| Show from from the flag ot of our unton cn on iet let well enough alone A sketch for youma men iden a BY sylvanos SYLVANUS coss JR one ORB of the greatest greatest evils ine Int incident ident to the tha young mechanics an and business workmen of our country is 1 of frequent change of place and employment this characteristic is peculiar lo 10 yankee they seem content only while on ort the move this would be well weil enough if tho the tb modem nt were always onward but buh it id not so me Theyo young angman man who contracts the habit of often changing his business Is apt BPI to 9 gaia gala ain aia nothing in the end not only does a rolling stong stone gather father lo io 10 io moss but ia in time it must lose huab of oris ofis is own substance and eo so it is with the rolling bolling portion of our youth they not only gather no ri golden mos but they generally lose some sorna of their thein gatherings ll mt 11 a young mail man gain a goodface go good odiace place for employment and by and by leave have it for one more fl itter int ins and at lengh find bint hint self seif disappointed and ha be will ie be anxious for another change by the tim he has male three or four changes le ie will be sure to remain uneasy all the te tune time let us not be understood as objecting to all till change in this respect there must be many circumstances under which business changes are necessary A young man must always look out cut for that situation which ia is the iha most sure sere and at the same time most profitable but the danger is in allowing 1 fancy to bedazzled by every everk tempting ot r tha that t c mes ims up without due exercise exer ciss of the judgment A simple nar nan alive of real life wili will our nica alir lilg samuel peterson and henry wills wilis wil ii were boh of the same ag age and had learned their trade of the same sama mail man they were but a few months past thair thain twenty first year and were machinists by trade mr air lot merrill their employer was a staunch business ni anund every brunch branch of the trade and enjoying the tile confidence of the tiie community comm community unit ha ila was wealthy and influential and his word to all who knew him as a legal bond when samuel and henry heury were wera twenty one mr air merrill had ade them a very adv toRge gorgeous ous offer hi ile would pay them a dollar a oa ca for the next year give thiern all further necessary instruction and alid at tit the expiration of that Is 1 nei net if ll 11 they proved effir efficient lent lie he would do still betti bettt r by them you have been my apprentices boys lie said and and while you remain steady aud and industrious j I 1 will give yoa yon employment in preference to dil all che rhes rhe others ches s who are no better t tan ati you are I 1 will wiil eways i give preference to those who nho have learned ir trued t ie trade of me and more than thlin this I 1 may have some opportunities to let y u dolob work tt here you may make as es much as you ou call cn so tha iha you g mn went at tit work and for awhile they were botn both content five months thus pass p iss eda caaway and every saturday night they received their sli six dollars each sime thre miles below mr alt merrills mer Mar rills shop all ail and d on oil tile the same stream there stood a building winch which had ben been uen naly y put u for a cloth factor factory v but none of the machinery except the water wheel beel beef aud a few shafts had llad ever been beet put ill in A new company had hud bought the abt and aud ivele ei e basy busy in putting iu in machinery they were going to make a machine shop of it ouy oui bright spring lorning morning the good people saw flaming placards posted up at the tiie street corners and in tiie tha prin principal stores announcing that crafts co had opened a new machine shop where all hinds kinds of work pertaining to their profession aoud b bo done che cheaper aloer alper better and with more despatch than at any other place in the country A few davs after this eliisa a man called at samuel petersons boarding place ail ali announcing him bim saras f as mr alt crafts of the firm of crafts chumrey co and asked tl a young man to come arme and work for him of offering to pay him one dollar and a quarter qi q arter larter per day samuel told him hirn ho would give him hlin an answer the next d daiy diy ay iy tina was at noon so in the afternoon when he retura to the shop he went into the counting room and told mr air merrill of the offer well weil said sald sald said tile the old machinist 1 I have no blaim daim on your services after you have given me a weeks notice and I 1 wish you to do in his this as you think best I 1 cannot afford to pay you more than I 1 now do only ican lean I 1 call eail assure you yoa oa that you shall have some jobs to do this summer you know the advantages you have liere here you are sure of your pay of a permanent place while I 1 liveoa as much improvement in the business busin lusin asas as you have a mind tj to grasp and of ill lil increased pay when you shall shail have become more mo 1 re proficient of this new company I 1 know nothing i ag except that to you they are like a bird i in il tile the buh 1 yet I 1 arill venture one oua word of advice for I 1 know how apt young xoung men just jast comme