The Gavelyte, November 1909

THE c; VELYTE, Panhandle, a ticket for , t . Loui~. Thus five nwmbers of the gradnating class separated as they supposed for the last time. Roy was met at Union station by his mother and little sister. How proud they were of him! As they entered their yard they were met hy Mr. ~le Kee, pre. ident of the First ational Bank. He had been Will's father's truest friend had and wa~ched Roy and his work in chool with keen interest. Mr. ~lcKee came forward offering his hand and congratulating Will on his succ:esH. Then (as he was not a man of many word ~) he said, "Will, I was your father's closest friend and for that reason I have been watching you with the expectancy of giving you a place in the bank if you prove satisfactory. So far you have proven yourself a on of your father. We neect a book keeper and some one tJ help genera!ly ab,iut the bank; we will gh·e you twelve hundred a )"{ ar "ith chance Clf promotion. Will you accept?" Will could hardly realize for a moment what had happened. Then he replied, "I will be on hl.l.nds Monday morning." As McKee arose to go hP said: Will, I do not want you to think we are vffering you thi position out of sympathy but becau 'e We have nc,t been a1de to find a man better pre– pared and with a stronger character." When Will returned to the room he found his mother weeping for joy. How she had saved, sacrificed and planned for her boy and had she not heard one of Pittsburg's greatest men say that he had not found any one with better character or better preparation. ow he knew he had not worked in vain. Monday morning found Will Roy at his new duties.· lt was not long until he "had made a place for him elf; he was called upon for advice and information. He always had I hings neat and in order. His bookQ were always traight and by the time he had Prved hi first year the bank authorities knew they had a man worth kec>ping and in recogniton of this fact they, at their spring meeting electPd William Roy as ca bier with a salary of twenty-five hundred. By this time the Roys had risen to q1:ite a place in society. Little Helen Roy was ju t budding into womanhood and was the envy of more than one young man. When Will got this promotion he moved his mothei· and i:;i. ter out of the bu y section of the city and made for them a hornP in Crafton. Here they had all the comforts of life and a happy home. Yet a. Helen often told her mother, "Will looks some time. as if he