The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1900-08-24
the article appeared in the mos, une,

Brown. who went to his office In hast
one night On an errand, pulled hi
punch of keys from the left-hand poke
OF his pantaloons. where he is in tn
| habit of keeping it. unlocked his roller
top. self-locking desk, attended to tn
errand, which included the writing Of
letter. closed his desk. took the letter t.
the postoffice and started to an enter
tainment. where he was to meet hi
wife.
CHANGING to put his hand into hi
pocket. he noticed with feeling slight!
akin to horror that his keys were no
in their accustomed place. The loss o
bunch of keys is sometimes a seriou:
matter to q business man, and may re
suit In great Inconvenience IL nothing
worse. Mr.. Brown had been very care
full for years always to put his keys into
the same pocket and to keep then
there.
Finding them gone he hurriedly fell
In the other pockets Of his trousers an6
In those of his coat and overcoat. but
| w AS ~SeAhs AAC SHCh AClAu NCu AlS 6ICPs
to the postoffice and from there to his
place of business. looking constantly In
front of him and on either side, hoping
against hope for the appearance of his
keys. Reaching his office he went back
seve :al times over the steps he remem-
bered having taken there. and was
especially careful to look everywhere
under and around his desk.
ut was now evident to Mr.. Brown
that he had only repeated a former
piece of Observation-Disclosures by dropping
the keys in his desk and closing the top
down, thus locking them up. and so, as
on the former occasion, he borrowed a
screwdrlver and proceeded to take the
desk apart. An hour was consumed in
this way. for the desk was not made to
be taken to pieces every few months. and
the task was difficult one, leaving the
man engaged in 1t very red in the face
when 1t was finished. But the keys had
not been dropped there this time, and
he Yas now at his wits end.
litter pacing up and down the room
little while to quiet his nerves and
think Of some means by which the lost
treasure could possibly be found Mr..
Brown searched through the same
pockets again. made another trip to
the postofflce and thence to the place
where he had discovered his loss. then
went to the office Of a morning news
paper and paid for the insertion Of an
advertisement offering reward for the
return Of his Keys.
HE was Just In time 70 accompany
Mrs. Brown home from the entertain
ment, and he told her that he should
probably not be able to sleep wink
that night. but as he entered the house,
feeling in his vest pocket for match to
light . lamp. his finger touched the
missing keys. He had always thought
OF the bunch a. being too large to At in
his vest pocket and 30 didn't look there
for It He had doubtless put It there I'M
consciously while in the act Of taking
match from his pocket just after open
Ing the desk.
The clerk whose FIRST and constant
aim 10 to fnd favor in the eyes Of his
employer fails in at least nine cases
out Of ten until he quits looking for ia
vor and begins with self-forgetful
slngleness Of purpose and concentration
Of effort to bring about results In dol
lars and cents to his employer. The man
most out Of favor with his employer of
anv avAvs s.uAxr, M. = <p,o 900, ,,,s.~ ~~n.
clsed the greatest care to anticipate the
every wish and thought OF his employ
er. always endeavoring to please him.
and the man with whom this
same employer was at all times
ready to entrust any interest,
however great rewarding him ac-
cordingly. was the one who was most
thoroughly Indifferent as to the show
Ing he made In the presence Of his em-
ployer.
The same truth applies even with
more emphatic force to finding happi-
ness. Did It ever occur to you that the
individual who makes the most direct
effort to be happy usually wears the
longest face In the community, while the
one whose days are filled with useful
ness and night with sound sleep comes
up smiling at every turn In the road
which leads to the valley Of contented
old agef
"The man who spends $50 \ week in
an effort to find happiness Is. so far az
my observation goes. exceedingly mis-
cradle n comparison with the man who
has only 80 cents to spend in that way
The most unhappy woman that
ever knew was Mrs. Smith. whose
entire energy was devoted to having /
good time. She was the child Of wealth,
parents. received q finished education
and married . successful professional
man. whom she loved intensely. ant
who did all In his power to crafty he
every neetlng fancy. She q employe,
Q houselEseper who took q
responsibility pertaining to housshol,
affairs on her hands. and hired com
pstsnt nurss who cared - IN owl
mother TOR her baby. Mrs. Smith did a
work. Her health was good, and Nh
seldom found Il necessary TO deny her
self any pleasure that shs craved. e
.'Ihe giri friends with whom she ha
been brouGht up considered her yer
Fortunate. indeed, but her heart Va
~ - ~.