The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-11-22

OC'NblOuHl urcW nltnSelf together quickly ~
the iInplicntion contained in his, tone. and he
might, not have gone on with his attempt to
sell the lithographic stones had It not hap
pened that Just at that moment the visitor
with the money Insisted upon treating the mt
sicians,and incidentally the company to drink.
,nrer,ted feelings OF the semi-occasional He
held the tiny glass they arc tiny, the liqueur
and the light, slipped its contents slowly and
menitatingly, stretched out his legs luxuri-
moment. Then he burst ont laughingIy:
u inagTH over again" no said; u
%pretence of being interested.
Yes" re!oired tho semi-occasionnl ITS
tneEun oyer again. speaking metaplh!oricallN.
y damned dry, cherries prospect. Ever been
No said the visitor, with the wriEGle of a
II suppose not continued the scmtocca-
sionEi: Nest popnle haven't; Most people
dies; n great island and not n thing in 1t but
e evhdl ana sun and mosquitocs and negroes:
island is making sait. TEey let tho sea water
run into basins ten and twenty. and a hundred
and more ncres In area, end close tho basins,
ter has all evanoratcd, and the salts lying on
the ground; ThinG, q spending two years In
ed inst as bad III New York.
"What made you come back herc?" asked
inc unsvmpathctic visitor.
Il didn't come back here: ! went to Pana-
ma; i sometimes wisl, hadn't. We we're
m .ss money hand oyer nst at InaEua, You
60. The Government has sold the p~rovilego
o. collecting the customs to a syndicate for n
who wants TO smuygle things into San Domingo
is $50; 10 m Ne extra money n its pockets. So we
schooner load.
stonesi" demanded the suspicious visitor.
seq, me n l1th tHi. phi, st2 ne come in later; You
really very reasonable figures. and as the duties
were high we could sell our smuggled good.
with Its sand and heat and mosquitoes. Then
a sailor told US about the pearl fisheries of
You've heard of them2 You must have heard
OF them, They were there when tho Standards
m npsa a feT ssn,uri tse f Miiiisns s" "f d ianS we're WORTH Il,
OF pearls have been taken, there. and all up to
about seventy.iiye or a hundred years ago.
on her hull poisoned the oysters and they all
died; Well, sir, by this time all the copper
Ing, again. The sailor who told us tho secret
said that the %oSsters must be In pretty good
should 90 there with him and raid the banks
before any one thought of going near them
p pasrl mf in tG Ger we elf5nal W tgst Wnse with wit .i the Of Sn fSt
aqua that we'd "a been Wiling to buy a gold
orlIS .k almost. and so we started off to Panama ="
The. semi-occaSional paused for SO long that
seit obIixed to assume "a q polite annexation Of
You raided the banks, I p esume.' he said,
and got The ,nearls and made q fortune and
bottom has fallen out Of the market"
Not at ALL" resumed the semi occasional.
tom t Isnks a msrs sn we IT th PS u S Ms,d l., e ihem
wait a few years longer. But the pearls ought
| to .n be mas 11iam It, q low. he added So.;5 hastily with
NO; thanks" returned the visitor with
"Then it's photographic stones and not pearls
you're interested in? No. IT wasn't at that time
stones: fine ones they are. TOO; it was later.
The way we did was this: The Panama Canal
had just busted. and the m schinery supplied by
tn company was lying all over the isthmus.
There were steam engines and excavators
and cranes and carriers that had cost mil
could buy. And you could have all you wanted
In any one of three ways. You could buy it for
and nohocy to say a word. or YOU could have
yourself raid TO carry, 1t of II YOU were exceo-
s sIhGnaiiy e swsr . Ws igyss'e ab ABOUT vs. 1000 d ii
through the Custom House under the maine of
asriyultural machinery. They were agricul,
Hen" interjeeted the MAs 1i stir" I'VE" Were
the lithoGrnphic stones Of the same VARIETY"
dence OF good faith. II will warrant to be Of
will have the privilege of examining them
before purchasing. and | will sell them very
S asnsy ' 1s4y b.al 2 ,a as1l ns sSu s ,ns s. .5r n Be ! Rfft
ing TO take almost anything for them
That's all right" returned the visitor. II
haven't any money to spare myself. Why,
but" began the omi-occasionql
Only ibis morning., continued the visitor:
s. to the best friend i have IN the World
srmi-a a@ nGs iGoS hanr 'St y loaf" "i' h rs,oFs sn e eS9
centionnIly fine lot OF lithoSraphic stones TO
s ssre,t sG' IN n ; 1SH iith a@T Ga SlHs1 bu nsiG n a Iris 'n Is
your opportunity. But | want to explain
about that agricultural ma shinery, since YOU
Eaann IN Inn u IN n t11hfa mn this CT htaN Wa
learned OF some men at Greytown. up in Mica
.:agn': who owned a trading company and were
see them aud proposed thas they should sill
the business t., an English syndicate instead.
You can sell almost anything TO an English
D you think : was an English syndicateT,"
asked tho visitor, BEGINNING to DO amused,
Just So replied the semi-occasional. I'm
explaining about the agricultural machinery,
stones are all rivht. Ne first took out Of the
warehouse all the goods that were worth any,
thing At all, ami sold them for what we could
get. That was so much profit, Then we filled
the vacant space in the warehouse with the
cy.ry scrap of it as agricultural macLinery.
Ny; what a showing y made. Then We dick
s THOUGHT w't they ih we're EHG Gnins soa.et ih1se bi is'!"G Ss
added with n chuckle. because they persuad.
ed us to take one-third cash and the other two.
thirds in about seventeen pounds Of chromos."
Then" the visitor asked. with fatigue only
rartly concealed by cxagxernted roliteness.
you HtIt NV Ia IL nv VIZ |
graDhic stones to which you have referred"
No" returned the semi,otcas!onn!, npon
seemed 10 he having an effect. Then we went
after the elephants
The claimants exclaimed the visitor.
YES. tho elephants" replied the semi-occa-
sinnal. gravely. I'VE went up into the noun. |
tains to capture ONE elephants"
'Ol. ! scc." said the visitor, you mean you
took to tho woods after tho English syndicate
insuccted the warehouse"
Il mean what | say re,ortcl the semi-occa-
sional. with a certain frmncss of manner.
went hunting elcpl ants"
but there are no elephants In Central Amer
lea" objected tho visitor.
The semi-occasional looked at tho visitor,
h~es.tatcd n moment. and then said:
you seem willing 10 make an offer for
my litholraplic stones, | don't mird telling
you about the clcphanis. But mind. IT'S a
secret that few people know, and l hope To mike
big money out OF i some day. In the unex-
piOrcd. impcnetrablc mountains of Central
America there Il a race OF the cutest elephants
you ever heard OF. | know this for n fact
the. stni-occnsionnl said. banging the table
With his Mt ms emphasis. for have II from
higher than your knee, and lust as cunning
and playful a. kittens. There have been
rn, ,n n b,,,t IInI, ulnpy thu ,anat yu l.,