The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1895-03-04
HOWHEGOT STARTED
A MERCHANT TELLs OF his WIN
MING BY a SHOW OF HONESTY.

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"Yon wish Co know how Rnt my
start In ChicAgo chr Well I don't
misc tulllng yoa about it nov. althozgh
yea mae not tndorss the means sdopt-
Hers ths merohnus prince laaghed
haarsily. witbaraWing his cigar for the
purposa After = moment or two he re-
/ Unmed:
II had come here from the ooantry.
. gAwky farmer boy. ignorant Of the
ways Of the world and disposed 20 TO-
gard every city chap ~ = shArper. Be-
fore leaving home I had . settlement
with my guardiAn. who turned over 20
me $500 tn c~ah. all tho po@ea4iona
had o. the world
The disrre~s Of the panic Of 1857 had
not passed. and things were Awfully
dull here After securing . modest
boarding house ! applied myself With
/ diltgenoe 90 the seeking.of employment.
/ in the meAntime A~sidnouNly studying
Bookkeeping svcry evening. The ~
I years of my life had bern spent upon the
farm. and i was utterly ignorant of AL
buAineaa methodN Hence I sought hum
bic work. being willing % begin ~ the
lowest rung q the ladder. But some.
how i didn catch on I must have been
what Is vulEarly called an 'oEnery' char
-uncouth IN gpeech. vulgar IN manner
and easily abashed sdll per~evered.
oGertnR myself aa porter. coachman.
day lAborer. gardener. helper in Eroocry
stores-in short. any kind q work that
demanded muscle without too much er
pericnoa Once IN awhile I Rut a lob of
saving wood. cutting RrAss ana tsndins
garden. but ! spent far more than I
earned. although 1 lived very econoa-
ically. Month after month pAssed In this
way until nearly one-hAlf u my capital
was exhausted
Ny necessities led RE 20 mnch oogi-
fafton. and having made rapid progress
IN my study q Bookkeeping a. well a.
In k1owledEs Of god English I finally
concluded 20 nspirn TO something higher.
A prerequisite 20 this step vas the eoff-
Ing Of my old jeans suit. which had b.
come decidedly -eedy. The tailor's bin
made big inroad upon my diminishing
capital. and the thought q it st nv
teeth on edge. Out went day after day
among the merchants. Offering my aerv-
ices ~ a bookkerper. ncruuntnnt. shin
ping clerk or salesman. but found nc
takcrs Tho market was suffering frur,
an ovrrSnpply of the commodity. AMI
the demand was nil
Finally ! decided t'iat snmrthinR
had % be done \ cuald nut an vvuuld
not be pennilsss IN n higrify am nat.
EEilly n \ sangt. .ns fsilIs ramsl.f. hut
siv months ~ erfortrd idlens,-z 10 sna
who loves work uFr rr.Crri, tpIeciou.l
tllr fEuEic-t tsrufe ~. lat so ,ysn ar.
g"tting imr stirEf. 4 Ci1al-s; ,,id fisal- .
y core. Cnr duv -. LAWS. rhe Lrad z
NJ the bg siry rn-sis tts..u IN Lake
strecf. Wa Eurprised o.4t - lis u~rai
e4uaniuIify - tac tn hing a. u a. e1sst- .
ed ihtiyidunl. nlyss 70. h"is.inz ia l.ir
hand a small huasdi- a..d say iny lru- .
ktnly:
I have fornd. sir. a package %
moncy-a hundred dollars. 4 think. I T.
am siranEtr in the city and wish you
10 keep IL until you fiid the owner.
When he found breath. Mr. Davis.
who recalled me Es one who had auplissi
% him more than once for employment.
demnrred. insisting that should leave
it IN the hands of the police.
That will not do. sir. know yout
reputation and can ooufiently leave thr
sun with you l am desperately poof
snd unemployed. and any impufafioE
upna my honor would kill me Nv unly
wiAh is that this money may ruach its
owner. You will b. sure 20 and him
Mr.. Davis became interested
Is there any way of identifytns
hfm-nuw mana - .IH...... a.. -. -
ago. II,
think not. air, replied. hut the
hillA @ you will So. are done ND An =
peculiar rcd elotb-dehiess think 10 e.
ealled-and II you would merely ndver-
fisa the fact that n sum of money had
been found. and re4uird the applicant
70 name the amount and the envelops
covering H. yoo ooald not po-zihly mia
take
Ny Importantly finally overunrne his !
objections. and he took my addre~.. and
after prunouDcinE me n sterling honest
fellow. bade me come ArUund In al,
Well that Wa my start In life.
MT Davis greeted me when ruturn~i
In the morning most eIusively.
I've BEN thinking over thai MATES
md eonfess that I admire your honewty.
! There's no reAson I'm the world why Won :
'houldn't have kept that money. MAnT
men who are far better OF than yoa
Eo1hi have done 90"
DE ended BY Offering me q place br-
hind one a the counters AZ es a ,r,ek.
Md Ave years later I was his partner. =
On. the money! A number of par. 4
lea answered tkR advertinamana but o
hey ooaldn't prove mp you -. for the
'est of All reasonA The none- va NV
'wn. and Mr. Davis finally returnsd IA
Q me- rAn nOt the alighssaf rink and o
rAs satiEhed that The 40 woald hrfna
ne under The favorable notice q Mr.
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