The Luckiest Fellow in Town.
"FRED DIXON is the luckiest fellow in town; everything he wants he gets; everything he undertakes prospers. Did you hear he has the place at Kelly's, that so many have been trying to get?" "You don't say so! Why, he is a very young man to fill so responsible a position." "Yes," added the first speaker, "he always would stand on the top of the ladder in school. Though not the brightest scholar, he managed to carry off the honors upon quitting school, which he did at an earlier age than most of his class-mates, because he had to help support a widowed mother and younger brothers and sisters. He only had to ask for a situation, and lo! all other applicants were ruled out, and Fred had the preference." Boys, "Our Boys," do you know any Fred Dixons? If you do don't think it is luck that helps him along, gives him the laurels at school, aids him to obtain first-class situations; puts him in places of trust and honor, where a good name or untarnished character is required. Look back in the pages of his life. See if he was not studious at school, fair and square in all boyish games, gentlemanly and obliging, honest in all his dealings. Ask his friends if truthfulness, faithfulness to his duty, steadfastness of purpose, are not his characteristics. Find out whether he has ever been known to frequent tippling shops, gambling dens, and kindred places of vice; whether he spends his spare time in filling his mind with trashy literature, such as is thrown broadcast over our land, in the shape of dime novels. Depend upon it, boys, you will never be "the luckiest fellow in town," unless you earn it by honesty, and integrity of character, and fidelity to all your undertakings.—Sel.