First at Last

First at Last

"A detective asked an office boy," says the Ladies' Home

Journal, "if it was Mr. Jones or his partner who reached the

office first as a rule. 'Well,' said the boy, turning very red, 'Mr.

Jones at first was always last, but later he began to get earlier,

till at last he was first, though before he had always been behind.

He soon got later again, though of late he has been sooner, and

at last he got behind as before. But I expect he'll be getting

earlier sooner or later.' "

That reminds the Improvement Era of Dr. Karl G. Maeser's

commendation to a persistently tardy student who had repented :

"I perceive you are early of late; you used to be behind before,

but now I see you are first at last."