The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1895-03-12
HOW HEGOT STARTED
A MERCHANT TELLS OF HIS WIN
MING RY A SHOW or HONESTY.

sn the BusAness Man who Sailed Him
~M Sterling. Honest Fellow"
"You wish TO know how got my
start in Chicago, eh? Well, don't
rafnd telling you about il now. although
you may notindorso the means adopt
ed" Il
Here the merchant prince laughed
heartily, withdrawing his cigar for the
| Iurruse. After moment or two he re- 4
sumed:
q had come here from the country, I
q gawky farmer boy, ignorant Of the
ways of the world and disposed to re-
/ gard every city chap ms a sharper Be
| fore leaving home had = settlement /
with my guardian. who turned over TO
me $500 in cash, all the possessions
! had in the world
''The distress of the panic OF 1857 had
! not passed, and things were awfully
+ dull here. After securing a modest
4 be- 'ilg house / applied myself with
4 dill ice to the seeking Of employment
IT, 80 meantime assiduously studying
boo.--coping every evening. The 2l
/ yc-.-s Cf NY mo had been spent upon the
/ { -. nd vas utterly ignorant Of all
! r-.,----7 methods. Hence i sought num-
/ t,4N K, being willing to begin at the
10. "a I1-.lg G. the ladder. But some
| h 6,5n'5 cctCl. ON. must have been
Wit is Tufga1ly called an 'ornery' chap
--r1.c5rtss in .lcech, vulgar in manner
an -silv- IL Still l perseyered,
O. Grin. j --.. as porter, coachman,
cay l. or> I, :. dener, helper in grocery
s., -,- .a,-,, any kind of work that
.-l...-., /. sle--.e without too much ex
Lor-eI11. Cucc n awhile got q job Of
s..wii 2 weed, cutting. grass and tending
ccltlC-,, lat ! s7ent far more than ]
e..--lcl, although lived very econom-
icaliy Mcnth after month passed in this
way ,intil nearly one-haf Of my capital
was c-:lausted-
''74y necessities led me TO much coGi-
tc:ic-i, and having nladc rapid progress
i. nv study of bookkeeping as well rs
+ il .--.owlcdge of good English / finally
I concluded to aspire to something higher.
4 prerequisite to this step was the doff-
l.. of 1.y old jeans suit, which had be-
come decidedly seedy. The tailor's bill
: made big inroad upon my diminishing
, capital, and the thought of it set my
teeth Oh edge. Cut went day after day
; ancIr the merchants, Offering my serv-
/ hice9es a bO0ld.eepcr, accountant, ship.
j., p.~g clerk or salesman, bat | found nc
t..,-ra. The market was suffering from
i r. cyersLpply of the commodity, and
the demand was nil.
''Fiually / decided that something
? ta.l 10 be done. could not and would
: .-l.os Ise ranniless in big city. / am nat
! UTzs'y &c sanguine temperament, but
$. -.,enths Of enforced idloness TO one
W. loves work are eT ough TO becloud
r. --z1Eicgt temper. ,3ut Tree you are
ting inpatient : hanGe did final
G l. Genre. Gro day NJ. Davis, the head
= q tho big d-y goo'-- store ON Lake
street, was surprised ont Cf his usual
Iquglimity by tie rushing III of an eXcit-
ed ndividr&l, myself. holding in his
HAND small bundle ard saying bro
kerry:
! have found, 81 q package OF
, r.c-.ey-a hundred doIlar, think.
am stranger Ill the cl,y and wish you
y to E5en It until you find the owner
ri .''Whfn lie found breath, Mr.. Dayis
~ who recalled me as one who had apple,
to, I'm more than once fer employment
y. Gen4ula =, el,-Iiisisting that should leave
'e it IN tze hl4G Is &C the police
, a. That will not do, sir. know you
eIutttica c.nd can confidently leave tn
{, sum with ysa.-L am desperately poo
q ard Ire-a-ioyed, and any imputatiol
:. L : my honorwould kin me. Ny onl.
= WIS is that this money may reach il
C o..4-vr. Ton viii be sure to find him.
= '>,-r. Davis became interested
- Is there any way of identifying
hie--any name or address in the pack
oI age:'
= II thinl, rot, sir, replied, but tn
bills, as you viii STE, are done. up in
pe1nIia- rel cloth-debiese / think il
) called-and if you would merely adveI
, tiza the -act that q sum of money ha'
bcon found, and requiryd the applican
I'D to name the amount and the envelop
* covering It yuu could not possibly mii
- take.
9 3ir importantly finally overcame hi
obscctic1s. and he took my address, an
a.ser p-cnouncirg me sterling homes
. fellow, b2le me come around in TN
F.. rlc--n nb.
: Well, th-5 was my start in life
. IL. Davis g-zesed me when / returne
!. in tco 1zCT-ilg most sffusively.
(. Il" I've Eeen thinking over that matte
+. ard confess that / admire your honesty
:. There's 2 reaso, in the world why 20
I. shouldn't tc-e Kept that money. Man
=. men wLo are far better or than 20
wo1lh have C9l9 20. -
+. Eo eHdsd by Offering me a place b
hind cne cf the counters at GO a weel
and five yaars later was his partner.
'Oh, tie money A number Of pa
!. ties answered tte advertisement, b'
.
10 ~; g 81. ia a 49, H. IT. ~ ~ :
'te OWE, and Mr.. Davis finally returned
a to ME. ran not the slightest risk al
was satisf,1 that the act would briI
n. me under the favorable notice of NJ