The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1903-03-27
A LESSON IN
HUMILITY
-eld Gerae- orshsr." pert
Packer. chleaao. Writes 10
ftis Son pierrspent

l never SEQ one % these fpls
J ows SWELLING AROUND with their
] petty larceny pride that don't
] think ~ n little experience uf
mine when | was a hoy An old
fellow caught mo llftinE a
B Watefue On IN his patch ane AZ
J trfnnan aud Instead NJ eufnnE
! me suod aa I had expected "
! got caught. he lei me hame by
J the ear u my ma. and taid hrf
: what had breu up to.
! Your grandma had been raised
ON the aid=faHhiened plan. and
she had never heard II these
] new tangled theories OF fraanns
] Ina gently with a child an its
. under III begins g. stick out
! and IL syra O. al with tears
: a. u nees the error ~ ita way.
J She fetched the tears all right.
, but she I'D n with trunk
J strap or a slipper And your
] grandma was q pretty satstan-
] tlal woman. Nothing Of the
] teotsey wnatsey about her foot
; and nothinH Of the airy fairy
tribe about hef slipper. when
] SHE was through / knew that
] I'd be~n licked polished right
. on 20 the point then she
: sent me TO my room and told
= me- not 10 poke my nose oat 90
) u till could eseiie the Ten
] Commandments and the Sunday
sehaal lessaan T. heart
a. - Of
J of a. and am old Testament
] chapter at thai. haft laid right
] into Il f.svause l know ma, and
] supper vas only tso haarH OF.
] can repeat that chapter stiii,
fuF~ ard and has ward without
= missing > Nord af stopping 10
catch my breath
Every now and then Old Dos
Hoover used 90 eama inta the
Sunsiay agboel rtsom and STARE
the schalarn inte fitn By going
from class On class and asking
= questions. That nest sunday
ZOE the frat time. wes glad
to SCI him happen In. and
dida't trf 90 escape attention
when he worked sroand 20 our
eian. Fer ten fplnntea ia been
hasfina for hisn - ask ma "a
] retite a xefne - thu ieszan. and.
] when he did. I simply cut inaase
ansi feelted the sh4tis chapter
and thrsw In TIE fen Com-
] mandmenta for eoo.i nessafe
q sort II dansd the Doe. he-
eause he had eanae to me Zoe
information about tho Old Tva-
tament bsfors. and we'd naNst
zsss much heyaaa. And AhAh
hssaf tahah. ar words "a that
effect. Hat when he sut over
the shock h. made the stand
right NJ before the yheie school
ana do it again. pattcd me on
the head and said Was an
hanar 10 my pafents and an en-
] arnflr Ga my pieytnatea-
had heen ioakins Down ali
the time fsslinK mighty proud
aaa scared. bat At that I
eouldn't help xianein9 20 To see
the other boys admire na. hut
the nrxt p~rson M eye ~ on
sas your grandma. standing IN
] the bach af the roam. Where she
had stopped for = moment and
kiAring IT me IN . mighty us-
PLEASANT way.
.Tail 'en. Jehn." she slid
right oat loud. bef@e every
] tsesfy.
] There was no way 10 run. fur
! IN. F.idsr had hoti % ny hand.
] and there was NJ place tn hide.
! theugh ! rsFknn r1sta have
cfawlei into a rat hols. 10. o.
gain time. I biurted out
-rsu rem what MANI
TEL zen how you eunss to
havs yoar lesson % NIKE
learned 90 hate rsptnrtrty
right thea and there. hut I
knew thrre was M switching
hsr ar on n th~ w~afher whan
she wanted % talk r~ftgtun. -
shut my eyes and let u come.
though Il caught on mr s>aisfe
uucs OF twice on the war out.
s-Hfnakns watermelon man..
There wasn't any need for
further particulars with that
crowd. and they simply howfsd-
Ma led mo no ~ our pew. al
fossinz that shssa tend 60 me
Monday for eizErarinx her IN
p1shlic that wNf-snt sfs ava.
That was a twelve grain dnse.
yitho.at anr sugar coat. but u
sweat mara can't ana faise
pride out % my system than
could get back into Il for the
nnrt twenty ysssra I learned
right thsre how IN 30 hstfnble.
shseh u hsap more important
than knowing hes 10 h. proud
There are msshfx fec men that
ned sny tesc1a In that
Fun silettrra frum = self
Mafs Merchants %. ftis soa.~ By
George Horace f.eftfnsr Small.
Maynard a Co. Hoston-