The sun., 1898-01-23
NO CAPACITY FOR DETAILS.
WHY THE GREAT INTERKEY EXPO
sITION SCHEME FAILED.

Time for the Colonel, Kennedy. MANY,
and Key west while the Boom Lasted.
cit was a little detail but 1t was enough"
aaid the Colonel, with sigh. 1T camo be-
tween me and wealth. You know what Byron
eays-'Thero comes forever something between
MS and what we deem our happiness.
"Byroni l didn't know you read Byron"
said the professor. Whereabouts in Byron is
thati'
"'sardanapalus.' SIR" said the Colonel. shortly.
.sardanapalusl Do you read Byron's playsr
cried the professor.
The Colonel looked at him severely for
moment, and then answered.
''It would seem so sir Is there anything
strange about my doing sol" Then, after
pause when was interrupted was about to
tell q story, in Difference to the requests Of most
OF tho party" He looked severely at the pro-
fessor, and the others all looked reproachfully
at that person. who seemed greatly abashed.
The amende honorable having been rendered
and accepted-"same all round'-tho Colonel
took up his story again.
81 was down In Key West waiting. That's
all you do or can do in Key West, unless you're
o cigarniaker. Then you can make cigars six
days and fight your chickens the seventh day.
With me was another gentleman Major Ken.
nedy. All, he was n man! 1t was all his idea
and yet he was not genius. He did not have
the capacity for infinite details"-the Colonel
looked severely at the professor, who dropped
his eyes-'that Napoleon said was necessary in
o genius. That's why the scheme slipped up.
Major Kennedy and had been tarpon fish
ing or doing some thing Of that sort, and had
been around some Of the little islands that lie
around Key West-waiting. ! say waiting
purposely, for one night after our return from
one Of these fishing excursions Kennedy came
to my room. 1 was in bed. but he wokc me,
took the rocking chair and unfolded his plan;
CoSnel he SAID 1--WE run run exhibitions xiii dbn an
Now, I'm thinkin Of runnin' show for my
"of course, having every confidence in tho
Majors acuteness. and knowing him by repu.
or church fair with equal success. / said the
word. Twas too late in the evening to do more
The requisite word having been said, the Col
on know those blamed islands wey been
shallow water connectin those islandsi' did
could recognize a family resemblance in 'em.
even II ! couldn't tell EN- apart: We'll, went went
on MatSF Kennedy mubt them Islands d9n
Jest waitin'. that's all. Rut waitin,, for, what
Colonel, them islands, them lagoons'-when the
Major got excited he spoke worse grammar
to be used for a exposition. All that sand
doin % their natural duty carryin sondolas an da:
habiyehs an jinricshas an junks fyin round
cd down with merry ,sightseers-an' Key West
rakin' in money hand over flst.steamers every
s mot ugsn sgy hs aR Ra
Continuous peg1Srmanses sysryXhers;ni y, ;i, over
man. gentleman, had a fine flow, OF langusge
to me all night..least, whom fell asleep he was
talking So and when grew awake he was
nsIS sWei T Of course. E si 1 was convinced after
e proaatI by the scheme But Kennedy had
wen cali it: the rnterkey EXPOSITION he
paid, Boom it as A.; 2 winter 4, resort, with all
bathing Of every, nation. a "a Francaise a Ia
wi real cocoanuts; visitors allowed to knock
down their own cocoanuts-three shies for ten
Saw ssT p0Ss m sse the
talists an interest the Common Council. an to-
morrow-Council meets sto-morrow,weu In
we'u committee the scheme, put on the
officers: then me an you-steamer due day after
60 to boom the exposition elsewhere.withsa ap-
preparation for expenses. Up in Moo York
YOU as two Sn We III sell
the cocoanut an all the other concessions to
Rss e and fS
oonsid' able sum q money; then there's the rail-
roads an steamship lines-by the way. that
form second company. Then you go o abroad as as
resent the concessionses. ' an sell the conces- s
eions to foreign companies, an then we turn
Council TO 1b @ py
schsHsT tWnii ,no mouo, .,o,,. =. :. .,o ,o..o.
Of Kennedys kind; The Then TT Il didn't hi need much
was In limo with kennedy's suggestion our
nshing among the islands and our trips around
e ss S tSs ana that day 1as
and the Common Council-cigarmakers; and
,H Te saw % the Mayors cigarmaEer; then We saw
cigar box makers. and the leading merchants
cigar dealers and cock fighters. and everything
the Common Council, and the resolution or or
aihance went through on wheels though Il did
for Of he
makers IN favor of tho lnter-Keys Exposition,
ana another thas evening OF those, who weren't !
lew clgermakers spoke. and the scheme was
sIIn1ye approved with great unanimity; Before the
OF Management had been appointed and had
SSPened, open offices to receive subscriptions and
around hSp the BLOCK % Some sOI Of the pssseneers %
came ashore, and they subscribed-the crowd
Sa uR s and they didn't haze to wait
idea, told the people 'twould pay to be polite.
and II did.
=, There was fellow on the steamer going up
mat took shine to Kennedy and Kennedy to
him. His name was Many. He made bridges
and got the idea OF running the railroad down
AZ AZ the way along the coast TO Miami, and then.
IKE boy jumping from one stepping stone TO
another, down the islands to Key West. Ken.
nedy held him of. Hold on, ho said; don't put
100 many ideas into those Key WesteIs heads
at once or you'll addle every thing They amt
had so much TO think about since the big
chicken fight, when the Yankee sailors rung
In q shaved eagle
Kennedy was right; his scheme came with
~ the force OF an awakening TO those Key
Nesters; and they just couldn't hold anything
more In their minds.
We'll, we came North, Kennedy, Many, and
L, We looked around and got fine offices In
fhlladelphin, with branches In New York and
Chicago, and went ahead. We sent down some
fellows 10 get plans and a man named We'd
Gale to write II up properly.-Oh, we did things
up hno' Key West put up the sincws OF war
ihd snd we put en- down. subscriptions came IN
IKE dry leaves ON AN aui iuinn aEy, and things
e2ridnl a been better. THIN Aiaz2y got an idea.
lie q always been struck on that bridge scheme
Q his. and Mhnt docs hr do hmL 70 over 70