Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1901-05-02
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/: A Night Affair. :
By CARL EDWIN HARTMAN. \
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promotion to the position occurred in
consequence of Thurber's enlist
ment in the Ninth Illinois cavalry.
Previously 1 had been simply an as
sistant, but my long connection with
the firm and my thorough knowi-
edge of the business had made the
promotion not only reasonable, but
quite proper, as well from the MAN.
ayers point of view as my own.
The horrid conflict of those four
years cast its shadow upon my own
home as it did upon thousands of
other homes in this country and |
date my mental and physical break
down from the publication of an adj
iutant's report in which the name Of
my son Herbert appeared among the
killed. My collapse was complete ard
compelled my retirement from Office
work. For a very long time l lowered
between life and death. But finally
my condition had so much improved
that one morning I appeared at the
door of the proprietor's office, more,
however, to thank him in person for
his kindness to me during my illness
than to state my readiness to resume
nay official duties.
"My dear Herford," he said, wheel
ing In his swivel chair and extending
his hand, 81 can't tell you how glad L
am to know you're able to be about
again"
| thanked him as best l could and
thereafter listened to his words of
sincere sympathy anent my personal
loss in the late war.
GIVE been thinking of you" he went
on quite as kindly. "In fact within
the past two days l have been consid-
ering your case and had just made up
my mind to write you of a PROPOSE
ton had decided upon which now |
may state to you in person. What
do you say to putting your old
duties out of your mind until you
are entirely well and meanwhile as
suming others that might only tend to
hasten your complete recovery"
81 feel able now to do anything you
NAV set me to-" 1 said in as firm a
voice as it was possible for me to as
sumo.
"Then," he went on, playing the
while with long steel envelope
opener. GLOW would you like to go
out on Green's trip this autumn"
Nv face must have lighted at the
prospect, for I remember he con-
tinued, smiling: "His wife is not
well, and l think the change would
do YOU an immense amount of good;
YOU know his territory-Missouri and
the southwest Let me see" lie
referred to a little book which ne
drew from a pigeon-hole in the desk
"He starts on the goth of September
This is only the 18th. He can give
YOU his list and as for the work, Of
course you know the nature of it as
well as he does, or anyone in the es
tablishment, for that matter. Is tht
proposition to your liking?"
every much" 1 said. 81, of course
would not have suggested it, but
have believed for some time that
change-an entire change of scene
would do more for me than all DIR
Tippey's medicine-a belief which TIT
doctor himself shares"
every well, then" he said, "you'c
better see Green and have talk will
him. There may be few little point
he could give you in the matter o
connections and the like"
IT shall do so at once" replied
quite overjoyed, not alone at his kind
ness. but at the prospect OF com
plete recovery, which the trip Offered
Come in again before you go. j.
see Warren in the matter at once
You might tell him to step in here a
YOU 90 out" So without turtle
words, and shaking hands with m
again he wheeled in his chair, an
elancing back over my shoulder as
. opened the door I saw him fairl
buried in the work of the day. y
asked to do, I carried the chiefs mes
sage to Warren, and at this point
NAV be well for me to state briet
the company's way of doing bushes
In advance of the sowing season
an army of agents set out from tn
home office for all parts of the cour
try. 1t was the business of thes
agents to place in the establishment
{ of all reputable groeers, general ne
chants and agricultural goods dea
ers boxes of the seeds. These boX'
contained certain numbers of packe
of seeds that in the aggregate repr
sented values ranging per box fro
S. to $500. The growth of the bus
,. ness, occasioned principally by II
! growth of confidence in the firm
products, made it necessary for the
agents to visit every cross roads ge
eral store as well as city establis
ment dealing in seeds. Indeed, thu
as now. in the most obscure store
go The most obscure point-a POI
often not designated on the map
stood on a shelf, a show case or
ii the window a box of seed packet
e. The goods were not sold the deal
" outright, merely placed with him I
sale on commission. Thus deal
would sell a certain number of packe
rs for five cents apiece and a collect'
at calling later in the year, would cou
the packages remaining in the be
- deduct the number from the numb
", originally there and hold the dea
re- re- responsible for the balance represel
j. ing the number of packets sold.
~ would turn over to the collector I
retail price of these missing packe
whereupon the collector would retu
ell him q commission on these sales RAJ
;aI ing from 20 to so per cent, acco
inc TO the nature of the seeds so
- So it will be seen that the collect
wv was compelled to visit in his tn
me after the sowing season, ID tne
at tumn, all the points called at earl
by the agent. 1t was such a positl
- that was offered me and which L m
ze- gladly accepted for the reasons give
re- ze- On leaving the building l imm'
ne o4o1x, eouoht Grepn whom i found