, 1897-09-18
BOTH SIDES.
End OF a Moral Tale and Explanation
OF a Historic Fact.

Did you ever read a Sunday school
book?" he asked the club.
ITO my sorrow l did" said one OF the
group; and most OF the others thereof
whispered sadly that they, too, had done
so. For this a not a Bile
club, be it understood. Men in this club
didn't drink eight or nine rickeys in
the course of a before-dinner talk: there
was no old-looking youth who could
land would, which was worse) reel off
mile after mile of carefully balanced
sentences IN a fifth-second notice by the
stup-watch. In this club the members
were not all men about town or noted
clubmen; this was just a good club, and
though it had some black sheep and
sad dogs among its members, most of
the men that composed it were gentle
men by and by instinct at all
events. In that fact it differed from
most clubs-at-least If some newspaper
writer's always write the truth.
That being the state OF things, it was
not strange that most Of the group had
read Sunday school books.
Well" said he first speaker, with
some establishment. I'm surprised
twice, first, that the Sunday school habit
should have been SO prevalent. and, sec
ond, that the habit Of telling the truth
should still cling to so many of you-''
After the necessary supplies had been
procured he continued more carefully:
D you remember. in one of those
books. the story of two carpenters EN-
ployed to build some little shed or other?
The elder saw the younger planning both
sides OF a board, and went for him.
"Whadyer dom that for" he asked.
Nobody sees that side According to
the story the young carpenter explain
ed that he did it because it was right,
because, eve il only one side of the
board was seen by men, a higher power
could see both sides. and would judge
him accordingly.
That story made an impression on
meas a child: and when | first struck
out for myself / determined to plane
both sides, SO to speak. | got a JOB
pretty quickly (at the time | said tina,
| had consented to accept a situation)
really. my people got it for me. At any
rate, | was soon in a position to plane
both sides. / did, most carefully; bu,
in a mighty short time complaint was
made that | wasn't dong my work prop,
erly, and | was called up by the man
ager. I explained matters. 'Where'd
You get that idea into your head?' he
added. and with much confusion | tolt
him.
look here. my boy he said On
quoting him now, you've got to learr
i some time or other, and | think your,
the sort Of fellow that's worth learning
it now. Did you ever hear the end O
that story-that moral tale?' | said tina
! hadn't. Well said he, the contruc
tor came along and saw the Sunda,
school boy planning both sides Of the
f'iiihS III 81" Tie oIu tiI pGultI "llD1l
the lad had converted doing the same
and he had a fit right then and there
and il what he said was charged up il
the hereafter against the Sunday schoo
boy, who really made him say it,
wouldn't want to insure that boys sou
against fire.
Then, when he got calm, the con,
tractor explained that these TWO mer
were on a temporary job. and that they
were just wasting good. rich time plan,
| ing both sides: that what was needed
was a certain job done. and then NOR,
) hands on another job and so on. AnC
I the manager explained to me that unit
| got orders | wasn't to plane both
sides, and then he opened the door ant
said 'Git!' and as I got he kicked me
and I've remembered his advice eve
since.
Dye remember the war;" asked thi
Oldish man in the corner. Some OF tn,
group nodded.
We'll. Mcclellan tried to plane bod
sides Of the board" said the oldist
man.-New York Sun.
Miss Howler twho singS)-"That gen
tleman you just introduced me to sale
he would give anything IL he had my
voice. By the way. whac business doe!
he follow" Friend-"He's an auction.