Show T the he old settler my dear san Jua ners it was the third thir 1 time in five wars that I 1 had gone down among the farms and towns of that valley I 1 ly and at once I 1 began hearing again as lefore before a continuous reference to t old brad what he had done and what he do this th ng went because he said so and that thing move for want of his sanction his name was ivas aasc associated with the big cannery the county creamery banks gristmills grist mills farms mortgages enterprises terp rises everything who was he anyway and where did he live I 1 wanted to see him it would be well worth while with i t man mail as important as that to see i his face and hear his story I 1 was ure sure hs he could make some valuable contribution to my philosophy I 1 ascertained that he w was is brad I 1 ford bradley I 1 coull find his home I 1 ion on the edge of one of the smaller I 1 towns in the north end of the valley his home would of course cours e be 1 t mansion very classy and brigd fr iad but I 1 had escaped unhurt from ITS hs kir kirl kind l of place before and I 1 was game to go again 1 his home a mansion at ill not much better than my own I 1 humble dwelling but it was in a veritable veri taule paradise of trees and shrubs and grass and flowers and i old prid brid aimse f in appearance was as common an old stick as 1 I nn ani I 1 when he looked up swea sweat be grimed from his gar I 1 found him working I 1 wondered if he was really the man I 1 had been hunting for half a day yes s sr r im bradley he an slavered 0 od 1 brad and he smiled in amused toleration of the name by which he was vas known as he pulled off his h s hat to rub the perspiration from his bald head what can I 1 do for you I 1 wanted his story and he beckoned me over to the sha e of cf a tree this talk about my being a great financier is all hooey he clec declared lared with too much positive disgust to be m staken for modest disavowal if I 1 got thail that silly noton out of my head long iong ago I 1 would have been sunk il in ri ar ai i 1 debt when my piti oble blunders finally convinced me I 1 was as anything but a financier I 1 goat got a few safe rules to follow like a 1 bleul man following a tight rope I 1 and what I 1 h have ave done in following those simple rules is no more than adv man with ordinary sense and a little resolution can do i im a gardiner a natural born continued on page four 1 a A 1 ili laiwa iii it tied aid ironi na rae 1 1 1 1 tha kind of work I 1 want to do and it is about the tily illy work I 1 can do well my financial operations arp are conventional done according to tu me e safe rules that any man can to fo low if his head swelled the proud notion that he be is a financier my first rule iule was vas however little I 1 earned a day to save sava part of it until my savings would bear as much interest a day as my wages then I 1 would be drawing the wages of two men instead of the wages of one all the wages of this second mccond man were left to become a third man its a sura way to get ahead among my other convent linal rules was go hungry and r cov if necessary lut dont go in t have gilt edge security for all of your investments and if you want a thing done dona safely and well deal only with men of honor and ability As my money increased it got into all the safe industries in the valley and what I 1 said went because my operations were according to safe rules I 1 but bat get this first of all if you want to know about me im no financier financil er if I 1 f found that out I 1 would never have reached first base ALBERT R LYMAN |