Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-11-10

day ever saw IN New York. so lent
him the money To get his heavy coat out
Then he hooked his light coat and went
70 the theater.
Here are a number Of notes / re-
ceived during that winter, bat they're
all more or less like the others Here
Is one which got the next June:
DEAR HowDY: I'm nat on my back Diees.
ton ali gone 10 blazes. Cant keep anything on
my stomach, nor get anything TO try the
pertinent with till l TX the iandlAdy Ths
doctor says that can pay him now what I've
saved the past year By eating free lunch /
would, dear boy, but haven't IL with me. He
also SAYS that Croton water is bad for invalids
and he advises me 10 drink iced champagne He
seeras 10 know his business, but he evidently
doesn't know mine Can you send me fifteen
or twenty. The firm has sent me . cheek for
o. H. balance OF salary. There were few little
memoranda In the cash drawer which brought
IL down To that Why didn't they send money!
What In the name of Beelsebub's bull pup can
do with a check while I'm tied 10 this bedf II
give il To the landlsdy she'll absorb il and
there won't be any change And IL wouldn't
buy much champagne anyway. Come and take
my ante -mortem statement Foxy"
81 went to see the boy and found him
very low in his mind But the cham
payne which brought with me braced
him wonderfully, and his strong consti-
tuition pulled him through. 1t was on
the August following that l got this
note:
DEAR HowDY: have turned over q new
leaf. No more recklessness for me. Henceforth
it's strictly business. Lying there. with death
staring me in the face, did n heap Of solemn
thinking. I thought up schemes to advance
me with the firm, and one OF them has caught
on never saw old Rearoon so tickled IN my
life. Brown, says he. you've got the making
OF business man in you Ill consult lawyer
about this plan of yours, and II he says we can
follow II and keep out Of state prison. well do
II and put you in charge OF it / Just drew my
salary and it was doubled which was lucky for
me. as / had taken about twice the usual
amount in advance However. have dollar,
and IL you can raise ten or so let's celebrate To-
night believe my fortune is made.
Foxy"
"There's a death-bed repentance for
you," said l, land he was right; 1t was
the making of him. He got to be a
sort of chief robber for Holcomb, Rear
don & Co.. with good salary and moth
ing to do but stifle his conscience and
discourage competitors. / did not hear
from him for some months, and then, in
response to a note, got this:
DEAR HOWARD: will try TO do what can
for you, but the demands upon my purse are
very heavy just now. Why don't you strike
Jennings2 l hear that he has money to throw
to the birds. Yours, BROWN"
Jennings wasn't throwing any
money to the birds when arrived at
his place of business, but managed to
pull through. and it was almost q year
before / got into q tight place again.
Then wrote to Foxy and received this
on the paper of Holcomb, Reardon &
Brown:
"DEAR FIELDING: am exceedingly sorry to
find myself unable to help you at this time. 1
have no doubt, however. that you will get along
all right Come to see me- would like 10
show you nv apartments In the Regent am
just going up town 10 buy piano. Regret that
1 am unable to spare you the ten. Yours as
ever. II. N. B."
''Then / sat down and penned a note
to Foxy that was full of deep feeling.