Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1920-05-20
Not Quite Indispensable.

81 hear that Herbert Pickett has
thrown up his job with the Boynton
Company" said Isaac Mason.
IL suppose the business will SO on
same as usual" Hiram Stubbs return
cd dryly.
Well, if it does, guess it will be
kind Of surprise to Herbert" said
Isaac. AS figure it out, he got it
into his head that they couldn't get
along without him. He'll learn in
time that he isn't quite indispenS-
able"
For thar matter, who is ?" put in
Jacob Marrow. Il calculate there is
nobody on a job that somebody else
couldn't DO as well, or better"
Hiram Stubs laughed. Make me
think of Sam Green over at Bcrry'S
Falls he said. sam wasn't what
you'd call an all-round capable sort of
man; but thsre was one thing that
he thought he could Dc better than
anybody else, and that was To beat the
bass drum. He was big fellow and
looked well in uniform; and when
there was a procession and Sam would
come Strutting along, pounding on that
drum, the rest of the band didn't seem
to be of much consequence.
well, one day Sam got mad at
something, and he told the leader that
he would have to find some one else to
play the drum. From remarks that he
made outside, it appeared that he
thought the band would be broken up
But 1t wasn't. There was Young chap
named Perkins, not overnight. who
had been in the habit of following the
band and watching Sam play For all
he was ONLY 4 half-wit, he had an ear
for music, or at any rate for time.
and the leader let him try his hand
At the drum.
well, the first time Nand ap-
pcarcd on the street after that, there
was Perkins, staggering along ant
making that old drum talk better than
/ Sam ever had Sam was on the side
walk. watching, and they said he turned
all kind of yellow when he saw who
was taking his place"
81 guess Sam isn't the only one who
has had a jolt to his pride under sim
liar circumstances" said Isaac
Speaking of Herbert if had been
/ going to give him advice when he
started in with the Boynton Com
pany, should have said: Now
Herbert, don't you go to putting too
! high valuation on Yourself You'll
he only one little cog in the wheel. The
BOynton Company were on the spot
before you Joined them, and probably
will be there after you're gone Above
SAIL, if you ever do get to the point
where YOU imagine that they need you
more than you need them, don't let
them know that you think so; if you
do, they may try to find out just how
we'll they can get along withOu you
"Well, dunno" said old Mr. Pottlc
Generally speaking, believe should
put il little different to young
fellow just starting out.
"'Try to make Yourself indispcns-
able should say. OF course you
won't completely succeed nobody
can. But if you aim at that, you are
more likely to make yourself at least
valuable.
"And try to cultivate plenty of self
esteem | should tell him. You don't
need to show it off before folks; but
think highly of your capacity and char
acter. and then see that you come up
TO your own estimate"
"Well, there" said Horace Marks,
who had been a silent but interested
listener, 81 shouldn't wonder if that
was about the line Herbert has been
carrying out | met the treasurer of
the Boynton Company yesterday
q cousin Of mine,-and he told me they
thought lot OF Herbert. To be sure,
they wouldn't stand in the way of his
interests. Herbert is leaving to take
position with larger concern. II
was largely on their recommendation
that he got the place"
$50 that was the way OF it" said
Isaac Mason.
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