The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-06-02
WITH THE PASSING THRONG.

The mutations q tlule bring srss,
changes" remarked one Of Hous,on's lsadiuE
business men to a Pos; reporter in yestr-
days passing ,hrong. twenty-five CT thirty
years ago | vas in Austtn. dead broke l
didn't have Z thing on earth save some
trtfling coilatsrals in the shape Of iawelfy.
and they were OK Little or no use TO auyhoty
save myself. I ras pressed for money and
needed i. hadiy-tn fact. I had 20 have il or
20 to the wall There wasn't a man in the
town l was sufficiently acquainted with 10
borrow dollar from, and in this unpleas-
ant extremity found myself az nay wits end
in studying what 10 do. AS last resort,
3ecidad or asking loan from the Fist
National bank. OF which Major J. 7. Brack-
eur.dza vas president. ard rendering as Sc
curlty therefor the !eTeiry referred TO. En-
.erias the bank I olur,sd out as eIoqueniy as
! could the erraud which brought me, pleaded
how advautageous.y could use $50 at that
particular time. and promised 10 EeiuEa Il
in a month Major Breckenridge for L was
20 him I told NY stcrYi listened villa kindly
interest 70 what | had to say, and when |
ha. finished aud while yet my financial
future seemed trembling fl the balance, h
sact = searching glance all over me from
head to foot. alt quietly remarked;
" Ny good friend, you are a stranger 70 me.
/ hass heard all you had TO say, and ! sym
pathize with your condition. but you KNOW
!. would not be business for me, as banker,
10 advance money in this way. So far as
these gee gaws you offer as security are con-
cernsd have no use for ihem-itey are no
good TO NE. Cant yen get somebody 10 in
tCrss your nots7
4 seld htrn /. was impossible. and felt that
l had played my last trump. Seeing that
vas at the end OF my tetnsr. Major 8racken-
ridge turned another penetrating look upon
~vA -.-r1.n -ha .ff zt-iF srf1e ~
While I do not know you, | thlnk you
are an honest man. Now, you say Il loan
you $3.50. you can double I, By tins business
deal you have outlined. Well. will let you
have the money, bur don't want your col
lateral I'll take you at your word and ex-
pect you 10 pay IL back within month
Well. cir, Continued the Houston business
man. Major Breckenridge there and then
handed me $3.50 without cent OF security
aut--would you believe it'-ia four weeks
from that time / had paid him back every
dollar 81 It, and, In addition. had slln 10
my craGi, IL his bank. Everything | touched
with the money that princely CITIZEN trusted
ME, ;ructihe1 as II By magic my business
grew ard prospered, aud from tina: small BE-
ginning l planted the seeds that later on
enabled me 10 reap a comfortable harvest.
! mention this thing. not by way Of sermon
lying but 70 remind those whom Providence
has placed in position 10 do good the life
long service kindly act may sometimes &C.
oomplish without costing them anything. The
favor rendered me BY the generous Major
tEibuted 10 make me what am: and If others
would only initiate his example, and coca
siOually help honest man or woman 10
battle against the rsverses that viii frown on
their undertakings despite sill their caution.
what 2 multitude OF business wrecks might
be ayerted--what world Of heart-hTeakirs
ard uissr!ag nigh, be avoided, expect I
have made two or three fortunes iu Houston
during My residence here; my check is good
for reasonable amount IN any bank IN the
city; but u II were not for the noble Tom
-ykha 81 % Tr1r y
stood BY me when needed 4 !riend-who can
toll what thorAy paths ana rough plae 5
might have been mine during the quarter q
century that has stolen into my life sincs
then and who can measure the permanent
sooi rendered by that one kindly act at a
time when kindness was all that could save
ven. IN the background for obituary deoora
tious. but prefer to mention them while tire
. chief actors are sim ltysng-f-st - show
thar gratitude IA not ~ie obsolete thing W.
read 81, and secondly. in TIE hope that this
truthful recital will stimulate others 10 uni
tate the manly aud disintsrssted example Of
Major TEN Breckenridge
I; is nc, often tina, Catholic clergyraen arr
giyen to telling jokes, bur occasionally they
viii give rein TO their risjhle propensitiss and
lsuri over the luaicrous just as heartily rs
| the tSiance Of mankind In yesterday pass
ing thlong a Post reporter heard orc o, their
yarns and the party who told it sails h, had
| Just heard Il from the lins CT very disnfed
| Catholic priest. universally known in Hou.-
| tor II appesrs jolly cid gentleman from the
| Emerald Isle was rece1ty visiting his son liz
| law IN this city. He was endowed with q
| lsrSe stcck % the proearhial wit Rscribed 20
| the average lrshman. and. IN edition. was
| ho;ed for his transformations piety ard En-.
| eWpiarS demeauor around the household One
| mniring ne was late for breakfast aud his
| anxious scs-ir-lsw. tearrg that he might Be
sicd. topped AZ his door and informed him
| that the morning Fopast was awaiting hin
| AN right. came In 3 faint voice from the
| tpartment Ten minutes later. the old man
| heins still missing from the family circle. the
I tUtitul son-in-law again visited the bedroom
| With slcdee hammer eject. and. in a voice
/ that was calculated to dispel any slumberinE
notions he might still have cherished cheer
! fully sung out; Say, pa the breakfast will
b. spoiled II YOU don't come down right away:
We are all waiting for YOU Quick as u iiash
the pious old man answered; "Oh. go TO hi
ard don't bother ne while i'rn saying my
prayers,
| Hon. Frank p, Holland eS-mayor OF Dallas.
wss in the city yesterday and left last even
ins TO meet his old friend. Captain Juan s.
Hart Of the III Paso rnvincibies. whose CON
pany has been attached to the regiment n,
| Gaiyeston. Il want to see them hoys before
thss go 10 war" said Editor Holland, for
] don't think there Is in the whole United
states service today more fearless body OF
men than they are. Fact Is, they would rather
| nshi than eat. and. with Editor Juan Hart o.
me II Saso Times ~ their captain. believe