Democratic Sentinel, Volume 14, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 June 1890 — Why a Father Wept. [ARTICLE]

Why a Father Wept.

The young son of a Boston police officer is an attendant at one of the South end schools, says the Globe of that city. His father has always told him to excel in something, and if he ■could not be the smartest boy in school he should make every effort to be the dullest One night his father asked him how he stood in hie class. “Only one from the end, and I’ll soon beat him,” was the reply. “And how n any are there in the class?” ••Twenty-six.” “So you have beaten twenty-four of them. You are a good boy, and if you will beat the other I’ll get you a new watch.” “You are wrong there. I must beat the other twenty-four, for lam next tojthe foot of the class. ” And the father wont .'.jr joy at the precocity of his offspi i ", The Wt>rl<l*H LHi*KO4t Itiiii', The biggest rubv in the •, ! is /z >«md Id th* €fear of Kussiu’s crown.

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