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fatness Of those prosy tines" to re-
gard commonplace virtues as some-
thing quite out Of common, we may
say that, while he was In college,
simon showed no marked charac-
teristics, other than this one men
toned by the senior. He studied
his lessons faithfully, paid his debts
regularly and INDUCED In no per-
formanccs with the paint pot.
1t took three out of the 1900 to
put Simon through college. This
does not happen to be the right
place to discuss the question of the
game and the candle; 1t is enough to
say that when he started out into
world the young man had cash as-
sets to the amount of $1,000. His
parents were dead, and he had no
brothers nor sisters; nevertheless he
possessed an ample stock of relatives
-uncles, aupts aud cousins--scat-
tered in various parts of the Union.
Simon had enjoyed his college life
so well that he was 10th to leave
when the course was completed.
He therefore decided to continue his
work for n year longer, In the belief
that this would secure for him II
place as tutor. But when he talked
the matter over with the president
he was compelled to change his
mind.
The president said ~ can never
conscientiously advise young man,
to whom anything else In life Is
open, to become n teacher. Now.
MIR. Howard, should imagine you
were best suited to some sort of bus
mess pursuit. would advise that
you go to any large city, whore you
have friends or relatives, and secure
n place In some big wholesale house.
There you would have an outlook
in life. But whatever you do, don't
teach"
"Thanl you for the advice" said
Simon; 81 shall follow it,"
A few days later he presented
himself at the bookkeeping depart
ment of the great firm of Dot IL
Carry, and asked to see his Uncle
Martin, who presided over one aisle
of desks. He put his case as briefly
rs possible for Uncle Martin seemed
to be greatly hurried.
"Do you know anything about
bookkeeping" asked the business
man.
"Nothing at ALL" replied Simon
"if you think 1t advisable, however,
l will go To business college. l
have still little money left.n
"You have?" said Uncle Martin;
"then will tell you what you had
better do; go and study profes-
slon-medlcine, for example.
There's your uncle, Harvey Blood.
See what u good thing he has made
out oft. He clims that his prac tice
yields him s., 900 u yenr--net. And
here l am, after twenty years eX-
perience with the best houses in the
city, on salary of sl75 month!
II "a man has no capital and no ex-
pectaton of any, he's II fool to go in
to busin
Whose Judgment could be wiser
in such n matter than that of Uncle
Martin? After thanking him,
Simon proceeded to go in search of
Uncle Harvey, who lived in u
small town at the other end OF the
state.
'If he has so much practice"
thought the young man, at is quite
possible that he may need an assist
ant. 1 can study medicine and
earn my living at the same time"
When he called at his uuv.e $
office, u bright looking young man
whom he found there informed him
that the doctor was out. Simon sat
down to wait, and the young man
went To- desk and began to turn
over the leaves of IA medical book.
Are you physician?" asked
Simon.
"Oh, no." answered the other;
az am DIR. Blood's assistant in the
Office, and l am studying with
him."
"Why, then, you have the place
L intended to ask foru' exclaimed
Simon.
"Indeed," said the other, with an
injured air; "well, there are several
that wanted it, but guess | can do
all that the doctor needs to have
done"
When the doctor came I'm Simon
explained the cause of his visit, but
added that he had no wish to inter-
fere with existing Arrangements.
"If you want to study medicine"
said Uncle Harvey, III would advise
you to 20 to Il medical college,"
~ think | will do sO,n said
Simon.
but" continued the doctor, "I
must first tell you in all candor that
| think you will make great mis-
take II you study medicine at all.
The fact is, the profession IL horribly
overcrowdcd. The medical colleges
keep on turning out doctors by the
thousand, where there is not room
for them by the hundred. 1t is u
noble profession, and all that, but
man Is in great luck II he can make
money enough in it to pay his law
yer's fees in malpractice suits"
"Dear mep exclaimed Simon.
"Why, see here, now" said the
doctor, ''if you are looking for u
profession, why don't you study
law? That Is the moneyed profcs-
sion. Men make fortunes it as easy
as lying"
ais that so?' said Simon.
"There Is friend of mine in the
firm of Mortmain & Tort In the
city," said the doctor. ~ will give
you letter to him, aud he will adj
wise you In the matter. / will tell
you in advance that his income IL
about $4,000 a year, yet the other
fish don't look upon him as n whale
by any means