Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-04
Business Career
Of Peter Flint
A Story of Salesmanship
by Harold Whitehead


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DULY MURRAY cam" To- me- "a" iii>'
ID thing This morning aud said. say. Flint.
lm awfullv sorry YOU got in 80 bad WIN
tiiN. told him Yesterday II was ~ muc1
NV rault a. Yours, and that I was willing
to nay hair tl" pri"" "r the china plates YOU
broke
"Wha' did h" say" I asked
"ltc said lac wouldn't lct me- do that
you'd have 10 pay for them ~ q l'sFon'
"ir"w muca were the, ." asked indir-
''rnH dollars aud eighteen ccuts to YOU"
Two dollar. aud cign,cou cents"
gaspcd.
sure" rrplisd ntly. what did YOU think
"Oh I puo,, that's about right" an.
swcrcd. and thou walked abruptly away
havc bccu rNtravaEaut tnis M."k aud
have had to borrow couple Of dollars from
uy laudlady. which I must pay back ",i
saturday. lets SOC, that $40 for room rcni'
Thats sli1S which leaves me only uinct!
two cents for ail nest week. That's S"inE
TO- 6r n'TtN tough ." rG 'IoT h,I hNr nrSy. ST
iscd to take Rosie to the movies tonight TO
make up fOr bciug 50 grumpy to her night
before last. Then remembered baulel Moss
the money lcudor-I had to pay him u dol.
lar against his loan Of $50, ! realized |
could not possibly do it. I would hc eighteen
couldn't help II. Here was L. who iow
short weeks aso had all the money needed.
dreamed possible. Then ! decided would
just give my laudladv dollar and would
give hcr tn" remainder WccE Iaior. fil
what am I going 10 do with Rosie" can't
take hcr ont and | cant lot hcr know that
my folks are 80 mean as to let me almost
starNc
remembered the letter Mother wrote me
few days ago, in which She SAID pad
one phrase burned itself into my brain. THIS
is IL: "Remombcr my hoy, that We love
YOU dearly. hut you have to iight your own
battles. and what you become is the result
of what you do, 50 do right and YOU VIII
become Il respected, successful citizen.
What YOU become is the result OF what
YOU dn''-thosc words repeated themseyes
again and again in my brain What had !
done that | should become so worried and
wish that Father had never given me n
letter to these peoplc-I could have got a
day If it wasn't that Dad might st"r even
the Ten a week he sends me If ! did. | shall
bc mighty glad when Monday comes SO
that I can get into another department; and
perhaps if | can get away from Phillips. who
never liked me, and Billy Murray who. !
cannot help feeling, douhlc-crossod mo !
get into the carpet department with Boyn-
ton. There's q follow who would help me !
know | wonder which department
I shall 90 into and then a thought occurred
ia mc--supposc Benton fired me! My heart
almost stood still ~ the thought. What
would father do? | don't think ! could face
Dad II I got fred from a Job, These and
similar thoughts were in my mind all day.
with the result that I made hlunder after
bIundcr and Flip was continually correcting
me | uotic" however. he didn't call me
down much. but his voice was as cold as ice
cvorv time he spoke to me. l know ] was
negligent 'nll day. hut ! just couldn't help
IT, | made one very bad biuuder. Gus
| TONER bought some kitchen goods. tho
amount Of which was three ScNcnty-ilve
| made a mistake in the addition and made it
| two seVerAy-fve The customer noticed 1t
| and gave me the other dollar back. | was
| ilst wondering what I ought To do with IL
whether should make ont . fresh sales
| sliu or merely send it mp in The cash carrier
explaining what il was tor. when Phillips
came along and said: What are doing with
| that?
I started hcCauS" ! didn't know he was
| 50 near me. or course, | told him what II
| was and asked him what TO do with II. lie
| smiled in such grim way that ! know he
thought I had done II on purpose and was
| irving to steal the money.
| ~ may have made some blunders, but In
not thief" ! said TO him. You don't think
| | was SWipng it, do YOU"
oh no, OF course not answered Flip
| and he walked away.
! Every move I make here seems to get me
| dnener and deeper into disgrace.