“Everything happens for the best, ” my mother said whenever I faced disappointment．“If you carry on, one day something 1 will happen．And you'll realize that it wouldn't have 2 if not for that previous disappointment．”
M0ther was right, 3 I discovered after graduating from college in 1932．I had decided to try for a job in radio, then work my way up to sports 4 ．I hitchhiked(搭车)to Chicago and knocked on the door of every station-and got 5 every time．
In one studio．a kind lady told me that big stations couldn't risk hiring an 6 person．“Go to the suburbs and find a small station that'll give you a 7 ,”she said．
I thumbed home to Dixon, lllinois．While there was no radio-announcing jobs in Dixon, my father said Montgomery Ward had opened a store and wanted a local athlete to 8 its sports department．Since Dixon was where I had played high school football, I 9 ．The job sounded just right for me．But I wasn't 10 ．
My 11 must have shown．“Everything happens for the best,”Mom 12 me．Dad offered me the car to job 13 ．I 14 WOC Radio in Davenport, Iowa．The program director．Peter MacArthur, told me they had already hired an announcer．
As I left his office, my annoyance 15 over．I asked aloud, “How can a fellow 16 ．to be a spots announcer if he can't get a job in a radio station? ”
I was waiting for the elevator when I heard MacArthur calling,“What was that you said about 17 ? Do you know anything about football? ”Then he stood me before a microphone and asked me to． 18 an imaginary game．
On my way home, as I have many times since, J thought of my mother's 19 ．I often wonder what 20 my life might have taken if I'd gotten the job at Montgomery Ward．
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