Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1916-03-10
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Working on
A Principle
II Brought Its Logical Con-
sequence.
By r. A. mitchell
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

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she did not say IT, What would she
and father do In working the farm
without Joelg They could not AFFORD
to hire help, and II he deserted them
they would have II much harder time
than now.
I'm tired" continued Joel, "of zee.
ing you and father grinding your lives
out In this fashion, There's little
enough 70 be squeezed out OF our long
worked lands, and II ! don't break
away from them wen none Of ~ ever
get any comfort | was talking the 9th
er day with Mr. Ashurst, whose family
has been spending the month Of Au'
gust with the Parkers, He says that
any man can get rich II he'll do Just
one thing-he must save every cent
TIL he gets enough money together 20
make an investment, From that time
on he has an assistant-the money In
vested. II is making more money for
him even when he IL asleep. He saves
some more, and this, with the interest
that has accumulated on his first in
vestment, enables him to make an
other. BY keeping up this process for
number of years he rolls up enough
TO live on without doing anything, ride
in his carriage and In summer time 60
among the farmers, drinking the milk
and eating the honey that we folks
work 30 hard to produce
Mrs. Harding had lived long enough
in the world to pick what flaws there
might be in such reasoning, but a
mothers first object Is what her child
wants. She saw that Joel had got
an idea in his head, and the only OBJ
lection TO 1t he would listen to was
that while he was gathering this In
terest bearing capital she and his IA
Their would be obliged to work all the
harder, besides being deprived Of the
comfort to he derived from association
with their only child. SO she said
Every WELL Joel If your mind IL
set on going to the city to make a for
tune | suppose you'd better go. You
won't be satisfied here any longer"
Joel took her In his arms, kissed her
and said that his principal reason for
making the move was that he might
better his parents condition.
That night Mrs. Harding had long
talk with her husband about JoeFs
proposition. Farmer Harding was
dead set against 1t. but when his wife
had finished her arguments, which
had no effect upon him, and began to
plead he gave in, as husbands usually
do under such circumstances, and
promised that he would not oppose his
boy going. The mother put her sons
clothing In as good order as possible,
and the next Monday morning Joel
provided with all the cash they could
possibly spare, started on his journey
Looking back at his parents, he said:
GIVE me five years and I'll return
this money with thousand per cent
interest"
Mrs. Harding turned away with a
smile but to hide her tears, while heI
husband stalked into the house with
the remark:
III | understand Alright the principle
on which he is to make fortune he's
sending us. in five years a thousand
;,,t IN thn will mo
violation of that principle, Success
by the principle he acts upon is based
on strict adherence to that principle.
"Oh, pa, you are always figuring
things out on principle. Joel is doing
this for our good, and he will make
good"
Joel found a position in the city at
SIS week Disregarding tempta.
ton to wait before saving till he
earned more. he lived on 81 week,
placing the other dollar in savings
bank. At the end of his first year he
had placed in the bank $50 and as
much more as had come from increase
Of salary and extras earned, In all
some 5000.
Among his fellow employees Joel
was considered the stingiest of the
stingy, but his employers, seeing that
he possessed determination and self
control. advanced him rapidly. Either
he possessed business qualifications
naturally or, his heart being exclusive
" set on business, he became an adept
at It. At any rate, he soon came to be
intrusted with matters by the firm
that were not intrusted to his fellow
clerks of equal grade with himself
This naturally brought him increase
of salary, and before the first five
years had passed he was occupying
the position Of head clerk.
Joel did not forget that he had vol
unteered to send his father and moth
err at the end of five years the money
they had advanced him, with 1000
per cent interest. They had scraped
I'D SO for him, on which the interest
OF 1000 per cent for five years would
be, with the principal, 1920. Joe
had at the end Of the fifth year prop
erty worth $1,000. 1t was invested II
railway securities which We're worth
not quite so much as he had paid fol
them. To reduce his nest egg by 81
large an amount. especially selling al
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