The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1901-05-17
By Harold MaCGrath -

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your salary to man Of your brainsT"
1T is bread and butter and lodging"
He laughed again. TO laugh seemed
10 be part of his business. Jack, l
haven't soul i'm the world but you. l
have only known you three days. but
it seems that have known you all my
life. have so much money that
cannot even fritter away the income"
at must be a sad life" said l.
And if you do not accept the sum
in the spirit ii is given I'll double it,
and then you'll have trouble. You will
be a rich man, then, with all rich
mans cares and worries"
you ought to have trustee to take
care Of your money"
at would be Il small matter TO bride
him off. Jack, of course you do not
need the money now, but that is no
sign you may not in the days TO come.
! | have known many journalists. They
were ever improvident want to
make an exception in your case. You
understand; the money is for your old
age"
Let me tell you why a newspaper
man is improvident. He earns money
only to spend it, He has Il fine scorn
for money as money. He cares more
for what a dollar spent has bought
than what five saved might buy"
Poor creditorsv was the melan-
choly Interpolation. | passed over this
and went on: 1T is the work which
absorbs his whole attention He be-
! gins at the bottom Of the ladder, which
is in the garrett. First, he is running
about the streets at and in the
morning in rain and snow and fog
The contact with the lower classes
teaches him many things He be-
comes the friend of the policeman and
the vagabond. And as his mind grows
broader his heart grows in proportion.
1t is the comparing of the great and
small which makes us impartial and
philosophical. Well, soon the reporter
gets better assignments and shorter
hours. He meets the noted men and
women of the city. Suddenly from
the city EDITORS desk his ambition
turns TO Washington. He succeeds
there. He now comes into the presence
of distinguished ambassadors, minis
tiers and diplomatists. He acquires
polish and n smattering of the Ian
guages. His work becomes a feature of
his paper The president chooses him
for Il friend. He comes and goes as he
wills. Presently his eye furtively
wanderS to Europe. The highest am
war correspondent, is 10 have a for
eign post. In this capacity he meets
the notable men and women of all
countries. He speaks to princes and
grand dukes and crowned heads. In
"a way he becomes parsonage himself,
a man whom great men seek. And he
speaks of the world as the poet did
Of the fall Of Pompeii, part of which
l was and all Of which | saw Ah,"
as my mind ran back over my own
experiences, what man with this to
gain would care for money, a thing
which would dull his Imagination and
take away the keen edge of ambition
and make him play a useless part in
this kingly drama of life"
Il like your frankness," said Penn
broke. Il have no doubt that journal
ism is the most fascinating profession
there is. Yet you must not accuse the
rich of being ambitionless. | have
known of rich men losing their all to
make papers for men who are ambi.
tious to be foreign correspondents.
The young fellow was trimming with
raillery. II have never tried to run a
newspaper, but | am, Notwithstanding
your TRADE, ambitious. | am DESTROYS
to wed Miss Landors."
The cab was now rolling along the
row.
"A truly great ambition" I admitted
"After all, what greater ambition is
there than to marry the woman you
love? Philip, will accept your gift in
the spirit 1t is given, and I'll make use
of it in the days to come when am old
and rusted. l understand your motive
You are happy and wish every one to
be-"
That's the idea," said he, leaning
back and spreading an arm behind my
shoulders.
"But not all the money in the world
nor all the fame, for that matter, would
make me happy" Gretchen was Sc
far away! Every well, we'll go to Par.
is together. That is as far as go. To
follow her you will have to go alone"
"And why can't you go the rest of
the wayY
"Work. l must be back in town In
three days. You must not forget that
/ have had my vacation. There is plen.
~ TO be DONE"
Now that you are comparatively
wealthy, why not give up the grind, as
you call it?'
THE truth is | must work. When n
man works. he forgets."
"Then you have something to for
getP'
Every man who has reached the age
of 30 has something to forget" said |.
| was gloomy. In my pocket | had
the only letter | had ever received
from Gretchen. Every hour fate out
does the romancer. The story she had
written for me was n puzzllng one.