Show I Hictself He Had Made Mistaken Hlcaielf A Boston capitalist who is a leading merchant as well a8a large owner cf real estate is noted for the interest he takes in young men in clerical positions Once a frightened bank cashier waited upon him to say that by the mistake of one of the clerks acheckof the merchants mer-chants had got into the pfgeon hole marked protested As Mr Millions might have heard a rumor that his check had been protested the cashier hastened to explain and said that he would discharge promptly the young man that make the mistake And why discharge him sir mildly asked Mr Millions Because he put your check in the protested box It is a good many years said Mr Millions as he tilted back in his office chair and after his fashion harpooned his blotting pad with his pen ince I was a young man but my memory ia that I sometimes made mistakes If I had been discharged for every mistake I made I should not have made my fortune for-tune The young man whose mistake is pointed out to him and forgiven is the most careful man in the office ever afterwards af-terwards I think my business relations with your bank are likely to be prolonged pro-longed if the young man is not discharged dis-charged II And the young man was not discharged dis-charged Boston Traveller |