A shipping merchant said to a boy applying for work, “What can
you do?” “I can do my best to do what you are kind enough to let
me try,” replied the boy. “What have you done?” “I have sawed
and split my mother’s wood for nearly two years.” “What have you
_not_ done?” “Well, sir,” the boy replied after a moment’s
reflection, “I have not whispered in school for over a year.”
“That is enough,” said the merchant. “I will take you aboard
my vessel, and I hope some day to see you her captain. A boy
who can master a wood-pile and bridle his tongue must have good
stuff in him.”--JAMES T. WHITE, “Character Lessons.”
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=Appreciation of Poetry=--See POET APPRECIATED.
=Appreciation of the Gospel Story=--See FATHER, OUR.