Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1901-08-05
THE BOY WHO is BOUND TO FAIL.

uuC0 W6uU 10 no mute trouble anu
spent considerable time in securing a
good position for boy of II, in whom
I was interested. The boy seemed to
me to have good deal of ability, and
he was most fortunate in securing the
position referred to. Twas, therefore,
surprised and disappointed when he
came to me at the end of two weeks
and wanted me to use my influence in
securing him another place.
"Why, George!" said, "why did
you leave the place l secured for
your"
because they wanted to make a
slave of me-" he said sharply.
[ could not believe this to be true,
and when, day or two later, 1 met
the gentleman in whose employ
George had been, I said:
"Why did George Blank lose his
position in your Officer"
ooh, he was one of those boys who
wants to work altogether by the clock,
and that sort of a boy is never salts
factory"
"What do you mean by working by
the clock?" I asked.
"Well, he would drop anything he
was doing the instant the clock struck
six or twelve. He wrote a very good
hand and I had him write a few short
business letters for me, and I have
known him to lay down his pen at six
o,01Ook ond mt a Iottor oSido RI he
finished the next morning, when he
could have finished it in three or four
minutes; before eight he would sit
around in idleness waiting for the
clock to strike eight before he would
do thing. That is what I call work
ing by the clock and [ have never
known such workers to amount to
much in life"
[ doubt if such workers ever achieve
a high degree of success in life. The
boy whose eyes wander to the clock
every few minutes to see how long it
will be until noontime or until six
O'Clock is not interested in his work
His heart is not in it. He is not anx-
ious to do his work to the utmost of
his ability. He is disposed to do as
little as possible in return for the
wages paid to him. Such workers will
generally shirk if they can. A wealthy
man told me that he once had in his
employ two boys each about IS years
of age. One day he gave them GER
tain task to do. Just as the clock |
struck six he CHANGED to overhear one |
of the boys say to the other, "Come,
Joe; there goes the six O'Clock whistle.
Get your hat and let's get out of this.''
"No," said Joe, ''let us finish up this
work. We can do it in ten minutes |
over time and get it out of the way"
''Not much!" retorted the other boy. |
you don't catch me working ten |
minutes over time and not getting |
for it!'
"Well, you know we were allowed !
to go home half an hour before time
because there was nothing for us to
do, one day last week"
CHATS all right" said Harry, the |
other boy. We aren't paid such great |
wages that they can't afford to let us
go home early once in while. Pm
going home right now"
"All right. Run along, and I'll stay
and finish this work up myself. I'd |
rather finish it and be ready to start in
on something fresh in the morning."
kept my eyes on those two boys
after that" said the gentleman who
had told me the story, and 1 discov-
cred that the boy called Harry was a
regular shirk and that his work was
rarely well done. The other boy
whose name was Joe, was on the other
hand, extremely careful and pains
taking. He paid no attention to the
clock and he did readily and cheerfully
that I asked him to do. Do
you wonder that he is to- day my right
hand man, while poor Sinking Harry
is a clerk on a salary of ten dollars
week in a dry goods store?"