THE CHEM AW A
18
A M E R IC A N
♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦
•]
A C O M IN G B U S I N E S S M A N
“ M a , ” e x c la im e d
young
h o u se , “ M rs. J o h n s o n
T e d d y , b u r s tin g in to th e
s a id s h e w o u ld g iv e m e a p e n
n y if I to ld h e r w h a t y o u s a id a b o u t h e r . ”
“ I n e v e r h e a r d o f s u c h a t h i n g ! ” s a id t h e m o t h e r
in d ig n a n tly .
to ld !
h e r.
“ Y o u ’r e a v e r y
I w o u l d n ’t
H e r e ’s a n
have
a p p le
m a.
th a t
boy
n o t to h a v e
th in k I e v e n m e n tio n e d
son n y
little la d .”
“ I s h o u ld t h i n k I a m ,
t h a t p e n n y , I to ld h e r
her
good
fo r b e in g s u c h
a w is e
W h en sh e sh o w ed m e
w h a t y o u s a id w a s s o m e
t h i n g a w f u l a n d w a s w o r t h a d im e a t l e a s t ! ”
TI IE W K O N G T E KM
H e r e is a s to r y t h a t w a s to ld b v S e n a t o r W illia m
H u g h e s o f N e w J e r s e y , t h e o t h e r a f t e r n o o n in d e m o n
s t r a t i n g t h a t w h e n a m a n w a n t s to e x p r e s s h im s e lf l u
c i d ly , h e c a n n o t b e to o c a r e f u l in p i c k i n g o u t t h e r i g h t
b ra n d of la n g u a g e .
O n e S u n d a y m o r n i n g s o m e tim e a g o , a c c o r d i n g to t h e
S e n a t o r , t h e p a r s o n o f a s m a ll c h u r c h in o n e o f t h e
back
c o u n tiie s te n d e rly a n n o u n c e d th a t
c e iv e d a c a ll f r o m a n o t h e r fie ld .
he had
re
A t t h e c o n c lu s io n o f
t h e s e r v ic e t h e p a r s o n w a s a p p r o a c h e d b y o n e o f t h e
deacons.
“ I h av e b een th in k in g a b o u t th a t a n n o u n c e m e n t you
m ad e p a rs o n .”
s a id t h e d e a c o n . ”
A re th e y o ffe rin g
y o u a n y m o r e m o n e y in t h a t n e w fie ld ? ”
“ O h , v es, b r o th e r ,” w as th e p ro m p t re jo in d e r o f th e
p a rs o n ; “ th re e h u n d r e d d o lla r s .”
“ W e ll, I d o n ’t k n o w t h a t I b la m e y o u , p a r s o n , ”
t h o u g h t f u l l y r e t u r n e d t h e d e a c o n , “ b u t in m a k i n g t h e
a n n o u n c e m e n t y o u d i d n ’t u s e t h e r i g h t t e r m .
i s n ’t a ‘c a l l ; ’ i t ’s a ‘r a i s e . ’ ”
T hat
♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