Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1907-06-14

Z my tone Of ~des.AIch your susiHess.
sir. and he gone. for was 10th busT
and much irritated against him Il
guess you want TO see our cashier
said !, after giving him q hasty. ab-
sent.minded handshake Ny bog Oat
there will take you to him
l The old donothings face lost tts
4 confident. c0ndescendinE expression.
/ His lin qutvered. and | think there
/ were tears In his bad dim. gray green
/ eyes. suppose he thought hts \ pro
I foundry pathetic case, nc doubt he
hadn't the remotest conception what
I he really was-and no doubt also
there are many Who would honestly
| take his view As II The fact that he
was horn with an possible advantages
did not make him and his plight inex.
cusahle
NO. my dear Blaeklock. said he.
cringing now as easily as he had con.
descended-how to cringe and bow 10
oondescend are taught at the same
school. the one he had gone 90 all hts
life. "lt is YOU | want to talk with.
And. first. I owe you my apologies
know youll make allowances for one
who was never trained 10 business
methods I've always been like child
in those matters"
You Brighten me-. said 1. Tho
last gentleman who came throwing
me OF my guard with that plea WAS
shrewd enough To- get away with
very large sum Of my hard-earncd
money Besides" and I VAS laugh
ing, though not teo good. naturedly
I've noticed that YOU gentlemen be-
come vague about business only when
the balance Is against you, When It's
in your favor you manage to act yonF
minds on business long enough 10 col.
lect 10 the last fraction OF a cent"
4, lie heartily echoed my laugh, II
only Wish | were clever. said he
However. I've come TO ask your in.
diligence, Id have hcon here before.
but those who owe mo have been nut.
ting me nft And they're Of the sort
OF people whom It's impossible to
press
I'D like 10 accommodate you fur.
Their, said |. shedding that last little
hint as a cltf sheds rain. but yout
account has been In an unsatisfactory
state for nearly month nov
I'm sure you'll give me few days
longer" Was his easy reply. as u We
were discussing trine NY the way
you haven't been 20 see us got Only
this morning my wife Was WONDERING
when you'd come You quite capt.
waited her. Blackjack, Cant YOU dine
| ,sflsN i.EV
lat ergnt? We're having In tev
people | think you'd like TO meet"
Glad 10 come. said I, wishing 20 b
rid Of him. now that my point wa
gained Wen lot the account stan,
open for the present. rather thinl
your stocks are going up. Give my r.
CARDS to-the ladies', please. especiall.
70 Miss Anita"
He WINGED, but thanked me eraS
lousy. gave me his soft. fine hand b
= shake and departed. as eager % be oi
y as 10 be rid OF him Sunday next
al eight" were his last words Don
fall us"-that in the tone OF king ~
dressing some obscure person whoI
he had commanded 10 court II ma
be that old Ellersly was wholly uucoi
sclous OF his superelliousneAs. fancie
he vas treating me az II ! were a
most an equal: but | suspect he rath'
accentuated his natural manner. wit
the idea OF imprenslng upon me tia
In our deal he was giving At least i
much as l.
My petty and inevitable succei
with that helpless creature adds
amazingly. ludicrouBly. To that da
gerous citation which. aH | can no
see. had been growing IN me es'
since the day Hoebuck yielded 50 raa
lily to my demands an to- National Goa
The whole trouble with mo Was tn
up To that time | had won all my VI
tories by the plAinest kind Of a,faiEh
away hard work / was imagining N
self victor In contests Of wit again
wit. when, in fact. no one with ~
especial ealpment Of brains had ey'
opposed me AL the really strong m'
had been helping me because tn
found me useful. Hut for my So
hypnotism In the case Of Roehnck.
find no excuse whatever for myself
, He sent for me and told mo VII
share in National coal they had d
cided TO give me for my Manaaqna
ne. | minea. eLAnEdon and Melville 80
INV he. think me too liberal. far too u
;. eral, ny boy, But lnHisted-in 20
case felt ge could afford TO BE- ~
erous a. we'll as just All this III
an air that vas combination Of I
pastor and the parent
ms can't even offer the excuse Ut Il
oul having seen that he vas 3 hypocri
$50. feit bis hypocrisy al once. and {
first impulse vas 10 jump Tor :
ael' breas, works hut instantly my vani
W got behind me. held me IN the OF
ae5 pushed me on toward him n you -
~. notice. almost ali confidence" gam
-. rely for success chiefly upon enils'i
s a mans vanity 10 play the traitor
- his judgment 20. instead Of feadl
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