HORACE TAKES A STAND 115 
of making good in his resolve you fellows cut out the 
slapstick stuff and give him a chance!’’ 
So Horace worked that day. And from then on 
we noticed a growing change in his conduct and de- 
meanour. He became another person altogether. 
And though improvement in actual accomplishment 
was slow, the new attitude—the apparent recogni- 
tion of his shortcomings and his evident determina- 
tion to overcome them—won a measure of respect 
from us all. 
