. The Americanization of Edward Bok : the autobiography of a Dutch boy fifty years after . orning. The third check was treated the same way. When theboys handed him the fourth, one morning, as he waspinning it up over the others, he asked: When do youget your money from the newspapers? He was told that the bills were going out that morningfor the four letters constituting a months service. I see, he remarked. A fortnight passed, then one day Mr. Beecher asked: Well, how are the checks coming in?Very well, he was assured. Suppose you let me see how much youve got in, hesuggested, and the boys b
. The Americanization of Edward Bok : the autobiography of a Dutch boy fifty years after . orning. The third check was treated the same way. When theboys handed him the fourth, one morning, as he waspinning it up over the others, he asked: When do youget your money from the newspapers? He was told that the bills were going out that morningfor the four letters constituting a months service. I see, he remarked. A fortnight passed, then one day Mr. Beecher asked: Well, how are the checks coming in?Very well, he was assured. Suppose you let me see how much youve got in, hesuggested, and the boys brought the accounts to him. 82 THE AMERICANIZATION OF EDWARD BOK After looking at them he said: Thats very interest-ing. How much have you in the bank? He was told the balance, less the checks given to I havent turned them in yet, he , you have enough in bank to meet the checksyou have given me, and a profit besides, havent you? He was assured they had. Then, taking his bank-book from a drawer, he un-pinned the six checks on his desk, indorsed each thus: fytztU,. wrote a deposit-slip, and, handing the book to Edward,said: Just hand that in at the bank as you go by, willyou? Edward was very young then, and Mr. Beechersmethods of financiering seemed to him quite in line withcurrent notions of the Plymouth pastors lack of busi-ness knowledge. But as the years rolled on the incidentappeared in a new light—a striking example of the greatpreachers wonderful considerateness. Edward had offered to help Mr. Beecher with his cor-respondence; at the close of one afternoon, while he waswith the Plymouth pastor at work, an organ-grinderand a little girl came under the study window, A cold,driving rain was pelting down. In a moment Mr. it a STARTING A NEWSPAPER SYNDICATE 83 Beecher noticed the girPs bare toes sticking out of herworn shoes. He got up, went into the hall, and called for one ofhis granddaughters. Got any good, strong rain boots? he asked whenshe appear
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