The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1893-01-21
nIm wonderfully and his strong con-
stttution pulled him through. 1t was
on the August following that / got this

Dear Howds: have turned over q new
forth IT'S strictly business. Lying. there with
solemn thinhing. i thought up schemes to
advance me with the firm and one of them
t ms caught q on; I meyer saw old R Re- sc
got the making OF a business man in you. III
consult u lawyer about this plano of yours and
II ne says we can follow IT and keep out OF
state prison well do it and put you in Charge
doubled, which was lucky for me. ns j had
taken nb2nt twice the usual amount in ad-
vance. However, l have a dollar and II you
can raise ten or SO let's celebrate tonight. /
believe my fortune is made. FOXY
"There's II death-bed repentance for
you," said !, land he was right; it was
the making of him. He got to be a sort
OF chief robber for Holcomb. Reardon
& Co., with n good salary and nothing
to do but stife his conscience and dis
courage competitors. / did not hear
from him for some months and then, in
response to a note, ! got this:
Dear Howard: l will try to do what / can
very heavy just now. Why don't You strike
JenningsY hear that lie has money to throw
to the birds, Yours. ."bROWN,,
"Jennings wasn't throwing any
money to the birds when l arrived ut
his place of business but / managed to
pull through and it was almost a year
before ! got into a 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. l
have no doubt, However. that you will get
along all right. Come to see me. | would like
to show you my apartments in the Regent. J.
that am unabls to spare you the ten. You're
us ever. H.. n. b."
@Then ] sat down and penned a note
to Foxy that wa fully of deep feeling.
] asked him whether he was not
throwing away the best part of his
nature in the race for wealth. l de-
scribed the awful hole ] was in and
asked him, in the name of our ancient
friendship, to go into his clothes and
come out with the cash. Probably nv
note was lost in the mail for ! got no
answer. But a year later it happened
that ] was caught between the devil
ana the deep sea. l wanted money
worse than the thirsty sands of the
desert want water. Then l wrote to
Foxy, and this was the reply. | can
forgive the English for hat is evident
ly his stenographer's, but the senti-
ment, ! fear, is FoXy's:
- .NcN 1Ork."-i0WHFi fleidlnE, NSl.-ltelr
Sir: Yours OF the 18th is at hand and contvits
are noted; do not see nov how at prescott [
fhnli be hnle to comply With Your request.
and our expenses is heavy. My balance in
the bank Is small compared to what it ought
to be.
."In conclusion let me give you a little ad-
vice: why don't you straighten up and save
a few dollars! IL you got thousand or two
dollars ahead. these little financial troubles
wouldn't bother you, Put aside a few dollars
every week and try ami live more in accord
ance with your income. Yours Sincerely.
'ipictateaD HENRY N. BROWN, per IT,
"And that was the end of it, Muudey.
From yours ever he has grown to be
yours sincerely, with n capital S. L
am glad the stenographer put so many
dollars in that last paragraph. They
show where the trouble is. Put the
letters away. Few men have such q
collection. but almost any poor man can
get one if he has Il few of the first num-
bers rs a beginning