Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-05-24

e 80 eH}R % ner, " d'H,
~ spared no
expense over your school education.
Us you know; and I do not mean to
either" '''N'
:. You've been awfully generous,
father" Tom assented. sI believe no
fellow ut Elton had so much tin ns
had" " :
81 expect not" observed tho old
gentleman with gratified look as he
held up his glass to the light prepara-
tory to enptying it. "And you got
into pretty smart set, consequently,
didn't you?'
Pretty fair, I think" grinned Tom.
That is we'll, so fur rs it goes, I" CON
tinued M. Brilliant impressiyely
'But it don't go far enough. School
was only laying tho foundation, and
college is to do the superstructure. 1
want you to get into the smartest set
IN the whole Varsity, my lad"
I'll do my level best, father, if
you'll stump up" replied Tom con-
hdentially. "You may lay your bot
tom dollar on that"
ooh, I'll stump right enough" said
Blllifant the elder, visibly swelling in
his waistcoat. "I'm not the man to
be chokcd off by little expense whom
!'vo set my mind on thing. You
know mo better than that. And let
mo impress upon you, Tom, once
moro, that getting into really tip
top set Mt the Varsity will make the
whole difference to your future status
In society," thing which means
well, nowadays it means everything !''
Tom nodded agreement with this
confession of his fathers creed, MS
much, perhaps, because T. made tho
old gentleman angry to differ from
him, MS for any other reason. While
the latter continued, with slow solcm-
nifty:
''You oughtn't to have much diff
Guilty, my lad. You've a good pres
ence, good manners, good tailor,
and though 1 say it, who shouldn't
good old governor to back you up
with the rhino. Likewise, you've Ind
good start and good education OF
Elton. And if, with all these ad.
vantages, you fail to establish your
footing among the young toffs-well,
you'll be about as big u muff as they
make EN-"
81 certainly SHALL" admitted Tom.
with dutiful acquiescence in the pa.
ternal dictum.
"By the by" said his father, after q
pause, 81 don't wish to revive nm I'm
pleasant subject. But we've heard the
last about that ridiculous wish of yours
to go into the Church, I hope. Eth,
sir"
ooh, quite, father" answered Tom
hastily, remembering only too clearly
the explosion of wrath with which hi,
hot-tempered parent had hailed the
proposal when 1T wns Inst bronched {
year or SO ago, and he (Tom) had bee,
foolish enough to beard the old gen
tleman on the subject-"quite, as
sure you. l have entirely abandoned
the idea since you expressed yourself
30 strongly against it. ;"
"That is right" said Mr.. Brilliant,
npprovingly. Nowadays the Churcl
is seedy profession, Tom, not wha
it used to be at all, when I was lad
Two-thirds of those who wear til,
cloth are paupers, and about half tn,
rest are cads. No, mol my lad. I
you want worldly and social advance
ment, the Church amt your ticket
and that's the fnct."
"You wish me to go into tho diplo
matio service or something of tina
sort, don't you?" asked Tom, anxious
to lead the conversation from its some
what dangerous venue.
"Yes, yes, my boy; or something o
that sort. Or you might obtain
seoretaryship, you know, to Cabine
Minister. That is partly why it is 8,
important TINT you should get in Will
the young nobs ut Oxford; for the,
are sure to have influential relatives
who would give you no end of lift
In fact, I see no reason why yo1
should not eventually rise to be Am
bassador at one of the Continental
Courts, and hob and nob-wh
knows?-with all the crowned head
of Europe"
"That sounds bit previous, a
present, father" remarked Tom, smil
ing.
''Not bit of it," retorted his pr
rent. cts within your reach, te
you. if you show yourself a lad {
pluck and perseverance. There
not one young fellow in thouean
has your chances! BIZ
there. That'll do for now. We mus
join the ladies-only mind you re
member what I've said, and shap
your Varsity life accordingly.
Cali right, father" said Tom, nc
sorry that the tete-a-t ete was COZ
Guided. "You may rely on me. An
thanks awfully for being 80 generor
in the matter of oof."
''Not at all, my boy" answered MI
Brilliant, rising. eff you just carr
out my wishes, the money will hav
been we'll invested"
Mr.. Brilliant was soap boiler, in
very large way of business-one G
Il