Most of the human r?C? are huddled
together and Jos11 i.:-' each other dur?
ing the first mile, where they only do
?what they have to do. But in tho sec
end or the twain mile of life's Journey,
,wbero a man does more than ho ls asl**
ed to do, he always has plenty of el?
bow room. A3 the great statesman
once said, "There ls plenty of room at
tho top of the ladder of success, nl
tboupb thousands of hands may bo
reaching f >r the lowest rung."
Every merchant knows of the Bep
nratlng or testing influence of tho
twain mile. When a position in tho
dtoro became vacant, whom. In all br >b
ability, did you promote to the va?
cancy?the clerk who bas been In the
store for ten or fifteen years, tho young
man who has never been willing to do
any more than he was compelled to dot
Did you select tho employee who was
generally ton minutes late In the morn?
ing, tho clerk who has his hat In his
hand ready to run for home as soon ns
the hour hand points to the numeral
C? Did you promote one who seemed
to be Indifferent to ids work and lind to
be watched day by day to be kept busy,
as a mother oas to watch n little child'.'
No. The young man who received tho
promotion was the poor country boy
.who entered your store with no roo in
mondatlo:* except the willingness to
travel the twain mile, the willingness to
do moro than he was told or paid to do.
