The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1878-04-11
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., Yale As during biz years in college
be bad, 10 sadiiIon 70 bis regular studies,
read lsw witt aa attorney Of New Haven
e only required ) year Ia law ofioe 10
I kokomo, iBd 20 ilt him FOR admission
70 The bar, aher whisk be Immediately
iesne 10 New York, and tried very hard
10 get into practice Unfortunately for
Mr.. GArthmaB, be discovered that there
were siready 6 100 lawyers In this city,
I'll trying 70 get iuto practice, and lsefe
wIs abou, As much chance for birn as for
bsiag elected to the presidency. Oflee
rest hni board bills soon consumed the
little mssnA be bad, and be wAsAt the end
loi bis string. As be was a month Ia ar
rcsrs bis landlady commenced TO regard
him wiih looks not altogether pleasant,
esd. lhs sralsl boHdholder who owned
l,ba oiiice be occupied notified him TO pay
or get out. Mr.. qaTthmaa diseoyepa
directly that whiie fhere was plenty
OF room on the upper shelves he would
probably starve to death a great many
times before he could reach even The low
est Of the said upper shelves, SO be de
termined 10 quit law and try something
else. lie was sensible yonpg man, and
so be did not
Write for the newspapers.
AK for the management Of manuisc.
turing corporation.
Apply for position OF Actusry in life
insurance company.
Ask for the presidency Of the board Of
education.
Ask for the managing edltorshIp Of
daily paper.
Apply for cashiership OF bank, or
anything OF the kind. But he did find
something he was fit for. Down in one
off the streets close by Wall, in the under
the-sidewaik of popular restaurant, he
noticed light, clean open space that was
unoccupied. lie went to the proprietor
Of the restaurant and took that space at a
nominal rent, snd promptly pawned bis
ulster 10 procure stock, opened business
there as boot-blaekl
As matter Of course he did not desire
10 be known as polisher OF boots up
town, for be was living in rather exclu-
sive boarding house, to which only the
most respectable were admitted 1t was
no trouble to conceal bis identity. Some
old clothes, a emach Of black artistically
placed on his face, his pantaloons in his
boots. aud no human being could recog-
nize 10 Garthman, boot-black, the fash.
ionable and elegant Mr.. Gartbman of
Twenty.frst street.
His venture was entirely successful.
lie was something Of wit In his way,
aud entertained his patrons judiclously,
while be polished their boots And then
there was something about him which at
trsctsd The young brokers who frequent
ed the restaurant, and he eslered upona
career Of prosperity that was delightful.
His earnings frequently ran as high as Sc
a day, and bis business in two weeks In.
creased so that he had to employ an as
sistant.
His changed condition attracted atten-
tion at bis boarding house. 1t had be-
come wen known that he bad been i'm
pecunious, and now the fact that be had
better clothes and was again carrying his
watch, and paid all his bills promptly led
TO much comment.
Had be abandoned law? Yes, and
gone into business. What busness2 Pol
ishiDg calf skim And he was eongratu.
lated at bis success, and became very
popular yonng man, and was received
iHto the very best boarding house society.
Was It possible that young man like
John l.. Garthman should go through
life without love? Neveri In the same
house resided an old gentleman, mer-
chant who knew just when TO quit, who
with his daughter occupied the best
apartments In the house. Lille Pickham
the daughter, was a delightful girl, and
Gsrthman aud she became very much at
tached to each other, and there was a
decent prospect thai in time they would
make mp their minds TO 90 through life
together. But Garthman had, as who
has not, 6 hated rival. A broker named
Bathurst, who lived at The same house,
had cast bis eyes upon the girl, aud in
famed by her excellencies as we'll as the
comfortable fortune she was sure to pos.
sess, determined to possess her. Lille
favored Garthman, and the father favor
ed Bathurst, aud 80 IL was about an even
race between them.
Bathurst did not believe 10 Mr.. Garth
mans business, for there was something
queer about Il. Garlhman, when asked
where his place OF business was, bad al
ways replied vaguely, down town, with
sweep Of the head that took 10 all the
lover part OF the city. Bathurst bad
searched al tie directories for iafornla-
ton, iu vain. No such name appeared,
aud no such business either. And so be
piled the old gentleman with Suspicious,
lniimaiiug that probably the young man
Was dealer in 8 faro bank, smuRgler,
policy dealer and al that, til both be
and Lille were nearly crazy. FiBAIIy
the following conversation ensasd:
Mr.. Garthman, insist, before you are
seen with my daughter any more, upon
Knowing who you are, and what you sre
doing, aud where you are doing IL.
Mr.. PickhAm, | am Jobs L. GArthman.
4 earn money enough 10 support your
daughter property, aud for The rest, mast
decline 10 answxf