The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1888-02-08
Room at the Top.

have tried every day for six weeks to get
1 a position. and there is none to be had
This is the sum and substance Of the
whole matter
As he spoke David Edwards dropped
into the protFerei chair. The bright car
pet. glowing crate and comfortable at
nosphere of lawyer Myers coy library
where very home-like and attractive, es-
pecially to the young man who had spent
the whole day out IN the rain trying to
secure hoped-for position.
There is no use he said, with long
drawn sigh. I've tried for the last time
Prosperity is Not for everybody
Lawyer Myers laid down his evening
paper.
= You have asked me to tell you hoS I
got started, and will And want YOU
To profit by the rehearsal.
Alter had taken my course Of law,
had graduated with honors and obtained
ny diploma, supposed myself qualified
% enter apon the duties Of 3 professional
man. 80 packed my satehel. and eime
to the city to look for an opening.
The Erst man I applied to was Col.
Hawkins, the now famous criminal law
yer He was particular friend of one Of
the professors, and supposed that my
diploma would be all the Introduction |
should need-that he would actually take
J 4. I. u -.
You discovered your mistake, pre-
sume?" interrupted the yeung man in q
detected tone.
YES, discovered it, l went to the Col
onel and told him my plans shall new
er forget the look ne gave me. ! look
over pair of steel rimmed spectaclcs
that made me feel Is though WIS about
the size Of a spindle
j Young man, he said, in a sonorous
/ tone that made me shiver, take my adj
vice and never enter law Men are ac-
tually starving, sitting in their office
chairs, waiting for clients There Is no
money in it, SIR. Lawyershave had their
DAY, anil the rising generation must look
up a new business"
With that, he bowed and dismissed
me.
OF course, | did what any other
I young man would have done under sini-
lar circumstances back to the
cherries room on the third floor Of my
boarding house, with the blues. con-
sidereei Col Hawkins an autocr;it II he
said there was no chance in the profes-
sion, l accepted it as foregone conclu-
sion
What did you do then, sir?7 asked
Davis, his interest already becoming
aroused.
4 was going to tell you what I did,
I While | sat there feeling 50 homesiek,
and wishing that had never been born,
Mrs. Green, my landlady, came in. She
/ wanted to know What the trouble was.
and told her. She said Colonel Haw-
kins onght to know, and advised me to
abandon the idea of trying law was
subject to advice, and accepted eousel
But, she said, cheer up | can get
you . position in bank I am sure of
that. if YOU want it.
OF course wanted It. 50 she wrote
a note to one Of the bankers Of the city,
I inclosed a letter Of Introduction, and sent
me out again. not forgetting 70 add the
/ usual best wishes for success.'
aI have often thought Of it How !
put my hand on the railing and stepped
/ into that bank that afternoon? Conf
lence lifting my feet as on carpet Of
down. Imagination measuring the size
of the bank would be proprietor Of in 4
/ few years
Il handed my letter to clerk, and he
delivered it To some one behind 4 desk.
! Then he took his bat and went cat, and
/ stood there and waited an hour at least
Finally gray-haired old gentleman
came out and said:
s.. You are the. young man who
brought this letter in, l believer
Yes, sir
Alien, Yes; well please say to Mrs.
tireen that am sorry not 10 be able 70
10 her the favor, but We have no vaean-
I cses al present
4 made no reply. onIy stood and
looked at him-
=. Young man." be said at last, " take
my advice and never attempt TO learn
banking. You conld hope for nothing
better than the position of baokkeeper
for years. if ever; and it is nothing but
dogs life Besides the business Is crowd
ed, sir. There are more banks than
there are people to support them Every
paper you pick up IS full of bank failures
And he bowed ne out.
Il went back to Mrs. Green and told
her the result WELL she said, 'Mr.
Switzer ought to know. He has been in
the business thirty years How would
you Ike to be druggist p
q told her would like anything that
was paying business. She had a friend
who was a druggist, and she was positive
he wanted a clerk
30 she wrote another note and letter
Of introduction and sent me OF to her
druggist friend
Il walked slower this time and il was
Just as well. The position had been fill-
ed before get there
But Just as I turned to leave the store,
the proprietor, who was quite an old man
stopped me and said:
Young man, don't spend an hour try
ing to be druggist have been in the
business forty years and / know what
am talking about You've got TO work
ike slave, night and sundays not ex-
cepted. and probably in the end get sued
for damages on account Of some careless
prescription clerk Besides the business
is Overdone already You will find
drug store springing mp on every other
corner. Take my word for it, there is no
money in drugs
THAT night sat in my room trying TO
decide which way 10 turn next, when
Charlie Griffin, the fellow who roometi
next to me dropped in.
. Got the blues - he asked
@. Yes, have I answered with great