The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1895-02-28
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a nERcHANT TELLS or His WIN
Mnc nY = s4cw or HONESTY.

Catch sn.- ne Worked a Little Srherns
81 the Da.lne.. Naa whs caiise ffi1n
:. sterling. uone-t rerlo--
.Yon wish 20 know how grt my
etars IN Chicsgo. chf Well. don't
mind telling yon about ir now. aithough
you may no. tnilurs0 tiis Incausl adcpt-
ed
Here IRE nerchant prince laughed
heartily. withdrawing his cigar for the
rurpssn. After a moment or two ha rc-
snmcd:
i had cone here from the country,
n CAVITY farr1er boy. iluoruEt q the
ways a ths world and disposed 90 ~
gard avery city chap ~ a sharper. Be
fore leaving homo I had a settlement
with my guardian. who tUrrcd over %
me s3c0 In cash. all the pozzessious !
had In the world
The distress of tho panic of 1856 had
not passed. aud things were awfully
dull here After securing y moslest
boarding houso ! applied myself with
diligence 10 the seeking Ok employment,
Ina the meantime aSsiduousiy studying
bookkeeping every evening. The n
years of rssy lifo llah bccn spent upon tliu
farm. and was utterly ignorant of I'D
busincss methods Hence ! sought hum
bio work. being willing 20 begin &C TIE
lowest Tung of the lasider. But sumo
how didn't catch on I must have bceu
what is vulgariy calicsl un 'oTuory' chap
-uucuufh in speech. vulgar Ia manner
ami easily ahashcd Sull l pyrScycrsd.
Offering myself as purter. coachmaI.
day laborer. gardener. helper in rructry
storcs-in short. any kind % WORK that
demanded uiusrlc without too uuch cn
pcricnce. Once il awhile ] got Job a
saving wood, cutting grasS and tending
garden. hut i spcnt FAR more than ]
eamCd. although ] ivtd very CrunnEi-
ically. Month alter month passed IN this
way until nearly one-half u Iay capital
was exhausted
MY necessities io,i mo 20 much coci-
tatiou. and having ulaflc Tapid prugnss
in my study q bookkeeping ~ well as
Ia knowledge % good English hnally
coucluded to aSpirn to something higher.
a prerequisite 90 this step was tho dof-
ing of my old jeans suit. which bad ho-
come tlecidesily sccfiy. The tailor's bill
made n big iEros.d uT n I;,y diminishing
capital. and the Thought a Ia set my
teeth on cdgp Out / went day afttTday
AMONG tho merchants. Offering iay scry-
iccs a. n bookkocpcr. accountant. ship
ping clerk ct s=slCsmll. lui / fuuud nc
g..kcrs Tine market was suffering fruIl
au uvcrurrly a. tho cosrn4uslisy. All
the demand was Eil
Finally I dccitlcd that something
had Co b,s done Culld I.ot AMI wuuil
Lot l. pcBui.C>s Ia a Zig city. s.m rat
orally q = fsmguino tcInIrrameit. @. lot
I xix mouths Il enforced is!ruc.a - Cu1
who loves work are crouch - tCclon.l
the suuni,st ;crr.cr Eel fcc ,ua ar
I ryi-ii.s: ii4lr=tiC.-t. \ ti-ri-rc iid Cllal-
I ly 'oIac. Cnn G.y i-r. Davis. tho L,..i
of the Iig C-y guosls ttCrc GA Lac
sfrcCi. was ssLrrTisCd out ~ ] h u~rll
I cquanimiiy ~ tie rsishiu.s iH uf au Cs.r o.
al usGividCai. nysrif. isoiGirg in his
hand small hnncle al-4 aging l.u-
L,hly:
4 Fg~e 'osrsd sir. n rarkr-c %
money -a Lundrri dollar. I think.
+ am siTang, "a the city and wish yoa
. 90 keep it until you fii-d t,sc Ovntr.'
when he found hTcath. Mr Davis.
who recalled me - one who had applet
o. him niorc fh..a ci.Cc fur employment.
3 dCmurrtd. Insisting t,ilt I EbUuid leave
. 10 in tho hands q thc police.
That will ret do. sir. know yrut
+ rputatiua aiasl csn cCgffcnfly have thr
sum with yUu- aa desperately poCt
aud unemployed. aud any imputafio-.
upon my honor wouid kill me Ny only
I wish IL that this MONEY may mach It.
owIicr You viii ho sure Co nnd him.
Mr.. Davis became interested.
lis there anv way of idcntifytns
y hini-any name or address i'm the pack
I age!'
l 4 think not. sir. replied. hut tns
I bills. M you viii So. arr done up In .
/ peculiar rel cloth-dehiege think 10 l.
I callctl-and IL you would merely advet
,isc the fact that n sum Of money hail
I .oon found. and rsguiTyd tLe applicant
90 name the amount and tho euvelup
I covering IL. y0u could not possibly mis-
take.
Ny importantly finally ovcrcame his
objections. and be took my addrcs-. ARD
after prunouncing nc sterling honest
fellow. ls.do me coule around in thi
rauuliug
Well. that was my start in life
Mr. Davis grccted me when rrturnei
I'm the morning most vftusively.
I've bv'u thinking uvcr that matter
and c.ufe-s that | admire your honesty
I Th"re's 10 reasun ia the world why yuu
shouldn't have kspt that money. Mailf
men who ane far -bsttcr OF than yUn
wOuil have done 50 %
he ended By Offering me n place b.
hind one q the counters at g. n week.
and i've years later ! was his partner.
oh. the money A number a par
tics answered tip advertisements. but
they couldn't prose mp. you SO. for the
hest Of all Reasons The money was my
own. and Mr.. Davis finally rrtnrncd IL
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