Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-12-28

he wished to pick out the sallent points III
his character that had made him successful.
prompt recognition"
There seemed no reason why there should
have been any difficulty about the matter.
A generous supply Of cream-laid foolscap
was on the table; pens, gold, pearl and onyx,
there were in abundance besides the plain
wooden one the great man was biting; the
massive inkstand of cut glass and silver was
freshly filled; the room, walled with book
shelves gorgeous with their symmetrical
rows Of calf and morocco bound volumes,
was as quiet as could be, and the millionaire
should have been thoroughly conversant
with his subject. Yet he had been sitting
there for three quarters Of an hour and the
only word he had written was "a"
As matter of fact, this shining example,
who had probably made" more dollars than
any other man of his age in the United
States, had never taken time to look back
and consider the stages Of his progress. APP
parently the process was not pleasing one,
for he was frowning darkly at the heavy
oriental window hangings. At last he took
the splintered pen from his mouth, dipped
it in the inkstand and wrote:
II have always been guided by these max.
inns:
Get up early and keep busy.
Don't let good thing get away from
you.
"Let the other fellow put up.
Never get gay with the boss.
"Hold on to your coin and keep holding on.
"You can't be good fellow and do bust
ness both.
Friends are all right. but look out for
them"
He leaned back in his leather-upholstered
chair and read over what he had written,
then frowned again.
They're all right, as far as can see,"
he said, "but somehow they amt going to
look well in print"
He rose and went over to where large I'M
abridged dictionary was open on its stand
and made a number of references. Then he
returned to the table and wrote:
rise early and let no part of the day be
without it's profitable employment.
"Be alert to recognize opportunity and
quick to take advantage Of it.
Exercise a prudent reserve in business
tranactions.
IF employed, let your employer find you
polite, dilgent and cheerful.
Practice frugality-deny yourself all
AOlluS VI CApCub4tC duu luuuI-
gence.
Purely sentimental considerations can
not be allowed to influence or govern bust
ness matters"
THAT sounds little better, though it's
about the same thing" said the millionaire
IF any young man follows those precepts
he can get rich if he doesn't have bad luck"
He began to bite his pen again, for the au-
photography was beginning to simmer in
tangibly in his brain. He was fighting the
battle over. A boy on farm at the beck
and call of everybody, debarred from even
ordinary comforts and all advantages,
shrewd by nature, shifty by necessity, with
the parsimony Of misery father always
before his eyes. The tardy escape from the
farm by the unmourned death of that father,
his employment in the village store Then
years of persistent effort, crawling, squrm-
ing, ebowing, saving starving, cheating, ly-
ing, passing from petty fraud to holder
swindle, with ever-increasing gains, sitting
every generous impulse, every noble emo
ton; sacrificing love as we'll as he had long
since sacrificed honor, striving with the fear
Of the law for the fear of the Lord and find
ing his reward for it all in what?
He looked around the room, and the lux
ury- that he saw seemed on the whole fair
ly satisfactory answer to the question Yet
there must have been some doubt about the
matter, for he began to think of other rea-
sons why 1t had been worth while. Among
them were some highly complimentary ref
erences to his generosity from certain well.
known divines. There was the memory of
foes overborne and trodden down; of com
petitors remorselessly crushed; of the adu-
lation. the unfeigned reverence of men; of
this letter. for instance.
He took up the letter and read it over
again. 1t was certainly fattering. The mere
fact that he had been asked to tell the pub
lie the story of his life was hattering. And it
showed what the public wanted-its great
and feverish desire-fts ideal. It wanted
success and its fruition-dollars and cents.
"Your notable achievements" They were
certainly notable; the cornering Of staple
products, the watering Of stocks, the manipu-
lation OF markets, ruin to others, but each
achievement" step to present emil
nence."
"They can talk about their poets and
philosophers and their writer's and painters
and inventors" said the millionaire to him
self, smiling at the frayed end of his pen
They don't amount to that compared to the
man who has got the stuff" He snapped his
fingers to illustrate his comparison "They
may amount to something about so years
after they are dead, but can buy them all
living" he resumed. Then he dipped his
pen in the ink again and wrote a." and
stopped.
'Ths ought to be easy" he said, ''but Pm
blamed II I know where to start or what
to say when l get started-what the other
fellows say, I suppose, then chuck in the
maxims and let it 60 at that. Those people
will tell their readers about my praise
worthy industry and my wonderful sagacity
and my indomitabe energy"
He laughed CONTEMPORARY and took up
ihe letter again. "What do they mean by
an 'inspiration?'" he asked himself. 81
wonder whether reading what write about
myself will make any boy beginning life pat
tern himself after me. If thought 60"
He became thoughtful and pressed his pen
into his blotting pad until he broke the nib.
AT last he raised his fist and brought it down
on the table with a bang.
"pll draw the line here" he exclaimed.
This is the jumping-of place. I ought to
be able to afford to quit this sort of thing"
Whereupon he folded up the publishers
letter, and, taking up the carnelian and gold
pen, wrote on it for the instruction of his
secretary; "NA."-Chicaro Daily Record.
Akeen Clear Brain.
Your best feelings, your social posi-