St. Tammany farmer., 1906-12-15

Yes, come rlgnC IN, SAID l. you're
just the very man we've been looking
for. My small boy here the other day
took toy train and made railroad
track out of the top Of our davenport
He scratched some of the varnish and
finish of, and we're very glad to have
you come and do it over. Here is the
davenport right here" said to him.
How much will it be worth for you to
fx it up?'
40. can do that for so cents said
the old man. 1t will take me only a
couple Of hours or so.'
'Well, now, let me tell you, friends,
my father before me was at one time
q workman at the bench and l kind of
thought that wouldn't like for my
sister to have to be supported In this
way, so said to the old man, you
make real good job of it and I'll
give you a dollar. Every once in a
while we need a little something of
this kind done and you be sure to come
around occasionally and we will save
the work for YOU l don't believe ex-
actly in giving money to people out
right, but If you can manage to throw
a little work in the way of the needy.
4-don't think it's bad thing to do.
Another time when the old gentle
man was polishing table for me, he.
said, I worked for IS years for one
nrm. l was in the polishing depart
ment of large furniture establish
ment. You see. know how to do this
work even If am rs years old. But
the rheumatism got a grip on me and
i had to lay OF once for about three
months. They put in another man to
take my place and when went back
and told, them l was ready to work
again, the foreman said to me-and it
almost broke my heart-'Well, Mr..
Travis, guess we won't have place
Tor you here any more. You are get
ting 80 old that you can't do much.
and then you are ailing with rheuma-
tism and we can't count on you. Bus
iness is business, you know. Your
children ought to begin to take care
OF you now, anyway But, haven't
hut one child and she's widowed |
daughter with five little children said |
I. Cant you give me something to
do?, No, was talking to the mana
ger about that said the foreman-he
vas hard hearted kind of a fellow
anyway. just the sort that the COM
nanv wanted in that place-'and the
did man said that he didn't want any
one lust puttering around. that he
wanted people to work for him who
.onld work. There's no use arguing
The case. That's the end OF 1t, and
away he turned. There had worked.
continued the German, warming up.
or that firm for IS years and when
was turned away that way. / had a
limo IN my pocket that morning and
nat was every cent there was between
ne and starvation. But I'm doing
,rettv well now. I'm getting lots of
,ond customers all around You shall
'Ivavs have q good customer here,
answered /. Wen save the work for
,ou.' s /.
A.de Prosperous Man Think. /,
"Well, / got to thinking about that
n man rs went down toward my ,
actory. and made up my mind that If ,
nv one had worked for me for IS
,ears and il he were in trouble, l
vould help him out. And then began
! think that there was perhaps sort
{ duty resting upon me to look after ]
he welfare Of my employees. s
..You know the place where take ]
n meals and sleep is not my home,
together. anyway. In my factory ! Ii
End most of my hours when I am !
vake. NY workmen whom l meet
= my real friends and club men. 1t
, II my factory that my interest CEN c
~ sOf course love my family and
+ that. but my real home IS not the i
- where the lawn is-my factory d
nv home. B
.sVell. don't you profit by close asso- I
ation e With your msn?" asked the 8
a. merchant. 9