Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1914-03-19

SHOWING HIM THE WAY
sv SHERMAN s9icER.

Hasn't got the pluck OF rabbit"
viii never amount to shucks."
Been through college. but don't
know beans"
Ought to have a dynamite explo
sion to rouse him up"
And they said Of Gladys Nestle:
Funny how she ever came to take
him.
but she viii never marry him.
she's a great hustler for a girl"
Some chap is bound to come along
and take her away from him"
She's got more hustle in one shoe
than he has I'm his whole body"
They had been talking that way for
about year The persons meant by
they" comprised good proportion Of
the little town Of Manchester. Both
the young man and the girl had been
born there, and were known to every
body. The couple were talked about
the FIRST time they went skating to-
gether There was more talk when
they went fishing together. VIII went
away TO college to take the course in
civil engineering, aid the girl went to
commercial school, and there was
nothing else talked about for w-9k.
What in tho world does she want
OF a business educationT
Hes too lazy to study"
There are people who are born lynn
pathie. This doesn't mean lazy. IL
means disposition to get along tho
easiest way-to let the other fellow do
the perspiring and the worrying to
believe that things win come out all
right In the end Such a person Is al
ways good-tempered and always ready
to say & good word for everybody.
There are plenty Of girls who were
born to be hustlers and would have
been hustlers but for circumstances.
They have what is called the CONNER
cial Instinct Just as much as a young
man. They can see opportunities for
speculation just as quickly. Given the
cash capital to begin with. they would
achieve success as soon as one OF the
other sex.
Gladys Nestle didn't care for dolls
when she was child. She traded
them off for pins or marbles. II she
got candy It was not given outright to
boy. 1t was sold to him at half
price. It was she who sold the paper
bags and made the buyer pay the high
est price. Her father had been a
grocer for ten years and yet did not
know how to make an inviting window
display until taught by his twelye-year-
old daughter. A year later she was
collecting on commission old accounts
that had been charged off to profit and
loss At fifteen she was earning
enough to pay her way
For the six months that MisstGladys
attended commercial college, wan Mil
ington didn't earn his board He was
civil engineer out of a position. He
wrote half a dozen letters here and
there, but as they were not fayorably
replied to ne ceased his efforts. Some
day his chance was bound to come.
Why worry? He didn't worry even
when his best friends predicted that
no girl worth having would accept
such an easy-goinS poke.
Almost the day Miss Gladys came
home from school a relative died and
left her a number of thousands.o OF dol
lars Her father wanted the money,
that he might enlarge his store She
proposed TO use it to carry out
schemes OF her own.
The girls attitude toward the civil
engineer was a puzzle to herself. She
loved him because he was good, and
yet she was dissatisfied with his
seeming want OF self-confdence and
ambition Could he be reused out OF
himself? II that were possible then,
just how could 1t be done?
Mr.. Wilmington had been off on fish
ing trip and therefore didn't know yet
that Miss Gladys was home, when a
young lady called at his office one aft
ternoon He sat there as large as life
and twice as complacent when the
young lady inquired II Mr. Millington
was in.
why Gladys, what do you meant"
he exclaimed
Il understand that Mr. Millington is
civil engineer and have some bust
ness with him"
"But Gladys"
rs he in or out?" she demanded
"Why-why he's In, OF course"
Are you the gentleman"
"Y-yes."
Then Mr., Millington, have a few
questions 70 ask you in the way OF
business. You have just returned from
a fishing trip and haven't got rested up
yet Suppose / come In tomorrow at
this hour. when you may possibly feel
brighter"
Gladys. l can't understand he
/ BEGAN.
Tomorrow, then!"
/ Fifteen minutes later a friend OF the
engineers entered the Office to End the
young man wipins the beads OF sweat
from his forehead, and HIS collar going
limp,
Better consult a doctor at once. A."
was advised after long and surprised
I look
/ At the same hour next day Miss
. 10 H. &c. 4