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Show OBEYED THE JIULES.I HOW TOM JOHNSON STARTED ' ON ROAD TO FOHTUNC. Ill Rapid Mm In LaoUtlilo. Kf., (torn i , OfflM Uor to sjo,porlatndoal of a ' rllraol Hallway Sa.tch of Cl.t.UncUl llllllooalro llajor. I f - They tell stories in IxjiiUtHIc about the start which Tom Johnson, recently ' elected mayor of Clcvland. made there on hla nad to fortune Ho went ther.-at ther.-at the ago of 14 and secured employ ment as an office boy at 12 n wwk In n foundry. Ilia Unties consisted of keep. Ing the ofllco clean, running errands and picking up odd scraps that pit Into other iooplo'a way. 11 dii Pont who waa part owner of the foundry aa the Induatrloua office boy 4ruslt one day Into tlia atrcct, pick up n bll of Iron nnd, returning throw It on tho scrap heap Inside. When the boy reentered re-entered the offlcc, MrJ du'l'ont said to ' " him: "Why did you do Hint, my win' ' "Why, air," auld Tom, a bit t-mbar-TOiued, "there was no 'use wasting It. i They can put It In tho furnace and use It over again." i "Well, I Jtut think I ran use you, ( joung man, In the street car business How would )Oii llko to corao hi I? a -week?" Young Johnaon ncccptcd the IS raise with alacrity. Mr. du Pont contrail! the Fourth nvcnuo nnd Walnut street line. One barn was at Eighteenth and Walnut streets and at Fourth avenue ' and Main streets was tbo drawing sta. tlon. All tbo rara of the system, bad to pnaa there, and It was there that the money was draw n from tho big, clumsy Jioxcs Into which tho fares vera dropped One of tho rules of the com--pany was that oa each bag of money was drawn, tho drawer must carry It i Into the office, put It Into the safe and Close the door. To this rulo Johnson '; owed his promotion from ofUco boy. 1 ' Mr, du Pont was seldom at the draw ing station during the day, nnd In time tho drawers grew careless. No ona had access to the; room but tho draw-' draw-' rs, arid knowing one another to ho honest, they formed tho habit of care- Ilcssly throwing the hags of money on , tho floor and piling them all Into tin sate In n heap nt thn end of tho day or when they thought Mr. du Pont , might bo around. One dny the chief J drawer was III nnd young Johnaon the I ' ofllco boy was sent by Mr. du Pant ifrom Eighteenth and Walnut streets to Fourth and Main atreeta to help out Johnson read tho rules and In drawing tho bag of money from the first car, lio bounded up tho steps to the room, 1 opened tho safe, threw In the money and slammed tho door. I ..-- 4iWhaLlnhlslllai-vrttMt . fort" demanded tho bookkeeper.' ' J "The rules say so," answered tho i tub-drawer over his shoulder as ho I ran down tho steps to meet another ' car. , The same thing was repeated a dozen ' times. Then tho bookkeeper wheeled around nnd demanded: I ; "Don't you think I'm honestT Do 1 ' you think I want to steal any of that 1 d d money?" 1 ' "Dunno," nnswered Johnson, "but : tho rulo says, 'Put tho bag In the safe v nnd shut tho door,' and that's what ' I'm going to do whither you llko It or not." Tho bookkeeper Jumped off Ml stool . Just as Mr. du I'ont stepped In. "What'a nil this row aboutt" ho asked, "This young fool la acting as If he . thought I was trying to steal your ' money," tho bookkeeper replied. "I was Just obeying tho rule, Mr. du Tont," apoko up young Johnson. "Hero it Is," and ho showed tho president of tho company tho rule." "AH right, my boy," said Mr. du Tont, "since you obey the rules so well I'll mako you chief drawer right now," Two yeara later, when ho wan 17, Johnson was superintendent of the road. Utlca Qlobe |