Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1895-04-11

0rieT and sJ5Sel tielitiS dealt through
me entirely in that particular line of
goods His patronage gave me The
patronage Of others, and the future
looked - promising that ! no longer
laid awake. and after that quite fire.
quently dropped In at the house with a
rattle or a little gold ring or some other
trifiing present for the little one.
several years went by and had
prospere-i fairly well. No hint Of his
embarrassment ever reached me and
no one was thought safer in the city.
one day he dropped in at the office, not
long before the banks would close.
How much is my account he
said.
"a little over $1,000
II suppose IT would ruin You if
did not pay it.
NO danger Of your doing that |
responded 'Yon can have my store II
you want ii on credit
"'But would il ruin you If should
not pay
Il attributed the question to the fact
that he was probably trying to find out
how stood financially.
well I said with laugh, i musf
confess that it would ruin me. I am
getting on fairly Well but | am not so
well of but what this trifing amount
would wreck me completely
so | thought he said with some
thing like chuckle. 1t don't take
much to upset you young fellows.
Now. look AT me- How many failures
do you suppose could stand and not
vince in the least?
"'Of course; Of course. But you
young fellows are dependent on one
mar Now, II he fails. you would go
under You are all alike. No caution.
No foresight. Don't you know better
than to put yourself in such a boatf'
II laughed good naturedly at his
whimsicality and said: "Well, | feel
tolerably safe
'''You do, hey?' he responded. Now.
suppose should prove an old rascal?
Suppose / shouldn't pay you that
money? Suppose you wouldn't get n
id reds What would you do then,
my young bantam: You're mighty
careless about your accounts, and
some day you'lI get nipped.
$50, | know you young fellows! You
think that you are good fellows be-
cause you run an elastic credit ac-
count. You take no stock in the future
But mind what l say, you'll get
nipped. And then what1l you do?
What'll you do then. hey? What'll the
little baby dof What'll the pretty
wife do2 Huh, you young men, You're
all alike'
81 thought It good joke and laughed
louder than ever.
"'That's right Laugh and enjoy
Yourself he said How much do
owe you nowT
at is just S4,4767s'
'He took out his check book.
"'Here you are. Take it,
"To humor him | did so.
BE sure and get that cashed this
afternoon he said.
Yes. will / said In joking maj
ner.
with that he cracked another smile
and went out I thought no more OF
the matter until | was suddenly re.
called to the fact that had sudden
call for money.
$50 l FASTENED to the bank and drew
the money, which | used in accord
ance with my plan. Next day the ter
rible scandal came out. The old man
was a thief and embezzler, a forger
and what not Every one abused him,
and l have no doubt that he de-
served 1t.
"He was an old scoundrel, a thief
and all that-but cannot but remem-
Der that he gave me my start in busi-
ness helped me along. and, with his
own ruin hanging over his head, with
death staring him in the face, he took
the trouble to come 10 me at such a
time and saved me from that financial
destruction that would have thrown
me back in the struggle Of life for
many years. Detroit Free Press.