charge of the service at three
hundred dollars a month. When I heard what the salary was I almost
fainted." It had been his hopeful, cheerful, expectant attitude toward
the future that had ever prompted him to fit himself so well that when
the opportunity offered itself he was able to show that he possessed
the grasp of things that made him

THE CONQUEROR

There's a day, there's an hour, a moment of time
When Fate shall be willing to try us;
This one test of our worth and our purpose sublime,
It will not, it cannot deny us.
'Tis our right to demand one true crisis, else how
Shall we prove by our valor undaunted
That we merit the wreath Fortune lays on the brow
Of the man who is there when he's wanted?

And whene'er Opportunity knocks at his door
The wise one's glad greeting is, "Ready!"
He has garnered, of knowledge, an adequate store,
His purpose is seasoned and steady.
With soul and with spirit, with hand and with heart,
And with strength that he never has vaunted,
He is fashioned and fitted to compass his part,
Is the man who is there when he's wanted.

The world is a stage and our lives are a play
And the role that is given us in it
May be grand or obscure, yet there comes the great day
When we speak its best lines for a minute.
And the dream that through all of life's trials and tears,
The soul, like soft music, has haunted,
Comes true, and the world gives its smiles and its cheers
To the man who is there when he's wanted.

[Illustration: ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING]

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[Transcriber's Note: Sidenote quotations from the preceeding chapter are
gathered in this section.]

Kind words are worth much and they cost little.--Proverb.

The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.
--Marcus Aurelius Antoninus.

Always laugh when you can; it is a cheap medicine. Merriment is a
philosophy not well understood. It is the sunny side of existence.
--Byron.

To do something, however small, to make others happier and better, is
the highest ambition, the most elevating hope, which can inspire a
human being.--Lord Avebury.

Happiness gives us the energy which is the basis of all health.
--Amiel.

Not in the clamour of the crowded streets, not in the shouts and
plaudits of the thron