Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-01-19
Love and an Up
fo-Date COTTAGE
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By c. c. HAHN
By c. c. HAHN

When / came of age | stepped into
as nice a little fortune as any young
man need wish for, and said TO my
self:
IL have enough Of an income to
live life of leisure. | shall enter
into no business now and lose the
best years of my life for enjoyment.
When tired Of amusing myself |
shall take up some employment-as
a pastime.
'Why should not man make bust
ness a pleasure, just as he does
travel, music OF yachting"
At the end of my first year l
found that I 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 l never
was dissipated-I had come to my
last IS bill, and when / spent it,
wrote across its face, "Good-by, Bill.
You are my last" Then | began to
look about nae for the business that
was to be pastinse.
had always been firmly con-
WINGED that if a man really wanted
to work, he could find it. But,
strange to say, when l started out in
search of a position, l 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 / took particular pains
not to enlghten them. l had that
much worldly wisdom. l 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 l settled down as a real
estate agent. Thai, / thought,
would bring me among none but
pleasant people, or if it did, l could
easily get rid of them. / took out &
license, rented an office, and actually
found myself engaged III business
entirely my own-and without in
vesting money Ny friends, as
usual, were kind. They all listed
their property with me, whether they
wanted to sell it or not. But even
here there were some uncongenial
things which did not suit me. There
was Jones, for instance. He had
delightful piece of property, but his
lowest price was $4,000, while my
friend Brown, who wanted to buy it,
would not pay more than $4,000.
When l grew wiser, 1 learned that
the property was worth only $500.
At the end of my first month l
pawned my gold watch to pay office
rent and my boys wages. At the
end of the second l began to dispose
of my wardrobe and speedily reduced
it to one suit. Then | requested
my landlady to allow me to occupy
one corner of her garnet and began
living on two meals a day. / also
let out half my office to a man who
could afford to pay rent. At the end
of his second month he failed with
the requisite rental and offered to
take the place of my Office boy as
payment. So my Office boy went.
In the course of time l got down
TO extremities; slept in my Office and
ate when and where | could. / also
learned tailoring-so far as keep
ing my solitary suit in repair.
But things took a turn at last. !
had beautiful cottage on my list,
and one day handsome carriage
stopped before my door, and in came
a widow whom l had slightly known
in my moneyed days. She wanted
that cottage-wanted it badly-but
after looking over the terms, said:
"Mr. Seville, / must have this
place. But cannot pay cash unless
you can find a purchaser for my
brown stone house on Madison ave-
nue.. If could make an exchange
with the owner of the cottage /
would pay you almost anything you
might ask"
Was there ever anything a young
real estate agent would wish for
more than a chance 10 become sales