Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-10-20

innocence itself. Aud The prbfcssiouaI
incompetent crawls up besiGelAe prisoner,
acipic5sncss 20 rescue despair. vixen there
ought 70 be a struggle an4olg al Toe best
men az lie profession - 10 who should
have the honor cf Try Ing To help that an
fortunate. How much would such an at
torncy have received as his fee for such
al a iyocacy? Nothing in dollars, but
m-cl every way III "A happy conscious
ness that would make ms own life
brighter and his " pillow swceter and
his own heaven happier-the conscious
ness that he bad saved Il man
SO there are commercial eXegencie-. a
very late spring obliterates the demand
for 81 ring overc0ats and spring hats and
spring apparel Of all sorts. Hundreds OF
thousands OF people say: 1t seems We
are gong to have no spring and We shall
go straight ont of winter into warm
weather, and can get along without the
usual spring attire" Or there is no au-
tuna weather, tne heat plunglng into the
cold. and the usual clotAlng, which is a
compromise between summeT ana winter,
is NOT required. 1t makes a difference in
! the sale Of millions ana millions Of dol
lars Of goods, and some o~vcr-sanguine
young merchant is caught with q vast
amount of unsaieablc goods that never
VIII be saieable again except a. prices
ruinously reduced. That young merchant
with Il somewhat limited capital is III a
predlcament. What shall the old mcr-
chants 10 as they see that young man in
THIS awful crisis! Rub thcir hands and
laugh and say: Good for him. He might
have known better. When he has been
in business as long as We have, he will not
load his shelves in that way. Ha! ma!
He viii burst up before long. lie had no
business 10 open his store SO near to ours
anyhow Sherin's sale, Red iag in the
window: How much is bid for these
out Of the fashion spring oyercoats and
spring hats or fan clothing ont of date?
What do | hear in She way OF a bidr"
-Four dollars" absurd. cannot take
that bid Of 81 apiece. Why, these coats
when first pat upon the market were Of
fercd az SD cacl, and now | am offered
only S. Is that FL. Five dollars 10 !
hear: Gong At thai, Gone at IS, and
ne takes the whole lot.
THE YoUHG MERCHANT
goes home that night and says 10 his
wife: We'll, Mary, we wiN nave to
o out Of this house end sell oug piano.
That Old merchant chat has had an evil
eye on me ever since | started has bought
out al that clothing and Ne viii have il
rcjGrcn2ted and next year put il on the
market "a new, while we viii DO well if
VIC keep out Of ahc poor house. The
young man, broken spirited, goes to hard
drinking. The young wife with her baby
goes to her fathers house and not only is
his store wiped out, but his home, his
morals and his prospects for two worlds,
this and The next. Aud devils make 81
banquet OF fire and Eli their cups Of
gall and drink deep 10 the health Of The
Old merchant who swallowed up the
young merchant who got stuck on spring
goods and went down, That is one way
and some Of You have tried it.
But there is another way. That young
merchant who found that he had miscal-
culatcd in laying in too many goods Of
one kind and been flung Of the unusual
season, is standing behind the counter
feeling very blue and biting his finger
nails or looking over his account books, |
which read darker and worse every time
he looks at them and thinks how his
Young wife will have TO be put in a
palmer house than she ever expected to
live in or GO 10 IA third rate boarding
house where they have tough liver and
sour bread five mornings IN of tie
seven. An old merchant comes in and
says; well, Joe. this has been a hard
season for young men, and this prolonged
cool weather has put many in the dol
drums and | have been thinking Of you a
good deal OF late, for Just after ] started
in business | once got into tic same
scrapc. Now if there IL anything ] con
DO 10 help you out | will gladly do il.
Better just put those goods ont Of sight
for the present and next season VIC will
plan something about them. | will help
o to some goods that You can sell for
me on commission and | will 90 down to
one of the wholesale houses and tell them
that ! know you and will back you up
and if you want a few dollars to bridge
over The present ! can let you have them.
BE as economical as you an,
KEEP A STIFF UPPER LII.
and remember that you have two friends,
God and myself. Good morning. The
old merchant goes away and the young
man goes behind his desk and the tears
roll down his checks. II is the first time
he has cried. Disaster made him mad a!
everything. and mad at man and mad at
God. But this kindness mclts him, and
the tears seem to relieve bis brain, and
his spirits rise from ten below zero To
eighty IN the shade. and he comes out If
the crisis. And about three years after,
this young merchant goes into the old
merchant store and says: We'll, my
old friend, | was this morning thinking
over what you did for me three years
YCu helped me out Of an awful crisis in
my commercial history. | learned wis
dom aud prosperity has come, and the
plllor has gone on OF my wiic's checks. !
and the roses thai were there when
courtcd her in her fathers house have
bloomcd again, aud my business is SPLEEN
did. and thought ] ought to let you
know hat YOU saved "A man In n short
time after, the old merchant who had
been a good while snaky in his limbs and
had poor spells is called to leave the
world, and one morning after he had
read the t~wenty-third Psalm about The
Lord is my Shepherd, he closes his eyes |
on this world, and an angel who had
been for many years appointed to watch
the old mans dwelling cries upward the |
news that the patriarch's spirit is about
ascending. And the twelve angels who
keep The twelve gates Of heaven unite in
crying down at this approaching spirit of
the old man: Come in at any of the
twelve gates you choose. Come in and
welcome. for il has been told all over The
Celestial neighborhoods that you saved a
man.