Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1906-08-22

! astonished. She was always willing
to explain and lend a helping hand
in the difficult parts, but v solved
then outright for him. She thought
1t encouraged cheating to do the
work that belonged TO some one else.
n always kept Mark at his tasks
till all were mastered.
Did You get the third?" she in
CURED half an hour later. Here
are the fifth and sixth. How many
are there in the lesson?"
But, mamma, this isn't the way
Miss Fillmore makes us work them.
can't copy them on my paper for
Tomorrow
Il don't see why not" said Mrs.
Carney, without looking up. There
are several methods of solving these
problems, and | used the shortest
one. The answer is correct, and that
is the necessary thing. Where is
the rest OF the eighth written out?
1t seems to be all mixed up, or |
can't find it, and she turned the
papers with an distracted air.
- ISIS Fillmore says we must use
the long way for the present, and
when We are cider the short cuts
will come naturally to us. I'm so
sorry | can't have these, for | wanted
a good average this month. If our
averages are high for the term, we
won't have to be examined
net rritn Jo,r n 8, Of Ill., -,
of my sheets and hand them in
suggested Mrs. Carney. Miss Fill
more will probably never look farther
than the answers, and sou will get
your high grade very easily. l Won
der why she is SO particular about
methods"
Il see what you are trying to do,
mamma, said Mark suddenly. You
are showing me where l was wrong
about the barrels this afternoon. |
ought 20 have put them up as Mr..
Winton said, without grumbling or
wondering why"
You have guessed it exactly,
Mark. One of the greatest faults
children have is the idea that they
know more than older people. |
am glad you can see why my prob
lens cannot be given to Miss Fill
more, even if YOU copy them. Her
method is not the shortest one, but
is the best for beginners. What sort
of work would be done in school if
each pupil did the work as he pleased
and was counted perfect if he could
get the correct answer to his prob
lens regardless of method? 1t is the
same way business, and those who
rise from low to higher places are the
people who obey orders exactly as if
they were soldiers?"
I'm sorry I worried YOU, NAM
ma" said Mark in manly fashion.
If you will explain this part to me
I'll try to work them all, and when
Mr.. Winton comes home III tell him
about the barrels. By working over
time l can straighten them out, but
it will take a long time"
THAT pleases me more than any
thing else you could possibly do. I
think it will be the turning point of
your life if you carry out your re-
solve, for no n a hope to succeed
who has careless ways" said Mrs.
| Carney.
1t was late that night when the
last problem was worked, but Mark
had his reward next day when Miss
Fillmore read out the names of the
| coh o1o~ who Iod norfo1f 1ictc on6
his was the first on the list. He
worked harder than ever that day,
and it was the recollection of his
high grades that helped him to make
his way to Mr.. Winton's private office
as soon as school was out.
1t seemed to Mark that Mr.. Win
ton looked very stern as he STAN
1,ered and tried to tell his story. AT
last something in the old g%entleman's
eyes gave him courage, and he told
all about the barrels, not sparine
himself in the least. A great weight
rolled off his mind when he said:
eff you'll only give me a chance,
I'll put the "~rrels as you want item,
and then Try to show you that l don't
always shirk."
why did you come and tell me
this?" asked Mr.. Winton. did your
conscience trouble YOU, or were you
afraid I might find you out?'
MY mother showed me last night
that the only way to do things is the
right way, and while you are payina
me for my time, your way is right
said Mark. Il thought it didn't make
any difference SO they were out of the
way, but I can see now that | ought
to have piled them as you said with
out thinking about your reason for
doing it that way. I hope you will let
me work after the store closes every
night till they are all in place"
"That's the rigEt spirit, nv bow
Tell your mother am proud to have
her son in my store. She used tC
play with my little girls years AGO
; and l have never forgotten her frank
winning ways said Mr.. Wjnton
"Now, about those barrels. You ma,
begin this evening and work an hon,
5 each night till they are In order"