The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1907-06-07

and much irrltatrd against him 7
guess You want 90 SEQ our cashier"
said J. after r.yIng him hasty alb
sentm.udc1 hand shake My boy out
there viii take you to him.
The old dO.nulhings face lost ia
confident coudCscondiug expression.
llIa lp Quiyorod and think there
were tears Zoo hIs bad. dim. eraygrorn
eyes . suppose ho thought his a pro.
foundry pathetic case. rs doubt he
hadn't The romot,st conception what
Dee really was.uud uo doubt. also.
ihuro are many who would honestly
take bis yIrV As 10 the TACT that hc
WIS born with all possible advantages
did NOT make him and dis PLIGHT mex
cusahlo
'Nu. my dear llacklock." said he.
Bringing now aa easily us ho had con.
descended how to crinro and bow tu
cuudoscDud are taught nt the same
school the one be- had gone to all his
life. M is you ! want To talk With.
And. FIRST ! owe you my apologies. [
know youll mako allowances for ono
who was never trained 10 business
methods I've always been like a child
in those matters"
You frighton me-" said I. The
last gentleman who came throwing
me on my guard with that plea was
shrcwd enough To get away with a
very large sum of my hardoarned
money llcsidos' and was laugh.
ing. though not too Eood.naturcdly-
I've noticed that you gentlemen be-
come vague about business only when
the balance n against you. when It's
IN your favor YOU manage To get your
minds ON business long enough 10 col.
| lect 10 the last fraction 81 u cent"
lie heartily echoed my iaush. Il
only wish I were clever" said he.
However. I've come to AJAX your In.
dulgcncc I'd have been here before.
but those who owe me have been pnt.
ting me on Aud they're Of the sort
of people whom It's impossible to
| press"
"Id like 10 accommodate you fur.
Their said l. shedding that last little
hint aH "a clln sheds rain but your
account has been In an unsatisfactory
D '' af'ffHAH ~ AAANANNN INV
I'm sure you'll give mo a few daya
] longer WAS his easy rcply. as II We
were discussing a tribe. ny tho way
/ you haven't boon to see ua yet Only
this morning my wife was wondorlna
when you'd come. You quite can't
waited her, Blackjack Can't you dine
with ua tomorrow nlght-no. SUNDAY
at oiEhtG We're having In few
people ! think you'd like to meet"
Glad 10 come" said I. wishing 10 bs
rid Of him, now that my point wa,
gained. Wen lot the account stand
open for the present. rather think
your stocks are going up. Give my 70
CARDS to-the ladies'. please. especially
to Miss Anita"
He WINGED. but thanked me grao
iously; gave me his soft. fine hand &c
shake and departed. aa eager TO be on
aa To be rid OF him. Sunday noxt--
NJ eight" were HIS last words. Don't
fail us'-that In the tone OF a king adj
dressing some obscure person whom
he had commanded to court. Il may
be that old Ellersly was wholly uncon-
acioua Of his auporciliousness, fancled
he was treating me as II we're al.
most an equal; but suspect he rather
accumulated his natural manner. with
the idea OF improsslng upon mo that
IN our deal he was giving at least as
much as T.
My petty ana inevitable success
with that helpless creature added
amazingly, ludicrously. to that dan.
gerous citation which. as / can now
see, had been growing In me ever
! since the day Roebuck yielded so read.
| lily 10 my demands as 10 National coal.
The whole trouble with me was that
up TO that time had won all my VIC
tories by the plalncst kind OF straight
away hard work. ! was imagining my
self victor In contests OF wit against
wit, when. In fact, no one with any
especial eqipmcnt OF brains had over
opposed me; all the really strong men
had been helping me because they
found me useful. Hut for my self.
hypnotism In the case Of Roebuck. I
iind no excuse whatever for myself
lie sent for me and told me what
share In National coal they had dc.
cidcd 10 give me for my ManasqualN
mines. ".angdon and Melville" said
he. think me too liberal, lar too lib
oral. my hoy liut ! insisted In your
case ! felt We could afford 10 be gen.
erous as well as Just Al this with
an air that was combination Of tho
pastor and the parent
I can't even onor the excuse Of not
having seen that he was hypoertc
! felt his hypocrisy at once. and my
first impulse was 10 jump for my
brcastworks But instantly MY vanity
got behind mo- held me In tho open.
pushed me ON toward him II you will
notice. almost nll confidence" games
rely for success chiefly upon enlisting
mans vanity to play thc traitor 10
his judgment 50, instead Of reading
his liborallty as plain proof Of intend.
ed troachory, / read n as plain proof
Of my own greatness. and ut the fear
It had inspired In old Boebuck Laugh
with me n you Ike. but before you
laugh az mo think carefully NJ
you who have ever put yourselves to
the test on the Geld Of action think