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Adventures in Contentment
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David Grayson
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So
I
sat
down
beside
Mr.
Starkweather
on
the
log
and
crossed
my
legs.
I
felt
as
though
I
had
set
foot
in
a
new
country.
"Would
you
really
advise
me,"
I
asked,
"to
start
in
to
be
a
millionnaire?"
He
chuckled:
"Well,
that's
one
way
of
putting
it.
Hitch
your
wagon
to
a
star;
but
begin
by
making
a
few
dollars
more
a
year
than
you
spend.
When
I
began----"
he
stopped
short
with
an
amused
smile,
remembering
that
I
did
not
know
who
he
was.
"Of
course,"
I
said,
"I
understand
that."
"A
man
must
begin
small"--he
was
on
pleasant
ground--"and
anywhere
he
likes,
a
few
dollars
here,
a
few
there.
He
must
work
hard,
he
must
save,
he
must
be
both
bold
and
cautious.
I
know
a
man
who
began
when
he
was
about
your
age
with
total
assets
of
ten
dollars
and
a
good
digestion.
He's
now
considered
a
fairly
wealthy
man.
He
has
a
home
in
the
city,
a
place
in
the
country,
and
he
goes
to
Europe
when
he
likes.
He
has
so
arranged
his
affairs
that
young
men
do
most
of
the
work
and
he
draws
the
dividends--and
all
in
a
little
more
than
twenty
years.
I
made
every
single
cent--but
as
I
said,
it's
a
penny
business
to
start
with.
The
point
is,
I
like
to
see
young
men
ambitious."
"Ambitious,"
I
asked,
"for
what?"
"Why,
to
rise
in
the
world;
to
get
ahead."
"I
know
you'll
pardon
me,"
I
said,
"for
appearing
to
cross-examine
you,
but
I'm
tremendously
interested
in
these
things.
What
do
you
mean
by
rising?
And
who
am
I
to
get
ahead
of?"
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