Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1856-02-26

NOW, OR NEVER:
~ aItiug for Something to Turn In,

Now, or never, Frank" said Joseph Long to
his friend and roommate. " He who is going
to make fortune must improve the present op-
portunity.'
g But tell you, joe there is no opportunity"
replied Frank White, rather pettishly Here
am, working for salary of five hundred dol
lars What a fellow do on that ?"
" Not much, it is true but You can be paving
the way for future advancement"
what do you mean -
I" You say Brown found fault with you to-day
" He did
'W hat about 90
g" Because | came to the store fifteen minutes
after time"
=" That was wrong Frank" cotinnued Joseph
earnestly.
Humpht" replied the yor-ig man contemp-
tuously.
:" | presume it was not the first time"
"No; but what does he expect of fellow for
five hundred dollars a year?'
1t is all you are worth, Frank"
What -
The reader viii believe this was rather a
" close fit to a young running over with
SeIi-t>tteli anu Hlied WltH the lued IEaI ne was
undervalued and underpaid'
Il mean just what ! say; you are not worth
more than five hundred year"
That is plain talk" sneered Frank Il sup
pose you value yourself at a thousand"
That is another matter; but l mean to say
that young man with such ideas of business
You cherish, is not a very valuable auxiliary"
.Humph :,
Look here, Frank | don't mean to make
you mad but you are acting on the wrong prin-
ciple."
Not on your principle, You mean"
Don't get riley, Frank"
Oh nor'
You allow yourself to be late at the store be-
cause you get only five hundred dollars year,"
That's it, precisely. If Brown would give
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 will not do the best he can in one
sphere, viii do no better in another"
Get out p
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?'
How do you expect to get more, if you do
not exert yourself to render your services more
valuable ? What inducement is there for Brown
to give Teu more salary?''
4 am worth more
why so? Because you come late to the
store ? Because you feel particular interest
in his business ?" said Joseph, with pleasant
smile, 10 soften the severity of his remark.
But I tell you, if he would give me 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 viii grant it is the most
absurd thing you ever said in your life
mo, shall not; /; l say it is the fact, and you
can't rub it out
What is the fact %
THAT if he viii pay me well, 1 shall b. I'll
he requires"
Put yourself in his position"
Then / would pay The clerks we'll
Would you have men who don't care straw
about your business, who came dragging into
the store half or quarter of an hour after the
time ?"
Well don't know as l should but that is
his fault, not mine.
Very well; if you had such person in your
employ, would you raise his salary? ?"
Certainly not"
Then you would do precisely what Brown
does"
" de Is an old fogy, any way you can fix him.
If you are mind to make a slave of yourself
for five hundred dollars year, you can do so.
shail take things rather easily till something
better turns up"
" 1t never Will turn up, Frank, you may de-