The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-24

PAYING THE wAsHERwoMEN.
need it, and begging them hereafter to
come and get their money every week
1t did not abash me at all when one old
Irish lady informed me that she had
been thryin' to find me for over a
month"; and showered blessings on me
for an honest Gentleman for having
sought her out to pay her. During tho
evenings and afternoons gave cigars
away to my friends, for had kept men
tai note of everybody to whom l was
indebted for favors of that kind. I
treated the boys who had treated me to
suppcrs, and | always took them to
the restaurants where I had taken FREQ
lunches. Thus, you see, soon cvened
things up and cleared my conscience,
for assure you my conscience gave mo
several severe tussles during that sum
mer. But there never was a minute
when ! had dishonest intention. l
simply felt that must not squeal nor
permit anybody to think was hard up,
not even for single moment"
Did your good fortune follow your"
ut did indeed. rcplenished INV
stock of clothing, lived economically
after the first month, and, when nv
salary was raised to S35 per week,
commenced to save money rapidly. I
never was drinking man, you know,
and hence moved in pretty good society.
At last L was offered position in an
executive department here, and that
was not of my seeking, either. Having
accepted it, cnme to the national cap
ltal and soon made some valuable ac-
quaintanccs. Everybody spoke of me
just as YOU did u few moments ago, that
is, as ono of the best dressed men and
one of tho most careful of all the gov
ernment clerks as to personal appear
ancc- made it a point to go into the
best OF society and avoided all that was
coarse and gross III this peculiar city. q
never gambled, but usually found time
to go to church and Sunday-school. AS
my acquaintanceship widcned nv
friends Increased in number. found
time to get acquainted with the tel
cgraph operators and the newspaper
men. One evening L was asked Ito do
some tclegraphing for a well-l1nown
correspondent. and did it. / also COM
menced to bring items OF news to him,
and frequently wrote articles of CON
siderable length for him. He offered
me Il place as assistant on the paper,
and j resigned my government position
't0;accept.lt became acquainted with
his family, and they seemed to like Inc.
ultimately was offered position as
the regular representative of leading
western paper, and accepted that.
Later 'on, when there came an oppor-
tunity for forming "a connection with
no .1x,1,t n
cepteda subordinate place, and am now
in charge of the bureau. That is the
whole story in n nutshell. My good old
fnther was not noted for religious zeal,
hut he WAS n good man and believed in
the churches. He always advised me
to ATTEND church, keep myself looking
clean, no matter if my clothes were of
the poorest. 1 have followed parental
advice. believe that my life has been
AS full oR actual pleasure us it would
have been if had spent my money in
saloons instead of in tailor shops. It
costs nothing to be gentlemanly, and it
costs very little for n gentleman to be
we'll dressed. OF coarse, l realize that
no tailor can maize q man. Success
comes rs result of labor and ,contin-
uous effort in this &nsy world. But q
man may work hard day and night and
yet he can find time to be careful Of his
personal appearance. For my own
part I'm proud of the habit which has
been acquired md maintained since
boyhood, and it has contrfbuteGblargeIy
to my success. Bnt, ",hc added with a
youthful smile, that summer was
harder on me than it was on the free
lunch proprietors." SMITH d. Fry.
Girl Is Not Pretty
When she cannot look one honestly in
the eye.