The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1907-03-22
TIE TYREWKITTEN LErTER~ RARR


w he fought skinny
and yet dreading all the while the coming Of the time
when It would mastery
is told that he rich might be imagined he would receive the
announcement with hy When Richard Denham realized that
ne was ne became even more SOBER han usual ana areW
long breath II he had running had The
man who brought him the had idea he had told Denam
anything merely happened
Mr.. Dennam, will
Denham had a man. and ID
that moment he had never thought of himself wealthy He
out the check asked his
fully leaving the merchant with something He
surprised with the suddenness of the thing
had ft him legacy Yet all OF his
atng struggle long
less about it, that habit he exed all his
after the ovcomeust the troops at New Orleans
fought fierce battle not knowing the He had
such hopeessy family
inheritance from generation to generation 1t was the nvariabe
legacy the father had left the Denham family
fight it, And now the hght
had been Denham his office
said in deferenta voice:
Anything tonight Mr. Denham?'
that question.
asked him every night for years
What's that? What's thatg he cried
Rogers asonished. but to it,
Anything tonight, Mr.. DenhamY'
Good night Mr.. Denham"
"Eh? Oh. yes; good night, Rogers good night
When Mr. Denham left his Office street.
everything had unusual him
unheedng the direction lie looked the fine residences
realized that he might have fine residence he wanted it, He
handsome carrages he too might equpage
fine house elegant carriage be him?
to invite to the house or to ride with him carriage
to realize how utterly he had no
friendship acquaintance The
the ground nothing Of the surrounding
business of doubtless
home in the suburbs somewhere
man by the shoulders and say to him. Invite
1 am lonely want to know people,"
If he such invitation to do with
himself He familiar with the counting
but the drawngroom unexploed him. where
unknown tongue spoken.
ana was now TOO late to go back for it. Only the day
before he had heard of the clerks who did
earshot alude him "he young
breath.
busy street he took off his
grizzled hair looking at his hands when he had done so as n the
like paint thought Of a girl he knew
who perhaps would have married him If
as he tempted do But that had always
the Denhams They had all himself
sank deeper into the mre Of pressed by rapidly
increasing The girl had married baker he
bered Yes that long time The clerk
when he had called him old
Suddenly another
girl different indeed to the who married the
the only in the world with whom
terms and he knew her merely because her light and nmbe fingers
played the business sonata of his
generally good
fly who had come down in the world Her somewhat independent
deepened this conviction
sensible realized typewriter paid
piano accordingly turned the Of her white
fingers the former instrument Richard
park bench why not? he asked himself
against it. that he felt that he had courage
theless, he formed desperate resolution
Next day business usual
the time arrived when Miss Gale came in to see he had
further commands that Denham vaguely
that business office place proposal yet
knew ne would be at disadvantage anywhere else In the first
place he had plausible calling
AZ
would be stricken dumb 1t either
"Sit down moment, Miss Gale he said
consult about matter-about a matter
Miss Gale seated herself automatically
shorthand writing
looked him expectany
ran his fingers through his
II thinking he taking partner The business
fact. some
"Yes?' said Miss Gale inerrogaivey.
Yes think should have partner S 1 |
wanted
Don't think would be better Rogers He
snows more about business than But perhaps
who is to be the
NO It is not Rogers Rogers is good BUTT
Rogers"
Then think in important this Rogers
someone who knows the business thoroughly
would be able advice that would
Il don't advice exactly up my to have
partner If the partner is willing"
Denham mopped his brow. % more dinicut
han he had anticipated.