The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1897-01-23
A HARD MAN.
BY ;. A. FLYNN.


-'wife and ten childrenl' More fool
he! Given them five pounds yourself"
More fool you'll Just trihe?' Well,
II do. it's just to get rid of you. and
on condition that you don't tell any
one, mind that! You benevolent busy
bodies viii ruin me with the stories you
set about.
whats the NATTER A good deals
the matter. I'm being libeled AL over
the city. Only this morning heard that
confounded ass, Green, speaking of me
as the best-hearted fellow alive, talk
ing TO that precious tenant of mine at
z, Lime Villas-wretched little house
that barely pays for the repairs. Now
he'll think he can get another quarter
behind with the rent; but I'll show him,
I'll show him. 'Best-hearted,' indeed
the silly idiot. Why. i should be ru-
ined IL those fellows in the city thought
there was any sentimental nonsense
about me. hard heart and good di-
gestion-that's my motto. Don't grin
like "a monkey! Upon my word, Smith,
you're old enough TO have more sense.
Perhaps haven't the best of diges-
tons, but / have no nonsense about
heart, whatever you may think.
Brown, my shipping clerk? There
you are again, the same old storyi Now
I'll just tell you the rights of the case,
and then you'll see how these lies get
about. Brown is an excellent clerk and
worth his money-that's my business.
in private life he's fool; has siclxly
wife and several youngsters-thatsh his
business. He borrows money from
some internal scoundrel OF loan agent
that's his business, too. But when his
dirty jew money-lender comes kicking
up n row at my warehouse-thats my
business, and soon gave him in charge
and showed him up before the magis-
trate. Well, he didn't get much sym
patty from the court, which refused 10
make any order for payment and bound
him over TO keep the peace. So he Of
fered Brown reasonable terms; but
Brown couldn't pay and worried about
1t. This didn't concern me; but made
him listless in his work, which did.
''Of course l can't be always chang
ing clerks; so l put it to Brown in a
commercial way. And he saw il, sir;
saw IL directly This is how / worked
At out; look here:
DIR.
+. Present TO Brown TO pay off Jew. GOO
Ten years interest on balance not re-
Pro oSfr on transaction $50
e4oO
Browns next rise suspended (say eco
Insresse' Ia browns efficiency (say eco
Tor 10 years. .............,............. 200
e4Oo
" "'Gave him n rise, all the same?
kOL--cr-well, / found he'd improved
more than expected, don't you see?
How about my nephew, Frank?
Why, another parcel of lies. You must
do something for your sisters son when
he's an orphan. That's business, really;
people expect il of you, don't you see?
And you get a bad name IL you don't.
And If you employ man you must pay
him fairly that's business, too; and
you must even give him trifie extra,
profitably. 1t don't pay To have miser-
Abit-AooNiiE lOus
swell, Frank turned out very good
boy - Woodworking, punctual and
smart. Never penny out of his petty
cash book. That's the test, sirl So |
gave him n good rise OF salary every
year. Kind OF me- Upon my word,
Smith, you're getting in your dotage.
You must pay good man well, or lose
him. Too fond of me TO CO. Don't
ell you that l never reckon upon senti-
mentl
Now, / had TO leave my money to
some one; so l thought IL might as well
60 10 Master Frank as anyone else. So
one morning / called him into my pri-
waite room. Look here, you young
devil, ] said, I've told you times enough
that you've nothing TO expect from
me- Yes, sir But you didn't believe
me? oh, yes, did answered my lord,