Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-02-21

I was not satisfactory. That was all the
satisfaction | could get from him.
found out the next week that he had a
brother-in-law. That was the reason l
was dished. You can bet l was dis
couraged had saved up little money
and concluded to take things easy until
it ran out. One day | was strolling
around town when | met chance ac-
qaintaBCe who suggested that we go into
pool room near 10y and see how the
horses were running. Well, sir, will you
believe it! yielded to the allurements
of the turf and picked a winner the first
time. ] made $40 that day.
1.-The next day l showed up again. l
didn't know the first thing about horses,
but concluded to stick to one jockey. In
three days had won $3.50. That settled
me for awhile. l lived high, went around
in cabs and had expensive dinners My
money ran out in about a week. Then l
went back to my gold mine. 'Of what
USE | thought to myself, lis there in
shaving for your bread, when all you
have got to do is to pick winners?' But
this time my gold mine didn't pan out.
l began to see that the ability to pick
winners was limited, and the result of
my little venture was that | had a high
old time for about a week, and came out
dead broke. Then ! did little thinking,
concluded that had had enough of the
turf, and made up my mind to work.
Once more | scanned the advertising
columns of the papers, and this time 1
hot in,
a competent stenographer. They tele-
graphed me to come on, and borrowed
enough money to pay my fare and keep
me few weeks, and skipped the town.
/ stayed in Kansas City for year at $50
a week, and never was treated better in
my life.
But at the end of the year l con-
cluded to get back home. My people
wanted me to come back, so l gave up
my job. l hadn't been in town more
than week before got a position in a
railroad office at SO a month. Things
in a railroad office ran along just about
so, anyway, so there's nothing much to
tell there. Everything was lovely until
| got a chance to 20 with a commission
house at the same salary. l thought it
would he great sport to 20 down on
change every day and hobnob with CAPT
talists, SO l took the job as soon as it was
offered to me. | stayed there three
months, but there was man in the
office who didn't like me- One day
got a letter telling me the same old story.
This time | knew it was no use to kick,
SO quietly left Then | knocked around
town for about month, steering clear
however, of the pool rooms, when | got
chance to go into another railroad
office. This time my salary was only
S65 month, but l was glad to take any
thing.
"In the meantime my old employer in
the insurance office where first worked
had been making overtures to me, but
had steadily resisted him. l had left him
in moment of pique, and was too
proud to acknowledge that | had made a
mistake. This thing kept up for some
time, until finally | yielded. Invent back
to my old place at $50 week. On the
1st l was raised to 500 month";"
GLOW long were you absent from your
old place.: said |.
just two years, five months and one
day" he replied. 81 suppose many peo-
pie will think have wasted my time. l
tell my friends, however, that if roll
ing stone gathers no moss it acquires
some polish"
"But," said l, suppose you had stuck
by your present business these two years
and a half, how far along would you be
now
Il might have been manager" he re-
piled. TON MASON.