New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-06-06
THE PASSING THRONG.

Justin n Beaver, OF LoWel. MISS - iohu VI HAS
ioke-un himself; witness the story he told yesteF-
day at the Hotel Imperial: When
DIDN'T / first started out In business
RECOGNIZE which does seem very many
THE PRO- years ago, either he said. II sup
PRIETOR pose / was Of the most bump
tious young hustlers that ever
plagued the towns on the circuit Pride. they say
will fall its feet-or IL that Is not the exact
phrase. will SO smend it for present purposes.
And day In my early experience. while eld
not precisely have a fall, did get bad shock l
In Massachusetts. which we can
call oxford. to sell TO a customer. who under
Well ha5 ee 5e5 to ae blum for 6a
up the hotel and called at the store. salesman.
over the foot Of one Of the bellies Of the town who
TO e ca h@ he
me over then looked at his customer smiled lied
me on my dignity. and thought I'd floor him with
= oh, he said. dryly. bring your samples around
But when had 'sauntered about for nearly hour
and Stitch didn't put in an appearance. conceived
him at his word So half an hour later landed
the shop He shifted around among them and
pointed out why they were the very worst shoes it
Slightest attention to him Before long or in Zones
had been to the county fair and was in a fine
humor. Rather Unfortunately, he gave me Fat
s9adsd Stitch e cancel boiling and fairly
old salesman came and sat down near me and
- You're great old boy you arer said. and
for nothing. he said quietly
taIkfnp s been IN long enough to get through
=, IN talk all want to here. young man. he said.
For a moment felt my chances in life trucking
down my back. This was Stitch. and it proved he
and Just said; 4 don't care if own the town!
Don't pack he said I like your breezy way
And he gave me the biggest order of the season
Sometimes the bitterest disappointments are for
tunately the shortest lived. Matthew Stevens of
Chicago. said last night at the
HIS DISAP Murray Hill Hotel that such a case
POlNTMENT came to his notice a few years
SHORT ago at Christmas time. His father
LIVED had given a bright. earnest lad
chance Office boy of
pity for his than for promise of efficiency.
But the little chap turned out to be astonshingly
keen and apt, and the hearts and goodwill
mas as he was leaving the office. the elder Mr..
stevens called the boy, put him to considerable en-
| barrassment by commencing him highly for his
work and presented him a sealed envelope in honor
and clutched the cracking envelope. Then ne
waiting for work like an engine getting steam up
had wad ns d To d 81 the o 6ay If ne m
hand on it in his pocket. and dreamed of the days
Stevens cruising On the Way S6me a he roted his
10 his sb mother nd and 5e
he opened the envelope in her presence in bolster
| to unwrap its contents. There seemed to be mis-
| chievous number of rappings. and he got to
| the core and the expected banknote tinge of
| green did not appear Tom had ugly doubt
Then something fell to the floor. He put his foot
| on it and bent over AS ne rose his face was the
| color of clay
It's all right he said. 81 don't care-I didn't
expect much. anyhow, not so very muaa lou
| know I've only been in the office three G4onths.
| What do you expect in the three months? 1t was
| nice OF him Then he put the coin bravely into
his mothers hand. It's only quarter he said.
| but take it,
| His mother turned the coin her palm.
| You'll never make business man. she said,
| IT'S ten dollar gold piece"