Carrizozo outlook. [volume] (Carrizozo, N.M.) 1910-1945, 1919-11-28

with Mr.. Duncan ut the sidewalk.
~ nm not 80 sure replied his tutor.
THE first thing for you to learn II
That all learning does not come from
books. A good listener can learn Ms
much as n good render-lf he llsteps
to the right kind Of people" And as
Dave walked home the thought deep
ened In him that II really had been n
lesson, and that Mr.. Duncan had In
tended II that way. And he wondered
what remarkable fortune had been his.
The MIR was full Of the perfume Of
balm o. Gllend. and his feet were light
with the Joy OF youth. And he thought
much OF Edith and OF Reenie Hardy.
In subsequent lessons Dave was rap.
Idly initiated into many matters be.
sides pnrlor manner and conversa-
ton. Mr.. Duncan placed the first and
greatest emphasis upon learning TO
write and to write we'll. They had
many phllosophlc discussions, In which
the elder man sought TO lead the
younger to the acceptance OF truths
that would not fail him In the strain
OF after life, and when a conclusion
had been agreed upon II was Mr.. Dun.
cans habit to embody II in n copy for
Dawes writing lesson.
As soon as Dave had learned to rend
n little Mr.. Duncan took him one day
TO the public library, and the young
man CROPPED In amazement up and
down the great rows OF books. Pres
emily n strange sense Of Inadequate
ssAap 4. So 49,. ar -
read all OF those books. nor half OF
them" he said. II suppose one must
rend them In order TO be well In.
formed"
Mr.. Duncan appeared TO change the
subject. "You like frultT' he asked.
"Yes. Of course. Why"
"When you go into n fruit store do
you stand and say. I can never eat
all OF that fruit, crates and crates OF
Il, and carloads more In the ware
houseT' OF course you don't. You
ent enough for the good OF your sys-
TEN and let II go at that. Now lust
npply the same sense to your reading.
Read as much us you can think about,
and no more. The trouble with many
OF our people Is that they do not read
TO think but to save themselves the
trouble OF thinking. The mind, left TO
Itself, Insists upon activity. SO they
hlOroform IT,"
Dawes talks with Mr.. Duncan be-
cnlne almost nightly occurrences, ell
ther M the Duncan home or when he
drove the famlly-for the master of
fhn hnu9n nffan accommodated al...
or when they met downtown. as fire.
quently happened. And the boy was
not slow TO realize the broad nature
OF the tnsk To which Mr.. Duncan had
set himself. His education was TO be
built of every knowledge and expert
ence that could 90 into the rounding
OF n well-developed life.
The climax seemed TO be reached
when MFR. Duncan Invited Dave to nc
company him TO a dinner at which a
noted thinker, just crossing the con
tlnent, had consented to speak.
at will be evening dress" said Mr..
Duncan ~ suppose you are hardly
fitted out that wnyT"
81 guess not" said Dave, smlfng
hrondly, lie recalled the half-humor.
nus sarcasm with which the Metford
gang referred to amy who might be
seen abroad IN their Hereford
fronts" lie had n sudden vision OF
himself running the gnntlet OF their
rldicule.
hut MIR, Duncan WA continuing.
~ think | car fix you up" he said.
I'VE must he pretty nearly OF n size.
and ! have n spare suit" Aud almost
before he knew II It was arranged that
Dave should attend the dinner.
II was an eyentful night for him.
His shyness soon wore on. for during
these months he had been learning to
accept any new experience gladly.
And as he sat among this company
OF the best minds OF the town he felt
that n new world was opening before
him. His good clothes seemed 10 work
up In some way through his subcon-
seriousness ard give him n sense OF ga
pnbillty. lie was In the mental at
mosphere of men who did things. aud
by conforming to their customs he
had brought his mind INTO harmony
with theirs, so that II could receive
suggestions, and-who knows?-return
suggestions. And he was made TO
think, think, think.
CHAPTER v.
The summer vas not fnr gonA when