Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-06-25

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yes" answered the engineer, "and one OF |
g N.test ever had. Anything wrong about
"' .nr
no." replied Custer, 'but he was at West |
zta k.nt with me. and afterwards major-general |
s,se Confederate cavalry. want you to |
NJ e,e him something better than the work he
BIDDING"
BrN why, have been looking for Just such
N rsa" said the engineer.
nnI Ard so Rosser, through Clusters kindly
~ n t1.ss, became second in command OF the
-! esaeer corps at the time. and a few months
\, ,tsr was made chief engineer, He made
|, Il I'D use of the opportunities his position
AK Corded for speculation and investment and
T. s,c-day easily worth half million dollars.
''r as,er died a poor man, and his widow is de-
~. ladent for support upon the pension she re-
~ ltYes from the Government
MN Some ten years ago thiek-set young man
aned Gunther, who had been mining en-
sp taesr in the West and later moderately
.sfs aNessiu du,matlst, haunted the offices oil
&C hi the publishers in New York with bulky
anuseript for which he was anxious to ind
w publisher. The manuscript was the now
mi Anous story, "Mr. Barnes of New York.
q ktthe author could not hnd publisher
ns n0s.o would read it, much less buy or publish
4 q The critics whose aid he sought SAID
I NJ had no time to waste on trash oil tlat
lNls II VT and he had about concluded that there
4. N rs no chance for u man without literary
sns '3atAtion having a novel accepted, when
man "a day he fell in with Wall street broker,
sAon he had known in California. snppng
"a h ba,. ha hraLrar said
~ 1Archie, l have just closed deal which
", ", n put me away beyond the breakers Let
- VI I'VE Something"
ralioN canther congratulated the broker and SAD
was glad to know that fortune attended
cfuA wa Of his friends even II it had failed to
hill cls upon him. Then he told OF the rough
ss tti be had been forced to travel while vainly
y Il, <ehing for publisher for "lIarnes oil New
IA X lais The broker listened attentiyely 10
nd u 4story and then said:
stA Tive me your manuscript and VIII reau
dsu 4 am not one Of those Id literary
" sloss you read about, but L am man .
ns ~world and know what men OF the Worie
w n, mt and are Interested in. II like YOU
Z, I'd ,as. will let you have the money WIZ
lepisd 'Aeh to publish 1t and you can then tell tn
toward rAAshers to go to thunder"
he Wall street man took the manuscript
Aeit, and furnished the money for Its pup
'ason. The book was soon on the market
After hanging FIRE for a moment wen
ngrp We meteor. 1t made the fortune oil IL
~ neor, who has ever since continued HI
.,.... N publisher, and whose profits in som
81 '1s have exceeded 100000.
Vne day In the early part Of 1870 youn
MAJ - q n ~. ala ri N
i'e'' "'o1iee Department, at Washington, re
-'d notice that his services were no ionge
eaed. Incompetency wns the reason gave
lpN as dismissal. When he looked over nj
\ 1ei va In trade he found that It consisted
. 3 .4e'hng less than 500 in money ana
~ III. ~ Idea. few days later he was deAe
ls6i a. -lng his way to San Francisco. When
IN Jul SEIZED San Francisco he secured emplo!
tntas purser on steamship bound K
.....s& WI, and IN due time found himself
Aa. Once in Japan's chief city he at ont
."sseted to put his great idea into excel
,und n What he proposed was to perfect az
= INTO operation in Japan postal syste
R0S 'eed after that OF the United State
M- - iound willing listeners among the his
ftDese officials and in due time was
:, ,...t.X .'sa To prepare prospectus OF his posi-
y. y 50 es1 TO be submitted TO the Emperor. l
al e vas at once recognized and It "
s'ied to be put into effect. Bryan "
49, At the head Of the new departmeI
rsc w a aalary OF sll 900 year. and entrust
ras '.., y ne negotiation OF a postal treaty
l ICY "a - japan and the United States. 4
r. N1as later he was back in Washington
'1soy Of the Japanese Government, trei
equal terms with the man who h
re -'ased him from his clerkship for ineo
s ~ The treaty which he neeotiat
am and diplomacy proved entir'
X ~ ,.astory to all concerned. Pryan
rsa In the service OF the Japanese d'