liicuo lcply, duO Wueu i aQ-
vanced I found the pair to be father and
son, the latter boy of IS. The usual saluta-
tions were passed. and as SAT down beside
them I soon found the boy to be unusually
intelligent and keen. We talked about
general matters for a few minutes, and then
Dan'l turned to his father and said:
Might ask him, pop. Ireckon he knows. !"
u war calkellatin to, Dan'l-yes, was
Pm glad him cum along, am. win YOU
abide by what him sayss''
81 will. Go ahead popn
Stranger" said the old man as he put
finger on my knee, I've been fussin with
Dan'l fur two years back. He's been wuss
on me nor the itch. and he's nigh killed his
nam. l brung him out yere to hev 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 mane'
"Yes, more or less"
you've bin round right smart?"
"Yes." m4f
"You know about arithmetic, geography,
grammar, writin and spellinPs
"Yes.v
'Thank the Lord that you hev cun,l
Now, Dan'l, he un will down you in two
minits and you hev agreed to abide"
$50 will, pop Just ask he I'm to talk. {"
well, stranger, it's this: Danl hain't
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
mis- father"
"Well?"
"Waal, / say he shouldn't adoo it. It's
too Tightly. It can't be did. He's bin foolin
hisself"
"What do YOU want to leave home for?n
asked of the boy.
''That I may go to school and get an
education" he replied. "We've had a
school here, and / can read and write and
spell and figure, but want to go higher"
Look at the cheek of itl' shouted the
father. He knows mo- now than do,
md yit he wants to go higher"
'sWhat plan have you got for the future?"
queried of Dan'l. 8
Il want to go to some good school for two
or three years, and then want to study fos
profession"
IA purfeshunl' howled the father as he
sprang up. ''Whoop! A son Of ole Jim New
ms cryin fur purfeshunl If anybody had
toled me I'd live to see this day, I'd hev
token his scslpw
II want to 49, into law or medicine If
can," said Dau'l
"Whoopl That's the last hair what breaks
the cambel's haclll'' roared the old man.
Tim powerfully minded to take the on
grateful cub and wiring his neck! Why
don't you go fur him, stranger2 Why don't
you turn TO and use him up?"
'.Are you opposed to education?"
II be and ben'tl When man kin
read and write and fgger, he's got huff.
That's all ever had, and I've got along
right smart. If Dan'l does as well, he may
be thankful"
"How well have you donea How old are
your
Fifty"
slow mitch are you WORTH"
'More'n $1,000, STRIP
''That is, you've worked 30 years or mors
to accumulate 81 ,ooO or 81 200 worth OF land
snd mule or two?"
"Yes."
"After Dan'l has been educated he can
snrn as much in six months"
''W-whatp'
ibid You ever have lawsuit"
"Onct."
"How much did you pay your lawyerp"
"Cost me S25."
'How much time did he put IMP"
"Not more'n two hours, doggone hint"
1ACil, WY SAoQ1tlu GcA C1Ill gSC LII
two hours2"
He's got you stuck, nopp' laughed the
son.
How much was your doctor bill last
Year,"
Thirty dollars"
"And the doctor was not in your house
half a day all told. Why shouldn't Dan'l
earn $50 the same way? That doctor earned
$50 where YOU earn 81"
"Whoopl The stranger is also ag'in me-"
shouted the old man as he cracked his heels
together.
$50 l am Let Danl educate himself,
and he can buy and sell you inside of u
year. Do you know what income good
lawyer in Knoxville or Chattanooga can
count on?'
II 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 tbs
same with the doctors"
He actually turned pale as he looked
from Dan'l to me and back again and up
and down the road. By and by he askeds
Stranger, hev you r-purfeshuns"
81 have"
And win you allow that you have made
as high as-as So day?"
Eyes, five times that"
He stared at me with open mouth, unable
10 say word
"YoIl don't know much about the world
,utsidc," said as pulled him down and
offered him cigar. lyon work hard on
your farm, and you get ahead slowly. You
can hire a negro to do teamwork for 50 .
week. Carpenters, blacksmiths, painters
and such men get from 80 to $3.50 per day.
If Danl was good bookkeeper, he could
get 81 600 or 81, 200 year."
"C-cou1d hep"
Certainly. but he must have education"
Stranger, did you ever make s. day"
sternly asked the old man.
Eyes, more than that" 49,,
"Four?"
"More than that ~
"Five?"
Eyes, three OF four times FIVE"
"Doggone my onery hide, but it doan'
,eem possibler' he excitedly exclaimed
sAnd you dun it by this ERE eddicashun
bizness?"
''That's the capital you start with AS