The morning times., 1895-08-25
BELOW is THE GREATEST DETEG

ten agreement. Patents and all negotia-
tions were i'll tbe name of Anton Hollo-
wood Well, sin, what the reaping ma
chine was 10 the ii farmer my machine
became TO theu manu- facturer. Money
came III from it and soon it rained and
poured dollars into the modest brokerage
offices of Anton HOLLYWOOD. Within a
few years he removed from these quarters
into spacious offices on Wall street and
built himself a. handsome residence His
name, too, began to be heard in COnnec-
tion with great money deals and he be-
came n power in the financial world
Long before this time | noticed that
he had grown cold TO me and distant in
manner; ana not getting replies to my
letters, / would call upon him for little
more money than my poor allo vance in
order to carry on my inventions, 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, l was at work upon
another machine which / thought greater
than the former and sometimes, when
l lacked money TO buy metal for the
model, l would go supperless to save
the few necessary cents. And all this
time the patents from my machine were
Welding their thousands monthly to the
millionaire.
lone evening took the model Of my new
machine up 10 Mr.. Hollo woods house, and
showed it TO him as / had done the other
years before, when he was a poor man.
This said l, will bring its millions where
the other has brought in thousands
He listened while l explained all,
putting his cigar and playing with the
ornaments on the table. Then, to my
amazement he said ''Yes, Gelpcke; that
is certainly very clever. But it will take
q pile of money to start it going and now
that | am not as young as | was fifteen
years ago | should not care TO go into
anything new
But surely, l exclaimed. you will
give me the money to patent it
NO, indeed; don't believe in throwing
away good money after bad. weare notapt
to strike a good thing twice in cur lifetime. :
Il was so angry l nearly struck him;
and when l left it was vowing that
would have my own machine back in
my hands and be enjoying its revenues
myself
But what can q poor man do? l told
my story to a lawyer. He wanted
retaining fee for investigating a matter
against so prominent a man as Anton
HOLLYWOOD, and could not pay.
1t is strange that, hating him as l
did l should not have found a way TO
get justice from him. But the fact that
| had so lon edepended upo nhim for
my daily bread made me feel as If he
were my master aud his servant. And
all the time had the hope that he
would fulfil his promise of some day
turning over 10 me an interest in the
machine | called to see him often;
and perhaps because he did not wish
the servants toi see SO shabbily dressed
a mau as myself enter the house he
gave me a latdl-Key When lie did so
he told them that | was employed in
improvements upon the library.
Before his recent marriage he said TO
me: 1 shall moi want you coming here
now
lyon must not think you are going
to keep me away l said; 1 shall come
TO torment youhdaily until you give me
the interest you hdve so long promised
me
Then | VIII have a private entrance
cut for you heI exclaimed, anGrily And
when you come you can tap upon my
library window; and If feel Ike admit
ting YOU l Will do 30
"One day as stood in the library lean
ing aginSt the window door / fell into Il
day dream faucying 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
re 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 his wedding
tour | inIportuned 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
| poor Gernianr
THE day of his death / rode home with
| hinin his cab And to do Anton HOLLYWOOD
! full justice, | do not think he was as cruel
! man as one might suppose from my story.
| His son Charles was giving him endless
trouble In the cab HOLLYWOOD showed
me letter from Charles which said that
| disgrace and rum hung over HIM unless he
| could obtain a large sum of money at once,
| and it ended with plea TO his father half
| entreating and half threatening.
- Il am n sick man. Gelpcke,' said he
! and feel that l cannot live much longer
| Ny heart trouble has to-day been greatly