Democratic Sentinel, Volume 7, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 October 1883 — Hadn’t Consulted Him. [ARTICLE]

Hadn’t Consulted Him.

“You should learn some trade, my son,” said an Austin gentleman to his young hopeful. “Bricklayers are getting $6.50 a day, while lawyers can’t as ford to ride on the street cars.” “Pa, why didn’t you learn a trade when you where a boy ?” “That’s not only a silly, but also an impertinent question. I didn’t learn a trade when I was a boy out of regard for your feelings. I wanted to give you an opportunity to say that your father was a gentleman. ” “It can’t be helped now,” replied the bov moodily, “but I wish you had consulted me, for if we had arranged for you to be the bricklayer, I could have been the gentleman myself. —Texas Siftings.