Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1916-01-12
BULLERTOA's way
ANONYMOUS.

or not. He wants it now and he's go
ing to keep on asking for it until ne
gets it. You might as we'll give IL 10
him. So Bullerton got it. .
One of Bullerton's earliest friends
relates the following anecdote. Butler
tons father and mother were visiting
his father and mother and Bullerton
was along. At dinner Bullerton 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 1 wanted 1t II
didn't ask" said Bullerton.
That, Bullerton's boyhood friend
said, was perfectly true, especially
considering the size of the first feip-
ing and the extent Of the meat courses
that he had previously consumed.
It 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. It Is probable tnat
he would have got the position II ne
could have demonstrated his fitness
for it. Failing to do 80, he asked for
Job as Office boy-and he got that.
Inside of two weeks it occurred TO
him that three dollars a week was an
insufficient wage He asked for hye
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 II he.
could show that he was worth 1t. But
they got tired of being asked for
raises after while and let him CO.
Then Bullerton went to the city and
disappeared AS the years passed II
became generally understood around
the little town through the medium OF
his parents that Bullerton 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 enyious fel-
lows Of the town said that Fullerton
must have asked a tailor for credit
and got it; but no one paid any atten-
tion to that slur on a rising young
man.
When Bullerton had been home
week there was 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 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 fnan-
cial standing, whose names Bullerton
was not at liberty to mention; so the
rest of the council we're satisfied, too,
and gave Fullerton what he asked for.
Then Bullerton 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 cap
italist visited the town and seemed
somewhat disappointed. The railway
is not built yet.
It would have been no surprise to
the town after that to learn that Bull
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 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, 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 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 find myself
in a pecuniary embarrassment and If
you could favor me with the loan OF rs
cents 1 should appreciate it"
There was something familiar In the