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3 asked Mr. Winslow, with something like hODfl in his fcniifl nf vnlpfi. NASS HAAS, "So did answered Mr. Winslow. "Hut had forgotten a small investment made' "Mr.

Winslow," returned the visitor, aking the merchant's hand and grasping it DEALERS IN warmly. ears ago, have spoken of it to you As the two men sat down together, vthe before." Hardware, Stoves and Tinware one addressed as Mr. Davis said: The other looked slightly puzzled. "Have you forgotten that investment in 710 Commercial ATCHISON, KANSAS. "1 was sorry to learn a little while ago hat you will lose by this failure in "Heavily.

It has ruined me," replied the charity fund which you thought money thrown away." Mr. Winslow." "Oh!" Light broke in upon his mind. "Not so bad as that, I hope," said Mr. "You educated Davis. I remember well, now." Davis.

J. H. FRAZIER DEALER IN Groceries, Provisions, Flour AND 1151X Tel. It has removed the last prop that "And Davis, hearing of my extremity, I leaned on, Mr. Davis -the very last one "It is too true," was the answer.

"The Celeste arrived this morning and her letter bag was delivered at the post office half an hour ago. Have you received nothing by her?" 'I was not aware of her arrival; but-I will send immediately for my letters." Too true was the information communicated by the friend. The large commission house of Toledo Co. had failed, and protested drafts had been returned, to a very heavy amount. Mr.

Winslow '4vas among the sufferers, and to an extent that was equivalent to ruin because it threw back upon him the necessity of lifting over fifteen thousand dollars of protested paper, when his line of payments was already full up to his utmost ability. For nearly Ave years everything had seemed to go against Mr. Winslow. At the beginning of that neriod a son whom he stepped forward and saved me. That was the best investment I ever made." and now the worst must come to the worst.

The friend dropped his eyes to the pave It is impossible for me to take up fifteen Cor. Fifth and S. Streets, ATCHISON, KAS. thousand dollars' worth of returned drafts." ment, stood for a moment or two without speaking, sighed, and then moved on. How BARTON GRATIGNY, 7(ili Commovclnl Atchison many opportunities for making similar investments had he riot neglected 1 'Fifteen thousand is the amount "Yes." Mr.

Davis smiled encouragingly. "If that is all," aid he, "there is no diffi Drugs, Medicines, Chemicals culty in the way. I can easily get you the Education and Business. money." AND FANCY GOODS. Prescriptions a Specialty.

Mr. Winslow stared, and a warm flush Give all the years to study that you can. went over his face. A college education will make you a better "Why didn't you come to me?" asked Mr. blacksmith, a better farmer, a better car Davis, "the moment you found yourself in such a difficulty.

Surely and his voice slightly trembled, "surely, you did not penter. Other things being equal natural ability, industry, ambition, tact, application of two men, the college man will be the better equipped man for any work in which BRADLEY OSTERTAG DEALERS IN Boots, Shoes and Rubber Goods SPECIAL PRICES TO STUDENTS. 719 Commercial ATCHISON, KANSAS think it possible for me to forget the past! Do not 1 owe you everything? and would had set up in business failed, involving him in a heavy loss. Then one disaster after another had followed, until he found himself in imminent danger of failure. From this time he turned his mind to the consideration of his affairs with more earnestness than ever, and made every transaction with a degree of prudence and foresight that seemed to guarantee success in whatever he attempted.

A deficient supply of flour caused him to venture a large shipment to Rio. The sale was at a handsomely remunerative profit, but the failure of his con not I be one of the basest of men if I forgot i -r i 9 he may engage. One day last week I took a drive with my oDiigationy your neea were xwice a fifteen thousand, and it required the divis farmer up "York He wore ion of my last dollar, not a hair of your head "tailor-made" clothes, kid gloves, long cuffs, swell collar, and a high hat. He should be injured. I did not know that it was possible for you to get into an extrem drove a stepper to a cart that made you fee signees before the payment of his drafts ity like this until I heard it whispered a lit tie while ago." proud and rich.

His farm paid for all these things. When he wanted to go to the circus So unexpected a turn in his affairs com he bought a dollar seat and went. He for proceeds eutirely prostrated him. So hopeless did the merchant consider his case that he did not even make an effort to get temporary aid in his extremity. pletely unmanned Mr.

Winslow. He cov didn't drive to town seventeen miles on ered his face and wept for some time with jag of wood, to sell it for 50 cents. He the uncontrollable passion of a child. farmed because he liked the business, loved When the friend of Mr. Winslow came "Ah sir," he said at last in a broken voice, with the information that the house of country life, and there was money in it He was a graduate of Cornell University 'I did not expect this, Mr.

Davis." Wn Viorl a rioriit tr ftYnfint it. anirl t.Via I and that is the kind of a farmer he was. young man. "were i to ao Jess man sus Toledo Co. had failed, the latter was searching about in his mind for the means of lifting about five thousand dollars7 worth of paper which fell due on that day.

