The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-12
BuLLERTON's way
ANONYMOU

Bullerton's father said: 1T doesn't
matter whether it's time for it now
or not. He wants it now and he's 60
ing to keep on asking for it until he
gets 1t. You might as well give it to
him So Fullerton got it,
One of Bullerton's earliest friends
relates the following anecdote. Butler
tons father and mother were visiting
his father and mother and Fullerton
was along. At dinner Fullerton held
up his plate and requested a second
helping of pie.
why. Harvey" exclaimed his
mother You shouldn't ask for
things That's very naughty and i'm
polite
They wouldn't know I wanted 1t If
I didn't ask" said Fullerton.
That, Bullerton's boyhood friend
said, was perfectly true. especially
considering the size of the first help
ing and the extent of the meat courses
that he had previously consumed.
1t was a more commendable appli-
cation of the principle when on leav-
ing school he asked the president of
the local bank for a position as as
sistant cashier. 1t is probable that
he would have got the position il he
could have demonstrated his fitness
for it, Failing to do so. he asked for
a job as office boy-and he got that.
Inside of two weeks it occurred to
him that three dollars week was an
insufficient wage He asked for five
dollars and there again he proved the
soundness of his policy. They gave
him $3.50 and promised him four dol
lars at the end of the month if he
could show that he was worth it. But
they got tired of being asked for
raises after while and let him go.
Then Fullerton went to the city and
disappeared AS the years passed it
became generally understood around
his parents that Fullerton was doing
well-getting on.
When he came back one summer on
visit his appearance seemed to bear
out the report, He certainly looked
prosperous. One of the envious fell
lows of tho town said that Fullerton
must have asked tailor for credit
and got it but no one paid any atten-
ton to that slur on a rising young
man.
When Fullerton had been home a
week there was a meeting of the town
council. at which he appeared and. on
the part OF the Bellevue Construction
Investment and Improvement company
of New Jersey. asked for a franchise
for an electric street railway No
body knew who or what the company
was. Nobody seemed to care The
bank president who had given Buller.
ton his start in life was then presi
dent of the council He was perfect
/ ~ satisfied With Bullerton's vague as
surance that the company was com
i POSED of men of unimreachabe finan
! cial standing whose names Fullerton
/ was not at liberty to mention. so the
/ rest Of the council were satisfied too
/ and gave Fullerton what he asked for
=
in the bank He asked for options on
/ property along the proposed lines OF
4 the railroad. He asked for the assist
ance of the editor of the local paper
He got them all
Soon he left for the city. having
first disposed Of his options at a
ridiculous sacrifice to business men OF
the town who. with the assistance oil
the local paper. awoke to the almost
assured fact that the town was on the
eve of great BOOM Then the news
came that the Bellevue Construction
Investment and Improvement com
had sold its franchise to a great
capitalist and prices of real estate
went up. Shortly after that the cap
italist visited the town and seemed
somewhat disappointed. The railway
is not built yet.
It would have been no surprise tc
the town after that to learn that Bull
lerton had married the daughter of q
millionaire or had been appointed am
bassador to Great Britain The old
people died in course of time. so there
was no longer any news of him
Finally one Of the citizens of the
town who had occasion to visit the
city resolved to look him up. He did
so-in financial circles more particu
larly. Strange to say. Fullerton
seemed to be unknown. His name did
not even appear In the city directory
so the citizen naturally concluded that
his old townsman had sought larger
field for his activities.
He was on his way to the railway
station to take the train home when a
man in shabby clothes and with a
weeks growth of beard touched his
arm.
Pardon ME" said this man. You
are a stranger to me and 1t may seem
liberty that | take. but I find myself
in a pecuniary embarrassment and II
| you could favor me with the loan Of q
! cents | should n-~-~~io.~ ~ :,