Rensselaer Journal, Volume 12, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 June 1902 — SHOULD SUCCEED IN LIFE. [ARTICLE]

SHOULD SUCCEED IN LIFE.

Youth Demonstrates Ability to Get Results from Small Beginnings. One of the two boys who figure in this tale should get along in the world. His ability to get results with small provocation would seem to be great Evidently, he has little affection for the smaller denominations of figures. When told by a gentle playfellow that the latter had been made a paternal present of a goat, he replied: “Hugh! My pop has a whole flock of goats down in his office.” The other boy seemed amazed, but went on with his joyful narrative. “My papa bought me a wagon, too,” he said. “Well, what of it?” he was asked. “My pop had so many wagons he had to burn a lot of ’em, because he had no room for ’em.” The gentle boy did not believe this. Moreover, to hear it pained him; for he had faith in what he learned in Sunday school. “Don’t you know what happened to Ananias and Sapphira?” he asked. “They were struck dead for lying.” Patently, this was not information to his companion, who responded—impatiently, perhaps, but without bravado: “I know it. I saw them struck.”