The sun., 1873-12-08

orI \. p'cr'q Dc-ceIItpt', Purchase from
MeEithN hausAs Gcutteu.Hn.
Dr Napier Warren ot London, 3, now lu
tltscity. lie is young, du~lius, and rich, and Is
lcrc 10 see the country. lie arrived last week
and took rooms at the Clarendon. Since then
AD h.. been seeing "a much ol the coutirf "s
tIr time and circumstances have permitted.
His experience has been partially of au nstruc-
i've cnaIa .tcr, and IN telling abolt II NJ War
teu throws open hls swelllsh oNer,ost. leans
back with the air Of a man who IL going 20 tell
something good, and stops at intervals 10 JOIN
ia the laugh At hlmself
Pm not q mercantile man. yCI know he
says, anI ~ Oi cuIae lm not up - the buel-
moss sort Of thing. That's why needed the les
s'n I've got, and explains how allowed myself
tl get II. After j bs,1 mere day or two
met a man from Kansas aid he was, you
know, and was fun Of So, res about the re-
sources Of the country. tho chances - making
fortunes. and that sort # t,ing. he was such a
talkatiye, nice sort Of fellow that one cQuldh I
helm believing nalf he saId, md naf believing
the other half lie said lie wys very wealthy
had vast amounts Of property IA kansts-and,
bless YOU, how WAS 10 know that ne nadn t..
lie lived we'll and dressed well, and IL takes
money To do that, you know. 1t don't matter
much what he said his name was, because IT s
Likely he lied like heggar about II but he said
10 was ThOmpson- George THOMPSON. He
talked about patents, and speculation, until
positively, my dear fellow, he got me into quite
a fever for business. Then he said he had pa
tent for Nv fan that was a fortune for whoever
took hold Of IL. IL was something, he said, that
would be used by everybody in the South, where
the flies bother one e- combined keeping cool
with freedom from insect annoyance, and all
that, Thompson talked glib enough about 1t,
and, do you know, believed hlm-the scoun-
drel."
Here Mr. Warren laughed for while, and
then continued:
"Wcl, alter talking about his ty ian until
hrd got me fun OF IL, he said he shu .ildn mind
letting me in, as a friendly sort Of hing you
know lie didn't care about getting the tull
value for the patent didn't rdre about L"lher-
ing with IL anyhow. lie would sell me the whole
thing for $40, and somehow couldnt refuse
the uner. paid MIN the money, and he gave
me hin Of sale for the patent, NO. 3is,WO
" ell, that same day Thompson said he han tu
90 to NuCcuLes, Vermont, but lie would De
/ back last Monday. lie WAS to meet mo, you
| know, aud instruct me how to realize fortune
| nom my purchase. DO you know the beggal
| never CAME ~
Here Nr. Warren laughed again tin he became
red iu the face, ana his auditor fully realized the
| iuu p. The fact that Mr. Thompson never came.
"Wcll' continues Mr.. Warren, ~ went down
/ hualA Goo Nluu Go. :, the patent lawyers, ana
/ thaN told nc that less than two hundred thpH-
sand patents have been issued altogether, ana
| thtt iue ly tan was only that beggT IhOmp-
sons trick To raise the wind, Iiy JoYe, 80!
! know, I've had NV OIL Of mercantile liie' ana VI
/ never dabl le in it aguln. IL isn't tue money
] mat WASN'T enough to worry about hut INC
! Idea Of being done like a coniounded Nat
| Inat wasn't a bad joke, though, was ~ fl'
| Tau rails ~ the wind scar