Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-08-26
she laid the biz before him.

rose up TO walk about, why specify
the flight of time? Why speak OF dol
lars? Thirteen weeks at IS per week
makes total of s104, Of course, but
should We thus brutalize sentiment?
Let me say that you have trusted me-
Let me say that you have put me down
as a man Of Honor Then let me repay
you for your confidence rather than for
your room and board. We will say
that hand you a check for 5000.
You don't mean it, major, she ex-
claimed, with catch OF her breath.
4 sit down thus. l fill in check
for 5000, so. l tear it off and hand it to
you, and with it goes deeper feeling
| than l can explain. If there are tears
in my eyes, you will please excuse
| them
Il knew you would pay. | told them
you were no dead-beat," said the over
come landlady as she held the check in
| trembling fingers.
And your confidence was not mis-
placed. Let me call your attention to
the fact that this check is made out to
/ the order of J. Jordan. He is the treas
I urer of the corporation, you know"
But what corporation"
| THE Universal Musical Company,
my friend. The organization was per-
| fected last week, all the necessary cap
| ital paid in, and we shall begin work
next Monday. Having an instructive
feeling that you trusted me and wish
| ing to prove my gratitude in some
| thing beyond words, l have reserved
| $4,000 worth of stock for you at ground
floor figures. A dividend of so per cent
on this stock, which is a low estimate.
brings you in $4,000 per year All you
need do is to sit with folded hands"
But l don't want stock in any of
your companies she protested. I've
got to have money to run my house
THE object of the company" he ex-
| planned, is to provide music for the
! world at the cheapest possible price,
! and in supplying music we supply SEN
timent, raise the social standard and
make the whole world happier and bet
! ter. We also make a saving in provis-
/ ions and fuel A man with a fiddle
/ will set for hours and never know
/ whether a room is hot or cold. A wo-
/ man who is giving Mozart a twist on
| the piano wants neither dinner nor
supper Give a boy mouth organ.
/ and he will not ask for bread and but
! ter as long as he has wind enough left
| to blow. 1t is the scheme of my life,
/ and millions Of profit will soon be roll
/ ing in"
But about this check?' she insisted.
/ - great scheme and IN many ways a
| noble enterprise Let us take city
! block, for instance. We will say there are
200 families on the black The Universal
! supplies those families with pianos or or
| gans. zithers 1ddles harps, hand organs.
mouth organs. brass bands, bugles. flies
and drums From ocl' ock in the morn
ing to 10 o'clock at night there is music.
No one has time to quarrel or get drunk.
No one stops TO eat or wonder whether
it's cold or hot. Music evokes sentiment.
love. pity. charity. Human nature is ele-
waited and purified, and the rent for the
various Instruments comes rolling in IS
fast as two men can count the dollars:
My dear woman. you see"
But this check
You will take it to ]. Jordan and de-
post it as security for your stock. and
you will order two pianos. three iddles,
four harps two drums and set Of bag
pipes for this house. The effect on your
boarders viii be-
But I thought you were going to
square up exclaimed the landlady
( What do / know about your company or
( stocks? Whenever present my bin you
always dodge and twist"
an case you do not wish to use the
| check to secure stock you can ask Mr..
/ Jordan 10 indorse IL over to me. ] viii
I then indorse 1t to the vice president. ne
/ will indorse il to the secretary. and the
4 secretary will indorse it 10 you. You will
K then have to be identified az the bank. 1t
will take some few days or weeks 10 cb-
Z tain the money but il is A mere question
I Of time Meanwhile. things 20 over Ask
i yourself il It IS not your duty 20 help US
/ elevate the moral tone Of society? Ask
I yourself II IL is not better TO have s5oo9 a
( year dividends than 70 be shaving your life
away in boarding house. Ask your
SELF
Cant you give me SO on account?''
I asked TIE landlady in desperation as she
I put the check on the table.
what. Discount my own paper after
/ your sublime confidence in me2~ he ex-
claimed. Never. NIX dear woman. never.
J You must he paid in fuli. Indeed. you
( have been paid in full anyhow. and not il
1 only remains for you to leave ne 10 bal
| ance Up my cash-book and write Is or -
! business letters Of. pressing nature. You
| trusted me- ana gon have gaur reward
Don't fail to be identified at the bank II
I; there should be any trouble. just call on
+! me And now goodnight and pleasant
/: dreams TO you
I; Major ! want. this room tomorrow
called the landiady when she found her
/ self outside tfe-door.
! No answer
And you'll have 10 gor'