The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-01-23

ard at nights he'd look up into the sky
and dream great things, and by and by
he began to get wings
Thine went on and he grew up into
big boy and he didn't want to let his
poor little mother work. so he went
wayYand got situation, working on the
public highway, mind you, just shoveliing
dirt, but tell you when he came home
nights and brought all the mon
ey, every penny of it, and put it on the
table for his little mother he was
mighty proud boy. He wore a little lind
suit that his mother made
for him, and chip hat, and he might
have looked funny, but tell you he had
true manliness in him. and that's what
will show in a fellow, tell you,
why, l know a lot of boys that are
brought up at home without a wrinkle
on their soft hands, and they are regular
conservatory boys, and they wear, if you
please, patent leather shoes, and one of
those peculiar collars-bless. your heart,
you'd think it was a cuff! Well. the boy
worked away, and worked away. at his
honest toll, and all the time he was
studying away, too, and his great star
ry eyes We're looking up into the heavens
at night, and he was revolving great
things in his brain. He wanted an edu-
cation, and he didn't have any money,
but he got the education, just the same
He worked his way through the
schools, and the high school: then he
wanted to go to college, but he didn't
have the money, and he was very sad
for time. One day there was an adj
lvertisement in the paper, and it read like
this, Wanted, man to attend the cor
ridors of the college He said, That's
me- Yes, he did, bless his heart, and
he went with patch on his knee, and
another on his shoe, and he went to the
college and touched the button. The
great big gracious president of the col
lege came out, and said, What do you
want, my boy?' The poor, shabby fellow
felt a big lump come up in his throat,
and he could hardly say what he want
| ed, but he wanted it so much!
! Finally he picked at his coat and
looked embarrassed, and said he came for
the position. He just wanted an educa-
! ton, and he would work hard, and If the
work wasn't sufficient to pay for the col
llege, he would give them the first money
he made when he got out. Well, that
| big, gracious president saw how 1t was,
and tears came into his eyes. He said,
You can have the place. my boy, of
course you can. So he went to work.
Next morning he was there in his funny,
shabby clothes, and he grabbed up a big
armful of wood, threw it into the box,
and he took big shovelsful of ashes and
dumped them into the ash heap!
Yes he did, and he did it with will,
even IL there were lot of fine fellows
that looked on and twirled their canes
and laughed at him! He didn't care for
lall that. His great soul rose above such
things and he worked away and studied,
and one fine day he graduated at the
head of his class, yes he did! Say, that
{ boy was elected to- the Legislature OF
the State in which he lived, and then
he was elected back to the presidency OF
! III. ~
gress, and the Senate, and then, bless
/ your heart, he became President of the
United States! oh, what a great day
that was!
..Phere were brass bands and crowds
everywhere, and lots of friends, and a
wife and babies! He started off to Wash
ington to take his place and TO qualify
But he went first to his little mother
/ and told her she had to go too. She said
no: there would be too many people, and
she would keep out OF sight: ! but not
much, she had to go, he said he wouldn't
go himself if she didn't; SO he let his
friends take care of his wife and babies
and he took his little mother on his
arm, and put her in the train. Every
where when they passed cities and towns
there was a great crowd to greet them
and that little mother that used to choT
wood, oh, my, wasn't she proud of hel
hey. No chopping wood now, oh no!
When they got to Washington he put
his little mother in carriage and they
were driven through the crowd. The po
licep1enf had to cry Stand back Stant
backp all the time. because they al
wanted to get look at the new Presi
dents face He took his little mother
into a room and sat with her until they
! ca me to say he was wanted at the front
then he put out his arm and escorted hel
| to the great platform where there was {
chair for him and one for his mother
and others for the wife and children. Hs
: led her out tenderly and put her in hel
chair, and friends escorted the little
wife and put her in her chair, and th'
children, too. Then, when they callel
upon him, this great big noble fellow
that a hundred thousand pairs of eye:
were looking at-he stood up to qualif!
for the service of his country. When ~
had said the last word of the oath O.
Office, and was made the President o
the United States, what do you suppos'
he did? Why, the first thing he did, h
turned around and took his little mothel
! in his arms and kissed her, and tn,
name of mother has been more sacred
ever since the day that James A. Gar
field kissed his own little mother in TIT
presence of hundred thousand people
/ From this Mr.. Murphy began a power
full appeal in the name of patriotism, ans
for the sake of the mothers of men, t.
break away from evil and to start new
life by signing the pledge. A number o
soldiers and many others signed the
pledge, and Mr.. Murphy wept with then
as he extended the hand of welcome.
Tomorrow night will be the last of the
series of meetings, and it is expected
that there will be large gathering. Spa
cial numbers have been arranged for by
the choir, and a quartet composed of Mr.
Prouty, Mr.. Elston and Messrs. Dilling
/ ham will sing.