advertisement which Lucy had read, and she was the person it
described. Five hundred dollars was all the principal of the
seminary paid; the other hundred was placed in his hands by Mr.
Burgess, that the salary might be six hundred.






MAKING HASTE TO BE RICH.





"CENT to cent, shilling to shilling, and dollar to dollar, slowly
and steadily, like the progress of a mole in the earth! That may
suit some, but it will never do for Sidney Lawrence. There is a
quicker road to fortune than that, and I am the man to walk in it.
'Enterprise' is the word. Yes, enterprise, enterprise, enterprise!
Nothing venture, nothing gain, is my motto."

"Slow and sure is the safer motto, my young friend, and if you will
take my advice, you will be content to creep before you walk, and to
walk before you run. The cent to cent and dollar to dollar system is
the only sure one."

This was the language of an old merchant, who had made his fortune
by the system he recommended, and was addressed to a young man just