The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-09-01
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that Il was time was clearing my
desk. when saw the head Of the firm
coming toward my desk Ny heart b.
gan 10 best felt somehow rs though
something Nas going 10 happen See
here. III hegan. calling me by name.
.Ii6rc's something which ought TO be
q hafl ono, but Il Is coming on In two
or thfve weeks. and can't see toit my
self Yen have mentioned that you
would HE any business which we could
tarn oTer Is you. You can have this.
ii yau lilee. and we'll see what sort Of
brief Won can get MP lie went on TO
cxrlain matters ilttle, and then left
ms Nv young friend down at the
Office would probably have said that he
WAS worry sorry. bat he could not take
the isll aa his trais was M packed
enA III aiint wish % undertake. any
Nsfss until after the vacation, but such
I'm islaa nGSNr entered my nind,
rrshl "a tie telegraph office. sent
9aet - fs1S ffiemts Tint WINS nnex-
pecte,tly detained. worked III my case
AL tliat eseHinE and was up bright and
early III tles morning e. 10 "a II again.
!, Ncrn1cA - grew hotter and hotter.
but fsaiino attention 70 the weather
! Ind mhflls memorandum Of the orig.
mal st8semsat So that didn't need
III III e. lisn again III ten days-Rnd
never worked harlcr--iny brief was
ready Ny legs shook when | went
~ tle fcpnt office aud laid II before
ii4s ,laycr All u that night wor-
t'isa ff fear had forgotten something
hat fsNleln't think IF anything 20 be
silait aas letter than | Ind done IL
'IEe aHXt IA Fn1ng--l bellows II was the
happlest iuomSat ~ my life the old
mAa g;,nsA tlae md told me my brief
ssNs al I'D aud never had any lack
~ eotl, iltsut tlat time on"
AntillI af tlsc group, whose nanio n
as Wctl ldays 4 gs prFhaps my other In
c9nlgptian with tie colossal commerce
~ MS Ifglt. remarked 1T this point:
~ ,t iglita bout the Importance Of
reese ttls tie chance when Il comes.
Ihef every thing IL IL II Is q pity
tiiat baN anst understand II. Now,
my etyn ex,scrience was something
Ike Soars ! WINS keeping books In the
ata csarc ~ & -, when ono
,laY heard ti,e head IL tho firm say TO
eue af tai pgriners that he wished he
kasM ~ tonrlodg who. could write
ssrAe esgcnlars and advertisements for
tliesa II ought 70 be some one who
kaoRs our business WE'LL he said, and
yet 10 ought u knew how TO express
himself better than most business
men have been trained 10. lie~went
on more "a length 10 explain
14ttt ..4t
not seem III know u anybody
whoS could fIil the bill went
home that night thinking All the
way about these advertisements had
some knack III writing myself, but !
was naturally pretty hashful, and !
dldnt dare to say right out that
IftsltspIrn es,ssei Al ~ ss.sg st-.-.S, -
portant ss Mr. seeIncd 10 think
this new work 10 10. hut the next
morning screwed my courage MP, and
told him that lad had d fair esiuca.
tion an 4 would like 10 try my hand at
those advertisements which ] had
heard him asking about the day before.
lie wns Il littlc surprised ut first, but
Ne told me fully what he wanted, and
wrote thc things wrote them over and
over and almost wore out dictionary
aud i tllesuurna over 1t and they
turned ont 81 be just what were
wanted Ibclie9c that ! might have
been keeping books to-day In some lit
tie back office 1T fifty dollars a month
HI hadn't cangit at that chance. A
marl lins got II 81 faithful and honest
and ready il order 70 get taken into a
firm 81 Ills merits that goes without
. 4 h.lt 4
shouldeve have become q partner In
that bonse, hs did q year after that
time Gnd That WIS the beginning of
my stcce III il hadn't seen my chance
and Rad the courage, IN the face Of in
lcxpericnao and d knowledge that had
no special ground for expecting favors,
ID snap 81 Il.
These sentiments we're warmly In
darsod by every man who was present
Christian Union