The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1868-02-18

these operations.
You would il YOU pursued ny
course.
H=us it that would be no easy
matter ier me Ny credit is tolorably
good aud manage 70 come out AZ the
end 81 the year, pretty well. by drawing
on my rural old governor rather freely
II have no father 10 call upon IN
case set into debt, So that prudence
becomes d necessity with me
Well, each one 10 bis taste. Jack r
Nou viii be rich man il tbe course n
time, bat az a snail's pace while /
mean 70 make a bold push aud achieve
fortune before ] am too Old 70 enjoy
il"
We shall see, Alfred which is tho
best as we'll as tho shortest road to
success You viii probably remain
another year with Mr. Glnghum and
SO shall / You will then start in
business upon your plan, and SO viii |
on mine, and leave il TO time to show
the result"
1T is a bargain, and this, by-the-by
reminds me that Mr. Gingham has
raised our salaries another hundred
this year
That is good news indeed.
81 dare say you will save it clear.
Yes, aud two hundred besides.
What three out of seven Come
Jack, that is almost too strong for me
TO believe
Il have five hundred safe in the
bank already"
"Iounds, a miser Why at that rate
you will have nearly a thousand dollars
TO commence business with Well, my
governor shall advance me like sum,
SO We viii start fair. But ] must be
off | suppose it is useless to urge you
to 90 with me ?"
The friends parted, the one taking
the preliminary measures for a restless
night, and a prospective morning head
acne, the other calmly settled to his
books, or lndulging in quiet dreams of
the future, in which the form Of the
fair Kate would contriye almost always
to be present,
One year soon passes away, and dur
ing this time the young men had not
changed their habits. Alfred had gone
more deeply into debt, and John had
grown surprisingly in his employers
confidence. Kate, too, had shown him
no ordinary marks of favor, and Jenk-
ms saw, with many jealous twinges,
that if John happened to praise a piece
Of goods III the hearing Of Kate she
was sure to have dress from it,
When his twenty-frst birthday ar
rived, Marshall was invited as his
friend had been, to wait upon Mr.. Cling
ham in the evening But in this case
his present did not consist OF a watch.
His employer, who was shrewd OBJ
server OF persons and things, hit exact
ly upon the gist most acceptable to his
clerk, and rendered him check Tor
one hundred and h:ty dollars Kate
also added q splendid bead purse, knit
by her own far hands.
The sum which he thus received, to-
gether with what lie had previously
saved, and the interest which had ac-
erued amounted to fully one thousand
dollars. Alfred having obtained from
his father like amount, both soon
started in business. As they were con-
sIdercd promising young men, they
found among their Wholesale friends,
those who who we're wiling to trust
them for considerable amounts, but
John determined to adher to the cash
principle, and consequently took a small
store, stocking 1t oniy SO iar as his cap
ital went.
Alfred, true to his nature, took
more imposing one, and managed to
open with stock amounting to nearly
eight thousand dollars. He hired al
number OF clerks and issued flaming
handbills Marshall. on the contrary.
engaged the service Of only one good
salesman, aud from day to day increas-
cd his stock us his sales enabled him. .-
jerks took a room at the fremont but
his friend retained his own humble
apartment.
Alfred for time dourished famously,
and often laughed at bis friend for being
contented with such an h Anble sphere.
He managed to get through the year
without any serious difficulty, although
he was obliged to get many Of his notes
renewed Being faithful believer in
the credit system, he thought it poor /
rule that would not work both ways
and therefore trusted his customers
freely. In the street he was frequent
borrower, but as he managed to pay
promptly, he vas quite successful IL
this respect
But monetary crisis was at hand, /
and he had heavy notes to pay. Re I
newai was out Of the question, and bor-
rowing had become dry, repulsiye busi-
ness. One day be rushed into Johns I
store, haggard and worn with anxiety
and ezerton, with tho stereotyped in
qalry:
Have you anything over to-day n
II aln sorry, Alfred, 10 say that /
have not; but the fact is, | have been
this morning, taking the advantage Of
these tight times 20 lay ia n thousand
dollars worth % stock, which pnreh-
ssed a ali exceedingly low figure"
These are dncad hard times
Hard indeed, bat have you much
70 make up"
The time d FIVE thousand dollars"
"MousirUust Da Won tbiuk yo,i can