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A Time Of Grace

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Parent Issue
Day
3
Month
November
Year
1887
Copyright
Public Domain
OCR Text

I kDow the steward of a large institutlon who was bothered by the tardiness of his subordinates iu returning to the place at night. He spoke to thera several times, and tbeir invariable complaint was that tbey coukln't possibly get ai'ound any sooner. The regular hour for being insido the gates was 10 o'clock. Every night found stragglers, who came wandering in ten, flfteen and even twenty minutes late. The steward was at his wits' end. He wanted the "help" to obey the rule prescribed by the regulations, and yet he didn't want to be harsh on them. After long deliberation he had about deeiiled to extend the hour to 10:30 and issue stringent orders to have the gates closed and barred at that hour, and uot opened again under any consideration until the following morning. Before doing so, however, ho spoke to the gatekeeper, telling him of the resolve to which he had almost committed himself. The old lodge keeper had his annoyance and worriment with all the dilatory ones, so after hearing the steward's statement he looked up qulckly and remarked: "JJow, don't ye think ye had betther made it a quarter of 10 and give them flfteen minutes' grace to get there? If you extend the time to half afther 10 you'U have tbem, just as sure as fate, comin' in ten minutes later." The old attemlnnt's suggestion was acted upon, the hour fixed for a quarter of 10, and now the steward resta easy, for all his subordinates are inside the walls between the apnointed hour and tbe time of grace.-

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Old News
Ann Arbor Register