Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-10-18
IHE TIME SYNDICATE, LIMITED.
An Allegory for the over-strenuous.
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Hy Leonard Bovt1

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esot drew, amazed.
= t4oLe sa1E is it possible you have not
. . seit nat neard OF the new way of transfer
- D0' '1-.e rom one person to anotb
queried Ashuore. A''n
4 ! ~ a. andrew Hunter looked at him
en- amazement. N' ~ nin'
so;d .sS, No, I have not" he answered.
it's it's oro That nnr. is strange. Most people i
- are now well acquainted with
principle on which we work T
;n.e Tme 1: now possible to sell or purchase +;
in'o IKE any other commodity as a metI !.
mas been. discovered of transferr;
ana an time from one person to ane.h
n'S mos nose who wish to get rid of tb
md , lime sell ,and those who wish for me- M
ANU an 9y 9uy. Our business is that of Il,
wv, wv, aealers: We buy and sell time ~
WI transaction with regard TO tho rer =;
- aet OF your life belongs to the sa. sna"
81, ei, lative side of our business Peou pou
.or ar EiI1;na HTG are tired OF living, instead
or a1. hnllng themselves, now simply So
ho oa ouv !he rest OF their lives for a consii
ee oe But But how does the purchased tim
oi become incorporated with the rest , =
. tue mans day?" asked Andrew ss stiI II
W somewhat mystifed. ''ii
10 10 ,o,,:l Like this. Suppose you buv one
. . oue, uuui. lou can use that time when.
= ,,o,, voet you Will to do so. Now, suppose
! you nave an appointment at i o'clock
ana that You are detained tin II IN
ana prevented from keeping if W.
; simpl Y will time to Ay back IN ,.a,, LOU
va,'r vaTv lor an hour-1o.5O. You keep
~ sour appointment, and time runs on
Us usual; but you have had an er+ra
noar let into your day."
has sold the hollr?" 'i'on VINO
he becomes non-eyisten+ for
horr. A person in the non.ox;a.a sEr ia
S'a,e is simply unconscious.
u is wonderful invention " ro
narkea Andrew; "butit seems scorce
ly possible. I" 0AS scarce
=, 1t is possible, however returned
me manager. sYou can Test IL Is Is m neo
5f akfi fine. n 's''F-"''7''':7''--='7:
"Ah, it will be just the thing for
you'll. The charges for time are not at
all high, or people would not buy it.
It is usually about two cents an h@ur,
so that even the remainder of q life
time like yours does not sellfor great
deal. Under the circumstances l am
as much surprised ms you to account
for Mr.. Morgan's action. He would
hardly, I suppose, run the risk OF i'm
prisonment for $3.50 or so. !"
81 cannot conceive why he should
bear malice toward me, said Andrew.
"He evidently desires to render me
non existent for the rest of my life.
But surely" he continued, '"this time
is dangerous business
if it places a man at the mercy of an
enemy in such a way"
"You mistake" replied Ashmore,
quickly; ''lt does nothing OF the
kind; q person cannot be rendered
non-existent without his consent. So
you were quite safe. Morgan merely
to me that You intended
to dispose of the remainder Of your
life. He has, as I said, an appoint
ment with me here This morning"
sAh, he did not expectm me to return
till dag or two later. But I must
confront him.
Mr.. .Ashmore signiied his assent, and
led Andrew to seat near the door,
where, screened from observation he
corld vet see all who entered.
Andrew sat down, and the man OF
months and minutes returned to his
room.
Presently the Office door opened, and
q man entered. Andrew Hunter
looked up in expectation of seeing
Morgan, but he only saw miserable
beggar. Then lie expected to hear an.
appeal for aims, followed by curt re-
f,,sal on the part Of the Time Syndi-
cate, but he was mistaken again.
81 hear YOU buy up lives here"
said the beggar. "What will You give
me for miue?"
Nobody evinced any surprise at this
question; but one Of the clerks, adj
vancing toward the man, inquired his
age and what portion of his existence
he wished to be rid of.
GALL" answered the beggar, fierce
ly; call except one day-one day to
spend the money in"
"Well, you had better see the doc
tor at once, to ascertain your probable
duration OF life" replied the clerk, un-
concernedly.
He ushered the man into the doc
tors room, and turned to meet another
customer who had just entered-a
fashionably attired young man.
"Can you let me have about five
hours for tonight?" inquired the new
conner, in languid tone. 81 have two
engagements, both for tonight, which
I cannot possibly miss. .,.
give hours? Certainly" said the
clerk.
. The languid one departed with his
FIVE hours, and another customer en-
tered. This one was going for a holi-
day, and wished to lengthen it by let
ting two OF three hours into each day.
Then there came scholar, pale from
much study, but vet intent on buying
more time in which to continue his
work; then several business men; then
an astronomer-a great sight was to
be seen that night IN the heavens, and
lie was determined it should be seen
by him, not once, but many times.
Andrew Hunters brain began to
reel. All the world seemed to be buy
Ing or selling time, and he, busy man
as he wsa. sat there idle. Suddenly
sfamiliar face appeared.
l. II WIS no other than Harry Preston.
He also had come to buy time; bat un-
like most Of the other customers, he