The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1892-09-01

ths4 u was time was clearing my
desk, when saw the bead Of the Rrm
coming toward my desk. My heart be-
gan 10 beat I felt smehow as though
something was going TO happen. See
here he began, calling me by name
Here's something which ought to be
done right away. The case itself isn't
. hard one, but Il IN coming on IN two
or three weelxs. and can't see TO 1t my
SELF You have mentioned that you
would like sny business which we could
turn over 10 You. You can have this.
II You like, and we1l see what sort Of
brief You can get up He went on TO
explain matters little, and then left
ma My young friend down at the
of1ce would probably have said that be
was very sorry, but he could not take
the lob as h3s trunk was all pacl<ed
and he didn't w4sh TO undertake. any
work until after the vocation, but such
IN idea never entered my mind
rushed 10 the telegraph Office, sent
word 10 my friends that was unex-
pecbedly detained, worked at my case
al that evening and was mp bright and
early tn the morning to 60 at IL again.
Il seemed 10 grow hotter and hotter.
but L paid no attention TO the weather
! had, made memorandum of the orig
tnal statement 50 that didn't need
70 60 to him again. IN ten days-snd
! 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 1 wor~
ried for fear I had forgotten something;
but I couldn't think Of anything to be
done any better than had done It.
The next morning. believe it was the
happicst moment of my life--the old
man came to me and told me my brief
was all right, end never had any lack
od work from that time on"
Another Of the group, whose name ts
as well known rs perhaps any other In
connection with the colossal commerce
Of New York, remarked at this point:
You are righta bout the Importance of
recognizing the chance when it comes
There Is everything in it. 1t Is pity
that boys can't understand it. Now,
my own experience was something
like yours 1was keeping books in the
old store Of - & -, when I one
day heard the head Of the firm say 70
one Of the partners that he wished he
knew Of somebody who could write
some circulars and advertisements for
them 1t ought to be some one who
knows our business we'll, he said, and
yet he onght to know how to express
himself better than most business
men have been trained to- He went
on more at length to explain
what he wanted. but the others did
not seem to know of anybody
who could fill the bill / went
home that night thinking hll the
way about those advertisements. had
some knack at writing myself, but /
was naturally pretty bashful, and
thought could write any thing so Inn
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 a fair educa-
tion en- d would like TO try my hand at
those advertisements which had
heard him asking about the day before
He was a little surprised at first, but
he told me fully what he wanted. and
wrote the things them over and
over and almost wore out a dictionary
and q thesaurus over ft-and they
turned out to be Just what were
wanted believe that might have
been keeping books to-day in some lit
tie back office at fifty dollars 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 o
firm ON his merits-thst goes without
saying. But I don't believe that l
should ever have become q partner in
that house, as did q year after that
time (and that was the beginning Of
my success), II hadn't seen my chance
and had the courage, IN the face of In
experience and a knowledge that had
no special ground tor expecting favors.
10 snap at It."
These sentiments were warmly tn
forsed by every man who was present
Christian Union.
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