The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-07-09

| watch that hung in a row with a lot
of other watches in a jewelers. window.
! This watch kept much better time than
the others. Every one of them was
! sometimes out of order; now running
too fast and now too slow, and the
Jeweler regulated them all by this one
watch. After a while il fell-into a
! state of great conceit with itself, and
| to man who had often regulated his
| timepiece by it's hands, it's ticking
seemed one day to sound exactly like
self-praise.
See how much better / am than
my fellows, its second hand clicked
| out, as it worked its busy way round
its narrow circle: they are entirely I'M
trustworthy; unless some one gives
| special attention to them you can
| never learn the time of day with GER
! tainty from their dials. But you can
depend upon me. L am always right
The man knew this, but he didn't
| like to hear the infallible timepiece
praise itself, nevertheless, so he OPEN
! ed its cases and read an engraved
name. The timepiece had been put to-
| Gether by the most eminent watch
! maker in the whole world
Click away at your own self
praise, said the man. What you say
about Your qualities as a timekeeper
is all quite true But the credit is due
10 your maker
My first patient after | left the hos
pital was little child with the scarlet
fever. Her father was pretty we'll
known in New York. L felt proud that
| 1 had won his confidence, and | worked
! as faithfully over the case as | ever did
in my life. The child got well, and
after the lapse of what seemed like A
proper period, / presented my bill
There had been nineteen visits, and the
bill was for SO. The father looked it
over. and then deliberately asked me
whether l would like him to pay me
| the whole when it was convenient. or
what he thought proper right then.
L told him L was in no great hurry
for my money, but l wanted the full
amount of my bill He said he'd give
me 81 on the spot; otherwise I'd have
to wait. l wouldn't take the $17, and 1
have never got anything. 1t is some
times better to take what you can get
! in this world and be thankful things
are no worse than they are.
go to Headquarters
My first real victory over circum-
stances was won while | was studying
medicine. The spring term had come
Il close | went to my father and
limited that my vacation expenses
might be little in excess of my allow
ance. He didn't take the hint at all
boy that didn't set very well; he point
ed out that L was already pretty well
supplied with cash, which was true.
and drew my attention to the fact that
although l had been working hard as
student, perhaps, l had never yet
earned my money for myself That
being the fact, L had no answer to
make.
But the next day went down town.
walked into the office of big corpora
ton and asked for the president. T
6corned to state my business TO any
lesser light when that was suggested
and in due time l was ushered into his
presence The president was busy talk
ing to some one when l entered, but l
made myself known as soon as | could.
You don't happen to want to hire
likely young man for "a clerk, do
you?' l asked
No, he said shortly, without look
ing up or stopping the smooth flow
OF his conversation for an instant.
Il was surprised. At first / thought
of going away without further barley.
but l dropped that notion as foolish.
AFTER a little l approached the presi-
dent again.
No one has asked me for a sample
of my penmanship, l put in, softly.
That time he looked at me, but
there was no encourag ement in his
glance.
No one wants to see a sample was
what he said
Still l wasn't discouraged. I got
hold OF piece of paper and a pen, sat
down al desk and made a swan with
hourlsheS. such as the old-time writing
masters used to pride themselves on.
Then, screwing up my courage for a.
final onslaught, l handed it to him.
lie looked at ii and then at me- Nav
-ha ha
won by my assurance. Anyway. his
glance was somewhat softened
DID you make that?' he asked L
guess we can find place for YOU
What will you pay?' 1 asked
Five dollars week.
Any overtime?'
About four hours a day at % cents
an hour. That's a dollar a day extra.
Come tomorrow morning
Why not begin today?' said L
fearful OF losing the point had gained.
He looked at me hard, hesitated
moment, and then called to his chief
clerk
Mr.. Riley he said. give this Young
man desk and set him at work i'm
mediately.'
"All summer long 1 put in as regular
hours as any of the clerks in the Of
fee, and at the end of the three
months | drew my pay in gold in one
lump II was the first money / had
ever earned and it seemed like an enor-
nous amount to me. When L told NV
employer 1 was about to leave him. he
demonstrated with me.
1 want you TO be my private sacrc-
tary,' he said, and will raise your
wages. You'd better think twice before
you say no, because there's a chance
for you here to grow into a really fine
position
Il told him 1 was going into differ
ent business. He pressed me for par
ticulars. and / said l was studying to
be a doctor. He jeered the notion.
Why he said, doctors never make
much money. Stay here and you can
make a fortune. There's no doubt
about it
Years afterward he came to me as
patient. He was surprised when |
called him by name. and he couldn't
place me at all till I reminded him Of
the swan made in fourishes Then he
remembered me.
You can get on in the world much
better by always talking to the head
man. l could never have got that
place if L had been content to talk
with an underling the day | started out
TO see whether l couldn't earn some
money on my own hook"
100
Red Hot From the Gun
was the ball that hit G. B. Steadman
of Newark, Mich. in the Civil War. IT