Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to His Son | Page 2

old man gives him a pat on the back--but not too hard a one. 177
XIV. From John Graham, at the Union Stock Yards in Chicago, to his son, Pierrepont, at The Travelers' Rest, New Albany, Indiana. Mr. Pierrepont has taken a little flyer in short ribs on 'Change, and has accidentally come into the line of his father's vision. 191
XV. From John Graham, at the Union Stock Yards in Chicago, to his son, Pierrepont, at The Scrub Oaks, Spring Lake, Michigan. Mr. Pierrepont has been promoted again, and the old man sends him a little advice with his appointment. 209
XVI. From John Graham, at the Schweitzerkasenhof, Karlsbad, Austria, to his son, Pierrepont, at the Union Stock Yards, Chicago. Mr. Pierrepont has shown mild symptoms of an attack of society fever, and his father is administering some simple remedies. 223
XVII. From John Graham, at the London House of Graham & Co., to his son, Pierrepont, at the Union Stock Yards in Chicago. Mr. Pierrepont has written his father that he is getting along famously in his new place. 243
XVIII. From John Graham, at the London House of Graham & Co., to his son, Pierrepont, at the Union Stock Yards in Chicago. Mr. Pierrepont is worried over rumors that the old man is a bear on lard and that the longs are about to make him climb a tree. 259
XIX. From John Graham, at the New York house of Graham & Co., to his son, Pierrepont, at the Union Stock Yards in Chicago. The old man, on the voyage home, has met a girl who interests him and who in turn seems to be interested in Mr. Pierrepont. 275
XX. From John Graham, at the Boston House of Graham & Co., to his son, Pierrepont, at the Union Stock Yards in Chicago. Mr. Pierrepont has told the old man "what's what" and received a limited blessing. 301
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ILLUSTRATIONS
By F. R. GRUGER and B. MARTIN JUSTICE
1. "Young fellows come to me looking for jobs and telling me what a mean house they have been working for." Frontispiece
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2. "Old Doc Hoover asked me right out in Sunday School if I didn't want to be saved." 4
3. "I have seen hundreds of boys go to Europe who didn't bring back a great deal except a few trunks of badly fitting clothes." 20
4. "I put Jim Durham on the road to introduce a new product." 38
5. "Old Dick Stover was the worst hand at procrastinating that I ever saw." 50
6. "Charlie Chase told me he was President of the Klondike Exploring, Gold Prospecting, and Immigration Company." 62
7. "Jim Donnelly, of the Donnelly Provision Company, came into my office with a fool grin on his fat face." 72
8. "Bill Budlong was always the last man to come up to the mourners' bench." 84
9. "Clarence looked to me like another of his father's bad breaks." 98
10. "You looked so blamed important and chesty when you started off." 128
11. "Josh Jenkinson would eat a little food now and then just to be sociable, but what he really lived on was tobacco." 146
12. "Herr Doctor Paracelsus Von Munsterberg was a pretty high-toned article." 166
13. "When John L. Sullivan went through the stock yards it just simply shut down the plant." 184
14. "I started in to curl up that young fellow to a crisp." 200
15. "A good many salesmen have an idea that buyers are only interested in funny stories." 216
16. "Jim Hicks dared Fatty Wilkins to eat a piece of dirt." 248
17. "Elder Hoover was accounted a powerful exhorter in our parts." 268
18. "Miss Curzon, with one of his roses in her hair, watching him from a corner." 294
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+------------------------------+ | No. 1 | +------------------------------+ | From John Graham, at | | the Union Stock Yards | | in Chicago, to his son, | | Pierrepont, at Harvard | | University, Cambridge, | | Mass. Mr. Pierrepont has | | just been settled by his | | mother as a member, in | | good and regular standing, | | of the Freshman class. | +------------------------------+

LETTERS from a SELF-MADE MERCHANT to his SON
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CHICAGO, October 1, 189-
Dear Pierrepont: Your Ma got back safe this morning and she wants me to be sure to tell you not to over-study, and I want to tell you to be sure not to under-study. What we're really sending you to Harvard for is to get a little of the education that's so good and plenty there. When it's passed around you don't want to be bashful, but reach right out and take a big helping every time, for I want you to get your share. You'll find that education's about the only thing lying around loose in this world, and that it's about the only thing a fellow can