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and then I shall consider your proposals.' I'hey did return 

 to their work, and the matter was afterwards amicably settled. 



The business conducted by Daniel Salt & Son continued 



to increase; they dealt mostly in worsted goods. To Titus 



Salt was due the credit of expanding the business beyond 



a mere local trade. As a commercial traveller, he possessed 



many good qualities. Calling at a warehouse in Dewsbury, 



a business man rei^iarked, ' Mr. Titus Salt came to my 



warehouse one day, and wanted to sell wool. I was greatly 



pleased with the quiet power of the young man, and his 



aptitude for business, but most of all was I struck with the 



resolute way he expressed his intention of taking away with 



him, that day, ;^iooo out of Dewsbury.' Though styled 



the junior partner in the firm, by his practical knowledge 



he became in reality the head of the firm. His personal 



habits were becoming at this time confirmed : he was frugal 



and careful of his money, and avoided personal adornment. 



He made a vow with himself, which he kept, that he 



would not buy a gold watch until he had saved ^^looo. 



One most Christian and commendable rule he adopted at 



this time, was to devote a portion of his income to doing 



good through some religious channel. 



When in Lincolnshire on business, and while calling on 

 Mr. Whitlam at Manor House, Grimsby, he met his future 

 wife. Caroline Whitlam, who afterwards became his wife, 

 was the youngest of a large family of eighteen sons and 

 daughters. 'You know,' he used to say when speaking of his 

 love affairs, ' when I went courting, I made a mistake. It 

 was another sister I was in quest of, but this one first met 

 my eye, and captivated my heart at once.' The marriage 

 took place in the Parish Church of Grimsby, on the 21st 



