A well-known lawyer related a good story about himself and his efforts
to correct the manners of his office boy:
One morning not long ago, the young autocrat blew into the
office, and, tossing his cap at a hook, exclaimed:
“Say, Mr. Blank, there’s a ball-game down at the park to-day and
I am going down.”
Now, the attorney is not a hard-hearted man, and was willing the
boy should go, but thought he would teach him a little lesson in
good manners.
“Jimmie,” he said, “that isn’t the way to ask a favor. Now, you
come over here and sit down, and I’ll show you how to do it.”
The boy took the office chair, and his employer picked up his
cap and stept outside. He then opened the door softly, and
holding the cap in his hand, said, quietly, to the small boy in
the big chair:
“Please, sir, there is a ball-game at the park to-day; if you
can spare me I would like to get away for the afternoon.”
In a flash the boy responded:
“Why, certainly, Jimmie; and here is fifty cents to pay your way
in.” (Text.)
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