Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-04-20

ing of my eyes | discovered taste in
my mouth that wasn't there when
went to sleep. had no use for it and
removed it at once with Manhattan
cocktail. After dressing and attending
TO some correspondence, | strUlcd up
town to breakfast with the broker The
breakfast was royal one; at least it
was such as royalty should enjoy when
royalty can afford it. The broker had
two other guests, an actor and man
from Boston. He took us down to
Wall street after breakfast There we
were introduced to n number of men
who are, theoretically, operators in
corn, wheat, pork or stocks, but whose
practical operations seemed to me to be
confined to the buying of yinous and
other stimulants.
TAKEN FOR An CANCEL"
Slate in the afternoon ! came up
town with the actor and with him at
tended rehearsal, where was intro
duced Ia the manager of the company
They were rehearsing a play that was
about 10 be sent out on the road. My
friend the actor stepped behind canvas
waterfall and heard him tell the man
ager that | was an angel. What !
That fellow an angelr said the man
ager. You are dead right he is, and
winged to the heels, too said the other
Then I've got to cultivate him. for the
old man wont put up another cent and
we nave to md another backer.'
The manager was very sweet to me,
and was awfully sorry that | couldn't
dine with him that evening, but bright
ened up when | accepted the invitation
for the next evening. When left the
theatre | went to the newspaper office,
where | received pocketful of letters
in answer to my advertisement. 1t was
wonderful how many people wanted
just $4,000 in their business, and were
sure that if | called | could he CON
WINGED at once that such a chance to
make fortune with safety and dispatch
only came to favored few once in n
lifetime. The needy ones ran from n
man who had a factory that turned out
half million dollars worth Of steam
engines a year to the fellow who had n
patent arrangement that he claimed
would compel bees to work twelve
hours day.
ut would be too tedious to give you
all the details of my six days advcn-
lures, so | shall cut it short by telling
you that the people who answered my
advertisement panned out three dinners,
four lunches, two theatre boxes, several
carriage rides, four Turkish bath tickets
and an invitation to Il swell private ball D.,
which attended. The theatrical man
ager showed me Chinatown ana gave
Inc a Chinese diuner. A friend of his
introduced me to delirium of beer,
noise and tobacco smoke, called the
Tenderloip Club, where | was treated
with consideration and the, best in the
house. A visit to a wholesale liquor
house resulted i'll half dozen sample
bottles of champagne, claretand whisky
being sent to me at my hotel. A song |
sang at n club brought me compliment
airy tickets to a concert. And so it went
! had to pay for only one breakfast and
one lunch during the whole six days.
offered to pay sometimes, but none Of
my new made friends would allow me
to spend cent, and did not make any
unusual effort to press the matter. |
have now over dollar of my $40 left.
EASILY DONE.
81 didn't work l per cent of the field
! could have worked. I could live three
months as have lived this week If I
wished to do SO, and could fare as
sumptuously every day"
"But you are exceptionally gifted,
Major, and other men might" -
No, sir, any one with good clothes
and fair address could do it. 1t is
very easyif you make fair start. One
introduction leads to another and there
you are. The New York business man
is smart, but ii you look closely for it
you will find a few hayseeds in the
whiskers and buttermilli in the breath
of more than so per cent of them"
But, Major, was it all honest, think
you? Did your conscience" -
Not a murmur. The fact is, my
dear fellow, when am working to win
a bet | don't use my conscience at all.
In such cases | lock it up in the safe at
home and forget the combination"
j. ARMoY KNOX.