The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-03-19

Sc. h NsvS %I mlnd, says I. Tomorrow I'll go
80 next day | mounted the landlord 8 high
say, l looked Just as mucl like, a banker as
when j landed the wagon man. sunk all the
Say, Il you'd heard me talk you'd thought It
chair and 1 Introduced myself and said I'd just
dropped in, thinking tina. the cares Of business
uron, me, Then l mentioned Billy's name.
,oar Nell, h" saws, I'm extremely sorry. but
For half a minute I never said a word.
Then ! said. very SLOWLY: Professor. YOU
knew that Young mans capability as well as
[ don't believe, you would say that.
We'll, we'll says the old man. well, well;
n. ,rr2isssor, says !, taikin' IKE a parsS2n
Mason q trial. YOU will change your opin-
The old man looked a little ratified. and then
"He's 50 small says the old man
Why. my dear sir. you don't know Mr.. Mason.
POSSIBLY alHre, in the presence Fl his employ:
p~upils-why. sir. his dignity Is unimpenchable.'
hind b ~ ms SXnerieneeF says the old man.
"a graduate Of one Of the first CONNER
ca colleges IN America: my dear sir.a grad
Where Wlvs OF c snG New Es have 9%,f bs s,ele AZ R 1sTlsnc sShool-
The old guy hemmed and hnwed. and blew
his gay old nose. and ! saw | had him going.
" My dear sir l said. getting up and putting
n hand on his shoulder. 4 recommend Mr.. Ma.
son TO YOU. I am satisfied that when you get
him YOU. get q young man in. 10000. Put him to
work! u he does not shoM his worth within two
tiSs at G NsHr hssd n'"l Lot IL si nsk so ne Il ' Sos Nish.
but l know that you will not let him go, He is
too valuable a, man. aud YOU will make a mis-
that biiiy. could e to work on ,rialIi mill went
back, and threw some advice into Billy.
Billy, says |. do YOU mind the time you
were the best amateur actor In syracuse"
well says /, put on our acting clothes.
t inc" s sf Go' hold 10 'y your " I hssnd 9p. t act everv mrI1p
ute. The moment you stop acting you fall
down. You write an elegant hand. you know
ing. and the g'ography and spellin' are, easy.
You've got to sit, up nj night and study the
lessons for next day, but you're smart and can
do IL. Here's a change FOR you to settle down
and he respectable. You've got it in you. Go
We'll. sir. next day Billy moved his trunk
IN 70 u" school and STAYED on eAbettin old
Gaylord's books. II was a cincb. The books
could have done it. But Billy had a hard row
to hoe and many's the night he slirped down
hard SPOT III the 'rithmetic BOOK. But one
night he skipped a hard problem by mistake
himself, Say, wasn't that he'll fol, Billy
"WW..ifi' Ill., s sir. he sii fS' sa asse8 8h hss a ths. pr sSSffa1i
doomed NJ in front Of him like II stone wall In
front Of a tumblebug. he most dr9pped dead.
Can't any OF YOU solve this nroblem?'
'WHEe;li S:r; sa ss0H Biiiy an ! i"S DON'T pHS't Exactly blame
the most intricate I know, But / wan, t dim.
any Of vol, how to do it. Try again and see If
you gan solve 1t before We close to;nlHht'
WI N KILN a ~ wnfE I'm and mn IN
every spare minute he had. but do his best he
conldn't master the sum. Closing time came.
have they get the ans yer to that problem. but
not one Of EN- could TIL tel 1t; ,,ts.s .oo h,, M,
a single one Of you got tnat answer! Vel,
civ" YOU one more chance. BE sure you have
Then lilly dismissed school and came dovu
70 the hotel on the run, say he says, Tor TIE
he saws, I'm q dead fish" .
Well. sir. l worked on that sum until .
before, hhreakfast to learn how to do it !
showed him. and when school was opened he
was al loaded and ready. ,,., .,,. Dro,,.m,
nt%,Rut not a pppil, knew how it WAS done an,
It's strange that not 3ne Of YOU got Il; but
s~uprose. after all. I'll have to show YOU my
$50 he did. and. saw, his stock went way "
out Of sight. anu that Sas the IasI hHd troHei
lie hdu. a week or TWO idItT l lelt LOT NeF
York with 500 velvet. and I've never seer
Billy since, but last month on the way from
man I ran.into was old Mclaughlin.
'Ar. %Stoarns.' he says. l owe YOU a deb
of gratitude, ~
ton II. | knew he couldn't fail.
THAT Young man. said the old guy. is on,
of the most admirable | have ever known. He
the best teacher ! ever had. and the staff am
pupils alike, respect him. Did he tell you h
was married.
Well. Sir, ! like to have dropped dead whel
l heard that. and | guess | forgot my gram
mar and nv manners. too,
I'll devil YOU say. says I. Who to- an
the old man looked like he had been shot;
Mr.. Stearns. says he I'm sorry to .hea
YOU use that word. Mr.. Mason never swear,
He is married to nv daughter. sir. and has
half interest in the business. And. sir. l ar
glad and proud Of il,
And all that" said the stereopticon maj
came out Of a cold blutf.'