CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1898-04-28
A Good Advocate.

IL Win a StiISn interest,". Al ID Ne WIS
about to do his work. Not that he cared
to work or knew how to do any useful
Kind OF ork, but he had a vague ap-
prehension that unless he worked he
would starve to death.
For the first time in his life he was in
actual need of money. Except as to
money he was well equipped. Against
the wall in his room at the hotel were
two trunks filled with clothing. The
man himself was in robust health.
He had graduated at an eastern uni
yersity, dawdled in Boston society, trav-
eled in Europe and led the lazy life of a
clubman. When his father died the es-
tate dwindled away under a settle
ment, and McElway came into few
thousands, which he spent generously
but in no haste.
When the thousands had been re-
duced to hundreds. McElway Robson
began to dread the prospect of showing
his poverty to his Boston friends, SO he
folded his numerous trousers into
bundle of sticks and umbrellas he hur-
ried away to Chicago. He had been told
that Chicago was the place for young
man without capital.
After a week in town and j promen-
ade along Michigan avenue every sun
ny afternoon he counted his money and
found that his capital had not increased,
IL spite of the fact that Chicago had
been recommended to him. That is
why one morning he had to look al the
column "Maie Help Wanted"
He shivered as he glanced at the list
bakers. cutters, feeders. horseshoers.
tailors and so on. He turned to the sub
department. miscellaneous Clearly.
he was one of the miscellaneous" He
noted that agents" were wanted. He
shivered again. Then his eye fell on the
following:
waNTED-soCIETY YOUNG MAN TO
undertake light employment: liberal pay;
must have complet- wardrobe. speak the
modern languages a-d he a good conversa-
;ionaiist. No one vel known in Chicago
need apply. Address X X XII
That's my description" said McEi-
way Robson. reading IL again; .'but
what in the world does II mean?''
He wrote a note TO X Y Y 81, using his
own stationery, with the gilt crest. and
carried il TO the newspaper office. Then
he went 10 his room and had a reflective
smoke. and that afternoon took his
usual turn in Michigan avenue. When
he came back TO his hotel he found a
communication summoning him &c
room 7is Cloud building. Dearborn
street. As he opened the door into 7ls
he saw a short and ruddy man at a
rather bare desk making signs of dis
inissal TO a slender youth in crumpled
sack suit.
Have / the honor of addressing Mr.
Robson?r asked the little man
'Yes. sir; my name is Robson"
Wont you be seaied2 Yes. 1t wa,
very good of you to call. - and tn,
little man stopped and beamed in ad
mirafion.
''Will you be kind enough to tell me
what kim of employment you have to
pfYer?" asked McElway, carelessly pat.
ting his knee with glove and looking
Of the little man with n cold rolite
ness.
"BeautIful," exclaimed the other
still regarding him with pleased smile
Pray explain yourself-and permit
me to tell you that do not know cart
tricks and my comic songs are very
bad
I'm not locking for anything of that
kind. Let me ask you few question,
first. This is confidential. of course
Mr.. Robson saw no harm in telling
sbou; himself The little man at the
desk beamed with increasing satisfac
lion.
Mr.. Robson, you're jus, the man
want
quite so-and what am 10 do2"
you are to attend an occasional din
ner party and say pleasant things abou
your host or hostess. as the case may be
| That's not hard 10 do, is it?"
NO, but why should do i,?"
''In tho FIRST place. because will pa,
you liberniiy. In the second place, be
cause your host or hostess needs-well
good advocate, Let me explain. Sup
pose family with money comes her,
go Chicago, takes n house or fine suit,
of rooms and wants TO get into som,
kind of socieiy-not the hest. perhaps
but good. What that family needs is {
little outside influence. II Is vulgar
for any family TO sound its own praises
/ Somebody else must do that. Suppose
! have client living at swell hotel-'
"a client2''
That's what I call him. Suppose h,
and his wife want TO ge, acqpaInTet
with the best people in that hotel
They can't give dinner and invite al
these people. Somebody else must d,
that"
Then you want me"
mo. that isn't your part. know
plenty of bright and Trustworthy WON
en- who are willing to give dinners 4
somebody else will foot the bills-un
derstand2 What want you to do i,
to be there to help along the coupl,
that wants TO break into that set. IL
must put il plainly.
81 understand perfectly well. and
must say that don't fancy the job"
Perhaps not. but you need the sSt
which will pay you for every engage
ment, You will meet charming mer
and dine beautifully, and no one viii
know your real position except the on,
who employs you. and he win be forever
bound in secrecy, Now. a man whc
travels in pretentious society has ts
lie more or less. anyway"
"Morc," said McElway.
"Then what's the difference between
lying free of charge and lying 70,
money!"
"None at ALL" replied McElway
greatly refreshed by this original view
of the situation. "I am in your hands. :
''Goodi | need you 10 morrow night
Mrs. Skemer, OF the st. Augustine hotel
is TO give dinner in honor of MIR. aud
Mrs. Bloxom, who have just arrived