After the President left St. Louis
A PICTORIAL SERMONETTE
The Poor Country Boy of To-day May Be the Powerful Magnate of To-morrow, So Be Careful Whom You Turn Down.
“No, young man, I can’t give you a position. You have no experience, and I won’t be bothered teaching beginners. Good-day, sir.”
“Well, the firm is going to put me in charge of their western business next week. That’s pretty good for my first five years.”
Twenty Years Later—“Hello! I wonder what Hornbeck wants. Perhaps he’s returning the call I paid him twenty-five years ago.”