The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1911-05-23
Love and anUn-
to-Date Cottage
u0QOUIHHH
b. C. C. HAHN


When l came Of age stepped into !
n nice little fortune as any young t
man need wish for, and said to my
self:
II have enough Of an income to
live a life Of leisure. I shall enter
into no business now and lose the
best years of my life for enjoyment.
When tired Of amusing myself I
shall take up some employment-as
a pastime.
~Why should not man make bust
ness a pleasure, just as he does
travel, music or yachting"
At the end of my first year
found that l not only had used up
my income but had also cut off a
generous slice from my principal. At
the end of three years-and never
was dissipated-I had come to my
last SIS bill, and when I spent it,
wrote across it's face, "Good-by, Bill.
You. are my last" Then I began to
look about me for the business that
was to be a pastime.
! had always been firmly con-
WINGED that if man really wanted
to work, he could find it. But,
strange to say, when started out in
search of a position, found none
waiting for me to step into. My
friends all gave me good advice.
They did not know that my fortune
was gone and l took particular pains
not to enlghten them. / had that
much worldly wisdom. did not
want either their sympathy or their
cold shoulders. Their advice was al
WAYS to the effect that no one could
really engage in congenial business
without investing money, and they
advised me to do SO. They even
went further and brought forward
schemes in which to invest.
At last | settled down as a real
estate agent. That, l thought,
would bring me among none but
pleasant people, or if it did, could
easily get rid Of them. I took out q
license, rented an Office, and actually
found myself engaged in business
entirely my own-and without In
vesting money. My friends. al
usual, were kind. They all LISTED
their property with ME, whether the,
wanted to sell it or not. But ever
here there were some uncongenia
things which did not suit me. Their
was Jones, for instance. He had
delightful piece of property, but hi
lowest price was $4,000, while m
friend Brown, who wanted to buy il
would not pay more than $4,000
When grew wiser, I learned tina
the property was worth only $500
At the end of my first month
pawned my gold watch to pay offie
rent and my boys wages. At tn
end Of the second I began to dispos
ofmy wardrobe and speedily reduce
it to one suit. Then requisite
my landlady to allow me to occuE
one corner of her garnet and bega
living on two meals day. all
let out half my Office to a man wi
could afford to pay rent. At the er
Of his second month he failed wi
the requisite rental and offered
take the place of my Office boy
payment. So my Office boy went
In the course Of time l got doy
TO extremities slept in my Office al
ate when and where l could. | al
learned tailoring-so far as kee
ing my solitary suit in repair.
But things took turn at last.
mad beautiful cottage on my Ii
and one day handsome carria
stopped before my door, and in ca
a widow whom had slightly kno
IN my moneyed days. She wan
mat cottage-wanted it badly
after looking over the terms, said
MI. Seville, l must have t
PAce But I cannot pay cash uni
you can find purchaser for
ofown stone house on Madison a
nue. II l could make an exchal
WIN the owner of the cottag
~e0ld pay you almost anything
might ask.''
was there ever anything yc'
ea' estate agent would wish
no'e than chance to become ga
n'an OF brown stone mansion
'ne most fashionable avenue in
'''ys promised her buyer viii
Sseek' and-kept my word.
next day Mrs. Kent called
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