From the Saturday Post.
NEVER GIVE UP.
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A man who is easily dishear.ened rarely,
if ever, succeeds in any thing, If he rises
above the common level, it is by some hap
py accident. Should he venture out upon
the sea of trade, the first cloud that dark
ems the sky over his head alarm IS him. and
back to the shore he goes, there to remain
until the end Of life III.


Of very different temper from this was
Miles Highly. Even while bo y, he exhib-
tied the most indomitable perseverance, in
his efforts to accomplish any end that he
happened to have in view. While other
boys were hesitating and debating the pro-
bability of success, he had solved all
doubts by doing the thing under consider
alton. 1. u f#N


AT school he was never known to aban-
don the attempt to master the most difficult
problemn. When once he bent his mind
to the work, he never rested until he gain
ed a true result. While fellow students
were referring their claims to the teacher,
he was struggling to overcome them, and
he always, in the end was successful Some
times this did not take place until after
repeated failures but all came out right at
last 4.


The father Of Miles Highly lived near
the bank of large river, that was, some
times, much swollen by heavy rains
Miles was about seventeen years old, and
was just preparing to leave for New York,
for the purpose of entering store there,
when series of heavy storms followed
each other so rapidly as to swell the river
to a dangerous and destructive height
Thousands Of dollars worth of property
was desu Dyed, and many lives lost


About daylight, one morning, the little
community in which he resided was thrown
into commotion by the intelligence that a
man had fioated down the river on piece
of timber, and had lodged on rock nearly
quarter Of mile from the shore, the top
of which projected above the water. As
the the river was still rising, the man, it
was plain could not long sustain his posi-
ton, but must, inevitably, be swept away
A boat was unloosed from the shore, and
two strong men took the oars and attempt
ed a rescue. But the rushing current bore
them far down the river, and they got back
to the shore along distance below the poin'
from which they started, having been in
great peril of their lives. .a


Alarmed and exhausted, the two men
when they got back with their boat, de.
clared that nothing would tempt them ou
again that it was impossible to reach th'
poor man on the rock.


"Never give up" said young Highly
throwing an anxious glance at the small
dark spot away in the midst OF the rushiIl