New-York tribune., 1909-01-10

ever seen one. The surveyor ard
explain his work. but he passed me on the way and
refused 20 stop.
"I reached the swamps az night Next morn3ng
I told my stan Of six men that I should not need
them that day. Z want to inspect the line. said.
with pomposty. Then hustled out OF sight.
not a OF inspection, but 70 see what ths
completed part Of the roadbed really looked hks-
After that worked cautiously and made serious
mistakes Plans for my cuIverts and bridges we're
not difficult, because was carpenter- To NY
const sternation however. the chief ensnser detA4a8
me to act his assistant. increasing my salary
from 500 to S125 a month
after the road was but I went TO PennsYt-
vania on a visit, intending to return to Iowa take
a position in the Office OF the auditor OF Clayton
County and study law The night before was
10 start for the West a drunken neighbor, out OF
all custom in such matters. brought letter TO my
fathers door asking 20 be the assistant engi-
neer on the North Central Michigan Railway, then
being built between Jonesviile and Lansing.
left home at daylight next morning. arranged.
hut for Michigan instead Of Iowa In Michigan
I met the daughter Of James Gallery, one OF rhs
directors OF the road which was snnployed-
She is now Mrs Cumuins- But for the stasssr-
ing and uaudIn neighbor who brought the letter
I should never have gone TO Michigan. nor would
I ever have known James Gaery's daughter.
MARRIED ON s15 A WEEK.
"On the completion Of my work in Michigan.
started for Colorado. where was % Be the as
sstant engineer OF the Denver & Rio Grands Pail
road In the streets OF Chicago, having stopped
at that city for day. I met old friend OF n1T
father He was then a partner In the firm OF j.
Y Farweu & Co. wholessIs dealers In dry goods.
Inside of twenty minutes by the watch was
working for SO week in the ohice 9f his lawyers
shortly after that I was married.
ION $40 q week.?
NO. sir: on So And let say. IL was amps.
Al no time since have lived any better In Tires
wears was admitted to the bar told my pre-
ceptors that / wouldn't clerk for them the besc
firm Of lawyers on earth a single minute. but thss
7 WAS willing to become their partner. They >~srs
not ready To negotiate. and I opened an ONCE OF
ms own in the same building In six months they
sent for me and offered me interest in their
business I praCtised successfully for three years
an Chicago and then removed 70 Des Moines- be-
cause 1 regarded Iowa my home. and because
wanted To settle in a smaller city and become
personally acquainted with the men I met IN ths
streets wh~u i went O. my Office IN the morning
an irapossibility even then in place Ike Chicago
Financially the mistake
But 1 nave heard that you easily earned Ssn.ooo
a year Iu iowa / said
Il made a living from she first in Des Moinss.' =
Senator t'umuins answered, with an ambiguous
smile As time went on I did business for large
manufacturing interests and i've railways oat
never submitted 10 the slavery OF accepting rest-
lar salary from any body Seven years ago. however.
abandoned my practice entirely. since then
have been rather busy with public matters
and do YOU know Senator CumTnins asked
as he looked al me from beneath halo OF tooacra
| smek-. a never thought I should be an offscs-
| holder?
] eCOPyrishs. 1909. BY James 5. Msrrvws