Vietnam or Thailand ? Vote for the TOP Country of the Week !
Updated: June 10, 2025
With hanging heads and heaving flanks, the two cow-ponies followed. Frances and Pratt were scorched, and smutted from head to foot; and their throats were parched, too. "I hope I'll never have to take such another ride," admitted the young man from Amarillo. "Adventure is all right, Frances; but clerking in a bank doesn't prepare one for such a strenuous life."
The Hauler-In is now Clerking and trying to Hold Out enough to give him another Start. MORAL: Lower Broadway is not New England. The Subject of this Fable started out in Life as a Town Cut-Up. He had a keen Appreciation of Fun, and was always playing Jokes. If he wanted a few Gum-Drops he would go into the Candy Store and get them, and then ask the Man if he was willing to take Stamps.
Until he was fourteen, he remained on the farm with his father, at which time he commenced clerking in a store in Brownville, Jefferson Co., N. Y., and remained four years. He then came to Cleveland and at once engaged as a clerk with Alexander Sacket, who was then carrying on business on Superior Street, precisely where Mr. Beckwith's carpet store now stands. After two years with Mr.
The fellow spoke again in a low tone, but beyond a slight compressing of her lips she did not seem to hear him. Without a word, Bannon came forward, took him by the arm, and led him out of the door. "Let's see," he said, "you're the man that was clerking here." There was no reply. "And your name's what?" "Briggs." "Well, Mr. Briggs, did you get a message from me?"
After buying him out I rented an office and store room of my own at 243 State street where I am still located, and began a genuine wholesale jewelry business. While traveling in Northern Michigan I came across a young man clerking in a dry-goods store in a small iron-mining town, who expressed a desire to go on the road for me as traveling agent.
"Well, don't tell me so," she answered a trifle ungraciously. "Miss Dear is cross to-day," Sheila explained. "The milk did not come for Gaspard to make the poor people's custard, crême renversé, he makes deliciously good, and we give it to the clerking girls." "The buttermilk cultures were bad," Nancy said. "And I wasn't able to get any of the preparations of it, that I can trust.
"I suppose we could take him," said Abigail, seeing that the decision was virtually made already; "there's the corner room, which we don't often use. Only, if he should get worse on our hands " "Friend Speakman says there's no danger. He is only weak-breasted, as yet, and clerking isn't good for him. I saw the young man at the store. If his looks don't belie him, he's well-behaved and orderly."
Gentlemen-immigrants usually think they may find work of a congenial sort, such as clerking, assisting in a store, or some occupation of the kind in the city. That is a mistake; while yet they are new-chums there is but one thing for them to do to go away into the bush and labour with their hands.
But I know clerking in a country store ain’t much of a job for a college graduate, and I’m glad you’ve found something better.” “I’m glad if I’ve been of any use to you,” replied Irving. “I know you didn’t expect I would be when you took me in. And your giving me this chance has meant that I could stay on here and tutor Lawrence this summer and at the same time pay all my living expenses.
If there are any pickings at all, trust Speedy; don't let the creditors get wind of what there is. I helped you when you were down, help me now. Don't deceive yourself; you've got to help me right now or never. I am clerking, and not fit to cipher. Mamie's typewriting at the Phoenix Guano Exchange, down town. The light is right out of my life. I know you'll not like to do what I propose.
Word Of The Day
Others Looking