The St. Louis Republic., 1900-11-11

had become definite The siamO; Of pros !
-ciive riches them. Frisby was II
rich man now u veHy rich man. and their
scheme was better than his. and he had
started without a dollar. In 1t glow %: ru-
thu>aSru they started home. H,rriiieid tnl.-
ing ,l, ear for his home in Rrookyu. for he
was i married man. The others soon came
Upon the bread line.
'yney drew nearer The waits regarded
them HStrs.iy Iuey were Il ragged. thiniy
,lad Iot-., drIfrlm- "f hunger. tossed up
l., tic t.u. sf rnauc..
The hoh-mans. remembering their own
lavish dinner. and that swiftly coming
pl-nitude. regarded thesv Unr"rtumrt-s with
silent compassion.
II say. fellows whispered Livingstone
presently lets ger II lot of nris"is :.LL
give one to each uf them l guess ~ o.'r
manage it, lie added. running his rye 't'Sm
the line in iasty cal,uintinm"
They ran fog change and. coming la, X.
Livingstone h-san at the head OF The line
and sayr t" each outstIetch~d hana ~ far
as his s!"rz. of coins lasted. Then Van Dom
,"o!l it W. and after him re:ner. They
lnd barely enough Ia riv- /" ;he last '.':n- !
The mems hands stretched "'It lpr- re
re- they reached them. SOM said 'rIInM
u" many said CD bless y"u', s"nir .
q E"thiag az All.
There's money in that crowd han J
ere is In this now" s:fid 'rrner ~ ;h,y /
rued away.
"Tha:'s So said Livingstone. Bat sat ,
year from Tonight. W-'I come dawn :
Ie and give these poor devils dollar
Apiece may br ten of them"
Liv;nsstgnr'S face hat grown tender !
again. In fancy. he saw them returning I. |
! year fr"m Tonight with ample charity. .AnI
| arother would come with them who !
| would make the charity sw-eter brca,lsr ,
, of bestowing IL with fair hands
| The next chapter gives n letter from the |
| dearest girl in the world" otherwise Miss /,
Dorothy Castle Of Cleveland ;a MIR T.ti-
man livingstone Of New York This is a
real love letter. really. truly sensible heart !
| to heart love letter. and If Dorothy does
| not unquaii!iediy indurse the great scheme. |
| she Is hopeful. hecalse she loves Living
! stone. and she talks IF Barry. and p-rny
! and Van as II she knew them well So
| she does, t. be sure. because he: dear old |
| True" Is always writing To her about them
| stony otherwise Livingstone who Is
| an artist. began picture of Tile Bread
I
| would sell IT. and put the money into the
paper. The Whole Family" hut when
| their big returns began to come, IN ;h.,-
he and DoTothy-wouid buy II back and
| give 1t to icrny to hang over hts desk
when they got into their fine new houses
| lhey had all selected sites 10. their pa
| iatiai homes. and would begin ON the plan.
as soon as they could get through with
being so busy organizing the paper Iiv-
in4sione wrote that the money have been
SAVING VIII be enough. l sure 10 paw
my share In starting the paper. for we will
| only nave few little engraving and cnnipo-
sition ana stationery bills and postage. and
| maybe some salaries to pay. before the re-
turns begin to come In
All this time Fairfield was enthusiastic
any investigating the question of ,.rg-
m"ms. They We're to give premiums with
their paper. lie hai arranged for b;cycl.
| lamps. ear muffs, box kites watches BIZ
| bes. fishing kits and cooibooks Barrine!d
| was going to get on the inside" with the
| manufacturers and get bottom prices In
| reality he was being taken IN all the time
| Thtnk OF II! Eighty-seven cents for n two
dollar bicycle lamp. Given with the Whole
| Family one ysar-ffty-two weeks-for 81
| ana one new subscriber"
\
| tors Of the Whole Family got thousands
OF dollars worth OF enjoyment out of IT, |
dreaming over their prospective wealth. All |
| that first winter and spring they talked and
| dreamed. and worked n little. and it WAS |
| well along In the summer before Perner
| who had been appointed editor chief got |
| enough material together to make up a pa
| per. They must begin to get the adver:is-
| ing. SO they employed an advertising So
| .ic!tor. a man named Bates, and a business |
! manager broken-down old man. a dreams |
| er of dreams. called the Colonel" They |
!! had large mail box constructed-they |
would have a large mail. of course-and put |
| up their sign. "Oftice of the Whole Family,
! a weekly paper for young and old" |
After awhile they thought of another |
!; scheme. They would advertise that they |
would pay cash for lists of names sent in |
|, by Subscribers IT simply couldn't fail. and |
| 50 Livingstone wrote to Dorothy He told |
her that sometimes he had thought he was
| selfish in asking her to wait for him-he |
| had little To offer. and she would come ,
| to him from home Of luxury. but now he |
| felt sure that he was on the road to wealth. |
! and he did not worry about the sacrthce
! she was making In caring for him.
All the time their advertising manager.
Bates. was bleeding them. He wrote to his |
f! confederate that they were regular
| lambs" Along in December they came to I
| the end Of their rainbow. and there was no /
bag OF gold. only cold and hunger und dis
| appointment They were very poor. On
New Years eve they were hungry and had
nothing with which to buy food. Their
| landlord was beginning TO insist upon his |
rent. In the last mail O. letter came from |
| Dorothy. 1t contained troft for $l,0N.
! and It said. among other things. that Miss
| Castle was coming to New York and that
she was going to marry Livingstone that |
! no was to pay his debts and furnish two or
! three rooms SO that they could have some