The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1895-03-02

o. ths uz.sa~.. sisa wh0 Called Hina
- sterling. IToas.t r~lie~-
..Ygu wish 20 know how ! &c my
start In Chicaso. ohf We'll don j
mind telling yea about it nov. aithongh
you may not iBdorHo &C. means 4 afiops- .
ed"
Hcre the nerchaut prince laughed
heartily. withdrawing his cigar for tho
purps<a After n moment or two ho re-
sumed:
i had conie hero from the country.
a rawky farmer boy. ignorant q tho
WAYS u the world and di~po~ed 60 r.
gard evr.y city chap ~ a sharper Be-
fore leaving home l hail settlement
with my guardian. who tuTutd over %
me $500 in cash. all the po~scssi0ns
bad In the world
The distress Of the panic - 1885, had
not passed. and things wcre awfuliy
dull here After securing = motiesf
boarding house 1 applet myself with
diligence TO the seeking ~ employment
In the meantime assiduously studying
Bookkeeping every evening. Tie ~
years of my life haal hfTn spsnt upon the
farm. and wEs utterly ignorant u All
businoFs methods. Hence / sought hum
hle work. boing willing 60 bcgin at tho
! lowest rung q tho ladder But some
I how I didn't catch On must have hecu
I what l. vulgarly called an 'ouicTy' char
I -uucOuth In speech. vulgar In manncI
and easily ahazhe,L Sfill ! persevered.
Offering myself a. purtcr. cuachman.
{ day laborer. gardener. helpCr in groccry
l sture--in short. any kind - work that
- a a 81.
l perieuca Ones In awhile ] KIT job oi
saving wood. cutting grass and ts-ding
| garden. but 1 spent FAR more than !
earned. although I lived very erunrni-
ically. Month after month passed In this
way until nearly one half ~ my capital
vas exhausted.
4 ''Ny necessities lci mo 60 much cos,i-
tation. and having uade rapid prugrt-s
I in my study of bookkeepinss as well as
In knowledge Of Fuod English 1 finally
concluded TO aspirr fo something higher.
A Prerequisite 60 this ftcp was the duff-
ing q my old jeans suit. which had be-
come decid-dly sccly. The tailur's BAN
made a big inruad upon my diminishing
capital. and the Thought " 10 81 Tsy
! t-cth ON edge- Out ! went day after day
among the merchants. offering my Nerv-
iccs as . bookkcrper. nccuuutaut. ship
ping clerk OF salesman. iiur I fcrud nc
takers. Tho market was ruiTurinfs fruli
au ovcrsupply % tire commodity. auss
tine demand Wa nil.
Finally I dcriLri tlar something
bad e. b. ,l.-,c. I c,'n'.l nut and wua.,l
i.ut D. pennies "a q hassc CRY. E.l lsas-
urally q n ss4ifEuin. tuinT-raucuf. bat
six montii~ uf ,I.fr=cCl i.iicuc-s Z - enc
who love, work arn cnough ~ l--ciur.t
The suuuitst tcrs-'cr LIs SO ynn nTp
Fcttim,. impatient. A c-arEe flifi tnal-
ly fsic. Gro - f.r. Lavis. the hss,l
q a.. b.g dry f-ns.s ssu-o Cn LAX
sfIrrf. v-rs furpr.ssd one ~ lie u~lsnl
yquauir.i'r 7 3 tlic fv-h.us. iIi 0s ai CAcii-
ysl individual. vsf.g. . r.ing H. hi-
haud \ small bunsiip AL ~, ing Lro-
ktnl.;
4 have fnrnd. sir. n package of
moncy-a hundrs,i dniiars. I tiiuk- /
nm "A stranger tn tlsu city and " wish yon
% kecp 70 until YIN had t'ln 0Srnrr.'
"when be found lgrl;i. Mr Davis.
who rccallcd nfe - unc who Lad appiici
O. him uorc than unoc for cmpluymcuf.
demurrVel. insisting that I should leave
10 I'm the hands 20 fhr T-nlicn.
THAT will not d.. sir. I know yuut
reputation and can cuuhdrutly leave the
sum with you- ana despsrafciy Pooi
and unemployed. nnd any imrutafinz.
upon my honor wcuid kill me. Ny uEiy
wish is that this money may mach "a,
owner. You will bc sure 70 find hinL
Mr.. Davis bccamo iutcre~tcd
lis thero R1y way - ide1tifytng
him-any name or adlrc-s in the Tack
ageF
; I think not. sir. rsTliicsi. but ths
bills. - y0u viii So. arr doue mp ia .
peculiar rcd cloth-,iehieEc I think u u
eallcd-and II ron would merely advcT
d tisn tho fat that a sum of money hal
hem found. aud requird the applicant
60 name tho amount and tbs envelnpa
: covering IA. you could not pa-sibly mi--
take
Ny importantly finally overcame his
oblectiuus. and he took my nddro~s. and
after prunouncing me n sterling honest
fellow, bado me como around in ths
morning
We'll. that Was my start In life.
SIR. Davis gructrh mr whrn rcturuci
In the morning most ciIusively.
I've bsen thinking over that matter
and c1nfc>- that I Admire yuur honesty.
There's no rrasun in the world why yoa
shoul.ln't have kept that MONEY. MAnf
; men who are far better OF than yUsi
wouil have done - +"
He ended by Offering me place ~
hind mo u the enunterA ne o. a wcck.
and Eve yearz lafcr I was his partner.
"Oh. the money A member uf par
ties answered tlH advertisement. but
they cOaldn't prUse uR yun sce. for the
best Of all rrasun-- Tho monry was my
own. and Mr. Davis finally rrturncd u
% me ran NOT the alights~f risk and
was satisfied that The act wuuld hrina
me under the favorable notice u Mr..
Davis