The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-03-22

hour came, even though no teacher was
at hand to enforce the law. One after
noon a great temptation came to him In
the form Of a visit from little friend
whose call had long been anticipated
with pleasure. Some occupation
claimed the attention of all the older
members of the family, and no one re-
allied that Tommy's duties as host and
pupil conflicted. The idea of being re-
leased from his promise never occurred
to him; so, being too honorable to stoop
| to deception, he left his little guest to
entertain himself, while Tommy, like a
stole, accepted the inevitable and seat
ed himself for the reading which had
been assigned for this half hour.
Tommy's use of English is very origl-
nal and his sentences are models or
brevity. Articles and propositions he
| considers useless encumbrances; pro-
nouns are thornS in the flesh, and all
words not absolutely needful for the eX-
preston of the idea are discarded with
scant ceremony by the young man.
The noun and verb unadorned furnish
his conception of a complete sentence
Some of his expressions are peculiarly
his own Subtraction, he declared to
mean "all emptied." In speaking of a
tall slight friend, he remarked that
Mr.. is long but not wide" THE
birds have stopped" was his excited
comment on finding two little sparrows
with life extinct. Poor T. is his pity
ing commiseration for some real or fam
cied personal i'll.
Happily for himself as well as for
IL, vi a
sense of humor. He recently achieved
his first pun and it was not bad one,
considering that he can have no knowl-
edge of sound. 1t was in the sloid class
one day when an unknown plane was
handed to him. 1T is not a jack
plane,' was his soliloquy-"not block
plane, then, with CLEAN Of fun-'it
must be a Jamaica Plain
He is a genuine boy and thoroughly
enjoys a joke-particularly when it is
played by him upon some one else.
One evening when he was about to re-
tire, some time later than the other
boys, it was noticed that he took with
him a large rubber ball His little
roommate always waits for good
night salutation, and in expectation of
the accustomed ceremony was sitting up
in bed. Tommy as usual approached
saying: Good night, Eddie" Bend
ing over, presumably to kiss him, Tom
my, gaining close proximity to Ed
dies face, he gave sudden pressure to
the ball and sent an unexpected shower
bath on Eddies head, The spluttering
on his part and the giggling on Tom
my's betrayed the fact that mischief
was afoot, and on investigation fol-
lowed. M
His knowledge of the location of Bos-
ton streets would do credit to an old
resident-a fact which was demonstra-
ted one evening when the family was
invited to play electric car" Since
his ambition is divided between the at
tainment of the position of motorman
and that of elevator boy, he reserved
the post of conductor for himself and
the other members of the family served
as passengers. Standing without in the
corridor, he would open the door with a
flourish and announce the name of the
street which the car had reached, sur
prising all by the number Of streets
with which he was familiar, and the
order in which he named them When
Ills pdS-tIBGTS were SIOW III ltdNluS lilc
car, and street was called. known to
be frequented by one of them, he would
jog the memory of the delinquent with
the suggestion: Miss -, get out
here!"-a service seldom rendered by
the ordinary conductor
In lessons Jof love, patience and kind
ness Tommy has been an unconscious
teacher. He has brought to many a
mute reproach of their ingratitude and
a better appreciation of the common |
blessings Of life as we'll as an inspira-
ton to use Alright the powers which they |
possess, by the contrast of his life with
their own. Who can ask for a greater
sphere of usefulness in the world than
this? If his life has done so much thus
Far, surely it Is not in vain that it be |
for higher service.
OF Tommy's work in sloyd. his teach I
or, Gustaf LARSON, of that department
says:
Tommy has had two lessons a week
If two hours each, and the most inter-
esting feature of his work has been his
spontaneous creations. Twenty min
ties of each lesson has been allowed
lim for making what he pleases0 and
t Is a noteworthy fact that his most
vigorous and independent work is done
It this time. will not allow the teach
II to help him in the least, when he is
working on his own inventions. This
rear he has made larger articles than
heretofore. but his patience and interest
AVE not tagged in spite of the longer
Dad to attainment. A sled three feet
ong bread board made of five differ
mt pieces Joined together and a table
With square and dowelled joints are
.mong the productions which attest his
bility and skill" II
The following story of 1.-TWO Boston
Boys" is Tommy's own production, and
vas profusely illustrated by pictures Of
lis own conceiving, cut from white pa
er and pasted on a black background.
his is his story as he wrote it:
Two Boston Boys:-The Puritan boy
f 1690.-The Boston boy of 1s99.-Bos-
on is an old city. More than two hun /
red years ago the Puritans came across
he ocean to find a new home in Ameri~ {
a. They built a town on three hills /
nd named it Boston. That was their
Id home in England. .
1.-THE little Puritan boy walked :
trough grassy lanes instead of streets. !,
lie drove the cows to pasture on the =
Common. Washington street is the old !
rocked cow-path. There was a high
eacon on eacon Hill and a windmill on .