The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1895-03-19
HOWHEGOTSTARTED
A MERCHANT Tells or HIS WIN
MING RY A SHOW or HONESTY.

Arsr MANY Failures Tn AtsrmYsa Co
-caaoh on.- Hs Worked n Llttlo sehs@s
ON Glas BuAaneas Man whO Called BiHn
~~ Sterling. HO@ast reI1ow!"
lyon wish TO know how got my
start i'm Chicago, eh? Well. dcn't
mind telling yon about it now, although |
you may not indorso the means adopt
ed"
Here the merchant prince laughed
heartily, withdrawing his cigar fm the
purpose. After R moment Or two he re-
Sumed:
II had come hero from the country, |
a Rawky farmer boy. ignorant Of the
ways OF the world and disposed to re-
gard every city chap ns n sharper. Be
| fore leaving home / had a settlement
with my guardian, who turned over to
me $500 i'm cash, all the possessions
had in the world
''The distress of the panic Of 1857 had
not passed, ani things were awfully
| dull here After securing a modest
boarding house applied myself with
diligence to the seeking of employment,
| I'm the meantime assiduOusly studying
bookkeeping every evening. The 2l
years Of my life had been spent upon the
/ farm. and was utterly ignorant Of all
business methodR Hence sought hum
BILE work, being willing TO begin nc the
lowest rung of the ladder. But some
how didn & catch on / must have been
what lis vulgarly called nm 'orncry' chap
-uncouth in speech, vulgar in manner
and easily abashed Still persevered.
| rOngMnRn
day IabOrer, gardener, helper in grocery
st0res-in short, any kind of work that
demanded muscle without too much ex
pericnca Once in awhile got job of
saving wood. cutting grass and tandtng
garden, but spent far more than
earned, although i lived very econom-
icalIy. Month after month passed i'm this
way until nearly one-hah OF my capital
was exhausted
my necessities led me to much cogi-
tation, and having made rapid progress
} in my study of bookkeeping ms well as
: in knowledge of good English finally
concluded TO aspire TO something higher
A prerequisite TO this step was the d0h-
g ing CT my old jeans suit, which had be-
come decidedly seedy. The tailOr's bill
made m big inroad upon my diminishing
9 capital, and the thought of it set my
8 teeth ON edge Out went day after day
. among the merchants, Offering my SEW
ices as n boOkkeeper. accountant, ship
: ping clerk or salesman. but / found nc
t takers Tho market was suffering from
an oversupply of the commodity, anc
the demand was nil
S FINALLY decided that something
h had to be done / could not and would
not be penniless in N big city arm mat
urnlly Of a sanRuine temperament bu
mix months of enforced idleness TO ON
who loves work are enough co beclOuf
If the sunniest temper. But see Jon nj
getting Impatient A change did final
. ly come One day Mr.. DT s. the hea'
l. of the big dry goods store ON LAX
l. street, was surprised ont of his usun
+, equanimity by the rushing in OF AN e1cii
y ed individual, myself. holding in hi
1r hand n small bnndle and saying hrC
J kenly:
"'I have found, sir, n package G
money-a hundred dollars, i think
al am a stranger I'm the city and wish 70
to keep it until you find the owner
when he found breath, Mr. Davis
le who recalled me ms one who had apple
, 70 him more than once fOr employment
demurred, insisting that should leay
it in the hands Of the police
lie That will not do, sir know yoT
e. reputation and can confidently leave t
sum with you / am desperately pO'
Al and unemployed. and any imputatiC
he upon my honor would kill me My on
of wish Ia that this money may reach /
owner You will be sure 20 find him
u "Mr Davis became interested
n els there any way of identifytH
tn him-Any name or address in the pac
age?'
~ i think not, sir. replied. but q
do bills, as you viii see, are done mp In
nv peculiar red cloth-debiege think it
called-and il you would merely adve
as tisa the fact that n sum of money hI
been found. and required the Applica
20 name the amount and the envelo
- covering it. you could not possibly m
~ take
Or My importantly finally overcame
mi objections, and he took my address, M
rsi- after pronouncinR me sterling hons
ar fellow. bade me come around In G
ing morning
the well. that was my start in lii
ing MIR. Davis greeted me when return
'hu I'm the morning most efusively.
o,, I've been thinking over that mat
,nt and confess that admire your honeGi
Via There's no reason I'm the world why y
ma. Ehouldn't have kept that money Mn
San men who are far better of than y
nal would have done So I"
and He ended by Offering me N place
hind one OF the counters at 90 n we
anu and i've years later was his partner
va 'Oh, the money! A number OR p
i'm ties answered the advertisement
,rth they couldn't provo mp you see. for
G.: best Of all reasonA The money was
Big own, and Mr.. Davis finally returned