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The young man has written describing the magnificent wedding presents that are being received , and hinting discreetly that it would not come amiss if he knew what shape the old man 's was going to take , as he needs the money . NEW YORK , December 12 , 189 - . _ Dear Pierrepont _ : These fellows at the branch house here have been getting altogether too blamed refined to suit me in their ideas of what 's a fair day 's work , so I 'm staying over a little longer than I had intended , in order to ring the rising bell for them and to get them back into good Chicago habits . The manager started in to tell me that you could n't do any business here before nine or ten in the morning -- and I raised that boy myself ! We had a short season of something that was n't exactly prayer , but was just as earnest , and I think he sees the error of his ways . He seemed to feel that just because he was getting a fair share of the business I ought to be satisfied , but I do n't want any half-sports out gunning with me . It 's the fellow that settles himself in his blind before the ducks begin to fly who gets everything that 's coming to his decoys .