The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1914-11-26
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". ID SOTry 10 pdrt Wild you. In
deed. my heart is almost broken I'm
sorry you're SO impractical II you
were content to come down to hard
work we could remain together We
could he frugal and saving while
young. which would insure us com
petpnce when We get old But this
visionary disposition of yours renders
that Impossible. You say you are GO
ing to seek your fortune Do YOU sup
pose you can find a fortune anywhere
easier than right berei Indeed you
will have more difficulty In attaining
1t where yOn are not known and where
you have no one to give yOn lift
when You most need 1t than here"
so spoke Amy Tarrant to John Es
Textbook the day he left her to go ont
into the world. IA he told her to make
bis fortune. He was indeed of that
order We call visionary He believed
be- would succeed. but he had NO def
mite idea of how he would succeed.
he bad no aptitude for drudgery
"I'n admit sweetheart" he said
"that 1t looks pretty dark ahead-that
is for me You will doubtless make
up your mind to the practical. the in
evitabIe. and marry some man who
will he hard worker he will pro
vide the ne<.essaries Of life for his
family and make you comfortable. |
am Of different kind can't force
myself to do. what dislike to do and
what ! like to do doesn't pay But
some day ! may find some way OF
making what ! like to do pay The
world requires other things besides
food. clothing and place to live in
There are persons whose business II
II to instruct others to amuse. others
to excite the imagina ton
"Oh. John. there you 20 again! Such
persons have just as hard time IN
usually q harder time than-thOse who
buy and sell molasses or boots aud
SHOES
Nevertheless ! am one of that class
and must take my place with them
II find something whereby can
make money that Is pleasure to mo
AZ well. you may hear from me Till
then farewell"
John EsterbroOk was wrong in his
reckoning Yet 1t Is questionable II he
was wholly wrong. For ninety nine
persons in every hundred the only way
to be- comfortable and lay up a com
petence Ia hard work. whether they
like it or not. However. John look
ed for employment which might lead
to work that he would enjoy He had
literary taste and considered news
paper work part of literature. That
led him to seek employment in an edi
toriaI room and tie found an inferior
position In the service Of the SPOTS
wood Eagle.
OF the first five years of Johns work
In the newspaper business little can
be said He drifted from one depart
ment to another. not because be was
too dull to do the work assigned him
hut because his heart was not in 1t
He Was Also careless. and careieSShess
IL fatal trait in making up materiai
FOR the press He, managed however
to Keep In harness because he was
liked his popularity coming from an
Infinite good nature and d dry humor
with which he caused his and other
persons miShaps and shortcomings to
appear amusing II taken to task for
bInnder be- would soften it by a joke
so apt that II assured his forgiveness
Then. too. John had In him keen an
prpriatiOn of the fOihles of human ma
ture He realized that all persons like
to have the shortcomings of other per
sOns except themselves shown up In an
amusing way
One day one of Johns fellow work
nen said to him. why don't you put
some of these funny things you say in
the paperT'
u have never thought they were
worth IT." John replied. but 1t gave
him an idea. For month he kept
Memoranda Of what seemed to am,ise
others and. putting the best Of them
In proper form. offered them for the
humorous column. They were used
and more appeared the next week
Then some one suggested to John that
he put bis name to them The work
did not appeal to his ambition. 80. In
stead Of using hts own name. be chose
q substitute Uncle Bill From thar
time forward something funny appear
ed In the Eagle every week signed
Uncle Bill. "and after awhile these
bits Of humor began to be copied In
other newspapers. Their reception
was slow at first because there was
IN esWs.iai zest In them that required
D little time to I,ertUiate through the
kuiis OF thsse who read them Their
author had been quite awhile In etu
'ating his aSsW.iatrs to catch on to
Them. and II would have required an
EQUAL time to educate the public mad
I not been THAT they appealed to Ger
lain persons who introduced them to
others and they grew In favor
Tine day John WAS asked how ne
wOnId like to devote himself re- the TX
'lusIve work of writing huinOr for the
eagle He replied that he didn't think |
u cOnld write funny stuff ~ order
,ut ~ would try II He found thai
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