Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1894-06-21

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his own.
Il never give letters of introduction
to anybody. | never use a letter of
introduction myself, so don't see why
| should infict them on my friends.
Besides. ! know that Blank has ten ap-
plications a day for situations, and
more than that when he has luck All
the situations he has TO ell are filed, SO
letter will do you no good.
I'D be willing to try it," said the
young man; sit isn't much TO write a
letter that may help a fellow, now is
it?"
But you forget that don't know
you at all. l can't conscientiously rec
ommend a man that | know nothing
about.
We'll, suppose you are right, but it
Gems little hard from my point of
Jew. I'll drop in and see him and tell
MIN that / am a friend of yours You
wouldn't object 10 that, SUPPOSE"
"0h, object to nothing Try it if
you think it will do you any good.
may warn you, though, that he is not
nhNAA a A0gl d. aAAis anu NAAaA Ou lAlny
find it little difficult to drop in"
The young man laughed. Il am not
so easily discouraged as you may i'm
agine. called up here several times
during the last three months and they
told me you were away, but l didn't
believe them"
81 was away"
Really; where?"
~ was in Switzerland"
And did you have a good timer"
81 didn't go to have a good time;
went to work"
"0h, is that fact?"
Yes"
"Why, should think that there could
be no better place to work than right
here"
you are mistaken. There are too
many interruptions. Too many people
come up to see me on too many sub
jects about which have very little in
terest"
That's bad. Now, l would think
that it would be easy enough to keep
anyone out-that is, anyone that you
really did not want te see.
at is difficult matter They get in
ON one pretext or another
well, why don't you tell them
straight out that you are busy and
can't talk with them? | should tell
them to CO.
1T seems a brutal thing TO do. and
have never been able TO work myself
up to it."
Then / would give them a pretty
plain hint that they were in the way z"
As how, for instanee?"
We'll, there's dozen ways. | would
say that was so busy that had no
time to talk. Z"
THAT is nearly always the case. For
instance, here are lot Of proofs that
| must do and the boy is waiting for
them in the next room. The printers
are waiting for him, and so, you see.
when | neglect my work keep whole
procession idle. II isn't only my time
that is wasted. but the time OF lot ot
innocent people"
That's il, exactly. But couldn't | |
help you on the proofs? can read |
proofs like a house on FIRE"
Proofs are like salvation-every man !
must work out his own. They have
been read carefully enough by the pro.
fessional proof reader. am going over
them to try to mitigate the original bad
English"
Couldn't | help you on that2"
I'm afraid not My theory thinl,
mentioned it TO you before-is that no
one can help man but himself"
We'll, remember that am always
ready to lend hand if you want me
To-"
have already taken up great deal
Of space in setting down this purpose
less talk. There is little use Of giving
any more. lie talked on aud on while
nervously fingered the waiting proofs.
At last he said that he was afra d he
must go. He would drop in later, he
added, and If anything turned mp
Luke Sharp, in Detroit Free Press