Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1903-06-06
Career of His Fathers Son.
By L. PARRY TRUSc0TT.
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but she was very Tar from the state
known as lone and lorn.' for her hus-
band. of whom she had Diainly stood In
considerable awe. before dying had
CONSIDERABLY bequeaIhod TO her his
living image"-in slightly more man
ageable form. Like !ncst women. Mrs.
Hayes was prone 10 concentration, es-
pecial!y in matters or the heart. and
two so exactly alike might have proved
an embarras de riCnesse. But eft with
only one. and that small oce. she re-
established herself il kEr native VII
!age and ccatentediy applied herself 10
the washtub and he ironing board for
the maintenance OF herself and the
little Johnnie until lie should be OF an
age TO realize her great expectations CT
him and prove himself the man his
father was
Just about a clever schoiarc. too.
explained Mrs. Hayes to any one who
cared to listen.
None of her friends and relations
had seen this wonderful man OF hsrs
In the flesh she had met him in Lon
don while liz the service there, and had
only returned 10 the country at his
death. But they were ne. allowed to
forget him. ana the tale Of his n1.ner-
Gus attachments was told ard told
again. He had left only very few
pounds worth O: furniture behind him,
but. according to his wife. lie had been
most too Gle, sr" for money making
one of those mon so tGDas1Yy with
brains that they cannot cO-relicntly
stoop TO pick Up mere weekly wage.
And. then. he had died quite !ou2g. be-
fore he had baea given hi; chance"
A common !abcre~. = farm hand. keeps
himself from the tine lie is released
from schccl. but il is n0tc-.ocs that
men of taleA, take longer to start
themselves IN indeoc ndenoe; some
times the tweat.cs see them still only
thinking CT doing il. the th.riies sur
prise them with the task uaaccom-
plished Every one knows that brains
take longer 10 develop than Industry
or at any rae. al! Mrs. Hayes's in
Inmates knew H. having rad the theory
set forth TO them in honkely language
many times. And he NJ yer had his
chance. you understand me" she would
end; was just s;aLPad of like bud
as the frost catches"
But Johnnie. lYc,iy hoy. Joined his
mothers robust constitution to his
fathers intellect. SO she averred. and
the coEStTtution. e. any rate, seemed
lfGf,e in evidence And if they look
20 see what his father Looked like. let
them look at Johnnie. said his mother.
"his living pictUre.'
Judged thus by Johnnie. his father
seems 10 have had sturdy. stumpy
figure, a round. blunt featured face,
powerful white teeth. shock Of stub
by. sun bleached hair and prominent
light blue eyes that were wont to stare
unblinkingly during a conversation st
whatever object first me- their gaze
all this added 10 curious reluctance
to say a word more than the absolutely
necessary. co:aTloa enough type in
that neighborhcod. yet not eren that
neighborhood' p.econceiyed idea OF a
son of genius
But, If any 81. ed, they were kindly
folk and tex cl:e to do Il o2ly be-
hind the mothers back.
During Jcha.. - passage from q
\ heavy baby into healthy. hearty boy.
Mrs. Hayes was spared half the pangs
of motherhood She gave away the last
If his petticoats without sigh: with
Aer own hands. 10 an accompaniment
smiles instead OF tears, she cut close
mop of hair which had always re-
.sed to respond 20 her efforts to en-
ce 1t into curls. She was in such a
urry for him 10 attain mans estate,
nd to show forth 10 . wondering
Iorld the heritage his father had left
i'm, that she hurried him with all her
might through his carly years. John
ole never grew out of his clothes like
other boys. He was forced to turn them
up, the trousers half way 10 his knees.
and the sleeves 10 his elbows. before he
pould move in them. and they were al
ways beyond patching before his limbs
overlook them. When he vas five years
old 3he'publicly announc d her :nten-
ton of calling him "Jof1n," IS Il weight
Ter and more fitting name. But he was
so Enthusiastically Johnnie that no one
could remember 10 folio; ter example.
and half her tire she on,y managed 10
end sentence started too ui,l3iy with
q Johnnie" that had proI cut"
AS soon IS he colld toddle Johnnie
went to school. ami continued tn go
daily until the estrc. nc limit of age
when schooling is compulsory on the
touth OF England. Once ia00:i0usly es-
tablished in standard he showed
marked Discrimination To leaS 9 i. and
the utmost PRECEDING never adYanced
him beyond the bc.dcrl2nd of the
fourth But his mother blamed the
school and her want of mems TO send
him to a better enc. not Johnnie. OF
course. what any yokel learned woald
not be the learning TO tempt her hus-
bands son. Johnnie received subtle
- hattery from her instead CT blows fol-
bis slow progress. He met il. as he
met most things. with the impenetra-
z BILE stare Of his light blue eyes. His
opinion of himself would have inter
ested good many people by this time
but his silence remained unbroken or
that point as on so many others.
There followed the usual little diff
Guilty in fitting the village genius witt
a means of earning livelihood. Mrs
Hayes refused to contemplate anything
hereby honest sweat might bC
7ed to flow from her sons low. hail