Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-04-15

ties, or somethingg II SO, put me
down fort10. 20. 80 copies.n
Didn't I say so?. Didn't I tell ev-
cry body so?" she triumphantly ex-
claimed. when they told me that Ma
jor .rofoot was a deadbeat and debt
shirker, l contended that, there was
some mistake and that some day you
would make things all right
You did right, madam-you did
right. You used to do my laundry, but
owing to a case of smallpox in your
neighborhood | felt obliged to with
draw. Was there a little balance COM
ing to you? If So
Only three and a half" she replied.
Only three and a half. / don't
happen to have the change about me
I'll draw you a check. Let's see. The
name isis
Martha Hastings"
"Of course. Pay to Martha Hastings
or bearer the sum of three and a hall
Why. certainly. That is-um:"
Anything wrong, malory' anxiously
inquired the ~laundress.
Mo. Oh, no. / was Just thinking.
Mrs. Hastings. when I was a poor man,
when I did not have millions at my
command, you had confidence in Major
CroIoot. You believed in his inherent
integrity. In other words, you cast
your bread upon the waters. Am I
eorrect?'
IL believed you jumped out with
out paying me" she replied.
Yes, jumped out-that is, I jumped
from the smallpox. Having cast your
bread upon the waters it should come
back to 0 1t shall come back to
you. | tear out this ~cheek-so-and
tear it up-so."
But amt you going to pay me. ma
jor?' she asked in anxious tones.
Fifty times over, madam thou
sand times over. You have not heard
of the Great American Hygienic Pill
low company. for | am just Incorporate
ing it. You know what hygiene is, Of
course?"
It's something healthy, amt it?"
Very healthy. indeed. Hygiene IL
nealth, life, happiness. Do you happen
to know If goose feathers shorten or
prolong life? Perhaps not, but l do.
A goose feather pillow abridges human
life at least ten years; gives you head
ache, earache, neuralgia and all that
To study hygiene We begin at goose
feathers. In fact, we remove the feath-
ers and provide a substitute-that is,
! am going to do it, and that is why !
have organized the Great American
Hygienic Pillow Company, capital $5,-
O00, 0O0."
la, major, but how you scare mel
gasped the woman.
Yes" he blandly continued, I'VE
provide a substitute in the form of cat
tails. They grow in all marshy spots,
you know, and can he had by the ton
for the culling. | figure the profit on
Cdtn pliioW at OV III We ia put
60, 1000. 900 pillows per year on the mar
ket; clean profit of $50. 900. 90 annual-
ly, and we save thousands of lives be-
sides. / think you catch on? think
you do?"
Yes"
We'll. you shall be provided for
You shall be inspector of ticking at a
salary of $40. 900 per year. You buy
either red or blue striped ticking. as
you think best. and you count the pill
lows as they are stuffed; nice. clean
job, snort hours and good pay. And
now let me shake hands and congratu-
late you. Better be ready to go to
work next week"
But about this bill, major?" she
queried as her face expressed anxiety
and doubt.
Yes, be ready about next Tuesday,
and you can order a million yards al
the first go off. If you have no dia-
mond rings to wear, I'll see about get
ting you ten or a dozen. 1t won't do
no hurt to put on a little style. you
know"
IF | could get this three fifty"
And don't talk too much" contin-
ued the major as he rose up and took
her by the arm and gently pulled her
toward the door. Mum is the word
until we get our patent and open our
factory. AS we are both very busy to-
day"
Major" she called from the outside
OF the door.
Silence answered her.
Adult this bill. masor?"
But the major was finishing the arti-
Giles of Incorporation OF the Great Hy-
gienic Pillow Company and heard her
nor.