The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1890-02-13

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The silent man builssash better than
he knoweth. He acquires wealth, rep
utztiou and the odssr Of anetity. His
forte is keeping quiet lie - Lhe org
inal Of the poet who said: Silence q
golden
But Sir Bowie Roche. the author OF
that famous Irish bull about the man
who put his foot In IL every time he
opened hts mouth, plainly osatlived
the ultimate fate Of the silent man
For that Is the invarizble fate Of near
iy all the men whose entire reputation
rests on the rocky foundation OF 81
lence. Lncky he who has already
achieved a competence on the strength
of his silence.
In nine CASES out Of ten he talks to-s
much when he talks NJ all. He gives
himself away, SO tn speak. He makes
"A Drawing donkey Of himself; his rep
utation vanishes into thin air. Every.
y>siy ssSs: Il always knew he was
fool." And everybody gsrs compla-
Gently about his business, aud the fate
Of the silent man Is sealed. Nobody
can forgive him for once having made
= fool of himself, because nobody can
forgive him for having made fool of
everybody else for many years.
And still the silent man waxeth fat
and prosperous He is one of the
towers of strength IN any community.
When ali the other men have had
their little say, more or iesseloquently
and 10 the point the silent man alone
4 60. la.
for refutation or confirmation of what
has been said. But it is not his cue &c
speak. He has his reputation for SD
persor wisdom 10 maintain, and hence
he keeps his mouth shut And every
man about him thinks: What a super
Tor man he is.
However, Us was remarked before,
there is generally day when he is
found out To illustrate: Several years
ago a yClng man went To the general
Office of one of our leading railroad
companies in town. lie was the bearer
of strong letters of recommendation
from an old friend of the manager in
a small rural town. The letters re
fsrred especially heavy to the discre-
ton unusual for his years"-of the
young man, OH his marvellous capac-
ity for keeping his mouth shut The
manager, who had been on the look
out for just such young man, at once
gave him berth in his private Office.
He prospered amazingly, for all that
his natural talent-keeping his mouth
shut. The manager swore by him.
Other men in the Office caught the in
lection. Every clerk came to look
upon Mr.. Tytelipps us call him
Tytelipps for short-as a phenomenon,
as a model young man. Every body
marveled how this country bred young
man had acquired SO much wisdom.
Thus Mr.. Tytelipps rose, step by step,
and his salary with him. One day he
was indicted into a high and response.
BILE position, commanding an almost
princely remuneration.
For a little while it was all right.
He continued to keep his mouth shut.
But there was turn III the tide. AT
a directors meeting some information
and suggestions bearing OH the better
working of the department whose
head Mr.. Tytelipps had shortly be-
come, was called for. Mr.. Tytelipps as
sistant, a man who had grown gray in
the service of the company and who
knew all the ms and outs of the de-
partment to I Out who had the mis-
fortune to once in awhile talk too
much), was sick at home So Tyte-
ipps himself had to respond. And
when the questions had been fired at
him and the board was waiting to be
enlightened, Tytelipps shook his head
sagely, coughed and hemmed and
hawed. That didn't 60" He had to
do some talking. Then the directors
unanimously came to the conclusion
that Tytelipps was a monumental ass
and ought to be bounced. And he
was bounced not long after At least
he was reduced to the ranks. But he
couldn't stand this long. He went,
and when last heard from he was ped
ding matches or apples Or something.
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