He it stands to reason tnat the more a man knows, the more sense he has, the better fitted he is for any position, except that of a tain you in an extremity not too great for my ability I would be unworthy the name of man. And now, Mr. Winslow, be at rest. You need not fall under this blow. had two thousand dollars in bank; the bal petit juror.

Of course there are some boys whom you ance of the sum would have to be raised by borrowing. He had partly fixed upon the resources from which this was to come, Your drafts will probably come back to you can't educate. There are some boys who tomorrow." can learn books by heart; who go to college, when the news of his ill-fortune arrived. and graduate go to university, and gradu "Yes. Tomorrow at the latest." "Very well.

1 will see that you are pro Yes, it. was ruin. Mr. Winslow saw that in a moment, and his hands fell powerless by his side. He made no further effort to vided with the means to lift them.

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LAUNDRY IS THE BEST AND MOST POPULAR PLACE FOR SUPERIOR LAUNDRY WORK. ATCmSON1" KAS 0' RI)NNING' TELEPHONE 425. PROPRIETOR towards your payments of today, just let me know." lift his notes, but, after his mind had a tie recovered fro its shock, he left his store and retired to his home to seek in its quiet the calmness and fortitude of which ate; go to Europe, and nnisn; and come home knowing so much less than they did when they went away that they are disqualified even for sitting on a coroner's jury. If you are that kind of a boy, which you are not, why, of course, you had better not go to school at all. Schools are conducted for the purpose of furnishing instruction for the mind; they don't agree to furnish the mind, too.

You have to take that to school with you. Selected. he stood so greatly in need. In this home were his wife and two daughters, who all their lives had enjoyed the many external comforts and elegaucies that wealth can procure. The heart of the father ached as his eyes rested upon his children and he thought of the sad reverses that awaited What a Comma Can Do, them.

On entering his dwelling Mr. Winslow sought the partner of his life and communi cated to her without reserve the painful in telligence of his approaching failure. "Is it indeed so hopeless?" she asked, tears filling her eyes. "I am utterly prostrated," was the reply in a voice that was full of anguish. And in "1 can probably get through today by my own efforts," said Mr.

Winslow. "Probably? How much do you want?" asked Mr. Davis. "In the neighborhood of three thousand dollars." "I will send you round a check for that sum immediately," promptly returned the young man, rising as he spoke and drawing forth his watch. "It is nearly two o'clock now," he added, "so I will bid you good day.

In fifteen minutes you will find a check at your stfae." And with this, Davis retired. All this, which passed in a brief space of time, seemed like a dream to Mr. Winslow. He could hardly realize its truth. Hut it was a reality, and he comprehended it more fully when, on reaching his store, he found there the promised check for three thousand dollars.

On the next day the protested drafts came in, but thanks to the grateful'kindness of Mr. Davis, now a merchant with the command of large money facilities, he was able to take them up. The friend before introduced was less fortunate. There was no one to step forward and save him from ruin, and he sank under the sudden pressure that upon him. A few days after his failure he met Mr.

Winslow. "How is this?" said he. "How did you weather the storm that drove me under? I thought your condition as hopeless as the bitterness of the moment the unfortu nate merchant wtung his hands. To Mrs. Winslow the shock, so unex cected, was very severe, and it was some time before her mind, after her husband's WEBER An English educational journal relates this story, which carries its own application A Prussian school inspector appeared in the office of the burgomaster of a little town for the purpose of asking him to accompany him on a tour of inspection through the schools.

The burgomaster, rather out of sorts, muttered, "Does this donkey come again?" The inspector waited his time for a proper answer, according to the immortal advice, "Vengeance is a dish that must be eaten cool." When the inspector was introduced to the teacher, he said he was curious to see how well punctuation was taught. The burgomaster, the local supervisory authority, said: "Nevermind that; we care naught for commas and the like." But the inspector ordered a boy to go to the board and write: "The burgomaster of K. says, the inspector is a donkey." Then he ordered him to change the comma by placing it after and inserting one after inspector. Thus: "The burgomaster of says the inspector, is a donkey." It was a cruel lesson, but it is reasonable to suppose that commas rose in the estimation of the "local supervisory authority." announcement, acquired any degree calmness. DEALER IN About half an hour after Mr.

Winslow's rfiturn home, and while both his own hear and that of his wife were quivering with CLOTHING Gents' Furnishing- Goods pain, a servant came and said that a gentle man had called ana wisnea to. see mm. uwhn is it?" asked the merchant. "Wha AND i namfl did he give?" Merchant Tailoring. "1 did not understand his name," replied the servant.

Mr Winslow forced as much externa composure as was possible and then de 517 COMMERCIAL ATCHISON, KANSAS scended to the parlor. "Mr. Davis," he said on entering. mine..