The rustler. (Cerrillos, N.M.) 1891-1???, 1891-10-30

need Il, and begging them hereafter to
come and get their money every week.
II did not abash me NJ all when one old
Irish lady informed me that she had
been thryin' 10 find me for over u
month, and showered blessings on me
for an honest 'gintleman for having
sought her out To pay her. During the
evenings and afternoons ! gave cigars
away 70 my friends, for | hadkept men
tai note of everybody TO whom l was
indebted for favors OF that kind. /
treated the boys who had treated me 10
suppcrs, and | always took them 10
the restaurants where | had taken free
lunches. Thus, you see, l soon eveued
things up and cleared my conscience,
for ! assure you my conscience gave me
several severe tussles during that aum-
mer. But there never was a minute
when / had n dishonest intention. |
simply felt that | must not squeal nor
permit anybody 10 think ! was hard up,
not even for n single moment"
did your good fortune follow youq"
at did indeed. replenished my
stock of clothing, lived economically
after the first month, and, when uy
salary was raised 20 $50 per week, l
commenced TO save money rapidly. l
never was a drinking man, you know,
and hence moved in pretty good society.
At last | was offered n position in an
executive department he~e, and that
was not of my seeking, either. Having
accepted IL, | came 10 the national cap
ital and soon made some valuable ae-
quaintances. Everybody spoke Of ms
just as you did n few moments ago, that
Is, as one Of the best dressed men and
one of the most careful of all the gov
eminent clerks as to personal appear
ance. made it u point to go into the
best of society and avoided all that was
coarse and gross in this peculiar city. /
never gambled, but usually found time
to go TO church and Sunday-school. AZ
my acquaintanceship widened my
friends increased In number. / found
time TO get acquainted with the tel
egraph operators and the newspaper
men. One evening | was asked To do
some telegraphing for a ~well-known
correspondent. and did It. / also com
menced to bring items of news to him,
and frequently wrote articles of con-
siderable length for him. lie offered
me a place us assistant on the paper,
and ] resigned my government position
TO accept It. ! became acquainted with
his family, and they seemed TO like me.
Ultimately / was offered n position as
the regular representative of Il leading
western paper, and accepted that.
Later on, when there came an oppor-
tunity for forming a connection with
the paper which | now represent | nc
cepted u subordinate place, and am now
In charge of the bureau. That is the
whole story in n nutshell. My good old
father was not noted for religious zeal,
but he was n good man and believed in
the churches. lie always advised me
TO attend church, keep myself looking
clean, no matter II my clothes were of
the poorest. / have followed parental
advice. | believe that my life has been
as full of actual pleasure us it would
have been II had spent my money in
saloons instead of in tailor shops. It
costs nothing to be gentlemanly, and It
costs very little for a gentleman to be
well dressed. OF course, ! realize that
40 tailor can make u man. Success
ZONES rs u result of labor and contin-
lous effort in this busy world. But q
nan may work hard day and night and
vet 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 and maintained since
b 7hood, and it has contributed largely
20 my success. But" he added with q
Youthful smile, ''that summer was
harder on me than II was on the free
lunch proprietors." SMITH ID. Fry.