Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1928-04-27
Tie Dumb-Bell of
the Class
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by H. LOUIS RAYBoLD
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A Nh n wasn't onv n,ece NJ nth.
n lotto o,u,nmont thnt bIs lass.
motes referred "a when thcy rc.
morled M tbev frenuentlv did "'rhnt
dumh.bnI,w Thov meant him vii
liam JosIIn Andrews whom nobody
Ind over coIled RIM
poonlo always scemed IN 500 his
background wbenever tbev saw him
the RIM. down farm and the uncouth.
ulIterota mir tbo, bnd token him
from tho comfy homo IN do thelr
chores before ond after school
For ha had n 90 to school until
ho wos rourtoon tho low nrovided
Marie walton tho nrottiest cir, in
tho closs WINS ono Of those for whom
william WINS simnlv nonexistent Yet
on tho dov tbot he became fourteen
md was forced TO lcove school. she
was tbo Iost thing that he remem.
berod no vivid md vounr in n bright
rod conf she stood on the curb chat
fling with George Rowland the class
nresidont
II was veors hcfore no saw her
oroIn. She was sont awoy TO prlyate
school md whom she came home for
good be had reocbed tbc ore of eight.
con whom no become his own master
nnd left MorrIston forever.
Tho Moronia WINS due to sail Mt
noon for Honolulu. II was the height
of the season and reservations had
been made weeks in advance. Unfor-
tunotelv Conwov Rowlnnd Ind not
known until vesterdov. when he Ind
received n cable from his mariner.
that II would be imperative for him
TO sail at tho earliest possible mo-
ment with him were his wife and
son, his wifes friend, Jean Walton,
and her daughter, Marie.
"Fll try once MORE" said George
Rowland YEARLY to his father. "The
clerks simply insist that there Is not
a stateroom to be had, let alone three.
But, Of course, there is always the
chance Of last-mlnute cancellations"
George was glad the trip was end
Ing. He had had great hopes ut the
start that, before 1t was over, Marie
would have become MS promised wire.
YET each tlme that ne ma sought 10
tell her OF MS love- she had dodgen
the issue.
nc SCI ior'i run tne no.e'' ue-
terin'ieu W "Ii"s three s'"'e'oo'''S
Iroln the stetiiiDoat compuhy.
how noout feserNatlohs tils inorh'
mgr ne demanded OF the harasseu
cierk'
my dear man, not ghos' OF
chahce' we nave people begging 10
rue OH the sniohestacksl
VINO the dickens mas the say ABOUT
cancellations ana that sort or thingT
II can tell you as much as anyone,
but that gentleman In the Inner Of
flee Is one of the company officials"
George could see man bent over a
desk. BY jimminy-he knew those
square shouIders-that profile. And
yet, that couldn't be the boy he him.
self had frequently called the dumb
bell of the class.
"Vhnt Is his nome?p he aslxed cur,.
ousIv.
"JIIm3 oh thors w J-WIIlIom
IosIIn Androwe UondIos tho hueI-
noes IN tbJs cid. A roculor nrinco
too"
coorco trrnod nm b,s hoo, and bod
almost roo,hed tho botol whom no folt
n grasp on his shoulder which nearly
swung him around.
"Ccorge Rowland ns liyei" W T.
wns shaking his hnnd. "Caucht n
clImpsc of Won os Won left fine office
nnd have been trucking Won ever
since I've something TO tell Won
which hone Won won't tnke the
wrong wnv went TO school with
Won nnd one day. as missed. Won
icrkcd thumb at me and said some.
thing nbout the 'prIze dumb-bcIl =
You were only n kid but TINT re.
mork changed my life.
81 resolved TO be anything else but
n dumb.belI. When became eighteen
I went TO the county home md hunt.
ed up the record OF my parents
Found they were moor but not Hitter.
ate. Tint rave me courage. Ind
good luck landing Jobs that Ind n
future to them. But I owe the initial
push TO YOU, Now-isn't there some
favor can do you? n It's n question
of reservations. I think I know where
I can get you some"
Tho vovooe from uonoIulu IN Inn
Golden co,o oon ho oiI zoo hrto, nn
dor cortoin cIrcumetonces Nor
George. II WINS five doys too long
Eor uorio and AnIro,,s ,,,ho ,o.
mahIn, n 0,,ng trim 70 ,ho enc ,n
,ho states a. ,rrnad ont q ,,ho
eli, h,.,os ,ar,od f. ponaS,ao