The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-10-12
A LESSON in TRADING
THE TRUTHFUL MANS NARRATIVE
=, OF ONE DAYS WORK.
Showing How YOu May Easily Bee
come Wealthy, Dodge the Ministry
and Settle Down as q Prosperous
and veraci0us stockbroker.

Showing How YOu May Easily Be-
come Wealthy, Dodge the Ministry
and Settle Down a. a Prosperous
and veraci0us stockbroker.
1t was in the smoker, and three Of
|! them had told how they made their first
business ventures. When 1t came the
turn of the fourth, solemn looking man
! with an honest blue eye, he said: y
MY first business venture would lack
but I'll never forget my first days swap
ping. II there's any one in this group
that knows me, he'll vouch for my truth.
fulness." No one had ever seen him un.S
til he had entered the train, SO he began
without any credentials. n
II must have been about 10. Father
had often asked me what l intended be-
Ing when l grew up, and / always an.
swered that it would be time enough to-
decide when got there. The thing that
decided my future was trivial. Suchi
things often are. One day we caught ~
mouse in the kitchen trap. That wasn,tF
remarkable, but the mouse was, for aStf
though he was an ordinary house mousse
he was pure white. tA
~ begged my mother to let me havsSl
him. and made him little harness 0uts
of leather-I was always handy that way
and then hitched him to little toyy
cart and tied string around his neck
and took him out in the street to show to Z
the boys. They all wanted him and Of
fered me all sorts of things for him
tops. knives, marbles. wouldn't swap
until boy in the next block offered Vi
pretty Maltese cat that could walk on
his hind legs, like poodle, and then 4
said I'd swap. The exchange was made
at once. t5.,g " tiS
II took the cat into the house md N
made him little uniform, and in a fewssi
minutes was out on the street ready to y
swap again. This time l caught tho
fancy of a boy who had black and tan
dog that could play dead. He soon bad
my cat and had the dog and was back
In the house fixing him up in regimentalss
which faxed out of discarded dolpss
dress of my sisters. Then, as my swap b
ping instinct was fully aroused, went n
to the house of friend of mine who had
large collie dog. @
"His dog was sick, which suited me
down to the ground, for | made him be- 4
lieve that dog who could play dead was II
much better than a dog who was really
sick. As soon as we'd swapped took
the big dog around to dog fancier, a.
friend of mine, and asked him il he could
cure the collie and he gave him simpls
remedy that worked like charm, SO
that in few minutes the handsome beast
was full of life. He was a beauty and
looked to be worth twice as much as lie %
did when got him.
II had friend few blocks away that
wanted to buy collie, and l knew that
he had pony. OF course I expected to
have to give him something to boot, butts
MS luck would have it his pony had gomez
lame, nnd he was afraid he'd never gets N
any better. Well, took advantage OF 1its
and talked dog to such an extent that I'M X
a few minutes was leading his pony
toward my home, and he was goating
over his new dog"
: Here the solemn man looked out of the u
car window and rumnatcd until one or VI
the group coughed. This brought him y
out of his brown study, and he went onI
"On my way home l came on a mans !
who o'had just been thrown by his horse,
and he was in nasty temper about itss
said the beast ought to be shot, he'd SELF
him for song, and all that sort of talk;
Well, he was an easy mark, and didn'tt
have to talk pony long. Inside Of five
minutes he had disappeared around the
corner with my pony. and was riding
his horse home. felt pretty good. IT.
isn't every youngster who can advances
from worthless mouse to handsomes \
horse in less than an hour.
"But wasn't through yet. took thes
horse around to my friend, the dog fans Y
cier, to find out what sort of an animal
he was, and he no sooner saw him than
he wanted him for a saddle horse. He
was so eager that knew the beast must
be worth good deal, and told him l. v
wouldn't swap even, but II he'd let me-
have his driving horse and his Concord
wagon to boot I'd so him. III
"Well, sirs. it didn't take me many
to get into his wagon and start
for home with his horse, while he put my
horse in his stable and gave him four
quarts. was as pleased as Punch. l
knew my father would like the way
had traded, and communicated my good
spirits to the horse, who trotted along in
fine style-such very fine style that when
l met Jonas Brown, friend of my fa-
thcr, who was out driving his span Of
chestnuts. he rened up and wanted to-
know where I'D got such fine horse. l.
grinned and drove on" o
Didn't you swap" asked some one.
"My friend. il were to say did I'd
be lying, and don't want to spoil good
story with taint Of mendacity. didn't
swap one horse and buggy for span and
a carryall by long shot. drove home.
and when my father heard what I'd done
he wanted me to study for the ministry
for the good of society. But l became q
instead."-Chnrles Battelf
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