Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-04-20
LIYEDN CLOVER FOR A WEEK
And All for the Small Sum of
Ten Dollars.
LOOKING FOR AN INVESTMENT
Shutting the Eyes of the Sharp
New Workers.

New York Herald.

"Well, ! have been in New York
working almost week in an effort to
win bet. ! quit ranching some time
ago, and ! am now III the banking bust
ness in Northern Texas. had to come
on to New York on business. Before |
left le&as bet with some of the folks
there that | could live six days in New
York, sleep in a good hotel, eat an
average OF three good meals day,
drink champagne, smoke cigars, drive
in carriages, go to the theatre--see the
town, in fact, and not spend as much
as $40 in the whole six days. 1t was
stipulated that / was neither to beg,
borrow nor steal, nor to call on any
person that had ever known before"
"How have you succeeded 2"
"When we finish this dinner | shall
hove won the bet"
TAKEN OUT sLEtGuING.
'tHow did you do it,"
81 shall tell you. arrived here Mon
day morning, registered at this hotel
and paid So for dollar a day room.
That left me $4-a small amount on
which to live until Saturday night"
AT that rate there certainly could
not be much gorgeousness in your style
of living"
"lou will see. had not been in New
York for 10 years, and did not expect
TO meet any one knew had formed
no definite plan of action, but you know,
| think, that | always had great conf.
dence in my own resources. Here is an
advertisement ] cut out of the morning
paper. 1t offers for sale pair of black
mares, high steppers, must be seen to be
appreciated, and that sort of thing. That
gave me an idea. called at the horse
repository that the advertisement men
toned. The proprietor-a very clever
sort of fellOw-.shOwed me the mares. [
admired them, or rather pretended to
admire them, and did not object to the
price. |, however, expressed doubt rs to
their genteness. He suggested that
ride behind them. That was what
wanted, and what expected he would
oller. The team was hitched to Il sleigh
and we had splendid drive through
the park and up as far as Gabe Cases.
Then the owner of the horses invited me
to lunch. | knew he would. You prob.
ably now catch on to my campaign
plan. Yes, the lunch was firstclass, aud
the wine, also, and the cigars. OF course
the horse man wanted to conCiliate
prospective customer, and | allowed him
to be as amiable and hospitable as he
pleased. parted with him, promising to
return next day provided | should con
clqde to take the team.
TREATED ROYALTY.
Sin the afternoon as / was walking
down Broadway | noticed an art store
and dropped in, without any special
purpose except that l wanted to look at
the pictures. You know | used to do a
little amateur oil painting. The owner
of the store showed nc around, and,
after | had used few technical art
terms and talked ofiGorreggio and Rem
brandt as If | had been intimate enough
with both gentlemen 10 swap ultra
marine for yellow ochrc with them, we
became quite friendly. When | got en-
thusiastic over the merits of one of his
pictures, asked the price and wanted to
know If he wouldn't take little less he
became really atfectionate. The result
was an invitation to dine with him that
evening, You see ! told him, as did
others | met, that | was stranger in
New York. dropped hints that had
recently been on the right side OF the
market, and was thinking of settling in
New York and engaging in business.
Varied the story to suit, you understand.
Some of them thought they saw traces
OF hayseed in my hair They meant to
take advantage of me and their hospi-
tality was for revenue only So my
conscience did not sting me to any
alarming extend when l worked them.
After cigar and a small bottle with
the art dealer left him, promising to
meet him at his club at b. Ill. Mean
while inserted all advertisement in a
morning paper. 1t read something like
this: Have $4,000 to invest in any
profitable legitimate business. Describe
business. No agents or brokers neel
answer. Address Capitalist.
what was the point Of that?" |
asked.
you will learn by and by. 1t was a
part OF the programme | was develop
ing. dined with the picture dealer and
two of his friends, one a broker and the
other an uptown real estate agent An
excellent dinner, BY Joye, old boy, it
was a contrast TO the meals with which
we used to clog our internal machinery
out on the plains. And wine! well
should say So"
IN CLOVER KNEE HIGH.
"You were evidently in clover"
"knee high, sir, knee high. After
dinner we saw an act of the play at the
Casino. Then a suggestion to the broker
that | might invest in some railroad
stock in day Or two filled that indi.
vidual with wild desire TO open
bottle at the Hoffman House, in com.
plimgnt to me- This was succeeded by
a bpttIp al tho avItorsn g an, ,,,,l
agent to whom | had intinatud my in
tcntion to buy house and settle in
Harlem. Then all four of us went to d
variety entertainment, where We had
other moist refreshments while We
watched an apparently homeless idiot in
black velvet tie himself in knots and
saw girl dance and try to put her legs
into ten minutes to SIX O'Clock atti-
tudc.
The broker told me contidcntially
of several astouiskingly good invest
ments-'soft snaps and sure things he
called them-that he could put ME 'on
to- the real estate man coniided TO me
that he was living with his own wife
now and that he would catch the very
old Harry for staying out so late and
the picture dealer seemed to consider it
most hilarious joke to call me Leon
ardo ia Ninci and he laughed heartily
and slapped my backbone every time he
did SO, which was ottencr and more
painful to me than seemed necessary.
We ended up the evening in the brokers'
bachelor apartments, where "a large
cold bottle aud small hot bird came
in from neighboring cafe.
"rhe carriage that took the real estate
a mn ~ ,t.1 rl,..r.