St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1901-11-09

| would say that, during his college
days, he had noticed that conceit was.
! characteristic which predominated
to a greater extent than any other,
and had, he thought, proved a stumb-
| ling block to many"
He admonished them to guard
against this too prevalent young man
fault, lest many should find them
selves richer in experience than in
substance. George looked over at
his father and smiled.)
sBut," he added, SSthere were four
classes of men, old as well as young,
| to whom he would call their attention.
They were well classified in four Ara
bian proverbs, which were to this ef-
feet: He that knows not, and knows
| not that he knows not, is stupid; shun.
him. He that knows not, and knows
that he knows not, is good; teach him.
He that knows, and knows not that he.
knows, is asleep; arouse him. He
that knows, and knows that he knows,
| is wise; follow him." And his glance
fell on the speculator.
AS the congregation dispersed, Mrs.
DeGolyer noticed that all eyes seemed
to be upon them, and thinking it was
owing to her husbands unusual pres
ence there, she felt as "bashful" as
when, 80 years before, leaning on the
llarm of the handsome man beside her,
she had walked out Of that church a
happy bride.
Yes, he was very serious, but heWas
thinking of an entirely different mat
ter. He had gone to church with the
sole purpose of studying the man in
his pulpit who could SSbeat" him so
cleverly with his own weapons on fair
ground.
On reaching home he threw himself
on the couch and thought over the
whole transaction of his trade with
the minister, of every word the minis
ter had said, and just how he looked
when saying it.
sHe couldn't manage the horse"
Yes, he guessed he couldn't nor any
body else.
ssHe couldn't say what she was
WORTH Wasn't that cunning, not to
put price onher?
His father told him he'd better
sell her" Excellent advice that.
ssThen it didn't cost to keep q
watch, and it did q horse. - What a
plausible reason for him to be wiling
to trade. And then he was SO cool, SO
hesitating, so Indifferent. Just my
own tricks.
ssHe knew of no fault in her other
than the one I saw. That had laid
to his driving" Wasn't that slick?
That one fault was enough.
saThen he said he'd take the watch
on my word, and, as he knew Of no one
better than myself to refer to, I'd have
to take the horse on my own judg-
ment-very dattering that-and it
was trade il said SO.
His cogitations were interrupted BY
the entrance of his son, who wore the
same insinuating expression as when
in church.
Hello, father! Don't you think
we've got a very clever minister"
eyes, my son, very clever. Very
clever, indeed"
'ssay, father, don't you think you
had better change your mind about
my going to college?o
eyes, George, yes.
Hadn't ] better take some prepara-
tory lessons Of the minister?
"By all means"
Father, which do you think I had
better learn first, Greek and Latin, or
how to trade a horseY
sTBoth, my son. answered his
father, wincing.
George went to college, and it
might be remarked that, although the
speculator had been offered three
times what he had given for the colt,
for reasons best known to himself, he
preferred to send her to his stock
farm, and she was never seen on those
village streets again.
Of course, under the circumstances,
the minister never got the promised
drive, and strange as it may seem,
though he and DeGolyer became the
best of friends, neither ever referred
to it, or to the trade.
But whether the young minister
did understand both man and beast.
or traded better than he knew, still
puzzles the Speculation Boston
Globe.
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