The Washington herald., 1910-10-16

ME ana make me a good BOY. At the
age of fourteen l joined the Baptist
church. Ny father was the superin-
tendent OF the Sunday school. and in his
methods and energy vas twenty-five
years ahead of the whole country"
WAS ne a poor man?'
Yes. al the start. but no was enterpris-
ing and capable and soon mad the best
farm in the neighborhood, and before long
was out OF debt He suggested the first
shipments Of milk from New Hampshire
10 Boston. and organized the business 50
that il was profitable 10 him and 10
others. His faG1n. his business in Boston.
and his Sunday school We're successful in
all particulars
TimId and Frightened.
While very young" Mr. Hartshorn
said in answer TO a question that brought
up the subject, Il met with a great mis-
fortune, / was timid and easily. fright
ened. and a female teacher at our district
school spoke 10 me harshly, raising her
voice and menacing me physically, so
that / was terrified into the inhrmity OF
SiAAl4llltt III & tdAll4bk fNNidAil tho d
fiction, except 70 say that it is a nervous
disease, increased by the knowledge that
one is bound 20 stutter over certain
words, and in which fear mOTtifCatiOn.
and an acute sensitiveness aFe constantly
present. When go to the telephone even
now, / try TO forget that suelt words ar
ten. tenacious. and tentative. formerly
gave me trouble. Were I 10 think of
them much, ! should stumble
Having begun to stammer under the
shock of fright. I continued To stammer
during all my life at school l never
again recited aloud. and lost my speech
al home Moreover. the older I grew
| the worse my impediment became.
went 20 school IN the country, and later
attended an academy. but / was a silent
and morbidly sensitive student. I could
do written work well enough and could
put arithmetic on the blackboard. but
never attempted 10 speak.
"Curiously enough, I wanted TO leave
| the farm and get out into the world My
parents, / remember. took me into a
room. closed the door, and told me they
understood how ambitious I was 20 go
away and make a place for myself They
spoke of my affiiction with tears In their
ewes and Of the certain defeat that would
come to me among strangers. Stay with
US they begged, and all the property
We have shall be yours But their ap-
peais of love and their promises could
not keep me back.
borrowed Money.
"A friend OF my father lived ten miles
from Boston l went 10 him that
might have the services Of a fake doc
tor who advertised that he had sure
cure for stammering. I met a man AZ
the Doctors Office who was engaged IN
the cordage business. lie was also a
victim of suffering. From him Dor
rowed money for several months tuition
at. business college If | were book
keeper. I thought. employment could be
obtained easily | walked the twenty
miles in and out of Boston every day
and canvasseds one street after another
but nobody would hire me. OF course,
was countrifed in dress and manners;
| was only eighteen years old. and more
against me than all else / stammered ter
Tibly. Advertisements In the newspapers
We're answered in person. but without pc
suit, except smile or rough answer
las a boy on the farm, I had con-
tempt for peddlers. They We're lazy,
thought But each day when / read the
| newspapers | saw a notice that agents
were wanted 10 sell a steel engraving OF
Jesus Walking on the Water. Little by
little. as hope disappeared and courage