My Financial Career
Author :Stephen leacock
My financial career is a short story written by stephen leacock.He was born in Swanmore Hampshire England on 30 december 1860.
His father's name was Peter Leacock, and his mother's name was Agnes Emma Butler Leacock.
They were both were both from well-to-do families. The family was consist of eleven children.They were immigrated to Canada in 1876.They were settling on a one hundred-acre farm in Sutton, Ontario. He was a teacher and writer .
He was a great humourist He studied in Elite Private college of upper Canada college in Toronto.. Leacock's interests were towards economics and political theory.In 1899 he was postgraduate at the University of Chicago, where he earned his PhD in 1903. Leacock had a post at McGill University, where he remained until he retired in 1936. In 1906. In 1900 .
Leacock married Beatrix niece of Sir Henry Pellatt who had built Casa Loma, the largest castle in North America. In 1915, after 15 years of marriage, they had only one son. His name was Stephen Lushington Leacock.
His wife Beatrix Hamilton died in 1925 due to breast cancer. In his earlier career he wrote fiction,humour and short stories in magazines.Then he wrote novels which became popular world wide.Between the years 1915 and 1925 leacock was most popular humorist. In 1906, he wrote Elements of Political Science, which remained a standard college textbook for the next twenty years . Stephen Leacock was died in Toronto in 1944 because of of throat cancer.He was burried in St.Yard church.
After his death in 1947 An award was created at his name " Stephen leacock award."A National Historic site of canada was declared in 1958 .There is a museum called "stephen leacock Memorial house" in canada.A number of buildings are named after leacock in Canada. Stephen Leacock is one of the most famous humorists of this age.
He did not know what to do with the additional amount of money except to deposit It in a bank.  |
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They were both were both from well-to-do families. The family was consist of eleven children.They were immigrated to Canada in 1876.They were settling on a one hundred-acre farm in Sutton, Ontario. He was a teacher and writer .
He was a great humourist He studied in Elite Private college of upper Canada college in Toronto.. Leacock's interests were towards economics and political theory.In 1899 he was postgraduate at the University of Chicago, where he earned his PhD in 1903. Leacock had a post at McGill University, where he remained until he retired in 1936. In 1906. In 1900 .
Leacock married Beatrix niece of Sir Henry Pellatt who had built Casa Loma, the largest castle in North America. In 1915, after 15 years of marriage, they had only one son. His name was Stephen Lushington Leacock.
His wife Beatrix Hamilton died in 1925 due to breast cancer. In his earlier career he wrote fiction,humour and short stories in magazines.Then he wrote novels which became popular world wide.Between the years 1915 and 1925 leacock was most popular humorist. In 1906, he wrote Elements of Political Science, which remained a standard college textbook for the next twenty years . Stephen Leacock was died in Toronto in 1944 because of of throat cancer.He was burried in St.Yard church.
After his death in 1947 An award was created at his name " Stephen leacock award."A National Historic site of canada was declared in 1958 .There is a museum called "stephen leacock Memorial house" in canada.A number of buildings are named after leacock in Canada. Stephen Leacock is one of the most famous humorists of this age.
How stephen opened the account
"My Financial Career" is a delightful story full of pleasant humour. The writer was fully aware that the very sight of a bank made him nervous . The moment he entered the building he became an Irresponsible fool. His salary was raised by fifty dollars a month.So he staggered into a bank and went up to a window marked "Accountant". The accountant was a tall man and he made the writer really nervous. In a weak and shaking voice, he told the accountant that he wished to see the manager. The manager, a calm and serious man, came to the window.
The writer was becoming more and more nervous. He had his hand in his pocket and In It he clutched notes worth fifty-six dollars tightly. He asked, "Are you the manager?" "Yes", the manager replied. "Can I see you alone".
The manager looked at him with some alarm. He, however, took him to his office and locked the door, Then they sat down and looked at each other. At last the manager asked him if he belonged to Pinkerton’s detective agency. The writer replied, "No, not from Pinkerton’s".
Then he told him that he was not a detective, and he had come to open an account. The’ manager thought that his visitor was a son of a very rich family, that was why he had come straight to him for opening an account.
He asked "A large account I suppose". "Fairly large", the writer whispered. When the manager learned that the 'fairly large’ amount was only fifty-six dollars, he was not pleased. He called to the accountant and told him to help the gentleman open his account of fifty-six dollars.
The writer stood up, said good morning and entered the big iron door thinking it to be the exit. It was not.
He had entered the safe of the bank .The manager quickly got him out-and showed the right door.The writer went up to the accountant’s window and pushed the ball of money towards him very quickly as if he was performing a juggler's trick. He signed some papers and the account was opened at last. By now the writer had become extremely nervous.
The bank swam before his eyes. He wished to draw six dollars for present use, but in his confusion he wrote fifty-six dollars on the cheque instead of six. The clerk could not believe it. He asked him if he wished to draw all his money. The writer felt unable to explain the mistake. So he tried to look like a man with a fearful temper and said, "Yes, the whole thing".
He hoped that the spectators who had been watching his funny behaviour might think that someone had misbehaved with him and he had changed his mind to do business with the bank. The clerk asked him how he would have his money. The writer could not understand what he meant but soon he caught his meaning and replied, "In fifty-dollar notes".
Of course he could get only one fifty-dollar note. As soon as the remaining six dollars were paid, he rushed out of the bank. As he went out, he heard a roar of laughter which hit the ceiling. Since that day, he keeps his money In his pocket and his savings In silver dollars In a socir.
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