Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-07-28

because everybody says You are sucA
a fine business man yourself"
81 should like to do something real
ly worth WHILE" said the girl after q
little pause. Il / Z people who do
something worth while"
$50 do l." said the man, with obVt
Gus meaning.
"Mr. Gormly," she exclaimed i'm
petuously. why don't you do sone-
thing worth while?"
Gormly smiled. MY dear young
lady" he answered-really, he was
old enough to be her father, he
thought half sadly, as he noted his
form of speech-'T have the largest
store in the world. / have agents in
every civilized country and many that
are u~ncivilized. l own and control a
feet of steamers. ] ave my private
WOODEN mills, and silk mills and fac
tories. l suppose there are ten thou
sand people In my employ. / can give
you a. check for another million for
| your settlement work az often as you
wish it. and"
These are all very well, Mr.. CORN
ly." said the girl gravely. They spell
tremendous material success; they
show your ability and acumen; in the
eyes of the world they count for a
great deal; indeed, l find lately that
they are counting more and more;
but they don't really amount to any
thing after all. What is money, what
are power and influence? My father,
for instance, was born with more than
he could possibly spend, more than he
knew what to do with, inherited from
thrifty ancestors who had the wit to
buy land when it could be bought for
a song. He has influence, power.
What does it amount to-? l want him
to do something, really to do some
thing in the world for the good OF
mankind l am preaching to you just
as l preach to him"
do you look upon me as you would
a father?" asked Gormly quickly.
why. no, not exactly. Certainly
not" answered the girl.
81 am forty-fQur, you know"
mo, 1 didn't know; but what If you
are? You are still a young man. My
father is %ifty-fve, and 1 don't call him
old"
Wonderful consideration from TWEEN
ty-two!" said Gormly smiling.
We'll" resumed the girl, II was
saying that o ought to do something
in life. You have made yourself. You
started with little or nothing, if l may
believe the newspaper accounts OF
you"
Have you been reading them?"
Every word" answered the girl.
"I was quite proud Of being able to
say to my friends that 1 knew you and
what they said about you was true"
Never in his life had Gormly been
happier than at this frank, spontan-
eous expression of approval.
You ought to put these great tai
ents of yours at the service of your
fellow men: not in buying and selling
but in doing something for them" she
ran on.
Don't you think that in selling
them honest goods at a fair profit, In
telling them the strict and only truth
about what you ave to sell, in allow
ing them the utmost freedom OF re-
turn and exchange, in providing gen
erously for employees, is doing serv
ice to your fellow men?"
Certainly, it is. It is doing service
to the little world which you touch
a larger world perhaps than most Of
US can touch. But / want you to dc
something. 1 want every man anc
every woman who has the ability tx
do something, In a great, splendid
way"
But what would you have me do?'
ct don't know" answered the girl
IT don't Know what l would have any
body do; but there are SO many things
to be done, SO many wrongs to bt
righted, so many things to be achieved
The great man goes out and makes
opportunities. Part Of his greatness
1 take it, consists in seeing what there
is to do. Ruskin says somewhere tha
the greatest thing anybody can do II
to see something. II I were a grea
woman, 1 could answer your question
better: but I am only"
"I think you r a great woman,
said Gormly softly, land I would b
perfectly willing to take your answe'
and abide by It,"
"T would not have 1t that way" an
swered the girl dreamfly. when m!
father asks me what I would have hin
do, say to him, Go and see HI
laughs at me; most people laugh a
me. Yon don't, Mr.. GOrmly."
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