Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-08-05
A CROSSROAD GENIUS.


crossroads genius. The country house
wives. whom their children had a now hat
or a new knife OF the IKE, USED to say at
school time;
Go long, now. and don't let Wesley
Sscrrltt trade you out q that Dent nwap
with him al M ''
No casual observer would oven suspect
him o. shrewdnoss-~a fact which he mrn1d
to his own advantage IN many a harsain-
but Wesley had. as though Nature provided
special compensatiau for tho shortoomluEs
u personal attractions, peculiar lndlner-
enee az 70 eStemalities whother HIS own
or those Of other pouple He valAed Ahovs
par that which no had and below par that
which he had noii he was always IN tho
attitude O. consentug 10 an exchange
rather than that OF seeking IL, he never
nSed price, and never accepted one as
long as thu was chance Tor q better,
| 10 was one Of tiosc people who could swap
a buahtl o. corn Tor bushel OF corn and
proht by the TRANSACTION maintaining 4
reputation Tor iair measure and inoh-ior-
inch honesty. lie removed at i6 from Fiat
Rock 20 shilsh. 30 was rapidly advanced
to $40 a month and then TO parnotahlp IN
dry goods store He soon became sole
owner 81 tho business, lie added line OF
school booka and coiNns, nourlrhel f1r ten
or twelve mon(hs, insured cyarything and
got burned out lie went 10 Fairburn, Ho
ilourlshod Of eauree, he expanded, az Il
we're 10 the nmn OF his opportunities.
HIS enterprise was revelation TO hla COM
peutors 10 bad toys for Christmas.
valentines Tor thr 18th u Fchruaty, nHgs
for the tourth Of July.
"a lcodlo too nharb eon,o crnahoru soid
eominontinr npon \vesiey s,errlttl. moth.
ods. intepiipg IN c,,ysy ri Ia, n,s,
no ,,t,t, 80. - t,,'.',,
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10y "e'lN u'' 100 smart
Thore were rumors that he sold whisky
very profitable that. bnca,isa very riskv tho
tury pnyor AZ o,ttht,,. ,snh a An
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800 euil'iluV" 'o pie'per no et'enaeA
upNren anu SUNDAY school fosuArl5 Inc
Efauatiue hinaolf 10 a degree With the
denomination which had u1est Rdberrnts la
that roirhhnrbenl eeent,tnu, no ha,,an
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mysterious aNaWela Inc telegraph opera
tor told all about H. c0nhdonually. The
mpor was speedily coff0boraiel. as Il
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NV's 90, DN''N'sh
'he DON'T Know how to lot wen enough
alone tha neighbour said Of Woniey, He's
Ia too bin G hurry 10 glt rich. llen gdtlu'
ovor ma arotb d.
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pruslpn Us aNh-ngnatiye Of opnlan leo
expectation % y catastrophe. tho nuddon
humiliation OF Wesley AtorruL The
negroes. Who heard thu white folle Nhis-
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was mhuN hurp.uiillts no 1iiul1l'i,Nt ~ ,ul
rpns'uuINugi u Nii.t ii,ii, Nnivn eN7iss.
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wiie paHhlnH AA = hurt Of lnguinpIeiee Upon
,he ptpplrg' XXI MV XIV, iaoh Ivy
pNrept NO iaeehAi'9 ~. W.. oi " na1 isheu
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term, bure 70 nus the Itluuoh OF hfuoM 10
Hubaanee. bhe acqulohcel' always no
qulcacal, simply hequleHqhu' N WhAt no
2ald ard dll'
Mr.. sterritt notlehd, on thiH particular
evening that something seemed TO woigh
heavily upon Wcsley'R mind and hha hur-
inlhod thai that something concerned hgr
Martini" said DO abruptly. whom shh
had anlshnd with tho dishes and begun