The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-09-30

self. You have mentioned that yOu
would like any business which we could
turn over to YOU. Nou can have this,
if you like. and well see what sort Of a
brief YOU can get up lie went on To
explain matters little. and then left
me. My young friend down at the
office would probably have said that he
was very sorry, but he could not take
the job, as his trunk was all packed
and he didn't wish To undertake any
work until after the vacation, but such
an idea never entered my mind l
rushed To the telegraph Office, sent
word TO my friends that / was uneN-
pectedly detained, worked At my ease
all that evening and was up bright and
early in the morning To 60 at 1t again.
1t seemed To grow hotter and hotter,
but paid no attention to the weather
had made 4 memorandum of the orr 2
inal statement 50 that / didn't need
To go u him again. In ten days and
| never worked harder-my brief WAS
ready. My legs shook when | went
To the front office and laid it before
my employer. All of that night | vvor-
ried for fear | had forgotten something;
but / couldn't think OF anything To be
done any better than ] had done It
The next morning. believe IT was the
happieSt moment of my life-the old
man came To me and told me my brief
was all right; and never had any lack
If work from that time on"
Another OF the group, whose name Is
as well known a. perhaps any other III
connection with the colossal commerce
of New York. remarked at this point:
You are righta bout the Importance of
recognizing the chance when II comes.
There i everything in il. II i a pity
that boys can't understand Ii. Now.
ny own experience was something
like yours. | was keeping books in the
old store of -- Il --, hen l one
day heard the head of the firm say 10
one of the partners that he wished he
knew of some body who could write
some circulars and advertisements for
them. 1t onght 10 be some one who
knows our business we'll he said, and
vet he ought To know how to express
himself better than most business
men have been trained to- He went
on more at length 20 explain
what he wanted, but the others did
not seem To know of anybody
who could fill the bill. | went
home that night thinking all the
way about those advertisements. had
some knaclI at writing myself, but |
was naturally pretty baShful, and l
didn't dare to say right ont that |
thought / could write anything 50 i'm
portant as Mr.. - seemed To think
this new work To be. But the next
morning | screwed my courage up, and
told him that / had had Il fair cduca-
tion an d would like to try my hand at
those advertisements which | had
heard him asking about the day before.
He was little surprised at first. but
he told me fully what ne wanted. and
wrote the things-wrote them over and
over and almost wore out a dictionary
and Il theSaurus over it-and they
turned out to be just what We're
wanted. ! believe that | might have
been keeping books to-day in some lit
tie back office at fifty dollars Il month
if / hadn't caught at that chance a
man has got to be faithful and honest
and ready in order To get taken into a
firm ON his mcrits-that goes without
saving. But I don't believe that |
should ever have become Il partner in
that house. rs did a year after that
time (and that was the beginning of
my Success). If hadn't seen my chance
and had the courage, in the face of in
experience and a knowledge that had
no special ground for expecting favors,
to snap at it
These sentiments We're warmly in
dorsed by every man who was present.
Christian Union.