1876.] 



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terprise he was too confiding, entrusting his 

 capital to his colleague with the result as ex- 



Eressed in his own (Van Houtte's) words— 'I 

 ave not seen that man or that money ever since.' 

 In continuation of the narrative of his life and 



work. But,' continued the man who had so 

 much respect for his assistants. ' I did not make 

 it all myself; my men did it, my good men. I 

 have foremen on my place who have been here 

 from twenty to thirty years. My plan lias been 



business he further remarked-' I came back to , this : mark it-When I have a good man I keep 

 business ne rurinerreuict « monev but him, I do not part with him for any money, 



^f ^^^ nf hP^Uh I bouc^ht the lit le plot o?5ound When I have a bad man I will not keep him if 

 ^hert you tw myTort r' '\odgr That' wa. ', he will pay me, for a good man makes other men 

 Til I Ld thirty-five years ago, and now you have good; a bad man makes other men bad. Thoee 

 seen my pllce. It has all been done by hard | are true words worthy of being reproduced. In 



