The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-11-11

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eLACkMAIl AS A BUSINESS
Examrles showing ~. RarsA Develop
nsas La England
There are IN the west cad Of Lo1doa
some half dozen, at least. PLACES where
the servants, male and female. Of The
wealthy conSregnse in their hoars oi
leisure. Some OF these are devoted &c
mems and women's use rospecavelys
at Others "Jean<x" ueete jane. Each
rendezvous - pztronizcd by its own
particular little clique. An "ou<sider'
attending one OF these gatherings wouid
be st cncs struck BY q peculiar feature.
Amid the buzz Of conversation on all
sides would Be heard the repetition oe
famous nsxncA
The business. the fsds, and the foiiiea
of my lord" end "her hdyahip" ere dss-
cusssd with q freedom that strikes The
venerssor Of the ariseocrscy rs being hs-
tie short OF zscr;leSiouS This csrcsrrf,
stance 10 TUNED frequently to nsfarious
but profitable account by an individual
whs. In the guixe Of q bonn fde servant,
turks often amidst The tArong. Skeie-
tons exist Ia not n small number Cd
gilded cupboardA- Their pressnc< onaa
suspected. Ingenuity end shsewd Gun,
ming soon turn more cociceture mi cvi-
aenre-supported fact The h,acssrsaih
ing valet or lady's maiA In . recogniSsd
terror 10 society. A se~scn or two ags
the personal servsnt of wellkn0wa
man. having saved a nice lite sum. To
solved 10 purchaae q SMALL country pub,
lie house.
Chatting one day with . colleagua
casually eneountcrcd. the stranger DE-
ciared he knew OF tn very thsng. Grow.
ing confidential over tter ehsses, the
valet feolishiy limited that his nastes
was not altogether the saint he WA
usually set down a. Tho h>ar1un ssles
chuckled. He went diligently to worn
10 find an investment for the valet. and,
when be sucoeeded, made . bargain
that. In return for his services. he shouid
he recommended for the vacant plaza
lie gos II, and At once commenced "a
pry into his masters affairs. Bis BY biz
he learned the gcntlcxpan's Who'll his
tory, gathered proofs Of thinss not ~.
together TO hh crcditA and thcn. one
evening. just prior to his unSesrS mar>
-i.ge to lady of position. he confronted
him in his own study. mentsooinG the 60
idence he was in possersScn OF, and de-
handed & 500 rs the price OF his silencA
And the money wus pad on oonditsoa
that the NON let England.
Substxn tial az was The ensc1nt hra
extorted. il is not every victim thu
esrapes even thus eheapAy. Sacrifices
yet dearer than The making ofmonesnry
peyments are sometimes ca3lcd for BY
tho blacku,ailer's tienaadx. Notn great
while back n snaeman OF poaitso
poisoned himself. Eeason fer his dome
so there appeared to be- none op thu
death Of an old servant Of his. hovtesors
the whole truth came out The maa
had. Il seems, faithfully served I'm ms
ter and at last retired. EsD DAY. came;
he lost all his money and applied to Ais
late employees for nid. Asnail SUM was
sent; the nan asked for more> and BE-
ing refused mentioned the fact that he
was In possezsion Of n secss& Twenty
pounds came In answes 10 THAI
As nothing more could be extracted,
the man soiA tho information he pcs!
scssed for another ten pounds 10 two
villains. who. going scientifically "a
work, squeezed hundreds OF pounds
from the unfo~MnA;s vtc4im, er~. har.
axsed md worried out OF his hfs, be
sought the rsl;cf tina . dose Of stgych-
nine offered him In . h<kmsllinx
rase reported from the con sinenf SONS
-four years ago eytispoc showed thSt Z
lady Of much wealth bad for yesss
been paying third OF her incorpe ~ he's
discharged maid. who lad octatped PoA~
session of some Notwithstanding lse&1ra
written by her nSstre~, whon she
threatened with ezpsssU whetevg M
allowances was Delayed Sinfls~iy &
lady owning an imppvsanA 6rcsurnshs
ing CONFORM was compelled 20 give {
partnership TO devixninE sstezdAzt
who. discovering the Pavti<aAnss Of .
lit,e intrigue. used the in<oemafioa To
her own advantage. Pr q 0pssusa
10 nearly every x<e pBud1n6ss run1ss
t.roe; and once the vies1Q OfveS 1921 -
Is all over with him a. ~ IT, t1ne1es
pnfifng servant - o1c Of ths 49,
sormidsble foes Of any thgt Sag tbs
footsteps of the indivtduai "wftA q
psst."-Caescll's Jouspal