Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-05-06
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He lad been II general; now, a sensitive,
honorable man, was stranded in far city.
A 10 cent piece i'll his vest pocket was ev.
erything he possessed in the world.
Across the street, us he walked aimlcss,
ly along, his eye caught a sign, "Bcnes
Bostub, Groceries. u
"Why, that must be my old orderly.
There can t possibly be two of that name
in the world. If it is, I'Il-yes, I'Il"-
Not even mentally would the general per
NIT himself to finish the sentence, but he
crossed over and stood where he could look
into the busy shop.
Yes, it was Bostub, no doubt about it.
The general fingered a moment, then TIM
idly entered the grocery store, where a
smart young fellow Immediately asked
him civilly but abruptly what hc would
have. Bostub was in the rear of the store,
close to the little office.
81 will take" declared the general, ~
will take 10 cents worth of yeast.
The youth looked his surprise, then
called out TO Bostub, 1.-THE gentleman
wants 10 cents worth Of yeast, father"
"Then why don't you give the gentle
man what he wants and not be shouting
to me? It's cakes he wants, of course, and
Bostub went on with his talk with the
bookkeeper.
iii have TO step around to the bakery
for them. You see, we haven't that many
in the shop" said the boy. ''I'll be back
in a moment, y and he departed.
The proprietor, having flushed his talk,
walked slowly forward ''Finc day, sir
Boy stepped out for your cakes. Why
why,-looking his customer square i'll the
face as his own flushed scarlet with excite
ment, "it's the general and, so saying,
he squared his shoulders, drew his heels
together and made IL formal salute, while
his eyes moistened and his chin quiyered
The man whom he most loved and hon
ored of all men on earth stood before him.
In those few seconds he knew perfectly
well, from the appearance and bearing of
his old commander, that he was poverty
stricken.
asking the generals pardon, WASH t
the yeast what We used to call rooster?"
"a WHAT"
"Why, that thing that's all fair In war
but thunde-ing cheat any other time, -
''Ob, see "a ruse de guerre.
1.-The general has tits that mean. .
ITO the boy who came in with tho yeast
cakes "Kecp them to sell again Tele-
phone to the hotel for barouche-the best
they have. Do me the honor, sir, to walk
erals Office. Twas the general gave me
my start by what he taught me- have
never been slack, never been lazy, never
borrowed any money. u
The general felt that these last words
4 IL. H. T.,
bar an advance on Bostub's treasury, and
the officer felt his heart sink as he remem-
bered how, years ago, ho had thought a
borrower an object of contempt and fur
ther remembered that Bostub had heard
him say SO more than once.
When the carriage came, the grocer es-
corted his guest to the sidewalk and,
opening the door, slammed it as the gen.
eral took his seat and sprang upon the
box by the driver, who regarded him with
great respect and wondered what all this
meant.
When they were seated in the handsome
dining room at a luncheon that had been
ordered by telephone from the store, Bos-
tub took all the talk on himself His ma
tive sagacity had been developed by his
struggle for wealth, his mind seemed to
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you shall go on the evening train II you
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nope N pot, lor eau geV you pass unrougi; =;
NO, EAcuse me- theh' IoI iiolhen' y
Haa hs lelO tne rooih anu 'eiephoheu W h,s
oince ~ sehu over anu puy 'hiougn
1icket Ior No" forh' WIN d seceioii Ia 'ne
sieePeT'
nafe prospereo, ne sa,u' seaIihs
hihseii again. ana iGs 1nos1ly 'hrouei,
whal ehe geherii taugn' me. rrospereu
ABOUT money ana those Things, put iost
my we nave TWO poys, one you saw ga az
the shop, one kld up stairs On put tne
oid days. SIR when was raw recruit
and standing On my rights under the Dec
iaratlon OF lndependence ana the constitu-
tien OF the United States twas the gen,