The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-10-30

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I Ne 1gaS TEa1h 10 a. "a
I9uPes ana ne lciits q one Ital
Il Opened his IslFss - me iilI,Si =, -
and rossEhllItlee - sI'cie
when the hattie of Fitf burg Ian
Eng was fought the first report HFlllci
reached Detroit was that there yver
oo9oOO killed and wounded / VAS
train neRsboy then. ana I told III,
teiegraph operator II the Detroit stn
don shat if lie would wire the mali
facts Of the battle along the lire, s,
I that announcements could 30 put u
I at the station bulletin boards, / woulG
give Harperss Weekly 70 him for sd
months free OF cost
II used TO sell about forty neWspa,
4 peers ON the trip. but that day bought
ID, OoO. Al the hrst station the crowd
twas SO big that thought 1t was an
excursion crowd. But. no, when the
lpeopie caught sight of me they began
to yen for papers. just doubled the
price on the spot and charged 10 cents
-hlnstead OF . cents copy. When
got TO the last station I jumped the
+.
an had left. made $40 or 800 on
that one trip. and, 1 tell you, I felt
mighty good.
.eTaat called my attention to what =
telegraph operator could do, and I
made up my mind to become an op-
orator aS soon as possible.
.tThen Joined hands with q man
named Callahan, aud we got up sever
al improved types OF stock teker8.
These improvements were a success.
when the DAY OF settlement for my
Inventions approached began to won
der how much money I would get I
was pretty raw and knew nothing
about business, but I hoped that I
might get 5000 dreamed Of what
l could do with big money ike that,
OF the tools and other things could
buy to work ont inventions, but knew
Wall street to be pretty bad place
and had general suspicion that a
man was apt to get beat out of his
money there. So tried TO Keep my
hopes down, but the thought of $1,000
kept rising in my mind
well, one day was sent for by the
president of the Gold and Stock TeIe-
graph company to talk about settle
ment on my improvements. He was
General Marshall Leherts, colonel OF
the Seventh regiment tell youI was |
trembling all over with embarrass- |
mcnt. and when got IN his presence
my vision of 5000 began to vanish.
When he asked me how much wanted
was afraid to speak. feared that IL
mentioned $1,000 might get nothing.
That was one of the most painful and
exciting moments OF my life. My, I
how 1 beat my brains to know what to
sayi Finally I said:
Suppose you make me an oher?
"ISy that time l was scared. / was
more than scared; was paralyzed.
How would $4,000 do2' asked Cen
eral Lefrerts.
ut was all could do to keep my
face straight and my knees from Civ
ing way. With great effort said
that guessed that would be all right |.
He said they would have the contract
ready in n few days and could come
back and sign 1t. In the meantime I .
scarcely slept. L couldn't believe it
when went back the contract was !
ready, and signed It In a hurry. I
don't know even now what was in It. !
A check for $4,000 was handed me.
and I went to the bank as fast as my :
Feet would carry me. 1t was the first ;
lime was ever inside Of a bank. got :
n line, and when my turn came
handed in my check. OF course I had
lot Indorsed 1t.
1.-THE teller looked at 1t, then pushed
t back to me and roarsd out some
hing which / could not understand,
icing partly deaf. My heart sank and
ny legs trembled. l handed the check I
Jack to him. but again he pushed it I
'ack with the same uninteIlIgibIe exc
,losion Of words.
s'That ReftlRd II won't O1It ff the | ,
ank feeling miserable. was the vic. 3
i'm OF another Wall street skin game
never felt worse in my life. l went
round to the brother OF the treasurer Il
rho had drawn the check and said,
I'm skinned, all right
When told him my story he burst
ut laughing. and when he went into
he treasurer's office to explain mat !,
ers there was a loud roar of laughter
t my expense. They sent somebody :,
} the bank with me. and the bank =
hclals thought 1t 80 great a joke that
1ey played n trick on me by paying
ne whole $4,000 In ten. twenty and
fly dollar bills.
at made an enormous pile of money g
stufcd the bills In my inside pOcls- =,
b ana outside pockets. my trousers a.
ockets and everywhere / could put n
lem. Then started for my home in be
ewarI1. wouldn't sit on a seat with a
nybody on the train or let anybody To
lprolch me. When got to my room 81
couldn't sleep for fear OF being rob q
.d So the next day took 1t back q
General I4cherts and told him =.
dn't know where to keep IT. He hntl n
placed I'm bank to my credit, and hx
at was my first bank account. With pT
at money openCd n new silOD and Fl