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They sold out in Massachusetts, and instead of going to California they went to Wisconsin, where he went into the employ of the Superior Copper Mining Company at $15 a week again, but with the proviso in his contract that he should have an interest in any mines he should discover for the company. THEY SOLD OUT IN MASSACHUSETTS AND INSTEAD OF GOING TO CALIFORNIA THEY WENT TO WISCONSIN WHERE HE WENT INTO THE EMPLOY OF THE SUPERIOR COPPER MINING COMPANY AT FIFTEEN DOLLARS A WEEK AGAIN BUT WITH THE PROVISO IN HIS CONTRACT THAT HE SHOULD HAVE AN INTEREST IN ANY MINDS HE SHOULD DISCOVER FOR THE COMPANY
and became such an adept as a mining engineer that he was employed by the authorities of the university to train students who were behind their classes. During his senior year he earned $15 a week for doing that work. When he graduated they raised his pay from $15 to $45 a week, and offered him a professorship, and as soon as they did he went right home to his mother. _*If they had raised that boy’s pay from $15 to $15.60 he would have stayed and been proud of the place, but when they put it up to $45 at one leap, he said, “Mother, I won’t work for $45 a week. The idea of a man with a brain like mine working for $45 a week!_ Let’s go out in California and stake out gold-mines and silver-mines, and be immensely rich.” Said his mother, “Now, Charlie, it is just as well to be happy as it is to be rich.” “Yes,” said Charlie, “but it is just as well to be rich and happy, too.” And they were both right about it. As he was an only son and she a widow, of course he had his way. They always do. AS EMPLOYED BY THE AUTHORITIES OF THE UNIVERSITY TO TRAIN STUDENTS WHO WERE BEHIND IN THEIR CLASSES DURING HIS SENIOR YEAR HE EARNED FIFTEEN DOLLARS A WEEK FOR DOING THAT WORK WHEN HE GRADUATED THEY RAISED HIS PAY FROM FIFTEEN TO FORTY FIVE DOLLARS A WEEK AND OFFERED HIM A PROFESSORSHIP AND AS SOON AS THEY DID HE WENT RIGHT HOME TO HIS MOTHER IF THEY HAD RAISED THAT BOY'S PAY FROM FIFTEEN TO FIFTEEN SIXTY HE WOULD HAVE STAYED AND BEEN PROUD OF THE PLACE BUT WHEN THEY PUT IT AT FORTY FIVE DOLLARS IN ONE LEAP HE SAID MOTHER I WON'T WORK FOR FORTY FIVE DOLLARS A WEEK THE IDEA OF A MAN WITH A BRAIN LIKE MINE WORKING FOR FORTY FIVE DOLLARS A WEEK LET'S GO OUT TO CALIFORNIA AND STAKE OUT GOLD MINES AND SILVER MINES AND BE IMMENSELY RICH SAID HIS MOTHER NOW CHARLIE IT IS JUST AS WELL TO BE HAPPY AS IT IS TO BE RICH YES SAID CHARLIE BUT IT IS JUST AS WELL TO BE RICH AND HAPPY TOO AND THEY BOTH WENT RIGHT ABOUT IT AS HE WAS AN ONLY SON AND SHE WAS A WIDOW OF COURSE HE HAD HIS WAY THEY ALWAYS DO
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