The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-12-05
LOST OPPORTUNITIES.
The Aggressive Man Lectures Ills
ThIsaabAIs Friend.

The rather thFcaJbars man smiled sad.
~, Il halnt any particular complaint
70 make" be- said a tAluk / haFf daHe
pretty well, considering my opponual.
Ties. I've a large family, yoa know.
and that makes a difference
The aggressive locking mao with she
massive gold watch chain said pooh
explosiyely, Opportunity he efoNied.
what are you talking about You've
had a. much opportunity a. / have, and
more, too. Ne Got family. haven't
~ Certainly ] have. No, ms friend.
that Isn't the trouble The trouble h
that you haven't taken advantage Of
your opportunities. When opportunity
came knocking az your door sou lidnt
hear her You thought she would come
with a club and pound, Of jimmy her
way through the window and hunt sou
up and ~ on your knee. Wen, ahe
doesn't DO that, She's too much Of a
lady. II you want 10 embrace her, that's
all right, but she Isn't going to do the
embracing hcfself, Whenever shes been
around 20 see me I've been watching At
the keyhole and I've had her yanksd in
aide before she got a chance % zee wheth.
er she'd got che right number"
IL seems % me that's rather ardent
behavior. isnt itf"
Not a be TOO ardent" said the az.
greksivc looking man. "it's the way she
likes 10 he treated Make the most Of
her and be- sure 10 tell her TO call again.
Talk about opportunity Wasn't Bond
son living within bali a block Of you
when YOU were q young man. and didn't
be have a girl who was good enough
for anybody remember your telling
me about her She got a million and =
half under the Old mans viii when he
died last year. There was Your oppor
tunIty but you didn't zee Il. did your"
well, no. admitted the threadhare
man. Il can't say that ! did, ! didn't
know her, YOU know. ] suppose ] might
have sent In my card and proposed
"Nou could have worked Il 81 right,
lust the same, said che aggressive look.
ing man. You knew her brother and
YOU we're n pretty good looking boy
and you dressed well In those days. Al
YOU needed was nerve II IA have been
the ladies man you were I'd have tried
Il, 1 know that. There's that suburb
you're living H. When you bought your
lot Why didn't you buy three OF four
acresi You'd have been independent
today u you bad"
Il didn't have The money 10 begin
with" said the thrcadbare man.
That's no excuse You could have
got some options anyway
\ suppose l could"
II know Won could And Il Isn't only
that. Billy Henderson was telling me
the other day that he offered you Cora.
zon and Emand stock for cents-a
whole bunch Of T. Know what It's sell.
ing for nowr And when ! wanted you
10 take that appointment on the board
Of works YOU wouldn't do Il. II wasn't
a great deal, but you could have got a
stand in with some Of the big guns and
got a good thing sooner or later Poll
tics 4 an right when you know the
game and get on the inside. You had q
good chance there. The man who took
that lob | wanted You 10 Is drawing his
5000 a year right along now, to say
nothing of what he makes on the side.
But your turning down that Corazon
beats me- There was an opportunity
for your life"
aTve had Others. n could think Of
them" said the thresdbare man. IF
had bought wheat at the right time and
sold at the right time, / might have
been rich a dozen times over. I've had
opportunities OF that kind every day. ]
might have worked my way out to Alas
ka and got in before the big rush II my
foresight had been as good as your hind
sight 4. Il had an opportunity TO help
YOU out Of hole once, II you recollect,
and I've been wanting an opportunity
TO see you for week. Now II you
could
excuse me" said the aggressive look.
ing man, there's a fellow in the car
ahead | want 20 talk 10 minute. See
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