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Title: Lessons in Life, For All Who Will Read Them

Author: T. S. Arthur

Posting Date: August 18, 2009 [EBook #4616]
Release Date: November, 2003
First Posted: February 20, 2002

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LESSONS IN LIFE, FOR ALL WHO WILL READ THEM.

BY

T. S. ARTHUR.

PHILADELPHIA:

1851.

PREFACE.

"WE are never too old to learn;" is a truism that cannot be repeated
too often, if, in the repetition, we do not lose the force of the
sentiment. In fact, at every stage of existence we are learners; and,
if we (sic) con the lessons well that are written in the great Book of
Human Life, wide open before us, we will be wiser and happier. To make
the study easier for some, the Stories in this little volume have been
written. They present a few marked phases in life, and the lessons
taught are worthy of thoughtful consideration.

"STORIES FOR PARENTS" will speedily follow this volume, and make the
eighth in our "LIBRARY FOR THE HOUSEHOLD."

CONTENTS.

THE RIGHT OF WAY
COALS OF FIRE
A NEW PLEASURE
THE DAUGHTER-IN-LAW
SMITH AND JONES; OR, THE TOWN LOT
HE MUST HAVE MEANT ME
FOR THE FUN OF IT
FORGIVE AND FORGET
PAYING THE MINISTER
HAD I BEEN CONSULTED
THE MISTAKES OF A "RISING FAMILY"
THE MEANS OF ENJOYMENT

LESSONS IN LIFE.

THE RIGHT OF WAY.

MR. EDWARD BOLTON had purchased himself a farm, and taken possession
thereof. Once, while examining the premises, before deciding to buy, he
had observed a light wagon moving along on the extreme south edge of
the tract of land included in the farm, but it had occasioned no
remark. It was late in the afternoon when he arrived with his family at
their new home. On the morning that followed, while Mr. Bolton stood
conversing with a farm-hand who had been on the place under the former
owner, he observed the same vehicle passing across the portion of his
land referred to.

"Whose wagon is t