The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-04-28

know it, don't believe you would say
| that
| Well. well,' says the old man. well
| Wen may have been mistaken, but ne
did not strike me as a likely teacher
Professor, says l. 'talkin' like par
| son at a christening. if you care to givf.
Mr.. Mason trial, you will change your
| opinion on that score
The old man looked a little ratified. and
then said he thought Billy lacked dig,
nifty.
/" 'whatr says I, Mr.. Mason lack dig.
nity? us
He's so small says the old man.
An, says l. small, yes-but uudigni-
| nedE Why, my dear sir you don't know
| Mr.. Mason. Possibly alone. in the pres
cree OF his employer, he might unbena
| put IN public-before his pupils-why, sir.
ms dlshlty is unimpeachable.'
But his experence?' says the old man,
| kind of Dlaintiveiy.
| A graduate of one of the first com.
| mefelai colleges in America my dear sir
graduate of the New York State Normal
School-Where could he have better expert
| ence% 'N' e-NPe'i -
| me old man hemmed and hawed. and
pew his gay old nose, and 1 saw | bac
hi'h gong, so l threw in one on his solar
| pleXus r ''''
| - ~~Nh Sdlu, getting and
| putting hand on his shoulder I rec
commend Mr. Mason to you. l am salts
| hed that when you get him YOU ger a
| young man in 10000. Put him TO work ,
II ne does not show his worth within two
weeks discharge him. He asks no con-
sideratlon at your hands. Let him 60 IL
! you wish, but 1 know that YOU will no,
| le' MN go. He is too valuable man
| ana you VIII make a mistake if Won 10
not secure his services
| We'll, sir, the old man dronned ovA
sald that Billy could go to work on trial
| ana went back TO the hotel. gave the
| landlord his hat back, and threw some ad-
| vice into Billy. N0'''' s'O-
| Blliy,' says I, do you mind the time
you were the best amateur actor in Svra-
Sure says Billy.
| wen says /, put on your acting
clothes. You've got 10 he a dfentea5
teacher. Drop the slang, hold your head
| up act every minute The moment Won
sop actlng you fall down. You write an
eiegant hand You know something about
rltnmetic and bookkeeping, and the eeoe-
raphy and spellin' are easy. You've poi 10
sie up all night and study the lessons for
ry uay' out you re smart and can do it
chance for you to settle down
| Go ahead e'' II III you
Wen sir, next day Billy moved his
trunk up to the school and 1 STAYED on ax~
perrin old Gaylord's books. II was
clllch me books We're as simple as soda
| water; any school boy could have done IL
! but only had hard row to hoo ana
| nlahys the mint he slipped down 10 the
-, hoSei 10 nave the expert help him over A
naIu spot IN the rithmetic book. But one
.S1. ne Skipped hard problem by mis-
| take and whom II ~-'-e'
the pupils could do it, and h'gee nm,
hell for Billy?" "'i 'iiat
agent. 'he ADVANCE
WEEK sir, Billy says when that nrob-
lem ioomed up in front of him like stone
wan IN front of tumblebug. he most
usoppeu dead, but he had his good nerve
/ out: ana sings
can't any of you solve this problem?,
NO, SIR shouts all the pupils.
Wen says Billey L don't exactly
oiame you, for it's very intricate prohrem
oile OF the most Intricate / know. But 7
want TO impress it upon you very deenlv
so won't show any Of you how to do II
| lry again and see If you can solve II he
| lore We close tonight
Ihen Billy set TO work himself and Drt
:, - SPolS minute ne mad, bur do his
pest ne couldn't master the sum CIosi,,ry
came. Billy calls the pupils 10 'tentIon ana
asks en- have they got the answer 10 that
propfem, but not one of EFF could tel, a.
Wen well SAYS Billy 'this,s 100
oad. Not single one of you got that on
swer! Wen, | won't mortify YOU nv show
ing you how IN give you one more
ehance. be sure you have it in the mornine
Ihen Billy dismissed school ana ca,ee
down 70 the hotel on the run. say, he
says. for the Lords sake. can you do that
sum? II you can't he says, I'm a dead
hshv "S""
We'll, sir worked on that sum untn
O'Clock In the morning and Billy came
down before breakfast to learn how 10 al
H. l showed him, and when school was
opened he was all loaded and ready.
Have any OF you solved that proh.
lem2' says he.
But not pupil knew how Il was done
and Billy Mason looked disguised. We'll
says he, 'lts sttange that not one OF YOU
got ~ Bur / subpoAe, after all, IN have
90 show you myself
so he dd. and. say. his stock went
way up out Of sight, and that was the
last Dad trouble be had. A week or two
later, left Ter New York. with 500 velvet
ana I've never seen Billy since, but last