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HE Norrises were well-to-do before Mr. Norris became sick. After this, his bus- iness was left to uninterested persons so much that after his death all the property, even to the home, had to be sold to pay his debts and the expenses of the long-sick- ness. Tim, the only child, was then very young and could do nothing to help earn a living. Ilis mother’s health had been broken down owing to the close attention she had to give her husband during the last two years he lived, but upon her rested the responsibility of gaining a living. She rented a small house and began to take in sewing. Upon her scanty earnings she and her son lived. As soon as Tim was strong enough to do anything, he did what he could to help; but as the settlement in which he lived had a population of only about one thousand, composed mostly of ranchers and stock raisers, work for a young boy was not plentiful. They managed to get along someway, however, until Tim was fourteen years of age. It was then that he got his first steady job. The man who employed him was John Lennox, a wealthy rancher and stock owner. He was a business man in every sense. His much dealing with people had given him the impression that very few do exactly the “square thing,” conse- quently, he was very particular whom he trusted. He put Tim to work doing odd jobs around his home. He did the work so well, and was always so pleasant that Mr. Len- nox took a liking to him. He had several long talks with Tim regarding his plans tor the future, and from them he found that Tim’s ambition was to make his mother happy. He meant to accomplish this, first by bettering their financial conditions, and next by making something out of himself, so that she might feel repaid for the trials and sorrows she had endured in rearing him. In order to do this he thought the best thing to do would [1
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tEfje Shorn of tfje Wcbzv ££ tafee cabemp be to get an education. This unselfish motive of the boy struck Mr. Lennox rather forcibly, so he decided to help Tim carry out his plans. It was early in August when Mr. Lenox made the proposi- tion to Tim that if Tim would work for him during the summer vacation and what time he could spare while in school, he would send Tim to school, and during that time would see that his mother wanted for nothing. Of course, Tim accepted gladly, and could hardly wait to get home to tell his mother. When she heard it she was so thankful that she was unable to say anything. But before she went to bed that night she knelt to thank God for His goodness to them. Just about a month from that day Seth Lennox, Mr. Lennox’s only child, left for the city to attend college. As he was leav- ing, Mr. Lennox was called away on business and shortly after- ward his wife called upon a friend, leaving Tim at the place alone. Seth had not gone far when he remembered he had taken no money with him. He had no time to lose as it was then almost train time. He ran back home, rushed into the house, but found no one there. To his joy, however, he found his father’s desk open and in one of the drawers a ten dollar bill. This was enough to take him to his destination, so he left the house without any body’s seeing him and ran to the station. When Mr. Lennox returned his eyes fell upon his open desk. He had never left it open before; so naturally, the first thing he did was to see if it was as he had left it. He found the drawer open where the money had been and the money gone. His wife knew nothing about it, so he next went to Tim, who was work- ing in the front yard. “Has anyone been here since I left?” asked Mr. Lennox. “Not that I know of,” answered Tim, “and I’ve been here in front most of the time, so that I could see if any body came.” “Have you been in the house while my wife and I have been away?” again Mr. Lennox questioned. 2]
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