San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-06-22
HE WASBOUNDTOW WIN
FAILURES I'D NOT DISTURB HIM,
NOR DID ARGUMENTS.

A Man Who Believes in Lsrck, Good and
Bad, Tells IA story Of a Partner Who
Had HIS Rad Luck Au An One Big
Series of Disastrous Financial Failures.
1.-THE man who has it in him to win will
generally win," said New Yorker in an
uptown restaurant the other day. Some
times think it's best to get all your bad
luck in a heap, Pile it,on one bit after the
other, and then when the good luck comes
you have a clear way and are in good train
ing for a strong run.
Il was out west fifteen years ago when ]
met young fellow who interested me q
great deal He couldn't have been ovei
twenty weight then, but he had seen good
deal of life-that is, life'out there. Iheare
that he hSd been in the sheep raising busi-
ness a couple of years before, but had lost
his whole business-bad luck, every one
said. | had taken out a few Thousand dol
lars with which i wanted and expected to
make fortune in a marvelously short
time As | knew nothing at all about
sheep and every one said that what he
didn't know about sheep was not worth
knowing, ! thought 1t would be good
idea to strike a bargain with him. so
went to him.
He was working in railroad machine
shopat the time, earning l think it was
S. IS day, for before he came of age h.
had learned this trade just to fall back on,
he explained. -And,' he added, with a
twinkle i'm his eye, 'I've fallen back on it
oftener than i expected
when explained to him my idea about
the sheep he told me about his life. His
mother had died and left him about s., 900.
When be came of age he took the money
and put it all in sheep. He lost it. For
time he fired on locomotive and then
went back to his trade. He saved money,
and invested it in sawmill scheme with
some Others The mill burned down-it
hadn't made money, .anyway-and he went
back to his trade again. Then he worked
his way to Deadwood, made up his mind
there was nothing there for him and got
back into Wyoming. He had in his life
learned how to telegraph.
"He had smart head and a pleasing
manner and got two jobs at once-tele-
graph operator and manager of the drug
store in little town, running the business
end of the drug store while its owner, a
physician, looked after the drug part,
which was a trifle compared with the
fancy goods, paints, oils and various other
things, including coal! He established
his telegraph office in the drug store and
all went merrily until he had saved 1,500
With that he went out and hunted up
partner with the same amount of capital.
They went to Utah. He bought sheep and
went broke againi
Now he said to me with a pleasant
laugh, you see that | haven't made just
what you might call startling success
out of sheep. But | know there is money
in it. | know why have failed before
and | may fail again. But have been
saving seventy-five dollars month to go
into the business once more, and If after
what have told you you would like to try
me, am your man. So we tried it, and
in due course of time we went broke 81
practically so.
Il had come to admire this man i'm.
mensely. He was straightforward, bright,
witty and extremely able, and felt more
sorry for him than did for myself.
a. | said, when the game was
over, the trouble with you is sheep. You'd
made fortune at anything else in the
world, because you have the brains and
the pertinacity to do it, but as long as you
stick to sheep you will be poor man. It's
your fate. Come, now, swear off on sheep
with me. am going back east and make
my money slowly
"Just you watt he said, laughing
cheerfully "'Plkhit it yet
"Well, the other day big, full wasted,
brown bearded man, walked into my office.
knew him at glance, and was so glad
to see him that jumped half way across
the room.
"'How are you,' cried. How have you
been doing' Tell me all about yourself.
And then he told me in a modest way that
he had built half town, and had come
east to get some ideas ON plumbing and
water works
"1'll get the contract for the water
works. he said, If can get hold of a real
live man who will go out with me. I've
already completedUhe decker 1or opening
plumbing shop. l also want you to find
me a smart, wide awake young man who
wants to be bank cashier Have got the
bank, and we've got the president-Im
that fellow, but we want a cashier.
"'Well A. said Il told Won that