CHAPTER XIV.
PARTNERS, BOOKS, AND TRAVEL When Mr.Kloman had severed his connection with us there was no hesitation in placing William Borntraeger in charge of the mills.

It has always been with especial pleasure that I have pointed to the career of William.

He came direct from Germany--a young man who could not speak English, but being distantly connected with Mr.Kloman was employed in the mills, at first in a minor capacity.

He promptly learned English and became a shipping clerk at six dollars per week.
He had not a particle of mechanical knowledge, and yet such was his unflagging zeal and industry for the interests of his employer that he soon became marked for being everywhere about the mill, knowing everything, and attending to everything.
William was a character.

He never got over his German idioms and his inverted English made his remarks very effective.