Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-09-22


chine became to the manufacturers
Money came in from it, and soon il
rained and poured dollars into the mod
est brokerage offices of Anton Hollo-
wood. Within few years he removed
from these quarters into spacious Off
ces on Wall street and built himself
handsome residence. His name, too.
began to be heard in connection with
great money deals. and he became a
| power in the financial world.
Long before this time noticed that
he had grown cold to me and distant in
manner; and not getting replies TO my
| letters, l would call upon him for a
little more money than my poor allow
| ance. in order TO carry on my inven-
tons, and the reply of Not in would
be brought me by the clerks.
Meanwhile, under the greatest diff
culties, for Anton HOLLYWOOD gave me
only what a mechanic would need for
| his daily bread, | was at work upon
another machine which I thought
greater than the former; and some
times, when I lacked money to buy
metal for the model, would go sup
PEERLESS to save the few necessary cents.
And all this time the patents from my
machine were yielding their thousands
monthly TO the millionaire.
One evening l took the model of my
new machine UP to Mr.. Hollowood's
house, and | showed it to him as I had
| done the other years before, when he
was a poor man This said l, will
bring in its millions where the other
has brought in thousands
He listened while l explained all.
putting his cigar and playing with the
| ornaments on his table Then. to my
amazement, he said: Yes, Gelpcke;
that is certainly very clever. But il
will take a pile of money to start il
going, and now that am not as young
as | was fifteen years ago should not
! care TO 90 into anything new
But, surely | exclaimed, you will
give me the money to patent it.
No, indeed; | don't believe in
throwing away good money after bad
We are not apt to strike good thin
| twice in our lifetime.
i was so angry l nearly struck him;
| and when left it was vowing that I
would have my own machine back in
my hands and be enjoying its revenues
myself.
But what can a poor man do? I
told my story to lawyer. He wanted
a retaining fee for investigating a mat
ter against so prominent a man as An
ton HOLLYWOOD, and | could not pay.
1T is strange that hating him as
did, / should not have found way to
get justice from him. But the fact that
had so long depended upon him for
my daily bread made me feel as if he
were my master and l his servant.
And all the time l had the hope that
he would fulfill his promise Of some
day turning over to me an interest in
the machine l called TO see him often
and perhaps because he did not wish
the servants to see so shabbily dressed
a man as myself enter the house he
gave me a latch-key. When he did so
he told them that l was employed in
improvements upon the library.
Before his recent marriage he said
10 me-, I shall not want you coming
here now
You must not think you are going
TO keep me away said, I shall come
to torment you daily until you give me
the interest you have so long promised
me-
Then I will have a private en-
trance cut for you, he exclaimed, an
grily. And when you come you can
tap upon my library window; and if
feel like admitting you I will do so.
"One day as | stood in the library
leaning against the window-door, ! fell
into day dream. fancying that the
house and its wealth was mine. And
as l dreamed [ took a glass cutter from
my pocket and scrawled my initials
upon the glass. They are there now,
silent witnesses of the truth of my
story. but he never saw them or he
would have had the glass taken out.
When he came back from the we'd
ding tour | importuned him again,
holding up TO him the disgrace which
the facts would be to him if they were
known. What! The millionaire and
philanthropist. Anton HOLLYWOOD
Would he take advantage Of a poor
German?
The day of his death l rode home
with him in his cab. And, to do Anton
HOLLYWOOD full justice, do not think
he was as cruel a man as one might
suppose from my story. His son
Charles was giving him endless trou'
BILE. In the cab HOLLYWOOD showed me
q letter from Charles which said that
disbrace and ruin hung over him un,
less he could obtain large sum Oh
money at once, and it ended with a
plea TO his father, half entreating and
half threatening.
az am a sick man, Gelpcke,' said
he. and feel that l cannot live much
longer. NV heart trouble has to-day
been greatly aggravated by this letter
from Charles. and ! have been busy alb
the afternoon arranging my affairs
at this. sudden alarm seized me.
90 know what is in your mind, said
he and I have written the agreement
so long promised you. l could not feel
easy until l had done this But now
that it is written l am going to put
it away and retain the CUSTODY OF II ds
long as live. See?'
And he unrolled a deed of sale of
half interest in the machine to Her
man Gelpcke for 81.
ct will need certain signatures
said he. but even if should die this
minute this paper gives you sufficient
evidence to establish your claim.
u asked him to give me the agree
ment. promising 10 keep it until his
death. but he replied by placing it in
his pocket with a package of money.
at the front door l again begged
him for it. But he sent me away. I
walked as far as the corner. There l
met Charles HOLLYWOOD. I left him, he
walking towards his fathers house.