The northern galaxy. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1844-1848, 1845-05-14

what is the meaning of all this, Harry p
asked Mr.. Law, rs he shook the young man S
hand warmly, on meeting him.
i have been thinking, returned Lewis with
, a smile.
Have yon2 We'll, what has been the ma
ture of your thoughts? q
i thought, in the first place, that it would
require me to sell great many goods in or
der 10 clear two thousand dollars for rent
"A wise thought. Strange that you never
made that discovery before =
'A'little thinking would, no doubt, have
made it clear long ago.
No doubt. Well. TO what other conclu-
sion did your thou ghts lead yoa?'
/ TO this very natural one; that, il could
| ge; store for five hundred dollars year.
would have to sell one-lonrth as many goods
10 pay rent. And further, that as in five
years, had not made any thing beyond my
expenses, il vas folly totry any longer where
( | was
! 'And so you determined to take this store
al five hundred?'
4 did,
! is the stand good one?
! il have been open two weeks and my sales
are as good, and even better than they were
before
Then should say that you had thought to
some good purpose. But why didn't you
think in this way two years agoF
Because I was not absolutely compelled
TO do it. After you went away, commenced
thinking as you suggested, and the first re-
suit was, determination 10 make a thor
ough examination of my affairs. | took
stocks, balanced my books and made up a
statement that frightened me half out my
senses. 1t showed me that was not worth
eighty cents on the dollar, if all my stock
were forced into market. That had not in
five years, advanced single STEP
'Humphl'
Its fact For nearly z week | was so
disheartened that l could scarcely eat or
sleep. After that, forced myself TO hope
for something better than a failure. and set
mvsefto thinking out some means of pre-
venting il. Here you see the result OF my
thoughts. II went hard with me TO give up
that beautiful store. What will be said il !
90 into palmer establishment | asked
myself But all this weakness soon gave
way. and met the whole thing rs man
should meet it. One of my fears was, that
the change would affect my credit
Has il done soF
'Not in the least, | believe. Every body
seems TO think have acted wisely
'Of course. A young man, with your
light capital, should never have dreamed Of
dashng out in The style that you did. Sue
cess in this world results, in almost every
case, iron. small beginnings
Il can believe so now. But when COM
menced, my ideas were something different.
/ exJ ected 10 have made fortune in a few
years.
Sand come very near running yourselfF
True
Now, however, you are in a much fairer
way, in my opinion, than you have ever
BEEN
Ofmakinga comfortable living at least
sAnd with that you should be content. If
more crown your labors, take it and be
thankful, and be sure that you make good
use of it,
Now, nearly year has passed since Hen
ry Lewis thought and acted as has been
seen. His business has been as good in his
new store as in his old one; consequently, he
is over thousand dollars better off, suppo-
sing that previously, he made only his cx-
pefises. He might have gone on where he
was, doubling and Responding, until over
whelmed in ruin. But little right thought,
followed by confidence and prompt action,
saved him.
Let no one, then, who is in difficulty, give
way to doubt; that will tend te bring on the
difficulty lie breads. But with wise fore
thought and hopeful spirit press onward.
A wise man foreseeth the evil, and hiieth
himself; but the simple pass on, and are
punished!