Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1894-08-16

| Ninety-fourth streets, between Park
and Third avenues, his big wagon
load of produce was gone.
1t was now little past noon. Wit
the air of prosperous man who could
afford such trifes, he stabbed the
horse and then went to the best res
taurant he could find in that locality.
A sumptuous meal followed. 1t was
the best he had ever eaten. At least
it seemed SO to him, for, like the ma
| jority of boys, anything that he got in
restaurant was rather superior to
home cooking.
When he had finished eating he
took a pencil and piece of paper
and began to do some figuring. The
result that he obtained caused a
CLEAN of delight to shine in his eyes.
Then he drove slowly home to the
farm.
His father was waiting for him at
| the gate.
''Sold all out, / see, Ben"
eyes, sir"
ANY trouble about it?'
"No, sir"
And the money!"
"Here it is. -
"Ben counted it out, and Mr.. Bald
win took possession of it. He knew
| the prices which Robbins paid, and
found the account correct to a cent.
After that Ben drove the market
wagon regularly three times a week
He visited the same district each
| time, and never failed to speedily sell
out, for the customers that he had
found on his first trip remained with
him and even brought new customers.
So it went on until the end of the
summer. One day Ben woke up too
i'll to drive to market. There was
nothing for it but for Mr. Baldwin to
drive the wagon into the city.
When he arrived at the market
where Robbins had an office, that gen
tleman came out. His first words
were:
'Well, Baldwin. Where have you
been selling? Haven't seen you all
the summer"
But you've seen my boy right
along. l sent him."
IF you did he never got here"
Are you sure of that?"
positive"
Ben" said his father, when he re-
turned from New York, where have
you been selling the garden truck all
summer.
sold it on my own account, dad;
sold it direct to families"
"Then you must have got a little
more money than you gave me-"
Yes, sir; did"
''Then where is the rest of the
money"
In the bank. You know, dad, YOU
said could have all l got over Rob-
bins price"
$50 did, Mr.. Baldwin admitted, re-
tiectively. well, what did you do
with the money you kept for yourself?"
Banked it. You'll find the bank
book in the top bureau drawer"
Mr. Baldwin got the book and whis-
tied in intense establishment. His
sons deposits footed up to $21G.42.
Then the farmer took out his own
memorandum book, and figured up
that he had received from Ben during
the whole summer $l94.72.
Il gave you Robbins price each
time, dad"
Il know you did; 1 kept track of
chat right along"
eff you're not satisfied, dad"
I'll have to be, for / gave you my
word, and I'll stick to it. But until
today l thought all along that you
were taking the stuff to Robbins.
What put the scheme in your head to
pick up a private route?"
'Well, you know that woman that
was visiting the Smiths? She lives in
Iorkville, and heard her say that it
was impossible to get really good,
fresh vegetables in that part of the
city. BY the time the garden truck
got out of the commission merchants
hands up that way the stuff was
pretty old and stale. So / thought
I'd try and make money by supplying
long felt want"
you're pretty sharp, Ben" said his
father, thoughtfully. when you
reach u I'm going to take you in as
partner on the farm"
THANK you, dad but hope by that
time, to be in business in the city"
Eyes, guess you are too smart to
pass all your life on a farm" the
farmer aSSented