The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1898-05-19
IlM's INITIATIVE



nON'r think Va shan ned you
,tter tonight Timoshy."
!. blow bad fallen st last Timhad
expecting Il for wsskA In fact
The moment Lawyer Dodd had re-
s,.d 70 his partner; well. ven
him. snyway." Tim had known he
"A not suit; and time bad only con-
"A him In this conviction. /.
q lawyers were 30 sharp and
y. their errands full Of strange
!. hard to remember. and dis
Ihed to strange plsceA hard 70 and.
vhen he was left alone In the Of
and other lawyers came in, Ill
+ and sharp, like his employers.
confused he grew!
law he blundered at tho telephonei
he always failed TO say the right
10 to the clieptsl How hs hit upon
utterly wrong thing TO say TO the
oe one day, and saw Mr.. Dodd slap
long yellow envelope on the desk
swing his chair around and look at
as much as to say: "YOu born
heel"
You don't seem to take hold - we
uld like to have you," explained Mr..
Id, counting out two two-dollar bills,
6ollar over Tins usual weeks pay.
the last that he was to receive from
employer-the last, perhaps, he
ever to receive from anybody, he
bueht, a. he shufIled disconsola&ely
wn the stairs.
Il was sad story TO tell to his
Ither; though. Of course, being his
ther, she would be easier than any
3 else.
well, it's too bad, Timmie, losing
ur very first place, but I suppose you
! look around for another one"
Fob, yes" replied Tim, choking up
Der sympathy. But when he went to
own room and looked out Of the win
N II really did not seem my use. It
. the Recommendation from his
amman school that got him this
We; but now he hadnt any recon-
eudation. And who would take . dis
srged Office boy7 iMia4 ~ =
However, next morning he faithfully
pied all the boy Wanted" sdser-
ements In the Sunday paper. and on
bnday started out early 70 Try his
ek. At noon he came home dtsoour.
ed; at supper time he had NO appe-
Sometimes the place bad Just been
ken by another boy. The Help Want
column had many readers, II
emed. Sometimes . bigger boy than
(m was wanted, and how Tim wished
was tall! Sometimes IL was smaller
", and Tim regretted his long trou.
A f.. ...f \ Hl
Sometimes the faces Of the women'
rks, looking sidewise from their
(sks at the candidate for Hasry's on
larleys position, froze his courage
mpletely. His voice sank low, and hs
ew in his own esteem twice - shabby
d humble as be really was. Then he
~ clouds Of doubt gathering on the
60 Of the manager or Aoor-walker,
ID heard him conclude the examina.
oh with blunt .You won't dol" or
frhaps the moro evasive "Well, Think
ell make other nrrnngements;" Or,
Fntest Of Ill. but knelling with no
ss certainty the doom Of ha modest
Pptication: leave me your address,
that II We should want you we shall
bow where to send"
Two weeks Of constant rejection
Ppped Tins hope most lamentAhlx,
2 dreaded 70 turn an Office doorknoH
. began to look upon employers as .
asA apart from other men, Of stern.
PWisitoral temper and disposition
pat could not be pleased.
IT'S too bad we haven't some friend
|ho could get you Q place, rmmie,"
.eid his mother. That was Just what
nm had been thinking himself. Nat
rally he and his mother had certain
faits in common. but I can't think
any; 60 you'll keep on trying. like q
pod boy, won't your"
oh, yes" replied Tim, I'll keep on
ying."
bat two months went by, and he
adn't energy enough left for q real,
earty try. To be sure, he dreamed
very night Of golden strokes of for
nne, and usually started towards town
! the morning determinedto do some
'ing, anyway" But even this vague
termination oozed away after he had
'ossed his threshold, and the upshot
every journey was a random snunter
trough the streets, with his hands in
Is pockets and q far-away, desolate
'ok in his eyes.
NOW and then he would stop at a store
indow with q sudden jerk, then turn
'lde after . short survey, move on to
le next corner and halt q minute be-
re he decided whether to proceed TO
lie right or to the left. He ran to all
le fires. He stood in line with the
'owd on the curbstone to watch the
recession. Ho idled into the reading
'0m OF the public library; everywhere
y, easily recognizable picture Of irreso-
'tion and failure.
one evening as Tim came home, tired,