Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-02-03

benefit Five dollars for one ton of
coal. This bill is correct, sir, absolute
ly correct, and it is with the greatest
of pleasure that 1 shall file it away
among my papers"
TN here for the money. major. and I
don't mean TO be put off"
MY dear man. ] welcome you cheer
lily replied the major as he lighted a
cheap cigar with one hand and extended
the other for a shake. Il would always
rather hand my check to a collector than
run the risks of the mails. l only wish
you could have made it convenient to
call before"
This is my ninth visit. sir
(which shows your confidence in me
and makes me feel a bit proud. You
could have called 40 or, So times; but.
knowing 1 was good for the amount, you
only called nine times. AS I said, it is
bread cast upon the waters. and l will
show you that 1 am not ungrateful"
You'll pay the bill, then?'
Let me call your attention to my last
enterprise" said the major as a dodge to
the question. You must have heard of
the various schemes l have promoted.
schemes backed by millions and paying
tens of thousands in dividends, but I have
just worked out the best thing yet. You
shall share in it You hold a situation at
probably $50 per month. l presume you
will be glad to exchange it for one at
$4,000 per year?"
Come off the perch. major" said the
hard hearted man I'm here for this
bill. and you can't bamboozle mel"
Papers of Incorporation are just be-
ing made out and will be ready in a
week, though we won't get down to work
before May. You know all about honey
bees, of course?''
I've sat down on a few on the park
benches"
THE honeybee is supposed TO be a
hustler; but, as a matter of fact, he isn't.
He can't see before sunrise or after sun
set, and that makes short days Suppose
he could be made to see all night long?"
Double the honey of course" replied
the collector
Exactly, exactly You've hit II. Dou-
BILE his working hours, and you double
his product-plain as the nose on your
face. To do it you've got to turn night
into day. He's got to think it's high
noon all the time and only stop for lunch
con now and then. DO you catch on?"
Hardly ever"
Electric lights, my boy-electric lights
shining on the hives and the clover fields.
It's my own original idea; got it while /
WAS out in the country last summer and
it's going 10 work TO beat the band: have
capitalized the Electric Beehive Associa-
ton a. Si,C0o.p00, and the shares will soon
be on the market at par. | am president.
of course, and you shall be secretary.
Now win you tell me that Major Gro
foot doesn't reward his friends?'
The major smiled blandly and smacked
his lips unctuously and poked the col
lector's ribs facetiously, but the man was
not to be denied
Il want s., major" he said without a
smile.
Your salary win be $4,000 per year and
begin tomorrow"
This bill must be paid"
And as soon as the shares are issued
III pick you up $1,000. and carry them
for you. and they can be paid out OF your
dividends. Can you come in tomorrow
at about this hour and sign the papers,"
Il shall be here tomorrow unless / get
my money, because / intend to sit right
here"
one light for every six hives Of bees
and light per acre IN the clover fields"
said the major rs he walked about we
double the work and double the product.
and I've an idea that the honey made at
night will be Of a superior color and
taste. We shall send samples to all prom
inent people, and wen get hundreds Of
certificates in return. My dear man. let
me congratulate you. The waters have
brought back your bread"
This coal bill. major" said the collect
or I'm here FOR the cash. you know,
and soft soap doesn't go"
"You-you have n bill against me?"
II should smile"
Il had quite forgotten 1t. How much
is it2"
Same old s."
II suppose you couldn't cau an hour
later. when the boy brings down the key
to the safe2 I can't get at my checkbook
just nav"
Il shall continue TO sit right here"
But I won't put you 10 all that trouble.
Let me run in on the lawyer and see 4
he's ready to return the go / lent him
yesterday. Back in a minute
The major went out smiling and whist
ling. and the minutes passed When they
had become 30. the collector got Up and
swore. When an hour had passed he
looked around with desperation in his
eyes. No one came in. and the fire burn
ed low. and he shiyered. At the end Of
two hours he realized that he had been
bilked, and in his rage and disgust he
seized the Office safe and tipped it on It's
back. Ii did not fan with a dull thud.
but with the noise of dishpan dropping
from its nail. II was wood timed over
and painted black II was ike the grand
promoters various enterprises aud prom
ises to pay.