commencing acing in lire are to be led away by daz ing euit edit offers rs before you in nike nuke ike any change il your business be bo sure you are ure going coing to better bitter yourself it if you are satis fia fi d on oil this point then go ahead samuel peterson bowed his head and poked the tile floor with his feet ed a few and when he looked up his face had llad thrown off every silde shade of doubt 11 1 I shall remain with you yon he stid s slid ild iid nor for ifor I 1 know what will be my fortune here and it is as much as I 1 have any cause to hope for mr merrill was much pleased with wll wil litlie tile tiie youths decision and he plainly said so shortly after henry willis came in and aud lie he also went to tiie tile cou con chuning ni iw room ile lle reini jed led there hill at ari hour and then came out and joined his companion sam said lie he with mith ail an air of importance ive had a new offer I 1 so have L I 1 returned samuel i 1 crabs cuen Curn frey co want me ego they want we rue ali ah bat they effir me a dollar arollar and twedt five i c ci n ants ts a day I 1 i IS sj they thay dj did me and nd have you yuu spoken to the od man about 1 if 1 yes I 1 and did lie he com come e to tarm I 1 I 1 what do vou ii i ool moi 1 why dd JA he lie efer to pay you the ex extra t ra quay terl no I 1 zwia ien irn we ii loth I 1 ith work to ther her the old imn ign i ibi iii vont wont ont budge i i cl ci I 1 offered to stay ll 11 hed wd p iy ay me as mu inu i 11 9 cants canns C abts off red rd but lie wooi wool wo i ti a 0 1 ii so I 1 j sl at told ild iid hirn I 1 should leave have V lat ilat I 1 oj 03 tell 1 h wh lil ill i d I 1 ye y henry I 1 have couck to h v where ft ahre I 1 0 1 vii vil giitl cirit tl not sta sla here add and work fora d r ra y when u cuu cut have adaar and a quarter r i fa I 1 dut cut that A t taw t ne thing IL 11 liiv Illy my if eliat place V i is me e nili alii ual it ip ivr v r other r re et rl t avit willi li t ng i s or if N ig 11 even ven ar at old oll and est est iliin ii t oid rid i 1 c ad aid be a il t of or per dermant mant t w wi n k tar tier lle ile the tho lie a i J rant bit t i il hi 11 at Is 1 11 ty 11 now c low tow i ow nothing of these thesa men I 1 ir r ill til or not or whether i i i A are aro eve t L 1 tu ti y offa L u a it L r rd r d a d iv tv now a nui nul u i ve may v v w i i in ili n i v ars ts and f g 1 0 e dat bat B h r V v h I 1 a wi ye irp rp v r it i 11 i it i vi fc ia 1 I rece nece j 1 t ro a i tr ir 1 I 1 r i I 1 ii iv tho tight ju t bough neuah nough of tills this to feel assured a i JI be bif st off here 1 I rii rit a i eor oiz to igl iol nr for s i ta 11 I 1 v r i n 1 I 1 L A her lire i it a f K a 0 i hinry litti ti nry I 1 wont adris advis vor for you aw an old as I 1 lain iain am but yet et I 1 think tike a too foo 1161 list step if you leave your od place liere here UP v P have bare the llie advantage of extending our knowledge of our business which we could not have haie in in einy any other oilier I 1 iane idne alid and we also know just what to ti belld uil uon ull we hate have here hene a plain piaia straight bunnies pal ph lh opened to us and we know we shall do well weil in it f our health is is spared and we know too that we are receiving all our labor is is actually worth I 1 mean in two months to be able to make and fit and aud hu fiath sh a vault door with wilh locis litis a md ud ail dil uno in to a year ear I 1 hope to be able to build a starn stara it st ara aro arn ew ei y tie tle no allt henry ur I 1 wont leave this phee alce for any uny an leh heh sudi situation as lis tile one we are speaking king of of I 1 veil well sam you can call do abou as you plase but I 1 shall quit at the tile end 0 tile the week and go at work for tile the new concern I 1 cant afford to tid lose tah hoffr lvis L t a see twenty give five ct cents ijas a dav day now between this tins and next new years gears therell br b lets three four light eight and ind that II 11 be thirteen and nine tweety gwei 1 two week weeks r be one 0 ie hundred and ind thirty two days da s just jast thirty I 1 three dollars now if we should ou know sam what welve been talking about I 1 yes I 1 kaow we c i twe tte c to ba be married next new year eartle eart th li barty I 1 i t dollars vill til ill be worth some thilla thil e ei h why yes ses es but then I 1 look beyond that if I 1 had no more of life to look for than up to next january I 1 might run the risk of some change but ds as it is I 1 think im better off as I 1 am at ch events I 1 am conten conlen contented ted here and so were you till this new aff r came carne up we both felt we were receiving all that hat we ought to receive rewire and nud and aud our ambition aguilion amu ilion vas was to merit more mare if we res reW lain iain jain here bere we shall shail surely gain all we deserve and what we do deserve we shall surely rec receive elve eive 1 0 0 that all sounds very well but I 1 say take the best beat ou on can get git so do 1 I 1 returned samuel and here the conversation I 1 several times during the week youn young willis approached his bis companion on the trying to get him h m to go and work for the neta nela ne finn firm but without effect 1 I 1 see s sud tid lid peterson at the last conversation i you are getting a spice of excitement into