The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1917-06-02
A FAILURE AT THIRTY.
youths Companion

Ar You not uItrh uispbNfhEtu tue
man Nho had failed asked the busy
grocer. YOU have customers Nho CON
plain aud bills you cannot collect You
must be wholly discouraged at times
Discouraged exclaimed the grocer
Why. mau, ! hardly know what you
mean oh, you refer Ia thu Torreys
who left Town with their bills unpaid
But, fiston' / have the trade Of the
three Bew families on Linden Avenue,
and they pay cash Just look az ms
shelves every article pure, / stand
here and gaze about my store some.
times az nay wife does at her tulip bed
Ia the spring oh, this is a great bust
ness for a Tive man. a great '
3ut the man Who had failed had
turned TO "A farmer whO vas waiting
for his order Ia be filled.
Am | ever discouraged" repeated
the broad. shouldered young man. Why
I'm 50 busy planting aud harvesting
that haven't any time te think Of ny
self Come out To- Sunuymead some
day and IN show you my new barn
the finest In the county tell You It's +"
But the man 8ho had failed Was pass,
ing through The doorway Surely his
physician q man of many years, would
understand
Doctor he began, rs he entered
the sunny office. isn't your life very
hard al times When patients refuse
TO foIIoa yogr Instructions, aren't you
soreiy discouraged"
Discouraged cried the physician
THAT Ia a word ! haven't used for
years am busy man Look az those
books on spinal diseases that the ex
prcssmau brought this morning Mira
Tueman expects ne 10 cure little
Ruth
but don't your patients weary YOU
With their endless recital of symptoms,
real aud imagined"
Weary me- exclaimed the gray.
haired man. How could help nay
patients If did nol understand them
M my friend you are not going now
Tell nae what the trouble Ia with y0ul
The man Who had failed met the
searching eyes of his physician and ~.
turned 60 hta chair lie outlined briefly
and bitterly his failure In every Nork
that be- had undertaken since his grad
uation from college
What did you want mast to dn when
you were boy" asked his friend
ITO sell thingsl" replied the young
man almost fierceiy TO stand behind
a counter but my parents we're am
bilious They sent me to college II
was a great mistake had almost for.
gotten my boyIsh plans until vas In
grocery this morning bat | can't
Can't" cried the physician Cant
sell -four or hats or boots because YOU
have received a degree AZ forty even,
YOU could start on the lowest rung Of
the ladder and become successful
business man II you love the work
The profession or the business a man
enjoys and il fitted for may be- com.
pared Ia hts children. At times they
may cause him great anxiety, but be-
works for them tirelosaly however full
Of childish FRANKS they may be-, he
looks forward hopefully to their future,
and never loses his confidence Of their
SUCCESS At last
At thirty the man Who had failed
three times went forth 10 seek success
In a large department store be used his
education and bis knowlo,lPa Of the
World Ia selling mems Furnishings tie
bad no time for Encouragement for In
his spare moments hc was acquainting
himself with all phases Of his work At
forty be- held a position Of trust and
Importance III the firm
Don't y9u often get discouraged
a young man with troubled eyes asked
him enc day
Discouraged replied the man sho
had become n Success at forty Never
am trying to do maua work Tell