Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1899-03-11

some silks. he was binding them up
when he said 20 the lady customer: Ia
IS ray duty 10 show you that there IS
fracture iu that silk" She looked az u
and rejected the goods. The head man
ot The 6rm. hearing Of Il, wrote 20 the
father OF the young man In the coun-
try saying; Come and take your son
away. he viii never make a mer-
chant" The father cane In agitation.
wondering what his boy had been do
ing. and the head man OF the firn said:
Why. your son stood here AZ this coun-
ter and pointed out a fracture IN the
silk. and OF course the lady wouldn't
take n. We are not responsible for the
ignorance Of custcmerA Cusfomers
must look ont for themselves. and we
look out for ourselves. Your son will
never make a merchant" is thstall?"
said the father. "Ah! am prouder OF
my boy than I ever was John. get
your hat and come home"
But Il f. almost night. and you 90
back 10 the hotel. Now comes the
mighty tug for the commercial travel
er. Tell me where he spends his even
ings. and I will tell you where be will
spend eternity. snd will tell YOU what
will be his worldly prospects. There Is
an abundance OF choice. There 10 your
room with the books. There are the
Young Mems Christian association
rooms There are the week night serv.
ices of the Christian churches. There
Is the gambling saloon. There is the
theRter. There Is the house OF infamy.
Plenty OF places 20 20 TO. But which.
Oimmortal man. which? o God. which?
We'll" YOU say. Il guess will guess
I will go 20 the theater" Do You hank
the tRrrying in thst place until II
o'clock az night Will improve your bod
ny health or your financial prospects
or your eternal fortune7 No man ever
found the path 20 usefulness or honor
or happiness or commercial success or
Heaven through the American theater.
Well" you say. i guess. then. will
60 to- guess VIII 20 20 the gambling
saloon" You viii first 60 70 look.
Then you will 60 20 play. You will
make 500. you will make $500. you will
make $1,000. you will make .5OO-then
YOU will lose all Then you will bCr-
row some money so as 70 start anew.
You will make $50 you will make $500.
you will make S6OO-then you will lose
all These wretches OF the gambling
saloon know how 20 tempt YOU. But
mark this-all gamblers die poor. They
may make fortunes-great fortunes
but they lose them.
WELL you say. "lf can't go 70 the
theater. and n can't go TO the gamb-
ling saloon, then guess guess I will
go TO the house OF infamy." CONNER
cial travellers have told me that in the
letter box at the hotel within one hour
after their arrival they have had letters
Of evil solicitation in that direction. IL
is far away from home. Nobody viii
know H. Commercial travellers have
sometimes gone in that evil path. Why
not YOU? Haiti There are other gates
Of ruin through which a man may 60
and yet come out. but that gate has a
spring lock which snaps him in forever
lie who goes there is damned already
He may seem 10 be Comparatively
, free for little while. but he is only on
the limits. and the satanic police have
{ their eyes upon him TO bring him ia 81
any moment.
4 The hot curse OF God IS on that crime
I and because OF II there are men who's,
heaven was blotted out ten years ago
r There Is no danger that they be lost
= They are lost now. l look through thei
glaring eyebails down into the loves
cavern OF hell Oh. destroyed spiri,
l. why comest thou in here today Dos
think have the power 10 break opei
the barred gateway OF the penitentiar.
. Of the damned? There Is q passage 4
Proverbs ! somewhat hesitate TO read
d but / do not hesitate long. AT III
y window OF my house looked throug
y my easement and beheld among tn
e simple ones. I discerned among IN
g. youths a young man void OF under
e standing. passing through the stree
e near her corner. and he went the wa
j. 70 her house. in the twilight. in III
e evening. in the black and dark nigh
Z He goeth after her straightway. as a
d OK goeth 10 the slaughter, or as a foe
d 10 the correction Of the stocks. till
g dart strikes through his liver"
h But now the question Is still opei
"a Where Will you spend your evening
n, Oh commercial travellers. how muc
" will you give me 70 put YOU on the rig3
h track7 Without charging you a fartl
"a ing will prescribe for you plan whic
re viii save you for this world and II
ie next IL you viii take IT, Go befors yo
" leave home 70 the Young Mems Chri
a- tian association Of the city where yo
e. live. Gef from them letters Of intr,
. duetion. Carry them out to the towr
c. and cities where you go. II there be y
Il ASSOC ton In the pfacp Won visit the