The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-12-26

dinner table. Two middle. aged brqRcrs had
been iolipy csch ,thcr 49,, ,,,..
...,.,,. """"t WINS 4
'""' va! "u tue market, ana hc 4
.,,'. Wv ''"u gray no'r ana Youthful eyes !
uu'sv' III most p'o'HAn Nink at his j
"S "e sa'u'
Npv'r mimi ''d man Vt was uothins /
compared WIN our hrst speculation that I
"'En' III host'n'
me tapie awoAc on the Instant Tho
Nonient was RIPE LOT "reminiscences,
AOu see II was TINS way Bert and ] I
started out IN the world together giving i
up small clerkships in l. to make our for. (
tunes IN the nearest big city which hap
pcncd to be Boston Hut we found that
the world ,vosn,t 60 ,onf,,,,,.t,,.,i.. 49,, g.,
co,,,,,ar ~ -, NyV4'u'V's '"sS ~
N'H4uc'' ana win no acquaintance In the
city and no valuable references We were
soon on our uppers We know, ,,,+ht,., -
ufc a., ,,,.,, ~, -, ''N'"7 We
rould b, IL Ia, Nv VIZ Fpoul as green as
none ""' We WY 100 proud TO 80
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lo.,,' auauS 'tSyrt Ea1ie a uuS Whcn we were
sbrI ~ tu -, uSu S'Si,t lu q warehouse
drci,.'. r l,'e u,i''V,' v ""H WOKE TO i'Hc
n,,H, r ."th' Mvi,lSA we N.Y. meme, ANA we
,.iI H1t'vlu tunt ~ wv Wppheu 10 the uolcc
oc o9GAeu US Nuse 20 we DECIDED
v.ntcb fo, ~ 49, ""' in tnC O"uu9ns 4uu
People might drop. II was a iorlorn hone;
sb,,,.n,. '5't ga N tnlousB puuules 'uli
iart AZ e. e. ''I9 - NSSN 'uohiyul ~.
yahableS and nirbi fonud uS i'm sad strniis
stii W. ,,'- f. q ,t ~ HS1iu S.t"',s
tnet f ,,, - ~ 100" y" 'd'N. uu. az
said to nert W ''' MS '''"i"s'
"'.Wou I press IFS ,ho,,t FINN. t,r NC q,
tptc T., ~ dtrb Eta e., 'i'p ~ - - We w
nrst man thst comss .,Ion "'n "o'u up 'n'
..nert 80 mo-, a., n, go! , r,u -
forget the Cxpression on bls fne. ,ben he
STONED I'm orr drearv nary,ainio tto, ma
, saw. George NOT mas vrt irfts v.oit a
little longer
81 doubted M with laughter. and MS I
bent over something shiny ON the pave.
| mcut ,nu,-bt my, owe IN y,s ~ di-,,c
"Wo botI niptchpd nj n r,yn sand.
| witches. or two cups ~ coffee Or two
! small pans of beans Which shonld n beg
| Then the spirit of pungiug. which has
/ since brought NV partner coin of The
/ realm seized him Said he:
/ Lets shake for IT II YOU got IT, buy
the grub. If get II. shoot craps with it
/ with the first fellow ! meet
"lIo won and we repaired to the nearest
mons sum sum OF ' o V cents s" Hc dopbiea " omr
capital aud we had lunch.
'rhen what? Wen, that seemed to he
thf turning point Of our careers. The pro,
! before we had finished our 2O-cont meal
We were telling him our story. He put MS
ID t li,, way OF WoTki ny ana ey we ealae
know about IT, and Bert's father, tIckled
with oar gift, gave Us start
y
Next said the hostess with laugh.
The manager of hourishng mercantile
concern leaned forward.
My good wife heaven rest her soul
once helped me out oil the ughtest hole
we were ever IN ne began III was III
a midwest city, then In its youth, that J
stranded ns a life insurance agent How
49,. ,,,o,,oi A., ,,,ts, for . f.,,. .y,eels In II
wv "'"""7 ~ n,
SocHlird FURNISHED room VIII NOT alI'uP'
TO describe. but we finally got down to our
last 81 NV wife while doing our paltry
washing. remarked:
!" Just see what Il lather this soap makes
1t is the best brand l ever used.
II watched me white roam ON her hands
and suddenly the inspiration came
=" Doggy 7 exclaimed, that soap must
u,rkocrs ana sou N ON the streets after
,,lJ, rs lightning cleanser Now, now
gan We turn inc TREK
The family wasning was suspended thri
and thcrc, aud she sat down with me to
ngurr it out Before long my last - ant
| were ON the street. bought three dozel
o. bars Of the soap. which is white aud OF I
brand that you all know, a roll OF tlntoil
, some tissue paper and several line snai
. spongcs.
once back in our room, my wife and