New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-05


Il choose her, | said to Jesse. Make her
cry
Jesse took one look at the woman's face
and then began, in those soft, appealing tones
If his which no one could resist. % curse me
and himself for ever having made such a bet
But he was game.
/ have never heard such a talk as he made
to that woman. He presented that set Of
books as the one sure stepping stone to the
presidency Of the United States be pictured
70 the woman her sorrow when She should
see her boy wearing out the year # his
manhood in a blacksmith shop because he
had been deprived of the educational a..
vantagcs Of this great work, while the play.
mates Of his youth, whose mothers had
bought the set, rode haughuly by h,s shop
in linousines. Long before he was done the
woman was in tears at the picture bat she
did not sign the contract. jesse c.uldn't
understand what was The matter. He was
working like a tragcdlan before lacked
house; the sweat rolled down bis checks
Finally the woman, her tears s,n falling
thick. sobbed out her trouble.
Il want the books. Mr. Harriuc' .n-you
don't know how much want them but
But what" demanded jesse ioarscy
thinking OF the ten.
~But-vou say its a dollar m n,h:'
"Ycs. only a dollar month.
81 could make the payments all 2. now;
but suppose something should hapr.. IN the
wears TO come? You see my bo B, only
seven years old. Il will be four, years
before he is tWcnty-one
When Jesse explained TO her thai De- pay.
ncnts were for one year only ns'ca four.
teen. she was happier than air any
woman | have ever seen.
RUT Jesse is long since gone .-u the
- business. and most Of the giar . his
day have passed with him. The .-. has
faded ont of the game: advert 3d., has
spoiled it,-that and other thing RS no
longer possible to sell a onc-hun.- and.
ninctv-dollar set Of books for tive. ven
fifty when. in a magazine on his he
customer has the publisher s. own .',se-
nent offering the set for the san" 1cc
Moreover. books are better made .. hey
used to be. They are worth the money md
can be sold like anything else. The. no
longer any place for Jesse ami ne. So. ID
a dollars worth made up Of a ..-.... NJ
book and an eighty-iive-cent talk. >. e
has passed out Of the game at 81. %.
10 pass.
80 one will shed a tear a. my z.
There will be no meeting IN Car, AL,
no banquet where distinguished e.. vii
mourn the passing of a great figure our
literary life. And yet | sOmcum INK
there ought to be; for |, and 81 GLOW
educators, have taught the Amer pco.
ple how 10 read. We have kept o.. love q
the masters fresh in America ONES
through the most thoroughly CORE rcial-
lied age that any nation has ever n9wn.
Compared to me. any college ~, ..n, u
the past or present Is an almost OIL ant
influence. have educated nearly hun.
drcd thousand people; have caar The
mental outlook Of thousands OF .. and
opened the door Of castles AM sam aaues
and enchanted countries 20 men ar. women
who. but for me, would never BIAS. .rown
that there was any world beyond .r ovn
back fence. Lincon's mother TX
books: they mdde him Lincoln. w.. roWs
how many smaller Lincolns will d.. laced
to nv credit on that original frs, e..n q
which Saint Peter Is the author a. pub
Usher? When | think OF my life 90 rms
ike that, the sign 40 Book Ase.. Ped.
dlcrs or Beggars Allowed burns H' sud
like hot iron.
Yet presume that have d. r.. night
10 complain. | have saved mou.. Tie
races. nor the late poker game. .- tie