College Men Without Money

. FRAZI

t school nineteen years. He claimed that we could learn as much at home as we could at school. Holding to this theory he kept us at home. The theory might have worked well, if he had given us fixed hours for study and play; but instead of this he kept us at work on the farm all summer and fall. In winter he would cut and sell wood. Every morning, when the weather was

s every Sunday. She would tell us what a good time she had at school. This made me anxious to go too, and I pleaded with father to let me go, but my pleading was all in vain. He said I would learn more mischi

ithout his consent. One day when father came to dinner, he did not see me and inquired where I was. Mother told him that I had gone to school. He hardly knew what

old my cousin (Miss Nettie Bruce) my situation, and she agreed to lend me her books the first ye

able thirst for knowledge took possession of me. I was not satisfied unless I had a book in my hand. My teacher t

or Lincoln told him how I could go with very little cost to him. He told him that he could get me a position in the dining room, by which I could pay half of my board. He thought that father c

me. The thought of being two hundred and fifty miles from home without money or friends was almost more than I could bear. But I

rmination 32 to do all that my strength would permit. I managed to get them to allow me to take twenty-six hours’ work a week. This gave

” The next day I arrived at home and found her very ill. I knew that she could no

as only four years old, the responsibilities of the home and mother fell largely upon me. I tried to fill

mpossible, as father could not get anyone to keep house for him. During the winter I devoted every spare minute that I could find to my books; but you may know that I did not find muc

ok after the home affairs too. This year, by raising turkeys and teaching I cleared one hundred and fifty dol

t she could keep house. Still I felt that she could not, and that it was my duty to stay at home, but at the same

to college, but father succeeded in hiring a housekeeper, and I went back the next fall. Before I came home in the

with Him, Who doeth all things well. He opened the way, led and directed, and I did the acting. The next fall, one

is paid half of my board bill. Father lent me the other half. During my vacation I raised chic

the Holy Neck Graded School. I hope to clear e

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