your I 1 system you will one of or these days love lore char chal change forthe for tiia ilia mere sake of change youn beilke tom packard one of the bt fellows fallows ihring but wo see how flow lie man inan gs lie ile lores change change has lias bacomo necessary to him let inui bial have the best business iu in the world and hed held leave elt eit it for the tiie first new thing that might turn up last year ile lie was making money in the express business I 1 usines us inos ines ile he owned four good horses clear cleur and was doing well but Butas as seon soon ti baseom bascom went to him 1 nn and opened his plan for that new liew bowling alev aley torn went rk right lit into inlo it ile he wanted something new and lie had it and losing all al lie he had of money to peddling next hell be driving a coach and he lie always ti livas con cou contrives trives to leave a good business as soon as some something eise cise is is offered Ilo llo however wever the week came round ani sni henry willis left his itis old oid employer and went at work for crafts comfrey Cuin Cum frey co and mr merrill put a new hand hadd iii ui his ins place ad advancing vancino one of the elder eider apprentice apprentices and taking a new one samuel peterson vvo w 0 ked kid on with renewed energy he ile had determined lied tied to merit the confidence of his employer pi and proe prove himself worthy of the advancement he lie aimed dt at lie ile often met henry and the latter iatter never filed fi ed to congratulate himself on the excellent pi place ice he lie hid had had obtained samuel was glad to heir he iu ir tnt int it soma some time in august near the first of or the month montil mr merrill ca 11 i d P t terson into hn his room simual simu fl said lie he 1 I have bare received receded an wi offer to put an ail iroll iron vault with double doors lato irto ibb ibe merchants bank bauk inner door to ba be triple plated with the fie middle plate of cast steel stoel llero herb is is a minute draft of what they want so faras far fsr as form and size is concerned you may take this and go up and ano look at the place where the vault is to be placed and then you ou can let ma me know if you ou feel feel competent to do it the Theo auth uth thanked his employer and then with a strangely flattering flut flat fluttering terin 9 heart retook betook the plan and withdrew he ila looked rover and ihen then th ell eli went up to the amik where lie he received all the information he desired and that evening h informed mr merrill that he could do it very well returned the master and now you shall shail have my proposition I 1 am to receive twelve hundred dundr d doll doil dollars irs orthe or the safety safet vault about three hm 1 ed of that must go for the locks and oid old some for 06 0 rr or matters beside sto stock awil I 1 ni I 1 give ie I 1 you two liu di d taud twenty dollars to mal mak il i and d yoo i iv ake take such help heip as vou you need 1 lj paying pacing timm t h uin te same BS I 1 am dying pity ng 1 jeor jeur F or instance if you use jones I 1 shall shmil deduct I 1 two doll doirs irs fr every ever dav day dd joa you use me him rind for or I 1 te intilli I 1 should deduct on a dolla dila yoa voa yo i under 1 alid aud dud but 3 ou on 1 ui 1 1 I 1 say h ay iy nothing of this tins to the ti e I 1 li ui u i soine so 0 uri uni urillar url lar r chivers col coi versi ton tun was led id i d on fin flu s IL eject and aud anen baguet was ready for his job 0 on the following morning he went at it he ile kept I 1 snaith smith at woi wot k with him nearly ne irly all the tile time tune I 1 olid and I 1 most molt of tile the time inns lie had others oi leers irias to licia 1 ip bill ha iio lade made ili iii il iii liiri oll oli 0 n lallis lalis rind mid drana I 1 t an hail I 1 erv fier orv t 01 ol the tle tl L j V work ork L 1 I iu U ill 11 ever evir cac te t e wol woi oi td t d 0 o i t fir hir li r thedoor the door was a splendid specimen ap pp citren of workmanship J hi in fact act both bo h of them ivere were the th outer I 1 door win i wis of polien poli poli poll cited ej ion iron I lon on w ts s m de 1 with l h ru e lais llis ills abid oli p lin tin i d hen 1 ben lie lle it vav dav ris ewt li a ds si loril i or in tf i i 1 0 0 i 1 i r i P e v it t t a i r i c i t g r i i while whiled the rest rast of the vault volt was under way ua at I 1 ngin the th work was as completed co api dpi td uld eidd te t e vault i t ol 01 D ba nuel qipei lieu I 1 le e 0 I 1 i nv 1 t tl e n i 1 11 id 1 not bot oln nin 1 it w s i a i j jers ers era to nwe ie ine lae it 11 s if rif rip f dogra sevra wih with 1 1 mr A r r mer Her bertill till 4 a P tb to a done and reckoned up the result of his I 1 is job ile lie had i on oil I 1 ibe fhe ile lle vault forty seven days dis I 1 ile lie had had smith to help belp him liim forny forty two days I 1 at oln dlo dollar per pep day gurt gurney ey twenty days at one guil cull ir r and iw tw nty five cents cems per day and joll join 3 eill eail t d tys ts at two dol do irs liars per day dav torn turn flere fiere t ieee reee ivele were five dollies to p kiy ay iy for g 1 I 1 ills ins u added idad up amounted to eighty eig elg it dollars doii dull baying b aying a blance balance in in his favor of otie one hundred and cind thirty two dollars I 1 well |
