Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1908-11-06
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Il S~fN@o 60 SAt ANU ttlC tltt III
Lorfng. Graham & Sons handed over
The counter number of coins with a
really done UP package. THANK YOU
and he stepped in his alert, business
like way 10 another customer who had
just entered the large hardware es-
tablishment,while Carl started ioward
the deer with The raekage containing
his new skates. at the same time slip
Ping The change left over from the
c'isp FIVE dollar bill into his trousers
pcket.
:" sNtn you counted i?n asked
I'c'e T"af, Nhe led aided Carl In the
ieclicn & The bright nickel skates.
Why, 49,; iever dol What's the
9sc--tt G e.er. does hat 1t isn't at
l-ofing, OF ham & Sons as IL is at
soAlc sleres lfey're hopea, there
heard cfens orc's being clsat-
: p
~ ism tlias 30 much as it Is the
ability ofo e's making mistake.
A eison never eugit 10 receive any
charge however small the amount
without counting ii ever en- The spot
feu can hardly expect a mistake to
\ be rectified after once having left the
store, however reputable the firm,
"But II makes lots of boiher,n ar
gued Carl, when ones In harry
at makes no difference, its bust
ness and every hey ought to tram
himself early in strict business prin.
eipies and live up TO them.
Aren't they dsndy pair-my Ice
FIyers-that's what I'm going to name
them. exclaimed Carl, adroiUycAa
ing the subject. "There isn't fellow
In Shirley that's got pretties pair.
"Ihey are beauties, no mistake.
think you got them, too, at very rea-
sonabIe figure, Now don't forget, my
boy, hereafter about counting yeur
| change, . An Uncle Tom, without
| waiting for reply entered his place Of
business, few blocks from the bard
ware store.
! "Its all nonsense, taking such
troubled That just the way lots Of
folks do. They stand and count ten
and fiye-fifteen; aud three eighteen;
and two's twenty, when they give you
a quarter for a five-cent lead pencil.
declared Carl TO himself, going down
the walk: "And they know the elefk
would give them II right cha gs / r..
not going to do it, ia too fooish.p
During the fall and winter Car
Bradford obtained his spend ng msney
by making himself generally useful,
an hour each night and morning, to
his uncle's firm. Their" tll-up chinks1
man had been Carls designation of
hi mself, and now he was known to
all the clerks in the establishment as
l"F. o.,
! a bright morning in early Water,
a. Carl was about to leave. bis Urcle
Tom called him into his Office.
81 wish, on your way hone. Carl,
you'd call at the freight Office and pay
this BILL It's twelve dollars hand
ing him twenty dollar note. 'syou
may bring the change back after
school,
Yes, sir" and Carl took the money
and went whisslipg on his Grand.
After he lad paid the bill Carl took
the change that was handed him-he
remember afterward 1t consisted of
one note and the rest In coin-and
slipped 1t In his vest pocket.
81 won't be so liable to lose i, there
he thought.
1t didn't again enter his mind un-
til his uncle asked him in the evening
II he had taken = receipt.
sob, yes; a1d the change-I'd Cor.
gotten all about it! Here 1t is" and
Carllhandsd the receipt and money
to bis uncle just as he had received
them at the freight office.
why, this isn't all, said Mr.. Brad
ford, slowly counting the amount the
second time. "Ihe receipts all right,
butsthe change--theres only three
dollars here--a one-doIiar bill, two
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