The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1869-10-21

casss, that 10 certaio. What viii my
fashionable frisndsa1v?" . =
This was amer al 90 greatest trial 70
Edgar. TO subsids Aom the position Of
= man Of fashion = : humdrum clerk u
the ONCE Of real s1llfs lawyer, seemed
to him great dssos11 though In view
Of rlght-thinking psapas 1t will be ~
gsrled ~ an ascsns =
In = week che change was made. Ed
gar realized the san y expected ON hs
mining shares, and Invested it In sub
stantial bank shares which yielded him
. net income Of one hundred and seven
ty-fivs dollars = yar. Upon this and
his salary he must hve. Considerably
agatnst his Will he tooa quarters In =
comfortable but modente-priced board
ing house, and began iifs on new foot
ing. s-re.~. r+t
As he anticipated, there was consider
able talk about the change Of fortune,
and most Of his fashionable acquaint-
ances forgot to include him In their fu-
ture invitations, while some that he
had know intimately appeared to for.
get that they had ever known him.
This troubled him considerably at Rrst,
bnt there wos one good effect resulting
from his neglect by his fashionable
friends. Not being invited to parties,
he no longer had occasinn to keep late
hours, and his health and strength i'm
proved. This surprised him, as he was
occupied with Office work during tho
day.
II declare Holden" said he one day.
"I've gained fifteen pounds in the last
three months"
"Work seems to agree with you," was
the reply.
II feel stronger than used to-"
~ told you how 1t would BE-"
"But did not believe you at the
time" ... ~.
"Late hours are moro trying to the
constitution than hard work."
$50 I begin to find it,"
Just at first Edgar found his office
work task; but soon it became pleasant
He become interested in the profession
he had chosen, and ~ he was by no
means deficient either In natural talent
or education, hs became, before the
year closed, . valuable assistant to his
friend Holden.
just before the close o fthe first year
the lawyer said: t
Edgar II you have no objection, 1
mean to double your aalary." .>s
"Thank you, Holden; but s-n't
want you to do It unlesa you think l am
worth the increase"
II think 70. You have made
yourself very valuable to me, and have
fully mastered tho routine work Of the
Office" .....s -...t
Then I will accept it gladly; for,
though I don't want 70 60 back to the
old scale Of expenditure, would like q
little better room, and . little better ia-
ble." '.sss,.t, s3/ ~
10 the arrangementwas made. '~ ft
One day Edgar mot In the street Mr..
Bullion, ! a"heavy man" in the parlance
of the street, and president of one Of
the city banks. He tried to avoid him
having two years ago proposed for the
hand Of Miss Fanny Bullion, and.
though favored by the young lady, had
been unccremoniously rejected by the
father. ..,5ts... g.. .5|..fE+4,
But to his surprise, Mr.. Bullion ad-
vanced to him and said cordially:
"How do youdo, Nj. Ashcroft"
avery well, thank you, SIR" said Ed
gar, rather embarrassed. s-fr .rai
"Come round to the house. We thall
be glad to SEQ you.''
Edgar's face betrayed his surprise.
I'm tell you sscret, young man.
Two years ago refused your suit for
my daughter. Shall l tell you why?"
IF you please sir" .g sls
Because saw that you were mere
man of fashion; doing nothing useful,
and sure to run out of money at last,
and with no occupation to fall back on.
You lost your money sooner than l ex-
pected; but to my surprise you have act
cd like sensible man. I hear good
reports of your talent and industry
Come to my house whenever you like,
and ifyou have any proposition to make
to 'ne T. will. ..etf it into coneidera-
thaves been made in Iowa during thi
month of September by the Postmastel
Eenerai:, sa.a a "a j
+ IA ~. ESTABLISHED. ,...s 2@''
o. DalIas Center, Dallas county;sStofi
Blake, Rrena Vista county; MaAlse, ga
ion, Dallas county; Elite, TAhlaS SodMty
sNeola. Pottawattmie county; Creswell
dkeokuk county; stanfort, Marshal X
d,ounty. ..f.-. ug.tn
- p7q'~ayf4s4 DISCONTINUED. fslas~ , rz..
NJ Olive, Mitchell county; nearest office
er'sage. Leni, Worth county; neares
sel1ice,l Indianola. Elon, Aimakce co,m
pot boiling.''
So Edgar Ashcroft married the daugh
ter Of . millionaire. He was at once
taken into partnership By bis friend
Holden, and to-day heis millionaire
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