Chapter 10

THE NEW CALL.

Monday morning--prompt boys--not a lazy bone in Nat--how the bell called him--his first appearance at the factory--remark of the overseer--meeting with Charlie Stone there--Charlie's character--making use of knowledge acquired and difference in boys--talk with the agent about the library--his advice about spare moments--William Cobbett's account of his own privations in early life--Nat's first noon-time--his work as bobbin boy--takes the life of Dr. Franklin out of the library--meets with David Sears--punctuality a cardinal virtue--how the factory bell cultivates punctuality--here the beginning of his student life--read through life of Franklin before Saturday night 100-112