The St. Johns herald., 1896-08-22
ONE IND TWO.
By WALTER BEsANT.
CHAPTER I.

Nell, crleu the boy, JuInp1HS lbout, unable to stand still for excite nent, Cit is splendidI He has told me
 uch things as never dreamed. Oh, plendid thingsl Wonderful thingsP
 ''Tell me, Will D
 ''I am ashamed. Well, then, he says he says" the boys face became crim- son, ''he says that I can become what ,ver- please, if I please. It is all in ne-all-alll If 1 want to become q statesman, may. If I want to be- come judge, may. If l should like to be bishop I may; if a great schol- Rr, great writer, may. All, he says, Is possible for ne if I choose to work Ill if choose to work. Oh, Nell, isn't
 t-isn't it wonderful?" He dropped his 1oice, and his eyes glistened-his large lreamy eyes-and his cheeks glowed
 If choose to workl As if should not ;hoose to work! Only those fellows who lave got no such glorious prospects are azy. Work? Why, am mad to work! grudge every hour. Work? You shall 'ee how I will workP'
 He was lad of IF, handsome, tall md straight; his eyes were full and impid; his face was a long oval; his mouth delicate and fine, but perhaps lot quite so firm as might have been lesired. At this moment he had just leld 9 conference with his private tutor t took the form of a remonstrance and explanation. The remonstrance pointed ut that his work was desultory and apt o be interrupted at any moment for any purpose; that steady grind was incom- )atible with the giving away of whole mornings to musical dreams at the piano, or to rambles in the woods, Q )ook of poetry in hand. The explana- ion was to the effect that the great prizes of the world are all within the each of every clever lad who starts with sufficiency of means and is not lfraid of work, and that he himself lone other-pOssessed abilities which would justify him in aiming at the very highest.
 But he must work-he must work Be had been to no school and knew nothing of competitions with other fel- !ows. He must make up for that by hard grind. Think what it may mean to a young fellow of imagination and of 1ream, this throwing open of the gates of the temple of ambition, this invita- ion to mount the steps and enter that yreat and glittering dome. The temple within is all glorious with crowns of gold, set with precious stones, and with ;rowns of bay and laurel Day and night ascends hymn ill praise of the living They themselves -t the living who have Succeeded-sit on thrones of carved woodwork, precious beyond price, md hear and receive this homage all lay long. This lad, only by looking in 1t the open doors, gasped and blushed md panted. His color came and went; lis heart beat; he could not stand still.
 His companion-they were ill coun. ny garden. and it was the spring of the 7ear-was girl of 15, who hung upon lis words and adored him. Some wom- 9n begin the voluntary servitude to the man they love at very early age ill., Iced. Nelly at 15 loved this boy of F IS much as if they had both been 10 years older.
 . "Yes," she said timidly, and the manner of her saying it betrayed certain things. And you will work, Will, won't you?"
 "Work? Nell, since your father has spoken those words of encouragement feel that there is nothing but work left in me-regular work-methodical, sys. tematic work, you know. Grind, grind, yrind! No more music, no more singing, 10 more making rhymes-grind, grind, yrindl Isay, Nell, I've always dreamed, you know''-
 "You have, Will. "
 And to find that things may actual ly come true - actually - the finest things that tever dared to dream-ohW
 "It is wonderful, WillW Both of them began to think that the finest things had already been achieved.
 ''It is like having your fortune dou- bled-trebled-multiplied by 10. Bet ter. If my fortune were multiplied by 50, I could spend no more, I could eat no more, believe could do no more with it."
 "Genius," l" said the girl, blushing, be- cause it really did seem an original thing to say, lis better than riches"
 Ut is, it is, !" the possessor of genius replied, with conviction. ''To have enough is to have all can, if Iplease,