Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1891-08-29


itself And the professional incompe
tent crawls up beside the prisoner
/; helplessness to rescue despair, wher
there ought to be n struggle among al
the best men of the profession as te
who should have the honor Of trying
to help that unfortunate. How much
would such an attorney have received
as his fee for such nm Advocacy Moth
ing in dollars, but much every way in
happy consciousness that would make
his own life brighter and his own dying
pillow swepter. and his OWL heaven
happier-the consciousilcss that he had
saved a man!
A COMMERCIAL. EFFICIENCY.
So there are commercial exigencies.
A very late spring oblitcrates the de-
mand for spring overcoats and spring
that's and spring apparel ofssall sorts.
Hundreds Of thousands of people say,
5.It seems, we arc going to have NO
ssprihg,,santl we sllall: .gosstrliglt out OF
winter intow,irni7w weather: andswe cnn
get along without the usual spring at
tire" Or there is no autumn weather,
the heat pIunging into the cold. and
the usual clothing Which is coinpro-
mise between summer and winter is not
required. Ii makes q difference in the
sale of millions and millions of dollars
of goods. and some oversangune young
merchant is caught with vast amount
of unstable goods thar will never be
salable again, exceptat prices ruiuollsly
reduced.
The young merchant with IL some
what limited capital is in predica-
Inent. What shall the old merchants
do as they see the young HAL in this
awful crisis2 Rub their hands and
laugh and say: Good for him. He
might have known better When he
has been in business as long as we
have he will rot load his shelves that
way. Hal Hal lie will burst up be-
fore long He had no business to open
his store so near to ours anyhow"
Sheriff's sale Red flag III tho window;
"How much is bid for these out-of-
fashion spring ovcrcoats and spring
hats, or fall clothing ont Of date2
What do lear i'll the way Of Il bid? p.
-Four dollars" absurd. | cannot
take that bid of four dollars apiece
Why, these coats when first put upon
the market were offered ut fifteen dol
lars each, and now ain offered only
four dollars. Is that nll2 Five dol
l:.rs do I llearf Going ut that Gone
at five dollars" and he takes the whole
lot
The young merchant goes home that
night and says to his wife: "NVell,
Mary, we will have to move out of this
house and sell our piano. That old
merchant that has had an evil eye on
he ever since started has bought out
all that clothing: and he will have it
and next year put it on
the market rs new. while we will do
well if we keep out of the poorllouse."
The young man, broken spirited. goes
her baby goes TO Ter -TaUners mousse
and not only is his store wiped out, but
his home, his morals. and his prospects
for two worlds-tllis and the next. And
devils make a banquet OF fire and I'LL
their cups of gall, and drink deep to
the health of the old merchant who
swallowed up the young merchant who
got stuck OH spring goods and went
down. That is one way. and some OF
you have tried it.
A WAY TO SAVE HIM.
But there is another way. That
young merchant WHO found that he
had miscalculated in laying in too
many goods of one kind and been flung
of the unusual season, is standing be-
hind the counter, feeling very blue and
biting his finger nails, or looking over
his account books, which read darker
and worse every time lie looks at them,
and thinking how his young wife will
have to be put in Il palmer house than
she ever expected to live in, or go to a
third rate boarding house where they
have tough liver and sour bread five
mornings out of the seven.
An old merchant comes in and says:
'NYell, Joe. this has been hard season
for young merchants, and this pro-
1onged cool weather has put many in
the doldrums, and have been think
ing of you good deal OF late, for just
after started in business | once got
into the same scrape. Now, if there is
anything | can do to help you out |
will gladly do it. Better just put those
goods out OF sight for the present. and
next season we will plan something
about them. will help you to some
goods that you call sell for me on CON-
mission. and will go down to one OF
the wholesale houses and tell them
that know you and will back you up,
and if you want IL few dollars to bridge
over the present. can let you have
them. Be as economical us you can,
keep stiff upper lip. and remember
that you have two friends, God and
myself. Good morlingi
The old merchant goes away and the
the young man goes behind his desk,
and the tears roll down his cheeks. 1t
is the first time lie las cried. Disaster
made him mad at everything, and mad
at man and mad ut God But this
kindness meEts him, and the tears seem
to relieve lis brain. and his spirits rise
from ten below zero to eighty in the
shade. and he comes out Of the crisis.
About three years after. this young
merchant goes into the old merchants
store and says: well, my old friend,
was this morning thinking over what
YOU did for me three years ago. You
helped NE out of an awful crisis in my
commercial history earned wisdom,
prosperity has come and the pallor hes
gone out of my wife's checks, and the
$500, +Lot ,,aro tI,ora when cOurted