Tribune and telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1855-1856, 1856-04-03
NOW OR NEVER:
Or
Waiting fer Something 60 s'Turn Ups
CHAPTER !.

. Or
Waiting fer Something 90 ssTurn Up.''
CHAPTER T.
"Now, or never, Frank" said Joseph Lone
to his friend and room-nate. He who is going
to make fortune must improve the present op
portunity"
replied Frank White, rather pettishly s'Here
! am, working for salary of FIVE hundred dol
larsi What can fellow do on that :" @asA
Not much, it is true; but You can be paving
the way for future advancement
"What do you mean p
lyon say Brown found fault with you to-day. -
ale did,"
"What about ~
because came to the store fifteen minutes
after time
That was wrong, Frank" continued Joseph
earnestly.
"Hamph.r replied the young man contemp.
tuonsly.
4 Il presume it was not the FIRST time
No; but what does be expect of fellow for
i i've hundred dollars a year9i'
IL Is all you are worth, Frank"
4 The reader win believe this was rather a
1 ''close fit' to a young man running over with
1 self-esteem, and filed with the idea that he was
UNDERMINED and underpaid.
II mean just what say; you are not worth
more than FIVE hundred year"
THAT is plain talk" sneered Frank. az sup
| pose you value Yourself at a thousand"
/ That is another matter; but / mean to say
that young man with such ideas of business
as You cherish, is not very valuable auxiliary
"Humph II
Look here, Frank; don't mean to make
yon mad, but you are acting on the wrong prin-
ciplc'
Not on your principle you mean"
Don't get riley, Frank"
"Oh nor
"You sllow yourself to be late at the store be-
cause you get only Ave hundred dollars a'year1"
That's it precisely. If Brown would give
me a decent salary, would tread square up to
the mark. Let him give me eight hundred, as
l asked him TO do and he shall have no occa-
sion to find fault"
Probably you would be just the same man
then that you are now
That is handsome of you, joe
/ "He who viii not do the best he can in one
sphere, will do no better in another"
/ SECT outin
/ but it is true.''
"No such thing just look at my case. What
encouragement have | to do well for Brown, on
the pittance he gives me T.
How do you expect to get more, if you do
not exert yourself to render your services more
valuable7 What inducement is there for Brown
to give you more salary ~
Il am worth more"
"Why sol Because you come late to the
store Because you feel no particular interest
IN his business = said Joseph, with pleasant
smile, to soften the severity of his remark.
1 ''But Cell you, if he would give me a decent
salary, he would have no reason to find fault. -
added Frank, pettishly.
How stupid that is. Frank ! just think of it
one moment, and you will grant it is the most
absurd thing you said in your life.''
NO, shall not; 4 say it is the fact, and you
gan ly T. ,us ~
| "What is the fact ~
That if he will pay ME well, shall be all
he requires"
PUT yourself in his position
Then would pay the clerks well.''
Nv ould you have men who don't care 4
straw about your business, who came dragging
the time 2"
well, don't know as 1 should; but that is
| his fault, not mine
VERY well; if you had such person in your
employ, would You raise his salary ~
"Certa;nly not
Then you would do precisely what Brown
does
ale is old fogv, any way you can fix him.
If you are mind to make a slave of Yourself
for five hundred dollars a year, you can do so
| shall take things rather easily till something
better turns up"
at never will turn up, Frank, you may de-
pend upon L."
There's good time coming bows" hummed
Frank, as he rose from his chair and lighted a
fresh cigar. something better will turn up
Joe, one of these days. | mean to be rich
man. You will see me ten years from now ri
ding in my own carriage"
"Pshaw! Nothing will turn up, Frank, moth
ing ever turns up You must dig it up, Yourself -
Wait, boys, wait, replied Frank, as he puff
Ted volume of blue smoke from his mouth
Now, why don't you 60 to the store deter
mined TO do your duty-tO promote your en-
ployer's interest by every honest meansl'
81 IN not paid for it,"
Eyes you are. If you did so, how long do
YOU suppose it would take Brown to find it outl''
| "Scyentv-tivc years"
Drown is shrcwd."
Not he, have given him abundant oppor-
tunity to appreciate me -
"By gracious! should think you had''
! 81 have no heart to do anything. Here | am
IN debt for the neccssares of life, and not FIVE
dollar bill in my pocket"
That's your fault. Your salary is enough to
live on"
! Enough for yea, not for me-"
Il saved a hundred last year.
al am twice that sum in debt"
You ought to save your money"
| "TIumph!''
"You will never be what you anticipate; if
you do not do your best now, you never will"
IL say, Joe, can you lend me ten dollars! 1t
is time to go to the theatre, and j have not even
money enough to pay for my own ticket,to say
nothing of Ju lia, and the hack hire"
Joseph was good natured, and he lent him the
money, as he had often done before, which will
explain to the reader why Frank was SO patient
under his friends cutting rebukes.
CHAPTER II.