Jasper County Democrat, Volume 8, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 April 1905 — Not a Typical Merchant. [ARTICLE]

Not a Typical Merchant.

One of our busy dry goods merchants had a habit of getting into a spasm of rage and drawing bis pen through the name of any employee against whom he imagined be had a momentary grudge, the act meaning immediate discharge. It chanced that a young woman Was absent for three days owing to the death of her mother. Outside of the regular compulsory vacation It was the only time she bad been away from the store In ten years. On her return she was informed that her services were no longer needed. She pleaded to be reinstated, but the merchant said: "Our business must go on. We cannot wait until you bury your dead. This store never doses.” A few years later the only son of tills flint heart died, and the girl wrote this letter: “You discharged me because I remained at home long enough to bury my mother, saying: ‘Our business must go on. We cannot wait until you. bury your dead. This store never doses.’ Perhaps, sir, you may now be able to dose your store and make time to bury your dead!”—New York Press.