CHAPTER VI.

THE PUBLISHER.

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‘The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing; but the soul of the
diligent shall be made fat.”—Prov. xiii. 4.

was in the third year of my residénce with

 

Mr. Simpson, that he had engaged to doa
- large amount of work for a publishing house in the
city. Sufficient time had been given to accomplish it
without any extra effort. But one evening; towards
the close of the job, the publisher suddenly appeared.
in the office. He and Mr. Simpson were alone toge-
ther some time. When the office was.closed for the
evening, Mr. Simpson told us’ that the work must be
finished in three days at furthest, and that we must all
bestir ourselves early enough in the morning. It was

my duty to open the office and prepare it for work.

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