The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1906-07-19
Her Third DsttY
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he came into large fortune ana re-
solved that he would spend nine-tenths
of the income in benefiting others.
This would leave all he needed for
himself He also determined that, SO
far as possible, he would conceal his
good works from the world Had he
given in the usual way this would have
been impossible. He refused all gen.
eral charities, combining his benefac-
tons to such cases as came under his
notice. Indeed, he never missed an OPP
portunity to make some one happy.
Miss Margaret Miller, young lady
who had been brought up in affiuence
to meet poverty on the threshold of
womanhOOd, received on the applica-
ton of friends, an appointment of sec
rotary to Mr.. HuXford. He was going
abroad for a few months and put her
In charge of his entire correspondence,
not fearing to have any one open any
letter he might receive. She was to
keep him advised of his affairs, in
Guiding applications for assistance, by
letter or by cable in urgent cases, and
he even left a fund for her to draw
on to save suffering in cases requiring
Immediate attention.
Notwithstanding Mr. HuXford's &C
ton in not letting his right hand know
what his left hand did he was not in
sensible to the good opinion of the
world. Just before leaving he said to
his secretary:
"By the bye, Miss Miller, [ would
like you to cut out anything you may
see about me in print
"You mean of pleasant nature?"
"WeH. yes. 1 don't see how 1 can
have an enemy in the world to speak
evil of me, but 1 may have, so if you
see anything unpleasant you needn't
keep it."
Miss MiIler's place was no sinecure.
She was kept busy reporting TO her en-
ployer the many applications for help,
replying to the applicants and trans
hitting relief when the directions ar
rived to do so. Every evening she took
q huge bundle of papers and periodi-
Gals home with her and looked them
through for pleasant references to the
philanthropist.
When Mr. Huxford returned he said
with a smile: "You have not been
troubled, l suppose, in clipping the
good things that have been said about
me in print"
"Not in clipping them," she replied,
though I did my duty in looking for
them
'Then they were not numerousY
81 regret to say that there was not
one.''
Mr.. Huxford thought for few mo-
ments and then said:
81 am not surprised. I am not suffi-
GENTLY prominent to take up space in
newspapers And with that the sub
ject was dropped. Miss Miller was
given vacation and soon after her re-
turn to duty her employer started for
another trip.
Miss Miller" he said, before start
ing on my last trip 1 asked you to pre-
serve anything good said about me in
print. This time wish you would clip
anything bad said about me-"
Mr.. Huxford was gone but half the
time of his previous trip and when he
returned had forgotten all about the
ali
from overwork and sent her into the
country at once to recoup. When she
returned there was plenty for her to
do and she was very busy. One day
Mr.. HuXford said to her:
Didn't I ask you to clip items-un-
fattering ftems-about me before /
left on my last trip?'
"You did"
II was doomed to disappointment
that no one had anything good to say
of me; now [ suppose 1 shall be cha
grined at being ignored entirely"
Don't you think you will be happier
at not seeing the unfattering refer
ences?"
ooh, there are unfattering refer
ences, are there? Please let me see
them"
Miss Miller opened a drawer in her
desk, took out huge bundle of clip
pings and laid them before her en-
ployer. He looked quite disconnected
at first, but, regaining his equanimity,
began to examine them, reading aloud
extracts.
We do not see the name of a certain
blOated bondholder, who is silently buy
ing the stock of the - railway with
view to freezing out the small stockhold-
ers and getting their property by fore
closure, on the list of subscribers to the
Grace church fund. The gentleman is one
of the pillars of the church.
He threw the clipping into the waste
basket, and the other clippings soon
followed.
"Miss Miller" he said, 81 am about
TO shut myself up from the world, put
ting my property in bond and mort
gage and withdrawing from active in
vestments. Then perhaps my acts will
not be misconstrued."
THAT won't help you," she replied.
Some day you'll have to fOreclOse