The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-11-15
THE silent PARTNER. /"

You wouldn't expect to find a story
, so Catholic in a secular journal, but
! well, great big New York has a great
big Irish Catholic heart Here's the
Herald's story of little Tim Foley and
| the Silent Partner:
Things are going by skies and sevens
In the Foley News Emporium The
customers were also leaving by SKIES
and seVens. They said that it was all
very ell and they were sorry that
Mr.. Foley was in the hospital with a
broken leg, yet at the same time they
must have their papers every morning.
The emporium was called a hole in
the wall because the store which Mr..
Foley had was only ten feet wide.
Mr.. Timothy Foley broke his leg by
falling on the icy pavement, and an
hour later he was in the hospital. The
emporium was left in charge of Mrs
Foley and her young son William, who
was 8 years old. The boy had helped
deliver papers, but now that his father
was In the hospital he found that he
could not get the dailies to every house
in time for breakfast. The banker who
/ lived in the big house. and the dry
goods merchant who had a home on
Riverside drive, and the diamond deal
er who went early every morning to
Maiden lane said that they really must
have their papers on time, and as there
were several mornings when they had
to go to the elevated train without any
they told another news dealer to bring
them. The trade of the Foley empo-
rum was becoming less every day, and
when things were at their worst the
landlord came for his rent.
You owe two months rent" said
Mr.. Briggs.
yes, but although we are a little
slow, you will get it very soon, for
within two weeks Timothy will be out
again, and with his hand at the helm
we will steer the old way"
Enough of such talk" growled Mr..
Biggs. Il am a man of business, and
unless you pay you will have to get
out, that's ALL
William Foley, when the landlord
had gone, took his hat down from the
peg and said that he would be back
in an hour.
He boarded a street car and went
down town to where the big cathedral
raised its twin spires. Back of the
church was a house of marble. The
boy rang the bell, and John, who had
been the butler for many years, opened
the door.
Il come to see the archbishop" said
the boy, land I want to see him at
once, for it is ve<y important"
His grace is too busy to see you"
answered John. You had better go to
the house of the priests next door"
mo. that won't do" said the boy;
at is something very special, and if
the archbishop had a chance to see
me
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''It is a matter of business" said the
boy.
Come up to my study" said the
archbishop, for it was he, land we will
talk it over
Now then" asked the archbishop,
when they were alone up stairs, what
can 1 do for you?"
It's this way" said William. MY
father has broken his leg and can't at
tend to his news stand. He is in the
hospital, and mother and l are doing
the best we can, but we can't get all the !
papers around on time in the morning.
Some of the customers are leaving us.
We are two months behind in our rent,
and the landlord says that we had bet
ter go, as he can rent his store for $40 !
more a month. Now, if we could bor
row the money we could pay it back !
after father got out, for he can make
money fast when he is able to get |
around"
Your father is in what hospital?"
asked the archbishop. /
Bellevue" replied the boy.
I'VE will go and see him." said the |
A few minutes later the archbishop |
and the boy reached the hospital, where |
his grace had long talk with Timothy |
Foley.
The archbishop then went up town to
the Foley News Emporium and sent for
the landlord.
Mr.. Biggs," said he, 'I hear that |
you are going to turn US out of doors"
Mr. Biggs looked at him in surprise. |
Il hope you won't do it," added the |
Il am silent partner in |
this news stand and l am sorry to say
that l have been so busy lately that 1 |
haven't had time to devote as much at
tention to it as I wished. 1t is two |
months rent we owe, is it not?'
The archbishop paid the rent and Mr..
Biggs, who was so puzzled that he did
not know what to say or do, gave a
receipt for the money and went his
way.
Now, then, about the papers" said
the archbishop. I'VE shall have to ar
range that a little better 1 know one
Of the altar boys who viii be glad to
come and help you out. We must get
those customers back. Let me see. Sup
pose we write a letter" The arch
bishop sat down to the desk and wrote
a letter, which was afterward type
written. Copies were sent to the houses
Of the customers who had quit buying
papers at the emporium. This is what
the archbishop wrote:
A CARD TO OUR CUSTOMERS.
We regret to say that owing to the
fact that Mr.. Timothy Foley fell on the
pavement and broke his leg our deliv-
cry service has been much crippled. We
have, however, made arrangements for
increased delivery facilities during the
time Mr. Foley is in the hospital, and
we are also happy to announce that
within two weeks he will be able to at
tend to business with his usual energy.
In the meantime we ask our customers
TO be patient, and promise that we shall
10 everything we can to have our pa
oers delivered at the earliest hours pos
sible. Trusting to merit a continuance
Of your favors we remain,
THE FOLEY NEWS EMPORIUM.
The letter which the archbishop wrote
caused many persons to buy their pa
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