The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1895-03-15
HOW HEGOT STARTED
a MERCHANT TELLS OF HIs WIN
MING nv "A SHOW or HONESTY.

lyon wish 90 know how got my
start in Chicago, eh: Well ! doh
mind telling you about it row. aithoush
ron may not iDdorse the means adopt
ed"
Herc the merchant P.ince laughed
heartily. withdrawing biz cigar Tor the
purpose. After moment or two he re-
gumed:
II had come here from the country,
M Hawky farmer boy, iguorant OF the
ways OF the world and disposed to re-
gard every city chap - n sharper. Be-
lore leaving home i had n settlement
with my guardian, who turned over TO
me $500 in cash, all the possessions
mad i'm the world
The distress OF the panic OF 1867 had
net passed, and things were awfully
dull here. After securing A modest
boarding house / applied myself with
siliRnnce TO the seeking Of employment /
/ IN tho meantime assiduOusly studying
bookkeeping every evening. The 2l /
years OF ~ life had been spent upon tle
! I'm. and was utterl. ignorant OF oil
b-siness y, ehOdR. Hence 1 sought hum
bic r~~rI, Icing willing TO begin nt the
| loneF n -rg nf III" ladder. But some
| ~ / DIDN'T catci n. must have been
| Ntts II vulgarly called an o merry chap
--lc .,Ith III speech, vulgar in manner
! a; " abashetL Still / perseVered.
/ ar1n. myself a. porter, coachman,
o. labC .er, gardener. helper in grocery
e--F-in short, any Iii I Of work that
J., n,led muscle without 100 much ex
rie-ce. Once in awhil. got "A job OF
ur1 eaFnnfng
mt 1 spent far moro than
~ F.. Though / lived very econom-
Month after month passed In this
VI, til nearly e-half Of my capital
''austed
ece ssiti,s led me TO much cog!-
i-..0n, I: Il having made rapid prosrt;'s
III my STUDY of bookkeeping as well -
il. knowledge of good English / finally
c ,luded TO aspire D something higher.
!. rrcreqUiki:9 I, this step was the doll
-, OF n old je,.,-s suit. which had be-
come de- ide.Ily see,sy. The tailor's bill
madc J; .rro ad upon my diminishing
i-ai, Il ; thought of il set my
in one . I went day after day
) ar TT ants, offering my scrv-
ices ) G 'ook..eeper. accountant, ship
pir- Gle, salesman, but i found nc
takers. ne market was suffering FROM
g.. oversur 7l.J Il the commo hty, ana
IL lem; IL was nil.
Finally 1 decided that something
h. to be Il ne. could not md would
i rot be uenniless in big city. IN nat
ally Cf a sanRuine temperament, but
SIX months Of enforced idieless 10 one
W. owes work are enough TO becloud
(. 7 nEly,A '
: -lung impatient. A chs go did final.
y cone CAe day E1r. z. j., the head
CT the big dry goods store on Lake
n street w.ss surprised oUt = his uSual
6 ecr. -. tLcr- u; il If an excit'
ed 49,. IL, mysell, .Eg in hi,
= ha. ..-.-l bui.c al !. ing bro
{ ken5:
81 ha I'D. ~. : : ol
money--.. ..Cnore1 doi-a,l
: am stranger in el.s cit :. =
:, to llccn it until yo1 find oN-z.
when he found breati -Ir. Davis
who recalled me rs one who had apple
: to him more than orce for employment
demurred, insisting that should leav
it i'll the hands 4 the = ice.
= That will not az, :. know yon
e reputation and can confidently leave tn
o. sum with yIIu- am desperately poo
: and uneraploye6. and any imputatiol
upon my nonor would kill me. My on.
wish is that this money msy reach 10
: owner. Yo1 will be sure 20 find him.
: MIR. Davis became interested
IN = Is ii ere any way of identifying
= hin-any lame or address in the pack
: age:'
= = i think not. sir. replied, but th
bills, rs you will see, are done up in
= peculiar red cloth-debiege | think it !
=. called-and il you would merely ndvCr
d tise the fact that n sum of money hai
hen found, and requiryd the applican
n to name the amount and the envelop
T. covering il, you couli not possibly mis-
y Il.
= My -portGni.y finally overcame hi
Objections, and took my address, au
~ -t.er pronouncirg me sterling homes
T---cw. bade me come around in th
ID Il -rning
=: We'll. that was my start in life
ID Hr Davis greeted me when returne
!, IA (. 9 M --i',g most rffusively.
= - '',rn thinking over that matte
! e. cJ.-- that / admire your honesty
= Ise-a's 20 re..son in the world why yo
=. sho-.i - We kept that money. Man
IN men who A4e far better of than 20
a: e oCla hive done so.
y. ed by offering me a place b.
!. him 60 "a th, counters mt So n weel
~ ..... Ga years later | was his partner.
p" - the money! A number Of pc
't l-es aas~tred tIe advertisement b.
they coz dn't proce mp, you se ?. for ii
best oS all reasons The money was III
OWL. I'd Ar. Davis finally returned
TO La rsA not the slightest risk al
was s,is. that the act would brir
re -I.-er the favorable notice Of NJ
E.N is.
i. Yes, there was deception in il. ar
am not saying that il was commen