The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1895-02-28
APPEAR WEALTHY TO STRANGERS,
Suggestive Conversation of Cheap Young
Men at the Chophouse Table.

Suggestive Conversation of Cheap Young
Men at the Chophouse Table.
1t is surprising that hundreds of
Chicagoars who are daily forced to
take luncheon at the down town res
taurants do not become candidates
for Kankakee. The average stranger
sitting opposite you becomes a bore
of the worst type, although he says
nothing to you He sometimes eats
as a hog roots his nose into a fresh
bucket of swill; he sips his coffee
and soup so that the noise can al
most be heard above the din of ca
BILE cars.
But worse than all else is when
two gentlemen from another town
come in, sit opposite you and by
their conversation with each other
proceed to impress you with the idea
that they are leading financiers of
their rural bailiwick
Two gentlemen from Dubuque,
Ia, entered down town restaurant
one day last week and sat down OPP
posite another gentleman who lived
in the same town a few years ago,
but did not recognize him. They
took him for stranger and started
in
Il was up to see B. in the
Roolery this morning, and we clos
I'd that deal, p" said one. 1T will net
me a cool $50, 600 cash, with $50, 900
worth of bankrupt paper to boot"
Good boy!" responded the part
aer. But l have some good news
too. You remember that $50, 900 I
invested in the Leadville mining
deal six years ago? Well, supposed
it as good as lost, but several Chica-
go capitalists are hot after the prop
erty, and today we signed the docu-
ments making the transfer. Do I get I
anything out of it? Only the money
l put in at first and rs per cent adj
ditional.
One of the fellows is cheap bar
tender in Dubuque, and the other
lives on his father, who is broken
down merchant. They were always
lucky if they had spending money
and consider themselves so now
when they can raise barely enough
wealth to visit Chicago for a day
and two nights.
But the country cousin" is not
tho only bore at the chophouse Ia
BILE. The ex-countryman, now met
ropolitan, can assume q Vanderbilt
air that will freeze Fourth of July
atmosphere AT the same restau-
rant three days later another pair
CO gentlemen entered.
We'll, George, how are you pros /
pering?" said No. L THE people of |
Warren speak of you often and Won |
der if you are getting rich since you
moved to Chicago.
"Rich?" said the Warrenite,
now of Chicago No, not rich, but |
in pretty fair circumstances. l have
been dealing in securities quite a lit
tie Of late and always struck the
right side of the market. l am nei-
Their bull nor bear. play them
both ways, Six months ago cleaned
up s., 600 in one deal, and since that
time | have added to the account
until now my balance in the First
National is something like $110, 900.
My private secretary has the exact
figures Besides my broker has $10,-
600, which he is going to place for
mo when change opens in the morn
ing 1t was boss thing for me
when l left Warren last
And the unassuming gentleman
who still lives in Warren innocently
drank in that Aladdinlike tale, new
er thinking for a moment that bits
would represent his Chicago friends
pile after paying the midday check
for lunch and mover knowing that
his friends tailor was at the Office
for his return, that he might
ascertain when that long unpaid
bill would be liquidated.
1t can truly be said that tickle wo-
man does not practice all the decep-
lion there is in life.-Chicago Times