"Do you know that signature?" said
the old man with a gleam in his eye. Now it was the teller's turn to
feel wretched. "Pay five hundred and fifty thousand--Babbit, soap man!
oh! what an idiot I am!" All this went through his head. The president,
the cashier, abased themselves before the irate old man. It was all a
mistake! They assured him! They assured him! Beg pardon! Impertinence of
new teller. And a' that, and a' that. But it would not do! The money
went to another bank, and a business worth thousands of dollars annually
was lost, together with the natural prestige of such patronage. There
was what I should call
A CASE OF BILLIARD-ROOM MANNERS,
and a costly one. Drop that style. Says Bishop Horne: "It is expedient
to have an acquaintance with those who have looked into the world; who
know men, understand business, and can give you good intelligence and
good advice when they are wanted." "He that walketh with wise men" says
the Bible, "shall be wise; but a companion of fools shall be destroyed."
Try to frequent the company of your betters. Good books are safe
companions.
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