Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1901-08-10

preston going abroad among young
men that the poorest way 10 get
money is TO earn il. The Young man
Of Haunting cravat says 20 the young
man OF humble apparel: What. YOU
only get S1.sO0 a year2 Why, that
wouldn't keep me in pin money.
spend $1,000 q year" Where do you
get it2" asks the plain young man.
"Oh. stocks. enterPrisss-ah that
sort OF thing. YOU know" The plain
young man has hardly enough money
10 pay his board and has 90 wear
clothes after they are out % fashion
and deny himself all the Injuries.
After awhile he gets tired of his plod-
ding. and he goes 20 the man who has
achieved suddenly large estate, and
he says; "Just show me how IL is
done" And he is shown. He soon
learns how, and although be Is al
most all the time idle now and has
resigned his position in the bank or
the factory or the store, he has
more money than he ever had, trades
of his silver watch for a cold one
with a flashing chain. sets his hat
little farther over on tho side OF his
head than he ever did. smokes better
cigars and more Of them. He has his
hand iul Now. IL he can escape the
penitentiary for three or four years
ne will get into political circles, and
he viii get political Jobs and viii
have something 20 do with harbors
and pavemcnts and docks. Now he
has got 80 far along he is sale for
perdition.
1t is quite a long road sometimes
for man 20 travel before he gets In
10 the romance Of crime. Those are
caught who are only in the prosaic
stage Of IL. If the sheriffs and con-
stables would only leave them alone
a little while, they would steal as
well as anybody. They might not be
able TO steal a whole railroad. but
they could master a load OF pig iron
Now. l always thank God when 1
find an estate like that go 90 smash.
1t II plague struck, and il blasts the
nation. / thank God when il goes
into such a wreck il can never be
gathered up again. I want il to be-
come so loathsome and such an in
sufTerable stencil that honest young
men viii take warning. II God
should put into money or its repre-
sentative the capacity to go to its
lawful owner, there would not be a
bank or safety deposit in the Unit
cd States whose walls would not be
blown out and mortgages would riT
md parchments would rend and gold
would shoot and beggars would get
on horseback aud stock gamblers
..rc.,TT go a al
And remember, that the man who
gets his gain by iniquity viii soor
lose il ALL One moment after his de
pariure from life he will not own ar
opera house. he viii not own a Ger
tiacafe of stock, he viii not own one
dollar Of government securities. ans
the poorest boy that stands on th'
street with a penny in his pocket
looking at the funeral procession o
the dead cheat - he goes by, vii
have more money than that man wh'
one week previous boosted that h
controlled the money market.
oh, there IL such a fearful fascina
ton in this day about the use cf trus
funds. II has got TO be popular 4
take the funds of others and speeu
late with them. There are many VIII
are praetieing thai iniquity. Amos
every man in the course Of his If
has the property OF Others put IN hi
care. He has administered, perhaps
for a dead friend; he ia an attorney
and money passes from debtor I
creditor through his hands; OF ne
sn a commercial establishment an
gets a salary for the discharge OF hi
responsibilities; or be IL treasurer
pbilanthropic institution, an
money for the suffering goes throug
hls hands, or be has some once !
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