The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1904-10-07

I would live to be an honor to my
name, repeating the above assurance
sif l did be would do something
handsome for me.
had already experienced some of
the disadvantages Of the name to
which he had alluded, and in spite OF
the tutoring l had received from my
father, feeling of sullen resentment
swelled my heart, which must have
found expression in my coun-
tenace, for the old man shook his head
as he looked at me, saying in quite
another tone:
81 hope you'll try to be a credit to
it,
"Father," said l, as we walked
down the steps into the street, 81
hate my name; al the boys laugh and
make fun of it,
"Never you mind that, my boy;
when you get this fine house into
your hands, as perhaps you will some
day, it will be your turn to laugh"
Boy as l was, the idea was very
consoling one. True, my uncle Doo-
little had many relatives as we'll as
great wealth, but who so likely to in
berit the bulk of it as his name
sake? Still granting this there were
times when felt in the bitterness OF
my soul that l was likely to earn
dearly all 1 should receive.
I shall never forget my first day at
school, Mr.. Bumbleby, the head
master, had fiery red hair and the
temper that usually accompanies it.
He was in an unusually irritable
mood that morning.
"Hold up your head and speak so |
can hear you?' he roared as | faltered
out my name.
A litter ran through the long line
Of boys as obeyed.
Turning very red, Mr.. Bumbeby
brought the rattan down over my
shoulders with force and energy
that made me dance about very live
ly.
"I'll teach your he cried, as soon
as be could speak, "not to come here
with any of your low jokes"
1t was some time before | could
convince him that my name was no
joke-which indeed 1t was very far from
being to me-and then instead of
manifesting any regret he bid me take
my seat, muttering "that boy with
such name as that wouldn't be like
ly to get any more of that sort Of
that he deserved.
Mr.. Bumbleby carried this theory
into practice; and the consequence
was that l got considerably more OF
"that sort of thing" than any other
boy in school.
Once he said, with sarcastic empha-
sis that cannot be put upon paper:
"Doolit,le Wright, suppose you
have got your lesson just about the
same as you always get it,"
Though l knew it perfectly before
coming into my class, every vestige
of it vanished from my mind.
Then as l stood hesitating and
stammering:
"Ha! 1 thought 50! Take your
seat. I'll attend to you presently
That attention thus grimly alluded
to, became very frequent, far more so
than were agreeable.
In this way my schoolboy days
passed. Nor did my end here. When |
left school my uncle was duly notii-
ed of the fact, with the expectation
that he would now give some earnest
of the hopes so often held out, but
never realized.
But as he made no response to this.
save to repeat the often expressed
hope, that l would do credit to a
name | hated and as it was necessary
that | should do something for my
own support, | began to cast about
what that something should be.
Like most oung meu of my calibre
and expectation | wanted some nice
easy berth, with little to do and
large salary. having heard Of a va
cancy of this kind in an insurance Of
fee, with whose President my fathers
family had been long and favorahly
known, | applied for it,
The President looked at me, then at
the credentials and then at me.
"Sorry, very sorry, young man
Know your father good many years,
also his father before him. No doubt
whatever of your competency. Bat
but, it couldn't be thought Of.
nWhy not2n 7 said IN establishment.