The Republican journal., 1902-08-14
AN AMATEUR PROMOTER.

was cool and pertumed by the fields,
and the rapid motion brought it III a
steady current against the faces of the
grateful passengers Durham Greer
took off his hat and leaned a little for
ward TO meet the pulsing waves of air.
He was stalled for day or two i'll the
cltV, waiting for furtheI directions from
Headquarters, and had taken the trolley
ride aimleSsly, so far as direction went,
only seeking its cool rewards after the
heat of the fierce July day. Besides,
these rides gave him a chance to study
human nature under new conditions,
and this was always pleasant pursuit
with J}unham.
AS he leaned forward to catch the
breeze he caught at the same time a
little of the conversation OF the young
man and the Young woman who We're
sitting in front of him. The young
man was quite young, two and twenty,
perhaps and the girl seemed year or
more older. She was a bright faced
girl. with snappy, black eyes and a de-
cidedly aggressive chin; pretty girl III
a pretty summer gown, her luxurious
hair crowned by tasteful black hat.
The youth was somewhat pale and not
at all robust of figure.
II tell you. Sis, he said, i'll a guerra
l0us tone, you can't do thing unless
you have capital
ms was lhe REMARK Illat bull,ahl
little, but continued to listen. In a
certain! way II, ne was tlle lepieselltatlse
bearing He meant to hear more.
But. joe" the girl demonstrated,
you give i'll too easy You haven't
enough Pluth. ,.., -, ~.
Iuch goull's iol aHtiiliis s.uS s"Iu .lie
young itHoM, t'oss eol!' heH you
maven eltHtI CaSh Oh HlIluelSe you
4 III as NeH 'hIo" "P YOU idiiq ID
raven L tIleu' a!io 0ou l hho" ny
pltleI tApGlleIice'
WISH was d man: sdIu 1lle olach-
e3t0 gIfl Win SUDDEN lltlcei4eSs.
~ loIIls leIlo" l"uSII?u, ,,,o.o,,,,
tVW w 4ou ouPiU9e = IN lug oNoiIo
"olDI IKE That SIS ne asked. ..,.
y lalhl nuSh Slole across lnt glrI
Tan eieeh'
~ QoeSn seem 10 De d question OF
", VIA. ''li hhes, SIie Sapi, y III Npu lii
me 20 ~ " I"il leVul1 ION II, l.ls la!I
interest," III the eul-oll, puI lhaO Won
pIllI@ H..
Lev - III Se! uuI Allllsell aAltA ny ms
'uNh ~ i'tt"tiH9 lAe Ihllis' SdIu Oile
young ItIIoN niue Warmly.
y IN Is llSU pIa0tlcal-''e can lalk'
san ti'F gin
Ailu no" we are PACK TO lle llrst
Pll!lelpleS, sIuhlpieC me young lello";
HlCHe! th3t tdlhs'
he glll SHOOK ler lleau AT nm
gu are SO st''ppoIh, zoe, She sad:
u YOU once get an llea III year nedu
Slenge hammers can ullVe II OUT. But
suppose, you are IKE all inventors
dalt IN lhe same dlfectlon' ana yet
you are so clever, Joe.
sand the young fellow little bitterly.
Nv hat have made IN the three years
We devoted to lnVentlng: Barely
mechanics wages.
y on Il strike 1t rich some day. Joe,
sad the girl IN gentle tone OF en-
enlargement.
i thought struck 1t rich with the
cutoff, he sad a little bitterly. My
idea was good one, ana Jim carried
1t to completeness. The device is so
simple, so compact, so strong. ltshould
appeal to every practical engineer. It's
both time and labor saver l had
no trouble i'll getting a patent. and yet
when | try to interest factory managers
they decline to even look at 1t. They
see nothing in the scheme for them
selves personally. Perhaps they are
subsidized by the makers of the old de-
vices. Perhaps II | could bride them
they would agree to try it. | could start
stock company, no doubt, and get
Just enough stock for my share to make
me an easy case OF freeze out when the
sharpers got ready to fling me aside. |
tell you its dlscouraglng, Sis
es, Joe, it is, said the girl sooth-
ingly. And here is our street:
Dunham Greer drew card from his
pocket and hastily penciled beneath his
name the word Promoter" Then he
added the name of the hotel at which
ne was stopping, and tapped the young
Ieilo" on the shoulder as he slgnaled to
the conductor 10 stop.
can on me at O'Clock tomorrow
afternoon, he said as the young fell
low turned to discover who had lostled
nm. lie saw young man OF little
more than his own age who nodded at
hlm IN very friendly way and thrust
card between has fingers. The girl turn
ed. too, and caught this little by-play,
and her bright eyes flashed on Durham
III a searching way. He smiled little
at her gaze and slightly bowed.
food night he said.
The young fellow smiled and stared