The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-15
BuLlERToN's WAY
ANONYMOUS.


Bullerton's father said 1T doesh
matter whether it's time Tor IL no"
or not. He wants it now and mes 80
ing to keep on asking for 1t uh'ii ne
gets 1t. You might as well give II "
him So Fullerton got it.
One of Bullerton's earliest trienus
relates the following anecdote. buliei-
toms father and mother were visiting
his father and mother and Buiier'on
was along. At dinner Fullerton heiu
up his plate and requested secohu
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 | wanted II II
didn't ask" said Fullerton.
That, Builerton'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.
II was a more commendable appli-
cation of the principle when on leav-
ing school he asked the president OF
the local bank for position as as
sistant cashier. 1t is probable that
he would have got the position II ne
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 a while and let him go.
Then Fullerton went to the city and
disappeared AS the years passed it
became generally understood around
the little town through the medium of
his parents that Fullerton was doing
well-getting on.
When he came back one summer on
a visit his appearance seemed to bear
out the report. He certainly looked
prosperous. One of the envious fell
lows of the town said that Fullerton
must have asked a 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 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 Butler.
ton his start in life was then presi.
dent of the council He was perfect
ly satisfied with Bullerton's vague as
surance that the company was COM
posed of men of unimpeachable finan-
tlal standing, whose names Fullerton
was not at liberty to mention, 50 the
rest Of the council We're satisfied too,
and gave Fullerton what he asked for.
Then Fullerton asked for desk room
in the bank. He asked for options on
property along the proposed lines of
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 of
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 can.
italist visited the town and seemed
somewhat disappointed The railway
Is not built yet
1t would have been no surprise to
the town after that to learn that Bul.
lerton had married the daughter of a
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 tho
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. Bullerton
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 a larger
Held 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
weeks growth of beard touched bie
arm.
Pardon me" said this man. "yon
are a stranger to me and it may soa,n
liberty that | take, bit find mvsaIr
IN a pecuniary emba~~7Sr~,cr, AL :s
you could favor me wi,h To Loan og -
cents should ~