A PROVERB STORY.

Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 282, 28 November 1929, Page 28

A PROVERB STORY.

"WHATEVER IS WORTH DOING—." "There," said Harry, throwing down the shoe brush, "there, that'll do. My shoes don't look very bright, but no matter. Who cares 1" _ Whatever is worth doing is worth doing well," said his father, who had heard the boy's careless spefcch. Harry flushed, while his father continued: "My boy, your shoes look wretched. Pick up the brush and make them shine. When you have finished come into the house." As soon as Harry appeared with his well-polished shoes, his father said: 'Now I have a little story to tell you. I once knew a poor boy whose mother taught him the proverb which I repeated to you a few .minutes ago. This boy went out to service in a gentleman's family, and lie took pains to do everything well, no matter liow unimportant it seemed. His employer was pleased, and took him into his shop. He did his work well there, and when sent 011 errands he went quickly, and was soon back in his place. So he advanced from step to step until he became clerk, and then a partner in the business. He is now a rich man, and anxious that his son Harry should learn to practise the I rule which made him prosper. "Why, pa, were you a poor boy once?" asked Harry. "Yes, my son, so poor that I had to go out to service and black boots and wait on a table, and do any service that was required of me. By doing little things well I was soon trusted with more important ones. "Whatever is worth doing is worth doing well." 1