Sunday morning globe., 1901-09-08

my trouble I would have introduced
one Of the best looking to patron.
Then she could have lost him or what
she pleased with him, so far as I
cared. When he came round next day
to register a kick would have intro
duced him 70 another, on payment Of
another fee. II you don't get a prize
in this box I'll give you two more, as
the train butcher says. Wouldn't any
Of them, however, go into partnership
with me.
MY next move was to endeavor to
borrow 81 from the landlady. at the
same time informing her of my inten.
tions, to pay for my advertisement
She refused to advance me any money
but kindly volunteered to let me have
the use Of her parlor and would board
me three days longer just to see how
the fake would pan out, she said
Our aggregation was short on
money but long on photographs. In
the small towns, instead Of the faring
three-sheet poster on the walls, we
! placed large easels containing photos
Of the members of the company in the
| hotel lobbies and other public places.
| / had a choice collection, some of them
/ taken i'm rather abbreviated costume.
| Early Monday morning, after doing
| justice to that last breakfast, the girls
/ started out to sell photographs po-
| lite form of asking charity, as most
any of the boys would give them 25
or so cents, on being told they were
stranded, to help them out of town
For myself, after writing the copy for
a card, l started i'm search of a printer
/ found an old gentleman whose en-
tire outfit could be placed i'm a push
cart told him what l wanted, more
particularly the credit end Of it, That
ought to have some value, he said.
which was my first encouragement He
printed me some cards telling me If !
anything came Of the venture I could |
pay him, If not, to forget IT, Some, |
thing did come Of it, and he was the
first one to be paid. To the larger |
hotels l next repaired. requesting per- |
mission of the clerk to leave my card |
with others ON the desk. More than .
once I stumbled over the girls, in
groups of two. selling photos.
"Our manager succeeded I'm making
a small raise by telegraph, and with
the assistance of a ticket scalper, was
enabled to say AN aboard' about mid.
night, leaving your humble servant in
a strange city absolutely penniless.
You can wager my heart was heavy
next morning when, after an elaborate
old woman makeup I seated myself in
the clearinghouse parlOr to await the
arrival of my first patron 1 didn't
have a penny for a morning paper.
Along about noon a tall stranger rang
the bell. In one hand he held one Of
my cards. After a short conversation,
told him on payment Of my fee, So, /
would show him a picture of his fu-
ture Wife. He bit, and l handed him
her photograph"
One of your own?" said Zaida.
"Of course. Very neat and demure:
my favorite pose She'll do. old WON.
an he said, after taking It to the Win
dow for a long look When do / see
her? Right here when you have paid
an introduction fee of S5. was
afraid to do much Of the talking even
i'm the squeaky voice | could so well
assume for fear he would penetrate
my disguise. Without more ado he
produced a roll of bills of magnificent
proporuons-both the roll and the
bills Extracting a FIVE, he said, Now, |
the lady Oh you'll have to come
back tomorrow TO see her. But
can't wait he responded. It was up
TO me to do some quick thinking. THE ,
lady lives some distance in the sub.
urbs, / said. L will pay for a mes. :
senger if you will write a note making
an engagement for me- he said. Final
ly | told him If he would come back in I
an hour l would step over to the drug
store and send a telephone message to
the drug store nearest her house and ;
ask them if they would not get her y
word she was wanted at once This j
was satisfactory. But 1 said. how
10 l know you are not an adventurer. I
must have some credentials; some
evidence of good faith; something tan U
sible that l may know the time the p
ady occupies i'm receiving your atten- u
ions is not wasted This hit him in a
tender spot. Here is my name and q
business he said, handing me a card v
At Riggs Bank they will tell you how y
stand financially From his pocket
book he produced a clipping This, u
rom the Denver Rocky Mountain
News, gives my name as vice-presidentI c
,f one of the largest irrigation compa- II
lies i'm the Southwest. 1 am as well d
.nOwn i'm New England as Arizona, W
icing Boston born and a Harvard grad p
ate A Yankee in the West. In Wash III
ngton, at the present time, to look M
fter some tubing patents. Is that suf- So
cient Introduction l told him it az
vas, and to make my bluff stronger, ol
I'D go over to the nearest drug store, a
ook at the telephone list, and make OF
few inquiries of the clerk. Then q
ew back to my room and became i
ghtningchange artist. When l re- hl
lrned after midnight I found a wig al
N one bedpost and my glasses hang "
lg on the chandelier pl
"Punctually the gentleman return ''
d, was seated on the sofa dressed ,,,
q the most expensive costume my ",
afforded. He neglected to -,
ing the bell; came right in, and was Nv
q the center Of the room before he "
'as aware of my presence DO you u,
now 1 thought that old woman was Va.