The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-07-26
How Tom Went to the Academy.

'Deestrlck school an rlthmetlc was
good enough for me, and there amt no
sense in your X-Y-Z-in', anyway" said
Uncle Daniel.
But l want to study philosophy and
history, too, you know"
Eyes, I know. You want to dress up
| in your go-to- meetin' clos, and leave
the chores for somebody else to do
Why, no, uncle"
Yes, you do. Anyway, 1 hain't got
any money to pay anybody's schoolin',
specially for a body. who don't earn
his SALT
Tom, to the surprise of Aunt Mary,
Che often surprised herr, said not
word
THE first boy who has lived with US
six months without getting into hot
water" she mentally expressed it, for
Uncle Daniel was an unreasonable,
closet listed driver, always domineering,
and particularly so to a boy, each year
having a new one ito do the shores,
giving him his board and twelve weeks
of winter schooling for pay. This year
his wifes nephew, left an orphan, had
come to them, and, being their own, so
to speak, had extra tasks put upon his
young shoulders, in spite of Aunt
Mary's mild protests.
Tommy, if it's best, the Lord viii
provide a way, she MnlSp6ISus NneI
she slipped into his room to see if he
needed another blanket on his bed.
Dear Aunt Mary was Toms reply.
But she had so -cheered him he began
anew to study how it could be done.
While he dreamed he was selling
snowballs from door to door, he opened
his eyes and heard Uncle Daniel
shouting:
Get up, lazy bones! It's o'clock,
and not a chore done!"
tom soon had an idea" Neighbor
Johnson was over to transact some
business with Uncle Daniel, and casu-
ally remarked, "Ill soon have horse
to sell, for I'm going to give up my
milk route. 1t doesn't pay to run a
team for fifty quarts when 1 can get
% cents a can at the door,"
Tom, quick at figures, instantly
thought: IS into Is, 31a; 31a from g.
215; fifty times 219 is 125, and seven
times 125 is S75-eight dollars and sew
enty-five cents!"-and exclaimed:
"Oh, uncle!'
Uncle Daniel took no notice, except
to say: You here? Just feed the pigs
and the hens, and then saw wood till
dinner time-an' be quick about it,
tool"
Uncle, how much do I earn, any
way?" he inquired a few days later.
Earn? Why, you don't ear your
salt.'
"All right, then. How glad you'll be
to know that Mr.. Johnson is going to
sell me his milk, and 1 am going to
take his customers 1 shall get S1.25
profit each day; $3.50 on Saturday, for
l shall go twice, instead of Sunday
So you will not have to support me any
longer. Mrs. Johnson will board me
e., Il 4
has engaged me to ring the academy
bell, morning and night, for my tut
ton"
Amazed, Uncle Daniel stared at the
boy of IA, who bravely looked him in
the face. But soon he exclaimed:
"Humph! And do you suppose you
can run on like that-say, do your"
why, yes, uncle% 1 don't earn my
salt here, you know, and I will not live
on you another week. Thank you very
much for what you have done for me-"
Aunt Mary and Mr.. Johnson were
both there, and the man, though in a
rage, realized how he had overreached
himself, and saw no way to recover
lost ground, though he growled:
Where are you going to get your
team, I should like to know"
ooh, uncle, I'm going to be milkman
and team, tool" And, in spite of all,
he laughed long and merrily.
Halo milkman,' shouted the acad-
envy boys, as Tom, after ringing the
quarter-of-ni bell, joined them.
"Milkman bell ringer, beggar man,
thief" cried the rudest ones. Yet
every weekday morning, at half-past
5 O'Clock, Tom, with hand cart con-
tanning several cans of milk, his school
books, and basket of food, left Farm
er Johnson's.
1t was down hill and only a mile to
the village, so Tom easily delivered the
milk in time for lunch and the ring
ing of the bell, and then the remainder
of the day was all his own.
Truly he was an independent boy.
earning more than enough for his sup
port, though he gladly went back to
board with Aunt Mary at $3.50 per
week. Another boy did 1.-The chores
and Uncle Daniel had to pay him
wages, while Tom, through his whole
academy course. was "miliman and
team" and saved quite a sum toward
his college bills. Verify. where there's
will there's way, and the Lord does
provide