Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1919-04-16

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Small need to read the name beneat
the picture.
"Why, it's aMry's boy" l said an
the bookkecper overheard and cam
arunning.
1t was the current issue of a NeN
York trade paper published for news
paper men that Sam had openct
There-occupying the whole of tn
front page-was a fine half-tone o
Aunt Mary's oldest boy-a strong
faced, clean-cut, fine-looking mar
He had just been promoted to a posi-
ton as leading cditorial-writer on on
Of the greatest newspapers in Amer
lea.
"Turn to page seven, Mr.. Hod!
begged the bookkeeper. "Sce wha
its got to say inside about him."
We turned to the indicated page
There as we expected we found Ton
Purses biography-Tom Purse whit
once washed the forms and swept GU
our little country Office. SURF
enough too, our little country papel
was given full credit as being hi:
kindergarten of journalism.
But that was not all.
The United States at the time, wa:
apparently becoming cmbroilcd il
diplomatic difficulty with Mexico
Force might have to be employed
it might mean war. The article Went
on to add that there was to be a great
union meeting of three of the biggest
New York churches in the immense
Manhattan Tabernacle that following
Sabbath evening and because of hi.
tremendous editorial position, an in
vitation had been extended to this
big ncwspapcrman to preach the scr.
mon. His acceptance had been re.
corded. His text was to be: JcsuS
Christ, the King of the Nations"
ellis mother old Aunt Mary
ought to see this paper" l de-
clarcd.
"Bill," said Sam thickly, " his
to see the boy himself risen to
his power and his manhood. Don't
you know it was her wish all along
ia pitcously disappointed wish
that one of her boys should turn
out preacher? Bill, Aunt Mary
ought to hear Tom Purse address
that massive congregation"
"And | wouldn't mind hearing
him myself" l replied vehcmcntly.
There was silence between US for
Il moment. 1t was the little book
keeper who said:
wouldn't it be grand if Uncle Bill
lie could take Aunt Mary down there
somehow, telling her nothing about
it, and get her into that
building without ever knowing who
the speaker was to be, and sur
prise her by seeing her son walk out
and address that audience"
Sam Hold suddenly acted like a boy.
"Bill," he cried, 1--WE got an
idea"
"Yes?"
Lets do Il kindly actor just
once in our lives, lets do kindly
act"
considering that for thirty-sevcn
years we've been robbing widows
and orphans, firing founding asylums
and kicking the crutchcs out from
under cripplcs, let's have an explain
alton"
"I'm for giving Mary Purse a whale
of blowout at the 'Tclegraph's'
expense"
"A banquet"
"No, you fat-head. A trip to New
York to hear her son deliver that
address! You get her to do 1t, Bill.
Here's where Aunt Mary, for the first
time in her life is going to be intro
tluccd to something beside worry and
trouble and hcartaehc. He took a
quick turn up and down the
office. "Bill," he declared, 81
can't go myself on account of
coming down tomorrow on
tho annual paper contract. But you
can go, Bill, you Can go and
take Aunt Mary and the paper
will pay her expenses. Take her
down to the Big City without saying
one word to her of her boys promo
ton or what they've asked him to
do. Take her down and for once let
the poor starved lonesome old soul
gct ono final ray of sunshine into her
ovcr-workcd and spent and exhausted
life"
Agreed? or course we agreed
Acting on an Impulse that was
strange in Sam Hold, the editor flung
himself into his chair, felt for his
and wrote Il good-sizcd
check.
"Takc your wife into it, Bill. Make
her get Aunt Mary all the clothes she
needs that her boys may have for
gotten to provide for her; tell her
you're going to New York on a bust
ness trip for the paper and there's II
chance for her to visit her boy and
his wife as an equal surprise to them.
And we'll charge it up to profit and
loss-but principally profit"
1t took two days effort on the part
of my wife and myself to persuade
Aunt Mary to accompany US on Il trip
to New York and incidentally "look
in" on her son. remember tho first
time | went out to talk with her
about il, she was sitting in her rocker
in the side room. | had the trade